[Hugh R]

I just looked locally at Leslie's Pool Supply (local) and theirs are going for $1,200 to $1,800! I can't imagine they did a better job than my old one. Can't create my own, no economics in it. I really need a pool robot, due to where I live, lots of dust and oak tree acorns. I'm not cutting down the 100+ year old oak trees.

I may just buy a new replacement of the old one. It was excellent, and even with a few warranty repairs, it still averaged about $250-$300/year with life cycle and warranty repair costs to me. Well worth it considering how much time it would otherwise take me to clean the pool, plus it did a much better job.

I'm kind of leaning towards just buying another one of the same unit.

What didn't I like about the old one? It has a fine mesh bag for silt,which I get a lot of due to my locale, it would load up the filter bag and blow the bag off of it frame due to back pressure. It would continue to run with the bag off, which I believe introduced silt/dirt into the pump, hastening its demise. I could ameliorate that by not letting it run its 3 hour cycle and stop it and clean the bag after an hour or so to clean the filter bag. The schmutz that it would collect was amazing.

Hiring a pool guy doesn't work for me. When the wind blows, I'll scoop out several bags of leaves and stuff. Other times not much maintenance. I may spend times three days straight cleaning junk out of the pool and skimmer for 20 minutes and then weeks of no real service, depending on the wind. A once a week pool guy isn't going to work.