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(More customer reviews)We bought this unit about 3 years ago from Specialty pool products. My husband wanted to replace another unit we had that worked off the pump and this unit is independent. The plus sides -- it works independently so you don't lose a skimmer like with you do with other models. You put the unit into the pool and there are two options for cleaning, a full cycle and a "quick clean." You use the cycle dependent upon how dirty the pool is. This unit cleans very easily and it really works great. If you have a lot of algae in the pool it will not climb the sides of the pool, it will simply slide down.
Here's the down side with a vinyl pool and we found out the hard way: if you do not have a heavy gauge pool liner this unit can pick up a pebble and drill it right through your liner. A year ago we had to replace our liner. I had a customer of ours order a liner. I did not know they came in various gauges and thought he ordered us the best product out there. We went ahead and replaced the liner. Right before a holiday my husband and his friend were cleaning up around the pool and took our backpack blower and blew off the walks around the pool. Sometime while doing that a rock must have been blown into the pool. I threw the pool cleaner in the next day and within 5 hours after taking it out the pool was low on water. The leakfinder guy we hired to find the leak said this is commonplace with a lot of pool vacuums. He rattled off several names but I can't remember which ones he spoke as being notorious for picking up debris and continually spinning it around until it cuts the liners. He explained that we had a thinner liner than we should have and it will make it more susceptible to holes. When I called the guy who sold me this unit he told me no one had ever called him with this problem. Just another case of a salesman not backing what he sells.
So there are the pluses and minuses. I make sure in the spring that I hand vacuum the pool several times before I put this unit in. And - if we have several people going in and out of the pool and hand vacuum the next time it needs it to make sure nothing got tracked in on feet.
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