Overall Score
93
29
83
Best Price
$1,147.00
The Dolphin Premier Robotic Pool Cleaner :
- Multi-Media filtration system with 4 different, compatible filters for every cleaning need
- HyperGrip rubber tracks cling to surfaces and climb all the way to the waterline
- Dual 24-volt DC motors use 87% less energy than the competition without compromising power
- 360 tangle-free swivel rotates as the Premier moves, preventing kinks or tension from forming
- Engineered to scrub slippery waterlines and tile
The Flagship Dolphin Premier
The award-winning electric pool robot that scrubs away algae and bacteria while collecting fine and rough debris
7 Revolutionary Features
The Premier Dolphin pool cleaner was engineered to be the best in agility, maneuverability, and waterline performance.| Coverage | 
Excellent |
| Filtration |
Excellent |
| Cleaning |
Excellent |
| Intelligence |
Very Good |
| Usability | 
Good |
| Remote Control | 
Fair |
| Maintenance |
Excellent |
| Value |
Excellent |
 Highs |
|---|
| 4 Filtration Options |
| Tangle-Free Swivel |
| Energy Efficiency |
| 3-Year Warranty |
| Consistently Cleans Waterline |
 Lows |
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| Cleaning Debris Bag |
| Caddy Costs Extra |
| Remote Control Costs Extra |
| Remote Control Is Spotty |
Dolphin Premier Robotic Pool Cleaner
The Dolphin Premier robotic pool cleaner is one of the brand’s best-selling models from its advanced class. One Google search reveals its popularity to pool owners far and wide, leading the company to label it the #1 rated pool-cleaning robot by online users. Retailing currently for $1,097.00, it’s a higher-end option with touted features like energy efficiency, intelligent navigation, and a MultiMedia filtration system. With a reputation like that, we decided to put the Dolphin Premier to the test ourselves.
First Impressions
The Premier comes pretty much ready to work straight out of the box. There is no tedious assembly required. All we had to do was pull off the plastic protection from the wheels, plug it into the power supply, and drop it in the water.
Aesthetically, the Premier earns your confidence. It’s stout, weighing about 22 pounds when dry. But the shape and curves of the robot prove themselves dynamic once it’s the water. Some other standout features we noticed right away were the rubber grips and brushes. The Premier is supposed to be able to climb the walls of the pool, which is unlikely with a conventional wheel. Instead, it has a mobile track with strong rubber grips that clinch the sides of the pool, making gravity seem suddenly irrelevant. The brushes themselves look intense and heavy duty, with two variations of durable bristles that are flexible to the touch, yet resistant to wear and tear. These looked like they were ready for some intense scrubbing action.
Testing Time
We de
cided to test the Premier robotic pool cleaner in a 32,000 gallon in-ground pool. The pool was in need of a good cleaning, as we had let the elements do their thing for several days. There was obvious large debris like leaves, pollen, and a few sticks and bugs dispersed through the water. And not visible to the naked eye was most assuredly small cultures of bacteria and algae growth beginning to form.
Choosing a Filter
One of the top-rated features of the Dolphin Premier robotic pool cleaner is the MultiMedia filter options. It is compatible with micro-cartridges, standard cartridges, oversized debris bags, and disposable debris bags. So dependent on what type of cleaning your pool needs, you can use the best filtration system for the job.
We decided to use an oversized debris bag first. With all of the visible bits of nature floating around, we wanted to see how the Premier grabbed them with a larger storage capacity.
In Action
We set the Premier to the 2-hour cleaning job setting and watched it get to work. It moved steadily and powerfully across the bottom of the pool, grabbing heavier objects with ease and leaving behind a brightly colored streak of cleanliness we didn’t realize the bottom was missing.
We mentioned the rubber tracks that give the Premier a better grip on the walls of the pool, but it’s pretty cool to see it in action. Even at the deepest depths, the Premier climbed from the bottom of the pool all the way to the waterline. It never once fell or gave up before reaching the top. Since the walls are a hotspot for bacteria and algae growth, it’s a huge relief to see a pool robot actually clean the harder-to-reach areas without human intervention or elbow grease. Best of all, it was obvious the Premier was actually cleaning the walls. The thin film of sludge that had built around the waterline disappeared after each pass-through of the Premier.
Before the 2-hour cleaning cycle had finished, the Premier stopped its job. At first we thought maybe it had glitched or encountered an error, but then we saw the red light blinking on the power supply to indicate the debris bag was full. We pulled it out to clear the filtration system and were incredibly pleased to see just how loaded the bag was with debris. It had captured more leaves, sticks, dog hair, and even sand than we realized was in the pool.
After cleaning it out we decided to try using a micro-cartridge filter to see how the Premier cleaned out the finer particles in the water. We set it to a one-hour cleaning job and let it do its thing. When it finished, we weren’t expecting the filter to be very dirty because the pool already looked clear and clean. But we were wrong. The filter was tinged a much darker color, having sifted an extraordinary amount of finer particles out of the water at a rate of 75 gallons a minute. Our eyes deceived us at first, but the filter itself actually achieved the water purity we thought we had and exceeded our expectations.
After all its hard work, cleaning the Premier was simple. We just rinsed the micro-cartridge until it was bright white again and put it back into the filtration system. It’s a pain-free maintenance routine that the manual recommends doing after each cleaning.
What Stands Out About the Premier
Filtration Options
Having the MultiMedia feature on the Premier was a much bigger perk than we anticipated. Often, robotic pool cleaners force you to compromise in some way, using a large bag filter when you really need to capture the nitty gritty, or using a standard cartridge after a storm has blown all sorts of debris into the water. With MultiMedia, we got to choose which media to use dependent on the state of the pool in question. Using the standard cartridges for daily use would probably be just fine when you’re using the pool most frequently during the warmer months. But in the case of special circumstances like a storm or deep cleaning, it was a huge resource to grab a debris bag or micro-cartridge for the most efficient cleaning.
Smooth Navigation
The Dolphin Premier didn’t play favorites with any one section of the pool. It’s equipped with SmartNav software, so it doesn’t wander aimlessly like lesser robotic pool cleaners. It can calculate the optimal pattern for the fastest cleaning, and it senses and avoids ladders and drains. It scrubbed every surface, even the walls, and it managed to navigate tricky underwater steps that usually go untouched by other robots. The premier even visited the deepest darkest corners of the pool, getting into the lowest nooks and crannies that hadn’t been touched by a machine in ages.
Tangle-Free Swivel
Dolphin engineers built a game-changer when they patented their tangle-free swivel. If you’ve been a pool owner for any time at all, you know what we mean. With such long cables and a wide range of movement, most robotic pool cleaners inevitably get tangled up into a giant mess, which can hinder performance and efficiency. It’ll also frustrate the mess out of you if you’re the one figuring out how to untangle it. But the 360-degree swivel keeps the cable from wrapping itself in knots, and it’s designed to operate without wear or degradation. For such a small piece of equipment, it relieves tremendous frustration.
Energy Efficiency
Keeping your electric bill from skyrocketing during the summer months is always a challenge. But if it does go up, it won’t be the Premier’s fault. This robotic pool cleaner utilizes dual 24 volt DC magnet motors, which are much more energy efficient than the conventional AC motors you’ll find in many old-fashioned pool cleaners on the market today.
To put that into perspective, traditional AC motors burn a whopping 1,470 watts of energy. But the DC motors on the Dolphin Premier use a mere 180 watts. That’s 87% less, at about 5 cents an hour to operate. So you can relax while it does an extra-long cleaning – it’s not costing you an arm and a leg.
DIY Maintenance
The Dolphin engineers built the Premier on a modular DIY platform. That means that if your Premier ever needs service or repairs, any component can be easily replaced by you or a nearby dealer in 10 minutes or less. While the Premier feels solid and other reviews tout its long-lasting durability, we like knowing any maintenance needs it may have down the road will be seamless and simple.
