Based on the many glowing reviews here and other websites about the robotic cleaners, I purchased a Maytronics Dolphin Explorer e30 about 6 months ago. It only goes in the pool when I'm using it, and I clean it every time it's used. It's been working great until the recent Santa Ana winds. For those of you not familiar, we get very strong winds, and with it comes a nice thick layer of dirt at the bottom of the pool and tons of leaves. I removed the bulk of the leaves manually before running the robot. Unfortunately, the robot just doesn't seem capable of dealing with this kind of dust. While it removed most of the dirt, now it just kicks up the rest without actually removing it. I can see it clean a strip that's under it, but the area it just cleaned becomes dirty when it goes by another direction. I've run it about 15 times over the past week and the pool just isn't clean. I talked to my pool guy and he said he doesn't recommend them around here. The filters and rubber gaskets wear out too fast and they can't handle the fine dust well. He said none of his customers keep them very long due to the same issues I'm having. Just looking for confirmation before I spend another $500 on something else.