Dolphin Escape Pool Cleaner VS Dolphin Quantum Pool Cleaner

This is my first robot and so far am loving it. We have a Intex Ultra frame 16x32 ABG pool under a huge live oak tree with 4 other trees nearby. Lots of leaves, small twigs, tree “skins” dropping daily and come Sept. acorns. We also have a 2 year old English Springer spaniel that LOVES water, so hair was also a concern. After researching robots that can handle leaves and acorns, I choose this one because of the large “throat” and large basket design with an optional ultr-fine filter cartridge (MAY 9991460-ASSY). Since June we’ve been running it two to three times a day, once before I leave for work, sometime during the day and just before bedtime, so it sits in the water for long periods of time in between. and so far it’s been working awesome.it also does a great job picking up the dog hair. we do not have a permanent later in the pool, so I cannot comment if it gets tangled or not. Other than that, I find it only has two minor downsides, the cord does not swivel, so occasionally I have to unplug it from the box and untwist it. the second is it wants to climb out of the pool which is really fun to watch sometimes. I suspect at the higher price listed today (8.11.17), there may be better options, but for now I hoping for years of great service. i just noticed in another review someone mentioned when the cleaner switches directions it leaves the ground and floats, popping a wheelie. most of the time, mine does the same thing. the reply from Maytronics is that this is normal

at needs to be emptied a lot when you have as much junk on the bottom of the pool as I did, and actually still do, but it's easy enough to clean out. The cord doesn't get tangled on it either. I don't have an outlet that's close enough to the house so I use an alternate power supply. You're not supposed to use an extension cord whatsoever. I never got to finish closing the pool correctly but it will be nice to have when it comes time to opening it again. After the initial cleanup in the spring, this will keep the pool clean because it will always eat the leaves that fall into the pool which are a pain in the butt trying to fish them out all the time and it won't have to be emptied as much then. It will pay for itself in the long run because the leaves are what cause more algae and then you have to add more chemicals although I use the BBB method (baking soda, bleach and borax) it's cheaper and more user friendly and make sure you have a professional water test kit. I use the Taylor K2006. After a lot of research I picked this robotic cleaner and don't regret spending the money on it one bit

nday, I found this robotic vacuum out of the blue and it had several good reviews AND a $50 rebate, so I thought WTH, I might as well get it. Yesterday (Wednesday) the vacuum arrived, but I had work to do first. Three huge piles of tree limbs from the tree cutters to haul to the streets so the city waste will pick it up. 3 hours later I had the 2 piles next to the pool clear. Next I had to remove the winter net from the pool which in the past is the only defense against leaves and debris. Of course removing the net means all the debris stuck around the edges of the net most likely goes in the pool, which FYI already had a lot of debris in it because my Kreepy Krauly Great White refuses to go to the shallow end. EVER. So we have a pool full of debris and I removed the Great White and took pictures of it for its ebay auction. I opened the Dolphin Escape excitedly. I couldn't wait to try it. It was ready to go out of the box. Connected the power cable to the power supply after untangling the cord completely, dropped the thing in the water and hit start. 1 hour later, the pool looked like the photo I attached. Now, granted, it didn't get every single thing out on the first try. I ran it for a second cycle and went to bed and when I woke up I'd say 99 percent of the debris was totally gone. I was so happy. I pulled it out, opened the lid and found all that stuff in the debris canister. Easily emptied it, washed it with a hose, and put it back in the unit. I disconnected the power cable, untangled and coiled the cable onto the unit, and placed it upside down as instructed in my storage shed so it could get a nap after all the hard work. I can't say enough how pleased I am about this purchase. I also got the 4 year extended warranty available, which I encourage you to also do. I would say this is a huge win, factoring in of course it it lasts a long time. I'm thinking I'll have to do this maybe 2 or 3 times a week in the winter time but I may not even need the pool net anymore