3-Year Warranty
It’s always comforting to see an investment come with a solid and promising warranty, and the Premier is no exception. Dolphin is confident their pool cleaner will be free from defects in material and workmanship for three years, so they offer a best-in-class warranty to back it. The warranty isn’t pro-rated, nor is it limited by the number of cycles or hours you use it.
Room for Improvement
Maintenance for the Dolphin Premier is quite painless. However, cleaning the oversized debris bag can be a hassle. Truthfully, this is likely an inevitable byproduct of having to capture all the leaves, sticks, and miscellany that litter pools. But rinsing and removing gunk from the debris bag is a lot more time-consuming and tedious than cleaning the cartridges.
Dolphin offers a remote control sold separately so you can navigate the Premier for fast spot cleaning. The remote is only an additional $69, but we wouldn’t recommend springing for it. Between having trouble connecting to the Premier bot and lagging after trying to navigate it remotely, it’s just simpler to use the standard power supply to control cleaning jobs.
The Premier also comes with the option to purchase a caddy for $119. The bot weighs 22 pounds, primarily because of the powerful DC motors. Even though that extra weight pulls its weight in the water, it’s still hefty to lug around. With that kind of mass and at this price point, we wish the caddy came included with the price of the Premier. But as it is, we’d encourage buyers to go ahead and spring for the caddy and do their back a favor.
The Final Verdict
All in all, our team of veteran pool owners gave the Dolphin Premier robotic pool cleaner thumbs up across the board.
One of the main reasons to buy a pool-cleaning robot is to save yourself time, money, and labor. The Premier does just that. All it requires from you is the push of a button and simple maintenance. While it does the hard work of deep-cleaning that pool, you get to take on other chores or just relax and watch the Premier do what it does best. On top of that, every time it runs you can rest assured you’re saving money in the long-term thanks to its energy efficient features. So if you’re on the fence about springing for a higher-end model of robotic pool cleaner, we suggest you hop on over to the Premier side. It’ll make your life easier
Choosing a Filter
One of the top-rated features of the Dolphin Premier robotic pool cleaner is the MultiMedia filter options. It is compatible with micro-cartridges, standard cartridges, oversized debris bags, and disposable debris bags. So dependent on what type of cleaning your pool needs, you can use the best filtration system for the job.
We decided to use an oversized debris bag first. With all of the visible bits of nature floating around, we wanted to see how the Premier grabbed them with a larger storage capacity.
In Action
We set the Premier to the 2-hour cleaning job setting and watched it get to work. It moved steadily and powerfully across the bottom of the pool, grabbing heavier objects with ease and leaving behind a brightly colored streak of cleanliness we didn’t realize the bottom was missing.
We mentioned the rubber tracks that give the Premier a better grip on the walls of the pool, but it’s pretty cool to see it in action. Even at the deepest depths, the Premier climbed from the bottom of the pool all the way to the waterline. It never once fell or gave up before reaching the top. Since the walls are a hotspot for bacteria and algae growth, it’s a huge relief to see a pool robot actually clean the harder-to-reach areas without human intervention or elbow grease. Best of all, it was obvious the Premier was actually cleaning the walls. The thin film of sludge that had built around the waterline disappeared after each pass-through of the Premier.
Before the 2-hour cleaning cycle had finished, the Premier stopped its job. At first we thought maybe it had glitched or encountered an error, but then we saw the red light blinking on the power supply to indicate the debris bag was full. We pulled it out to clear the filtration system and were incredibly pleased to see just how loaded the bag was with debris. It had captured more leaves, sticks, dog hair, and even sand than we realized was in the pool.
After cleaning it out we decided to try using a micro-cartridge filter to see how the Premier cleaned out the finer particles in the water. We set it to a one-hour cleaning job and let it do its thing. When it finished, we weren’t expecting the filter to be very dirty because the pool already looked clear and clean. But we were wrong. The filter was tinged a much darker color, having sifted an extraordinary amount of finer particles out of the water at a rate of 75 gallons a minute. Our eyes deceived us at first, but the filter itself actually achieved the water purity we thought we had and exceeded our expectations.
After all its hard work, cleaning the Premier was simple. We just rinsed the micro-cartridge until it was bright white again and put it back into the filtration system. It’s a pain-free maintenance routine that the manual recommends doing after each cleaning.
What Stands Out About the Premier
Filtration Options
Having the MultiMedia feature on the Premier was a much bigger perk than we anticipated. Often, robotic pool cleaners force you to compromise in some way, using a large bag filter when you really need to capture the nitty gritty, or using a standard cartridge after a storm has blown all sorts of debris into the water. With MultiMedia, we got to choose which media to use dependent on the state of the pool in question. Using the standard cartridges for daily use would probably be just fine when you’re using the pool most frequently during the warmer months. But in the case of special circumstances like a storm or deep cleaning, it was a huge resource to grab a debris bag or micro-cartridge for the most efficient cleaning.
Smooth Navigation
The Dolphin Premier didn’t play favorites with any one section of the pool. It’s equipped with SmartNav software, so it doesn’t wander aimlessly like lesser robotic pool cleaners. It can calculate the optimal pattern for the fastest cleaning, and it senses and avoids ladders and drains. It scrubbed every surface, even the walls, and it managed to navigate tricky underwater steps that usually go untouched by other robots. The premier even visited the deepest darkest corners of the pool, getting into the lowest nooks and crannies that hadn’t been touched by a machine in ages.
Tangle-Free Swivel
Dolphin engineers built a game-changer when they patented their tangle-free swivel. If you’ve been a pool owner for any time at all, you know what we mean. With such long cables and a wide range of movement, most robotic pool cleaners inevitably get tangled up into a giant mess, which can hinder performance and efficiency. It’ll also frustrate the mess out of you if you’re the one figuring out how to untangle it. But the 360-degree swivel keeps the cable from wrapping itself in knots, and it’s designed to operate without wear or degradation. For such a small piece of equipment, it relieves tremendous frustration.
Energy Efficiency
Keeping your electric bill from skyrocketing during the summer months is always a challenge. But if it does go up, it won’t be the Premier’s fault. This robotic pool cleaner utilizes dual 24 volt DC magnet motors, which are much more energy efficient than the conventional AC motors you’ll find in many old-fashioned pool cleaners on the market today.
To put that into perspective, traditional AC motors burn a whopping 1,470 watts of energy. But the DC motors on the Dolphin Premier use a mere 180 watts. That’s 87% less, at about 5 cents an hour to operate. So you can relax while it does an extra-long cleaning – it’s not costing you an arm and a leg.
DIY Maintenance
The Dolphin engineers built the Premier on a modular DIY platform. That means that if your Premier ever needs service or repairs, any component can be easily replaced by you or a nearby dealer in 10 minutes or less. While the Premier feels solid and other reviews tout its long-lasting durability, we like knowing any maintenance needs it may have down the road will be seamless and simple.
3-Year Warranty
It’s always comforting to see an investment come with a solid and promising warranty, and the Premier is no exception. Dolphin is confident their pool cleaner will be free from defects in material and workmanship for three years, so they offer a best-in-class warranty to back it. The warranty isn’t pro-rated, nor is it limited by the number of cycles or hours you use it.
Room for Improvement
Maintenance for the Dolphin Premier is quite painless. However, cleaning the oversized debris bag can be a hassle. Truthfully, this is likely an inevitable byproduct of having to capture all the leaves, sticks, and miscellany that litter pools. But rinsing and removing gunk from the debris bag is a lot more time-consuming and tedious than cleaning the cartridges.
Dolphin offers a remote control sold separately so you can navigate the Premier for fast spot cleaning. The remote is only an additional $69, but we wouldn’t recommend springing for it. Between having trouble connecting to the Premier bot and lagging after trying to navigate it remotely, it’s just simpler to use the standard power supply to control cleaning jobs.
