Best above-ground pool robot cleaner?

[zapados]

What's the best above-ground pool robot cleaner?

I'm seeing Dolphin Nautilus CC, Dolphin Nautilus CC Plus, and Dolphin E10.

I used to have an Aquabot Junior. He was good, but def. had his issues. Constantly untangling the cord, and although the filter did a great job at catching everything, it was very painful to clean (bag filter, you had to turn it inside out then spray with a hose, constantly adjusting to get into all the nooks and crannies and folds of the bag). The intake flaps broke a bunch of times, and now the repair cost for another busted one is basically pushing the value of the rover.

What do you guys recommend? A lot of the recommendations I'm finding for AGPs are 2020 or earlier, and this seems like an industry that's constantly rolling out new models.

Thank you for your time!

 

[cowboycasey]

I am using the Active 60 / M600 in my above ground pool and it works great... Most go with the S200 and love the,

Marina pool and spa has these in stock, give them a call and see of the explorer 20 is the same as active 20 / s200
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[zapados]

Man the prices on some of these bad boys is steep! The Dolphin Active 60 is $1900! Can I get a car for that price? Yeah a used beater, but still....

The Dolphin Active 20 is a cool $1100. Better but still, dang man! I forget what I dropped on the Aquabot Junior but I think it was like $500 maybe?

EDIT: Prices that you linked are better at least! $1000 for the Dolphin Active 20.

 

[cowboycasey]

give them a call or email and the prices get even better.. They have been supporting us for a couple years now and they are a great company

 

[heckofagator]

maybe you want to re-phrase your question. You are asking for the best. that's not going to be cheap

 

[Jennmahanio]

We just broke down and bought the Dolphin Sigma & hope it isn’t too strong for our above ground pool liner. I wanted a robot for us as we are getting old & tired sometimes. We’ve never had one , so can’t wait to be relieved of a two hour vacuum job that leaves silt anyway on the floor . We get algae on the walls occasionally too that is a real pain to scrub & eliminate once it starts . We got free shipping, 100$ discount & price was better than Amazon, ( under 1200$) I really wouldn’t trust a big purchase like this from Amazon anyway .
Hope you find/like something soon & enjoy your pool !

 

[zapados]

We just broke down and bought the Dolphin Sigma & hope it isn’t too strong for our above ground pool liner. I wanted a robot for us as we are getting old & tired sometimes. We’ve never had one , so can’t wait to be relieved of a two hour vacuum job that leaves silt anyway on the floor . We get algae on the walls occasionally too that is a real pain to scrub & eliminate once it starts . We got free shipping, 100$ discount & price was better than Amazon, ( under 1200$) I really wouldn’t trust a big purchase like this from Amazon anyway .
Hope you find/like something soon & enjoy your pool !

Did you buy from Marina also? If not, where did you end up getting your Dolphin?

 

[Mdragger88]

I have the nautilus cc as I wanted automation mode & the longer cable but an E10 or equivalent would work just fine as well with a lower price tag.

@Jennmahanio a robot (or any cleaner) will not overcome algae even though it may physically remove some- that is a chemistry issue & requires the SLAM Process to eliminate/eradicate. Feel free to start a new thread & we can help you put an end to that.