Dolphin Advantage Inground Robotic Swimming Pool Cleaner
Jul 10, 2021
Ability to cover all areas lacks. Can't get traction in vinyl lined pool.
It needs the ability to exhaust the water in the opposite direction from which it is trying to travel... otherwise it literally spends more time spinning it's wheels than getting anywhere. I use this in a vinyl lined pool, and I am concerned that when it gets stuck on something, like the center drain, it will sit and spin the tracks grinding away at the vinyl until it puts a hole in the pool. With it's lack of ability to have any traction, I don't know how they expect to steer the thing in any controlled way to ensure coverage... and from my observations, this unit does not have a way to compensate. It is much like the early Roombas in that it is just randomly bouncing around hoping to eventually cover the surface. It does not achieve that goal. For what these cost, we should be getting a better solution.