The Premier also comes with the option to purchase a caddy for $119. The bot weighs 22 pounds, primarily because of the powerful DC motors. Even though that extra weight pulls its weight in the water, it’s still hefty to lug around. With that kind of mass and at this price point, we wish the caddy came included with the price of the Premier. But as it is, we’d encourage buyers to go ahead and spring for the caddy and do their back a favor.
The Final Verdict
All in all, our team of veteran pool owners gave the Dolphin Premier robotic pool cleaner thumbs up across the board.
One of the main reasons to buy a pool-cleaning robot is to save yourself time, money, and labor. The Premier does just that. All it requires from you is the push of a button and simple maintenance. While it does the hard work of deep-cleaning that pool, you get to take on other chores or just relax and watch the Premier do what it does best. On top of that, every time it runs you can rest assured you’re saving money in the long-term thanks to its energy efficient features. So if you’re on the fence about springing for a higher-end model of robotic pool cleaner, we suggest you hop on over to the Premier side. It’ll make your life easier
Dolphin Premier Robotic Pool Cleaner - Bottom Line
All in all, our team of veteran pool owners gave the Dolphin Premier robotic pool cleaner thumbs up across the board. One of the main reasons to buy a pool-cleaning robot is to save yourself time, money, and labor. The Premier does just that. All it requires from you is the push of a button and simple maintenance. While it does the hard work of deep-cleaning that pool, you get to take on other chores or just relax and watch the Premier do what it does best. On top of that, every time it runs you can rest assured you’re saving money in the long-term thanks to its energy efficient features. So if you’re on the fence about springing for a higher-end model of robotic pool cleaner, we suggest you hop on over to the Premier side. It’ll make your life easier.
Precise Navigation
Powered by CleverClean™ TechnologyCleverClean™ coverage is powered by an advanced navigation system. This technology ensures that the most efficient route is used to clean your pool floor. So smart, the system automatically navigates around obstacles and quickly returns to its route.
Multi-Layer Filtration
Filter Dirt and Debris for the Cleanest PoolThe clog-free fine and ultra-fine filters remove dirt, debris and algae. Snaps apart for super easy cleaning.
Energy-Saving Power Supply
Effortless CleaningThe simple, user-friendly power supply utilizes easy on/off operation with a weekly timer and cycle selector.
Swivel Cable
Uninterrupted Hassle-Free CleanThe patented anti-tangling swivel cable allows the robot to move easily and efficiently around your swimming pool and make clean-up a breeze.
| Pool Size | Up to 50 ft |
|---|---|
| Pool Shape | All |
| Obstacles | Steps, Ladder, Drain Cover, Ledges, Pop-Ups |
| Surface | Concrete, Plaster, Gunite or Pebble, Tile, Vinyl Liner, Fiberglass |
| Enhanced Cleaning Cycles | - |
|---|---|
| Filter Cleaning | Multi-Media |
| Filter Type | Micro Cartridge, Standard Cartridge, Oversized Debris Bag, Disposable Debris Bag |
| Cleaning Coverage | Floors, Walls, Waterline |
| Cleaning Mode(s) | Standard |
| Cleaning Cycle(s) | 2.5 Hours |
| Remote operation | Yes |
|---|---|
| Bluetooth | - |
| MyDolphin App | - |
| Automated Weekly Timer | Yes |
| Full Bag Indicator | Yes |
|---|---|
| Cable Length | 60 ft |
| Anti-Tangling Swivel | Yes |
| Warranty | 3 Years - Limited |
Customer Reviews
Based on 138 Reviews
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How would you rate Dolphin Premier Robotic Pool Cleaner?*
Best cleaner ever.
I had a different high end pool cleaner for many years that finaly gave up the ghost. The Dolphin Premier is much better than the old one. It is faster and much more thorough. The old one seemed to get stuck in either the deep and or the shallow end and leave the rest uncleaned. The Dolphing gets the whole thing.
Super Easy to get running and my pool looks awesome after just one treatment
I was so excited to receive the pool cleaner I hooked it up the same day it arrived and turned it on! The next day my wife and I could not believe how clean and beautiful the pool looked in the direct sunlight. we had just come out of winter and I was not looking forward to scrubbing the sides of the pebble tec, It was super easy to clean as well, I plan on using the cleaner at least once a week.
Best swimming pool cleaner
Love our Dolphin! This is our third one we have owned. Two with a previous pool and i bought this one for our new home. It cleans so well and keeps our pool sparkling clean. I would definitely recommend it and it is so easy to use. I actually named our “Dolphino”!
Awesome.
I bought this in the beginning of summer, we have been using it for 3.5 months now and it works great. We put it in once a week or so and it cleans the pool right up in just a couple hours. An amazing pool vacuum.
Great robot cleaner for indoor pools.
I am glad I finally gave in and got the Dolphin Premier robotic cleaner. I had been putting it off due to the price, but after a lot of research...I can honestly say I wish I would have bought it sooner. Very pleased with the filter/basket options. My pool is 20’ x 40’ and 8’ deep at one end. I use the bag filter after opening the pool for larger debris. And the 2 other cartridges for when I’m just doing a maintenance cleaning. Very pleased so far. Would also definitely get the caddy again...but would probably pass on the remote.
Fantastic Product!
I am completely happy with this product. I have a lagoon shaped pool. It has 5 benches built on every side. I had designed one of the benches to go around a bar table in the pool. Wonderful design but an absolute pain to clean and brush. The lush tropical vegetation around the pool constantly dumped leaves. My old Pentair Kreepy Krauly Legend served me well but was absolutely useless. It would wrap itself around the bar table stand and do nothing. I'd have to monitor it manually and untangle it.
High levels of frustration caused me to stop using it and brush and vacuum once a week. Over 8 years the pool was dull, always high on phosphates and was always only slightly away from a full algae bloom. The diamond brite crystals were all but covered and the pool was a permanent blue green. I recently wet acid washed the pool and got the diamond brite crystals to sparkle again. After researching many robots, I settled for the Dolphin Premier. Thanks to a very detailed review on YouTube. The unit comes with paper filters, regular filters and a bag for large debris. Very pleased that I don't have to buy all the accessories separately. I bought the caddy and the remote separately. It was worth it. Small glitch in shipping, The mounting clip for the remote unit was missing. I called customer services at Dolphin and they are shipping me one. I was amazed by the units performance. It picked up all the debris that constantly lay in my pool - included 4"-6" sized banana leaf shreds, country oak seeds and twigs, leaves and fine dust. I used the paper filter first because I didn't want the dust to mess up the leaf bag. The unit sucked up all the crud efficiently. I had to stop and clean the unit a few times - 10 minutes tops but within a few hours, my pool was gleaming! I was ecstatic when the unit ran into my bar table stand, stopped, turned back, turned around and didn't get wrapped! I'm told that the Dolphin Premier "learns" about your pool. I'm now into two days of operation - not enough time to review this feature but will update soon
Wow, clean opened pool.
I used the robot for the first time to clean my just opened pool. The robot had no problems picking up leaves, small acorns and a dead frog with the bag. I had to clean out the bag a few times over a 5 hour period before the pool was spotless. In the past years this took me a few days of vacumming, netting and back washing. I have a lot of trees around the pool that keep dropping pollen. After one week of running the cleaner daily the pool has never been cleaner, I was able to reduce the pool pump running time by 3 hours. Week two, pool has never been cleaner, I reduced my pump run time down to 3 hours a day with no issues, water is balanced.
Easy to use
I am 64 and my husband is 70, we have no problem using this and it has saved hours of scrubbing. We still have to scrub the top tiles and some of the harder to reach places. That takes about 10 minutes. Well worth what we paid.
Cleans well.