ing one. The Maytronic’s unit I had before the Polaris, I cannot remember the model, but for all intents and purposes the same as the Premier. I bought the Quantum because my daughter's twelve-year-old friends pulled my Premier's power supply into the pool. I almost bought another Premier but read about the Quantum and decided to try it. The filters on the Premier and prior units are loaded by turning the unit upside down and extracting the filter bank after sliding two tabs with finger tips or at times with a screw driver because my dainty fingers can’t take pressure. After the filter bank was removed on the Premier, you remove the 4 filters from the holder by flipping 4 rotating clips and individually power spray each filter then reload the four filters into the holder by rotating the 4 clips, load the holder with filters in the robot, and finally re-engage the sliding tabs. With the Quantum pull up on the lid latch with one index finger, pull the tray out, rinse the four filters still in the tray, replace the filter tray and close lid. Every once in a while I will, or might I don't know I am lazy, remove the four filters and individually power spray them, but I don't have to do it every time now. The geometry of the Quantum tray with filters is a large volume 3-D trapezoid as opposed to the 2x low volume 3-D triangles of the Premier. I have a 50'x24' pool with 50k gallons and ? surface area which collects leaves as well as my wife's flower pots (at least once every single summer!). Anyway, the Premier gets clogged up and a sensor tells the system to prematurely stop. So I need to do the above recurrently until the job is done with the small capacity Premier filter volume repeatable stopping up. I had plenty of leaves in the pool today requiring three runs on the Quantum to clear, but he Quantum never stopped without completing its cycle. One pain in the butt avoided and each cleaning much easier than with the Premier. The Premier has an anti-tangle swivel that the Quantum does not. However, the Quantum does not get tangled. I guess because the robot spins alternately clock and counter clockwise. Hence, no Quantum Entanglement …. Spooky action at a distance? The Quantum also has a cool blue light on the front, which ostensible provides the Nav 2.0 AI with some visual info but I don’t care. The design features above are all I need. The Quantum robot could take a drunken sailor random walk on the bottom of my pool and I’d be fine. The blue light and sensor may provide increased efficiency over prior Maytronics devices, but for me the blue light is just cool and my lazy butt just wants to clean the dirty filters easily. On a final note the Quantum is designed to be serviced by the owner. One of my life goals is to understand the General Theory of Relativity and Quantum Mechanics. Now thankfully with my new robotic pool cleaner I can be a Quantum Mechanic

pool walls pretty well and coverage seems ok, although it misses spots. The cord seems to not twist on mine. The robot comes with a controller that is easy to use, however there is no wireless capability with this machine. As a result, if it misses a part of the pool, your only recourse is to manually position it. The controller seems to have a bluetooth button, but it doesn't work. I called the company and they verified that bluetooth does not work on this robot even though the controller has a bluetooth button. At the start of the season, the Quantum easily sucked up all the winter residue without choking. Here, the two types of bags were very helpful, as I could use the screen for the heavy residue and then finish up with the fine particle cleaner (the Aquabot only has the bag, which clogs quickly). In my opinion, for the price and the fact that this is advertised as "top of the line", this is a surprising deficiency. So, for me, the choice comes down to whether you want slightly better cleaning, bluetooth and a very difficult to clean cleaning bag (Aquabot) or a slightly inferior cleaning ability (but still quite good), no bluetooth and a very easy to clean cleaning bag (Dophin) (and a second filter option for heavy debris)

ts caught up on my drain and I have to pull it off. happens once or less per full cleaning cycle. no catty included. Some say the cord tangles up but mine has not after 3 cleans so far. (I have a kidney shaped pool with a deep end sitting ledge, 9 ft deep, and step entry with no railings, pebble bottom. Although celans very well, it missed a couple small spots. I had the maytronics DX4 before and it works a lot better in its ease of cleaning, wall climbing, total pool cleaning, and would get caught up on the drain 4 times more, and return to the drain like a magnet sometimes. So, in conclusion, my primary goal is to have a clean pool that got the walls and water lines and be able to easily clean the device which it accomplished. the ability to set a schedule is nice too (though would prefer the ability to set a more personalized schedule, i.e. tuesday, thursday, saturday at 4 pm. I could care less about remotely controlling it, the device should be cleaning all the pool without my assistance, that's the whole point of it. delay would be useful if I had company but a minor function. I would neer need a fast clean anyway, I always want the pool fully clean, not skipping on the detail. So, I am a little dissapointed on the false advertising of the fast and delayed options and blue tooth, and getting caught on my drain, but will keep it because it accomplished very well my primary goals for it

d the extra weight keeps it from tipping. Cons: Does not cover all of pool surface in one cleaning cycle as advertised. I see no indication of it having "learned the pool", and it has favored spots that get a super cleaning, and some not touched. It has a love affair with the pool drain, even when the pool filter is not running, so need to buy a cover basket to keep it from getting hung up there. EXTREMELY heavy to lift out of the pool, and if its not angled just right, the dirty water runs back in the pool as it's lifted out. We have the caddy purchased because it's a lot of weight to lug around, and when stored, and if not using the $140.00 extra caddy, one has to turn it upside down for storage. I hope the caddy arrives soon. Also, changing from the fine mesh filter to the waffle filter is a royal pain. All four panels come out, and they are a stinker to get back in. I see that process wearing out quick, or else I give up and decide to just stay with one of the filters over the other. Instructions are minimal. I may be too critical, but considering it's high price tag, I was expecting it to be more efficient. Oh well, we are sticking with it and adapting