It cleans the sides and bottom of the pool beautifully. But it doesn't do the stairs. Not a big deal. I just brush the dirt down to the bottom of the pool and the robot does the rest. There seems to be a lot of opinions out there as to the quality and dependability of this unit. I've only had it about 2 months and have had no problems
I love this cleaner
Have had this beast for close to 2 years now. Been performing superbly so far. The original screen micro filters are very thin and eventually failed. But the pleated filters are strong and durable. I love that this pool cleaner works completely independently of my pool filter system.
Love this Vacuum!
Love this vacuum. Takes a job that used to take 3 hours and make it into a 15-30 minute job twice a week. I never vacuumed during the week before as it took too much time after work, now it takes 5 minutes to get it in the pool and running and maybe 15 minutes to clean the unit after its done it job. Love that it comes with all 3 filters, so I can choose which is best for the debris thats in the pool. I highly recommend this if you want to enjoy your pool and not work on it for hours. Also with the 3 year warranty it give a little peace of mind since it is expensive.
Keeping the pool extra clean!
This vacuum works like a charm! It’s keeping the pool extra clean. Very easy to use. It’s a little heavy when taking it out, so move slowly so that the water can drain. Then it comes out easily. We got the cart, which I highly recommend as it makes it so easy to move in/out of the pool house. Super happy with this so far.
Great at cleaning but has lousy instructions
Works well in pool. Cleans waterline. Goes up steps. Cleans seat in deep end. Better than my Polaris 9550 at keeping pool clean. Wish the cleaner stand came with it. I don’t have a remote. The instruction are lousy. Better to watch the YouTube videos online since the website isn’t any better for instructions.
... don't write many reviews just if something is very good or very bad
I don't write many reviews just if something is very good or very bad. This one is the former, it is very good. We have a relatively small amoeba shaped in-ground pool. We had another popular brand robot also top of the line, did the job although slow and it would get stuck on the built-in concrete steps at least once every time we used it. The cable also got badly twisted. It preferred the deep end of the pool and almost amusingly one small section got a much more thorough job than most of the pool combined. But it worked. This robot is much much faster, much more thorough covering the whole pool without preferring any spot, never has gotten stuck (4 weeks), the cord doesn't tangle. Don't bother with the remote (don't see a need) if you store the robot near the pool you don't need a caddy, just make sure to store it on its side so that you don't deform the plastic bristles. We live in the northeast with many trees near the pool, read: oak pollen, gypsy moth poop, dead leaves, worms and your usual run of the mill indecipherable dirt. We use it about once or twice a week and the pool is very clean. Expensive but worth the money.
A great choice for a really clean pool
After researching robotic cleaners of every make for quite some time, I finally concluded this Dolphin Premier was the best bet even though it was one of the more expensive ones. After having used it for a few weeks I am very impressed with the performance and ease of operation. Using both sets of filters over time I have the cleanest pool I have ever had. The fine filter cleans all of the silt and algae and the larger filter keeps the pool clean of all debris and grit which blows into the pool. The filter system is easy to use and extremely effective. This is a very good investment for the pool and glad I made that choice.
Favorite purchase ever!
This pool vacuum is AMAZING!! We've had it for 3 years now and it is still running great! We have a 40x20 in ground pool that is 12' deep. We program the vacuum to run every day. It climbs the walls and will even try climbing the stairs. We have a drain in the deep end and it doesn't get stuck on the drain. It's very easy to clean the filters. It comes with a larger debris style bag and small sand style filters. We only use the sand style filters as we don't have any issue with leaves or other large debris. I can't give this product enough great reviews! It is my absolute favorite purchase!
Best purchase I have ever made!
If you are thinking about buying this item, stop thinking and just do it! This has truly been the best purchase I have ever made. We have 38x16 fiberglass pool with steps on all corners and a resting ledge all the way around. I am crazy about our pool being spotless so I would spend at least and hour and a half cleaning that every other day. The Dolphin has made owning a pool effortless. I get up in the morning , let my dog out and put the dolphin the pool. Go inside and have my coffee, watch the news, get my shower and get ready for my day. Go outside remove the dolphin, spend literally 7 minutes rinsing everything off and put it away then I go about my day. Our pool is amazingly spotless! The only manual work I do to our pool is if there is dirt on the steps or ledges I brush them to the bottom. The dolphin climbs up 3 of our 5 steps on each end but I like it spotless so this process works for me. I purchased the caddy and the remote. I would definitely get the caddy. It makes it easier to keep everything neat and easy to move. I wish I had not bought the remote. I have never used it and can't imagine why I would need it. I would recommend buying the dolphin and the caddy and use it a while, if you need the remote order it . I am a 52 years old woman and I have no problems lifting or using it by myself. My husband loves it because now his only pool job is changing our pool filter. I would never give up my Dolphin! It's not cheap but well worth every penny!
I'd buy it again
This is the most expensive pool cleaner on Amazon. I usually don't go for the most expensive anything. I read the reviews, and was convinced to take a chance. It is the best pool cleaner (by far) I have ever had. It gets all the dirt & debris, and climbs walls and stairs. The only negative is that cleaning the bag is like changing a wet dirty diaper.
The best pool cleaner yet!
This product is outstanding. I have used it every day for a month now and the pool has been the cleanest ever and continues to be so. Compared to the creepy Crawly that I had before it is head and shoulders above. It is easy to use, easy to clean, gets the vertical walls and edging tiles and of course the bottom. If I were to think of an improvement, it would be interchangeable rollers with nylon/SSbrushes. The rubber paddle brushes on the rollers work very well, but I think the nylon /SS brushes might be a bit better. What I like the best about it is that I don't have to stand there and brush and vacuum once a week. The initial Zen Meditative experience quickly turns to a tedious, I have got to do this, chore. The Dolphin premier does all that for me. Just clean the paper filters every few days and set the program, it does the rest!
Love it!!
By far one of the top 10 purchases we’ve made in the 20 years we’ve owned our home. The Dolphin works great and saves so much time. I put it in for 3 hours once or twice a week and our pool stays spotless all the time. We are using our pool more than ever, because it’s always clean and ready for use. I like that it captures all the dirt in its own filter and does not recycle through the skimmer/sand pump. It’s not that much trouble to clean the filters after every use...way easier than dragging hoses around with a manual cleaner. I ordered the remote for it also, but am considering sending it back because I’ve never had the need to use it. Oh, and other reviewers said it wouldn’t get steps, but it gets our bottom 2. Only have to brush the top step. It’s like having our own pool boy, we’ve named him flipper!
Perfect!
This is the perfect cleaner for red Georgia clay in the pool! The silt filters have been lifesavers on our new construction pool. Cleans waterline and steps perfectly. As far as the weight, my five year old can lift it out of the pool. He struggles, but can still manage it.
Great!
Great!! Had it for two months use it every other day... Sometimes I think it's going to climb out of the pool and chase me!! I did notice in my experience, the BAG filter picks up more dirt than the snap-in cartridge type filters.
After 3 months, very happy with Dolphin Premier 2018
Spent a lot of time mulling over reviews of many different robotic vacuums. Ultimately decided on this, and couldn't be happier thus far (3 months of use). I was skeptical that this would make such a big impact, but after weeks of brushing my pool and seeing dirt move around prior to using the vacuum, I was pleasantly surprised the first time I brushed after using the robot for the first time. There was practically no visible debris moving around after a robot cleaning. I also like that I can schedule it for every other day for a week to run automatically.
It climbs the freaking walls.
Most of all the reviews are correct as far as good it is. I really did not think it would climb my vinyl wall but it does. Steps not so much. It comes with all the filters. The bag filter is pretty good at even catching algae even though not really what it is for. The power supply will indicate the filter is full but I find you can keep going and just wash out the filters after the next cycle. Unit might be a bit more labor intensive washing out the bag as opposed to say polaris or shark units where they have like a basket but they also will not catch finer sediment. Overall I think I will be very pleased with this unit.
Don't hesitate to Buy
I waited until I've used this a bunch of times before reviewing it. I must say it does exactly what it is supposed to do... Thoroughly clean the pool. I have a 20x40 free form and it has no hiccups. I really didn't know how the different cartridges and bag would help, but once I figured it out... They are great options to have (depending on whats on the floor of the pool). I've only had a Polaris cleaner (totally different) and I can't compare this to others, all I can is this one works great and no problems.
Glad I bought it
I did a lot of research and decided to go with this company and I'm glad I did. I unboxed it read the directions and within 10 min this little guy was cleaning the pool. my pool has never been so clean. the filters were able to pick up sand and algae without any issues. thanks again
Very easy Product to use.
Robot works very well. Good packaging, good video how to use on line. Easy to set up. I received my Robot with not a dent on the packaging. I ordered the caddy and was glad I did, very useful. I have used the Robotic cleaner one so take that into account. I have a new inground pool and this was the first time it was being cleaned so there was a lot of concrete chips and small stones and sand. The unit did a great job except in the deep end where the wall meets the floor. Other than that it climbed the walls and did everything else effectively. I will write back at a later date after I have a few more cleaning completed. But from what I see so far this a a quality made product with some very good engineering. I am expecting it to last. Everything fits perfectly, filters, covers etc. I made sure before I used it to unravel the cord properly and had no problems. I extended the float arms and had no problems going over the floor drains. It won't do steps and it didn't do my seating shelf either. Not sure why it didn't do the seating shelf but no big deal. A bit expensive but buying from Amazon seems to have saved me over $400.
Best cleaner ever
Bought it in March 2016. Was the 4th pool cleaner that I used. The other 3 cleaners (2 pump powered, 1 robotic) would always get stuck somewhere in my irregular shaped pool. The Dolphin took over right out of the box. Put it into the water and it took off. It climbs the walls, cleans up to the water line and cleans sitting areas. Does not clean ladder step well but I don't know what would. My pool is surrounded by oak trees with leaves falling in the pool year round. The cleaner does a great job of cleaning up all the leaves and other residue that hits the bottom. Been finding steel ball bearings in the cleaner screens lately. Thought the kids might have been shooting bbs into the water but now thinking that a bearing is failing in the cleaner. Have not noticed a problem with the movement or water flow from the cleaner but am monitoring the situation. Absolutely no info on any of the core parts in the owner's manual. The cleaner is very heavy when removing it from the water and I doubt that people with weak upper body strength can hoist it out to clean the filters. But this thing has worked perfectly for almost 3 years now. And the present price is $140 less that what I paid for this one.
Not my father's robot pool cleaner.
Growing up in the 80's and 90's my father always had Dolphin cleaners. They always worked great at first - but eventually they just broke down. I just bought my first house and did a lot of research on these. I was delighted to see that Dolphin is still an industry leader. The Premier 2018 model has blown me away in terms of it's design, weight, and operability. I love how easy it is to clean and empty. The different media types is an awesome feature and needed in my dusty backyard. The no-tangle cord really works, too. I'm happy to get 2-3 hours of my week back from manually vacuuming - and to keep the dirt out of my filter. The only downside is that my dog is naturally distrustful of new technology and barks at the Dolphin anytime it breaches the surface.
After 3 months...wow!
I've purchased Kreepy Krawley side suction robots since 1985. Instead of replacing parts this year, I decided to do a search on types of pool cleaners and those rated best. The dolphin premier robotic pool cleaner stood out. I AM SO VERY HAPPY WITH THIS PRODUCT! After one week, 8 hrs a day, the Kreepy Krawley hadn't cleaned leaves at bottom on 9 ft pool nor the tile at water line. Within 1/2 hour, the Dolphin had cleaned ALL leaves in pool bottom and had cleaned tiles and pool sides within 1 hr saving me time but also keeping the pool crystal clear and clean. I have packed up Kreepy to give away and will only use Dolphin and pool filtration system. I'm so glad I looked up other ways to clean my pool. I would have purchased this Dolphin years ago. I highly recommend it. I, unfortunately, have a pine tree, pomegranate trees and other leaf dropping trees around my pool. So, I get lots of debris in pool. The dolphin makes quick work of cleaning debris up with bag. The dolphin also cleans the pool with fine filters which helps my regular filter stay cleaner. I also purchased the caddy which is a nice plus for storage and moving Dolphin. I don't need the remote since the Dolphin works well on it's own.
Hard working machine
I love this thing. It will save Me hours in pool maintenance. Before buying this, I spent hours in research. I reviewed independent reviewers, as well as consumer reviews. I finally settled on this one. Some said it wouldn't climb walls or stairs... Well it does. Ive attached pics of both. Very happy with this robot
Worth it unless you have time and energy for manual vacuuming.
A lifesaver. Without frequent vacuuming pool gets algae. Manual vacuum is hard work and takes up weekend time. I don’t have excess energy anyway and to add to the misery i’ve been sick half the summer. I wanted a unit with the floaters on the handle because it made sense that it would improve wall cleaning. I believe that it moves in a random pattern because there are no sensors. But since it runs for thee hours per session it gets everwhere. It doesn’t get the steps. It doesn’t hang up on the drain. Cord tangles a bit but I don’t run it more thanks three times before removing to clean and i untangle then. The bag is much better than the filters. If you have leaves get the bag. If dirt then either the bag of filters. Bag is too hard to clean, i wash in machine. I have two bags, I wash one while the other is in the bot. I hope it lasts beyond this first season!
The Best Robotic Cleaner Out on The Market!
Dolphin by Maytronics is the best Robotic Pool Cleaner in the industry. I've done extensive research and my friend's large hotel where they work use the professional ones. My next door neighbor has had the M400 for over a year, just leaves it in his pool and it runs great and less Chemicals are needed. I wouldn't personally leave it in my pool, but the area pool specialist in Texas seems to think it's ok. The difference between the 2017 Dolphin Premier is it doesn't have the 3rd brush on the bottom and media filters aren't conveniently on top. The 2017 Dolphin Premier is somewhere between the M400 & M500 models that are priced $1,100- $1,300 which come with the caddy (m500 with useless remote and different running times) M400 M500 no reason for remote, because both have bluetooth and app for your phone to run if you desire. It's a matter of preference, I think all will clean your pool very well. Also, the 2017 Dolphin Premier has a large Media Bag, if one feels they need it, I never would. Maytronics says it won't climb your stairs, but mine does, you must adjust the top handle things! The M400, M500 are difficult to find, only Professional Pool Companies sell them in your area, but do your homework on pricing.
Cleans great and climbs like a billy goat
Our old dolphin died after 5 years. This one cleans much better and climbs to the top of the tile like a billy goat. This is a must have for all pool owners.
Strong vacuum that is a great pool floor scrubbed.
Great pool vacuum. It wasn’t too heavy and I liked how easy it was to clean. Make sure you store it upside down like the instructions say so that the rubber scrubbers and foam rollers don’t get damaged. Some reviews said it doesn’t climb but I saw it climb our walls quite a few times. I haven’t figured out if there is Bluetooth with it but it has helped clean our pool a lot. Our water is beyond cloudy and this vacuum is starting to help clear it up quite a bit. I think the value really comes in when cleaning it out. It’s so simple to clean and I feel that it really scrubs the floor well.
Why didnt anyone tell me about this years ago??!
Hello. Gunite pool owner here. When I bought my house I assumed I would just buy the same cleaner I had used in a previous pool - Polaris. The kind that hooks up to a return jet. Yeah, that didn’t work out so well. It didn’t work. At all. So that left vacuuming by hand. Getting the long hose, connecting it into a skimmer. Talk about a time consuming pain in the butt. I’ve been doing this for 6 years when I heard about the Dolphin. Two friends have it - this whole time I had no idea it plugs into an electrical outlet. YOU DO NOT NEED TO USE A SKIMMER OR RETURN. It’s expensive. But you know what else is expensive? My time. Scrubbing down the entire pool and then vacuuming it 2-3 times a week was just too time consuming. It didn’t happen as much as it should have last year and mustard algae started to grow on the sides of the pool. That doesn’t scrub off my friends. It’s a whole process to remove it. Anywho / I got the Dolphin 3 days ago. Opened the box. Assembled it in 10 seconds. Plugged it in and in an hour MY POOL WAS CLEAN. It scrubbed the walls. I have an odd shaped pool - custom- and this little fella cleaned it like a champ, never got stuck once. The only negative is that it’s heavy, but it is totally worth it to be able to never have to manually vacuum the pool again. Highly reccomend!!
Amazing performance
Well, after reading varying reviews I went ahead and splurged and bought one. It arrived at the US Navy Base in Italy unharmed. Great robust packaging. Unpacked and inventoried. I think it is missing two small rubber plugs, but I may have misplaced them! Anyway, my pool is huge! I mean 65 feet long and thirty feet wide from 5 feet to 20 feet deep. It holds more than 88,000 gallons of well water which I've switched over to a coloring generator. Six months ago I would have sworn the Swamp Creature
urged at the bottom, if I could have even see the bottom! It was dark green and filled with an assortment of water bugs. Not good. I started by dredging the depths of the trench with my net. Pulled out piles and piles of leaves, branches and debris. God only knows what it was. Then I set the Dolphin primer to work. Large leave bag first. Thirty hours later the leaves were almost gone. The 4 sand filters had calcified all of the said so the pool company came out and chipped out the boulders. New sand a couple of days later and a lot of chlorine shock to speed things up. Unfortunately when the pool was fired up initially a broken stand pipe had pushed a lot of sand into the pool bottom. The dolphin was busy sucking all of this debris out of the water. Then once I could see the bottom and the robot had gotten all of the leaves, I switched out to the medium filters. It scooped up most of the sand readily. 16 hours of the medium filter and time to switch to the fine filter. I've been running the one filter for about two days now. Crystal clear water! Amazing is all I can say. Not one kink in the electric cord, easy to clean filters and seems like a very robust machine. No issues to date and the job it has performed so far is phenomenal
glad I bought it
I upgraded from the pool cleaner , what a big difference . Pool has never been this clean before... glad I bought it . Plus I don't have to worry for 7 years because I bought the extra warranty . DON'T know why people say it doesn't climb the walls , because it climbs mine great
Very Happy with the Dolphin So Far
I have had the Dolphin Pool Cleaning Robot for a month now and am very happy with the Dolphin Robot so far. I previously had a Polaris F9450 Sport Robotic In-Ground Swimming Pool Cleaner Vacuum 4-Wheel Drive which failed after three years of use just outside of the warranty period. The Dolphin cleans much better than the Polaris and the cord doesn't get tangled up nearly so much. It took a little while to get comfortable with changing the filters on the Dolphin. The instructions that come with the Dolphin are not that great. I would suggest you go to Youtube and look up "Dolphin Pool Cleaner" for some good videos on how to use it.
Excellent Customer Service
I LOVE this pool cleaner. The cord does not get all tangled and the cleaner does not try and eat it. The cleaner is well made and having the 3 different types of filters makes it appropriate for all situations. When the pool looks clean to the eye test and I put in the cleaner with the finest filters you can see the dirt that was still picked up. Then there was the one problem and the customer service was amazing. The main reason I picked this particular cleaner was because it came with a 3 year warranty, but when I went out the other night and it wouldn't turn on I was really upset. Even with the warranty I was afraid it would be a mess. Boy, was I wrong. It was crazy easy. Basically they sent me out a new power source on Wednesday and it arrived on Friday. I just had to change the actual cord over, use the new unit and throw the old unit away. WOW!!! No fuss, no sending the broken unit back and forth. Two days and I was back in business.
Well-designed and works great!
Let me preface this by saying that after my experience with an Aquabot Turbo T4RC, I was skeptical that a pool robot would ever meet the expectations I had. The Aquabot was a disaster that ended up costing nearly $4,000 over 4 years and was constantly being repaired. That being said, this thing rocks! It climbs the walls of my 32,000 gallon in-ground gunnite salt pool with ease. It scrubs the tile line, gets up 2 steps and cleans the built-in swim benches. In two hours, this out-cleans the Aquabot on its 7 hour mode. Its modular design and array of filter media is only outdone by the tangle-free cord which in and of itself is worth 5 stars to anyone who has ever owned a robot without a cord swivel. If this lasts nearly as well as it is designed, I'd give it 6 stars! I would highly recommend this to anyone looking to purchase a new pool cleaner.
A great pool cleaner!
I have only had it for a couple of weeks but so far it works great! As others have posted in previous reviews, the only thing it does not do well is clean steps. Having said that, I purchased the Dolphin Premier knowing that it did not clean steps well mainly due to its size. The easy work around is to brush anything on the steps down to the pool floor prior to starting the Dolphin. Aside from the steps, it does everything else so well that I have still given it 5 stars! Because I have only had it for a couple of weeks and have only run it 3 times I cannot speak to or rate it's durability and or reliability. I will update this review as I have owned this unit longer and used it more. So far though, so good!
Better than we expected
I was nervous about spending this much money on a product I hadn't seen or tried, but we are very impressed. Our pool is very irregularly shaped, so it doesn't get to every curved corner and is challenged by our curved steps, but I don't think anything would work on our pool. It climbs the 8-foot walls just like it claims and picks up just about everything. We had algae for a while, and it helped with that. We had ash from a nearby forest fire and it did great with that. It picks up normal dirt and leaves. We use it once or multiple times per week and it is still going strong after almost a year.
Great at keeping our pool spotless
We have had this cleaner about 3 weeks now and it has done a great job at getting dirt and debris off the bottom of the pool. I still am astonished by the amount of stuff it picks up. I put in the the pool about every other day. 1st with the leaf bag picking up most of the debris. Then another time with the filter and it makes the pool look like new. Great product recommended.
Krista
Update- rating increased to 5-star, this robot might not get every nook and cranny but it climbs the walls, scrubs the barstools, steps and even managed to handle the spa. Anything that ends up on the bottom of the pool is gone by the end of its cycle. As long as used regularly the walls stay clean. The large leaf bag actually works better than the filters to collece fine debris. Kept having a fine powder show up on our pool (time to replace our pool filter) and the robot gets rid of it with the
large leaf bag installed. Its not super easy to clean the large cloth leaf bag but its not difficult either. Very happy with our “Murr-Maid”. This is my very first go at pool ownership, we had a San juan Fiberglass pool installed in January of 2018 and therefore my first robotic cleaner but this cleaner seems to do a good job. My pool has been struggling lately with algae growth after repeat rains so the cleaner had very obvious areas I wanted to see if it would clean. On the bottom of the pool this thing is flawless, doesn’t miss a morsel. On the sides of the pool it touches maybe 30% of the walls before it’s cleaning cycle ends. The walls do get cleaned but not like I was hoping, but perhaps my expectations are not realistic. I think as time goes on and the robot has time in the pool every day to clean the walls will eventually be problem free without much extra brushing from me. For now the bot and I work together and the pool looks great! I would caution however that the packaged insert instructions on switching the bot to the large debris bag system says to remove the filter screen when attaching the bag - DONT - it caused the bag to get sucked into the propeller blade and the unit stopped running (thankfully with no damage done). I put the filter screen back on and then attached the large bag filter and it works like a champ again. Time will tell how it holds up (was a refurbished unit) and I’ll update if it has issues....the dogs are undecide
If you want a clean pool, buy it!
I bought this in February but just put it in my pool a month ago. After using it for a month, I feel like I can write a decent review. When I first put it in the water after our pool was opened, our pool was very dirty from the long winter. There were a lot of leaves and worms and who knows what else. After a day of running the Dolphin, my pool was perfectly clean! I could hardly believe it! It climbs the walls and doesn't get stuck on my drains in the deep end. I had to empty and clean out the bag two times, but once cleaned out, it works like a charm! Our old Dolphin was 8 years old and stopped working at the end of the summer and this one was a big improvement over the older model. Do not hesitate to buy this model!
Mount control unit indoors if you can!
This guy is working great for us, and I recommend him highly. He does leak a bit of dirt when pulled from the pool but I've found it is minimal if he's pulled out quickly and allowed to drain on the pool deck instead of pulled out slowly. I didn't want to leave the control unit exposed to rain so was originally disconnecting it and bringing it in when rain threatened. This was such a hassle I was regretting my purchase, even though he was doing a great job cleaning. Then I recently found a solution! Part of our garage borders our pool so I bored a hole in the brick wall and put a short piece of 1-1/4" schedule 40 PVC pipe through the wall. I covered the pipe outside with a low-profile "in use" electrical box cover. Now my control is mounted in the garage, the excess cable is coiled inside, there is a normal-looking electrical box (it appears) on my visible wall, and I can easily disconnect and pull the cable through the wall when I want to take the robot out of the pool. So much happier!!!
Takes alot of the work out of cleaning the pool!
Purchased the Dolphin Premier Robotic June 2017 to replace a 4 year old Pentair Legend that came with our new pool. The Pentair worked on the positive pressure side of the pool and did a great job of vacuuming sand/debris (we have few trees in the area), but I was looking for something that could also climb the walls and do some scrubbing on the water line and kick off some of the algae that builds up overnight down here in the Texas heat. I find myself spending an hour or more (several times a
week) brushing the walls (in or out of the pool) to get it clean. Im done with that! Our pool is a free-form with PebbleTec base 36’x16’ from 3’to 7.5’ deep with some built-in step outs, sun shelf, tile and rock edges. Unpacking and setup was easy. The inner box was lined in a plastic bag, looks like everything made the trip fine. Setting up was easy with the quick start guide. The only thing that is unclear on setup is how to adjust the floats on the handle, but after downloading the manual on the Dolphin website tell you to extend the floats if your unit is using brushes on both ends. The floats (when extended) help the unit get to the water line with zero problems. Simply plug the Power/Control unit to the cable (already attached to the Robot), lower the Robot in the pool, plug the controller in to your GFI protected plug, and hit the power switch and its on its way! You can keep the unit in the pool and set cleaning intervals with the Power/Control Unit for full cleaning cycles on a 7, 3 or 2 day interval. I cannot comment on the remote control (not included), but my understanding is the controls and cleaning patterns are more detailed and specific. My Pentair ran for 2 hours before I unboxed this unit, and after 3 hours of running the Dolphin Premier, it managed to pick up quite a bit of extra algae and sand the Pentair (suction only) did not get. Im confident that the Dolphin Premier will “learn” its routine over time and improve coverages and results. I took a quick video of the unit climbing the wall and “walking” the water line to give you an idea of how it works. Usually it runs along the waterline a few feet before going
If you truly want a great pool cleaner - this is it
If you truly want a great pool cleaner - this is it. It does amazing work. Remember, 98% of algae and bacteria in your pool is on the sides, not the bottom. This product eliminates the back-braking chore of "brushing" the pool sides. Yes, it is expensive, but totally worth it's weight in gold!! You will not be disappointed!
This robot rocks!
Over 10+ yrs as a pool owner who does his own upkeep this Dolphin Premier is hands down the best over those run off the pools pump and vacuum suction devices. Here's why. This machine pulls the dirt, leaves and particles out of the pool instead of getting suck up into your DE filter which eventually clogs up and reduces vacuum pressure. As some pool owners know that once those pool pump powered pool sweepers lose sucking pressure they stop working. Tired of those multiple hoses leaking or poor connections that stuff is over!!! My pool is rectangular with steps and pepple tech. I get little to sometimes hand size leaves and it seems to pick up just fine using the large leaf bag. The micro filters are useful too but the pool get completely clean with the leaf bag. Unlike the pool pump powered type this thing has 3 settings so you can run it for 1,2 or 3hrs. independently. During the fall weather I use the Premier about 2x a week. When I first got it I use to store it out of the pool when not in use. I still do store it and only use it when the pool needs a light cleaning. Only downside I've notice is sometimes it doesn't get to the upper steps but most others don't either so I can live with that. I've own this machine for just over a year so I will probably give you the best review over others but simply put... THIS ROBOT ROCKS!
Worth the $$$
This is my 5th cleaner...2 pressure side and 2 electric robots. My past 2 have been a Dirt Devil and an Aquabot. The Dirt Devil was a decent product but quit working after 2 years. Tried an Aquabot based on reviews, and it was horrible. Marginal cleaning, and the motor stopped working after 2 months. Got it fixed under warranty last summer, but it died again after 3 uses this year. Was not going to pay to have it fixed again. Decided to buy the top of the line this time, and if this one didn't work out, I am done with robotic pool cleaners. Right out of the box it was ready to roll. Put it in the water and it stopped working after 30 minutes. I was worried....but it turns out it was so good at cleaning that its bag was full that quickly. I always thought my pool was pretty clean, but this thing is amazing. It was cleaning things I couldn't even see. After about 6 iterations of this, it finally ran a full cycle. I finally switched over to the filter cartridges instead of the bag filter. Yes...the product includes both! Usually a $150 or so option. Still cleaning like a champ. My only concern is longevity, but with a 3 year warranty I feel at least somewhat confident that this will go the distance.
Awesome robot
3yrs and no problems.. awesome cleaner
As advertised or better
This is far much better than the standard pool vacuum that goes through your pump and filter.
Should've bought it sooner!
Works great. Simple operation. 1) Drop in pool. 2) Let it do its thing. 3) Take out and clean filter. Repeat. P.S. Get the Caddy!!!
5 Stars
Have owned the Dolphin Premier for one full season. Absolutely love it. Make sure to get the cart caddy makes handling easy.
Great pool cleaner!!!
This is our 2nd pool cleaner. The first one was a less expensive model and we had it for 7 years and we were extremely happy with it so we bought a better version with two different filter systems. It does an even better job than the first one. The remote makes it even more handy. It is a great advantage to be able to leave it in the pool and set the timer and it cleans in cycles, which keeps the pool clean. Other than skimming leaves out of the top, it keeps my pool clean.
Super Clean
This is a great pool cleaner. It does a fabulous job and is easy to clean.
Great machine!
It’s a solid pool cleaner. We’ve gone through half a dozen other pool cleaners over the last 15 years and this is by far the best one we’ve had. It does a great job keeping our pool clean and it’s easy to maintain.
Great product
Would highly recommend it…the power supply stopped working just shy of the 3 year warranty but Maytronics replaced it for free!
Love this, my pool is so clean.
I absolutely love this product. I have had it for about a year now. I use the flat filters in the summer and switch to the leaf bag in Fall through Spring. The leaf bag holds a ton so I only have to empty it every day or so instead of a few times a day as I did with my polaris. In Spring, not only did it pick up all the seed droppings; but it picked up all of the pollen. My pool has never been cleaner and with little effort on my part. Thank you for such a great product.
My dolphin premier
We love ours we have never cleaned the old way. It’s so easy and takes just a couple minutes to start.nYear three and no problems at all.
Worry Free!
Had done plenty of research. Googled-video on it and found a customer who thoroughly did a demo on the dolphin. I purchased it last year 2017 and it’s worth every penny! Ease of use, completely cleans in all ways. Worry Free!
Wonderful pool cleaner
Rickie, our pool robot, is fantastic. He works for hours at a time and is so quiet. We are in Arizona on a golf course so we get grass, tiny mesquite leaves, calcium flakes from hard water and when the monsoons come, all kinds of debris. Rickie takes care of it all. It’s amazing what you find in the filter bag. So glad I’m not swimming in that stuff any more. We love our robot.
Just amazing
I have owned my current 18×36 in ground pool for over 20 years. This new device saves me time and money AND labor. it works near flawless and keeps my pool cleaner than I have ever been able to maintain it. 10 minutes set time – 15 minutes clean up. Forget the remote – not worth the effort. Thinking back to all the years without this device – wow- I sure wasted manpower and energy- not to mention money on chemicals, etc I no longer need to maintain. Sure, its an investment – but worth every penny in my book. This will be my third season with it and we get along just fine.
Happy I bought the DolphinClassic 5 Robotic Pool Cleaner
I purchased my Dolphin on the internet last summer. Prior to purchasing I researched it as much as possible on the internet. Reviews were quite convincing. I have not used it since last September when I closed my pool. However, I used it frequently when it arrived and was very pleased with the results. In the 3 hour operation it did a terrific job and I was very impressed with its ability to climb up the sides of the pool and clean. The Dolphin came with the two screen filters and the bag filter. Being in the Northeast with perhaps more airborne debris than more Southern and Western areas, I found the cloth bag as the most efficient and effective way of cleaning my pool. It takes about 15 minutes to make it clean again which is a fair trade off for me. Also I had occasion to call customer service wit an operation question and was pleased with the response. In summary, to date I am very satisfied with my Dolphin
Excellent Purchase
After doing my research on the various types of cleaners decided to purchase the Dolphin Premier. Was skeptical as I had heard the Dolphin computers typically failed easier than other brands. Have used my Dolphin Premier 2-3 times a week and love it. Makes having the pool so much nicer not having to drag out the old hose and spend over an hour cleaning. Changing the different type of filters is a breeze along with cleaning the filters. Definitely worth my money in the time it saves me from cleaning the pool every week.
Love My Dolphin
I keep my pool open year round–there’s nothing more depressing than a covered pool. Maintenance has never been easier–even in “leaf” season. I’m going on my third year with the dolphin premier. “Max” keeps the pool spotless clean and the water sparkling. I love my dolphin!!
Great Sweeper-cleaner
This makes owning a pool so much easier. Put it in and let it do it’s work. 15 minutes cleanup and you’re done.
Performs better than expected
After using this product for about 9 months in a Texas pool which has leaves, dust, and hot sun for algae buildup, this cleaner has done an excellent job of keeping the pool in top condition. Additionally it does a much more complete job than I could do previously. Expensive, but well worth the investment.
Works Great in My Fiberglass Pool
I have not used my vacuum hose since I purchased this cleaner. I just drop in the pool and let it go. Clean the filters when it is done. My pool filter lasts longer and requires less frequent cleaning since I purchased my Dolphin. It was a worthwhile investment.
Dolphin premier cleaner
The dolphin Premier is a great robot put it in set it 3 hours later your pool is clean very easy to operate
Not great
It tends to stay at the deep end of the pool and not go to the shallow end to clean. Very heavy to lift in and out of pool.
So happy - end of year 5
This is my 5th summer using it. After lots of research I had chose to import this one and I am so happy with it. Sometimes i hit it for a second clean because it didn’t get a few bits but we have a 40×20 pool so its a big area.
Hard to understand with out instructions included in the box.
wish it had better instructions to read and follow. Mostly you have to watch videos instead. a little more confusing to use. the old versions are easier to understand. Don't get me wrong it works but it's complicated.
Good
Overall happy. It does not work great on rounded floor to wall buy good enough. Have a few issues with the baskets, show full after an hour and has never been full. Great to have three basket choices but realistically can be a pain to change out, one even requires adding and removing a piece with a screwdriver. don't see a real advantage of this one over next step down.
2nd Purchase of a Dolphin
My first Dolphin lasted about four years, then stopped running, possibly due to a bad motor. By the third year the "tangle-free" cord was getting twisted at each use, so it was on the downhill. It did a great job while it lasted and I'm just not sure any of the other brands are any better, so I purchased another. This model includes three different filters, which is part of how it does such a great job with cleaning. It also has automatic settings so that it cleans without having to be turned on. I noticed Maytronics improved their instructions (which are minimal at best) this time around, adding a few cautions that they did not offer before (don't leave the robot in the pool when the water is not properly balanced, keep the power box protected from rain), which may improve the lifespan of this robot. The Dolphin does not require a separate motor like the Polaris and it certainly cleans much better, so I can recommend it over the Polaris. That said, my Polaris lasted much longer than the Dolphin. Overall, giving the Dolphin a four star rating due to it's lack of durability, though it is an excellent cleaner.
Excellent cleaner; useless controls
I have now used his cleaner several times and can recommend it without reservation. It was easy to set up and the minor modifications that you have to make to the weights in order for it to be able to climb the pool walls were simple and straight forward. It does an excellent job picking up even small debris from the bottom of the pool and climbs the walls with alacrity. Once you get rid of the bag and use the standard filters the cleaning of the machine becomes very simple and easy. Two major things stop this machine from getting five stars: the first, is that The controls are hard to see and provide no information at all. The filter full warning light comes on to quickly and has no effect on the ability of the machine to continue to clean the pool; secondly, even if the controls it told you something useful they are difficult to see in the day and impossible to see at night. I did not purchase the remote control his other reviewer said it was not useful however I did purchase the card which was easy to put together and very useful if you have to move the cleaner at all. In summary, I find the pool cleaner to be excellent at its job but it's this price point I would expect more convenient features like a countdown of how much time is left in for the knobs to actually light up. Finally, I think there's a structural deficiency in the full filter warning light.
Warranty
Does a decent, but not perfect job. I was really impresses when I had to have power supply replaced under warrenty. Unit purchased in June 2016 and power supply stopped working in September 2018. There were a total of 5 emails and I have a new power supply. Their communications were all timely and helpful. They included a troublehooting attachment that will be helpful.
Love my dolphin
Love my dolphin.. I just closed my pool but had my dolphin for the full summer season.. this bit did a great job for leaves and all the junk that falls in the pool.. one of the features that I like the best is that it moves more water around the pool in places that the filter system normally can't get to..so less Alger too... Over all I was really happy with this little guy.. though he does seem confused when I drop him in and does not get to the full pool (though I have not watched for the full 1,2, or 3 hour cycle the whole time) Glad we made this purchase as pool season was less of a chore this summer.
Like many others have mentioned not much for instructions but ...
Recived the cleaner very quickly and gave it a test drive within the hour. Like many others have mentioned not much for instructions but not much else to do but plug it in and hit the power button. I can not attest to the leaf picking up ability of this unit and am a bit skeptical as to how well it would do because of the size of the intake ports on the bottom. I swapped out the bagger filter and used the micron filters. After a 3 hour run I can attest to the fact that it did indeed filter out a lot of dirt as the filters needed a good spray to clean out all the dirt. Coming from a pressure side cleaner this robotic cleaner is a total no brainer. Great product...will let you know in a year if its still working
Great robot.
Great Robot! Not cheap. I purchased a aquabot turbo classic before this and returned it, what a difference. This robot cleans my 12x26 vinyl liner pool in about 3 hours. It moves fast and climbs walls with ease. It can get stuck on drains, but it will eventually get itself off. It seems to be totally random what it does, but it gets the job done. A few times it left spots unswept but for the most part this thing will save you time. Only downside of this particular sale, there is no caddy and no remote. The unit is HEAVY and when trying to pull it out of the water its even heavier, the water evacuates slowly. The cord still can get wound up a bit even with the claimed no tangle system. This unit came with all the different filters, I use the standard one for now since my pool is relatively clean. I can see however using the fine particulate and the large bag for pool opening. It also came with a factory 3 year warrantee.
Pretty good at cleaning but alot of quirks for price...........
We purchased the Dolphin Premier after reading mostly positive reviews and its #1 rating here. We have a busy schedule and don't have the luxury of time to manually go around pool with traditional vacuum to get dirt out every day. We have alot of trees so the pool upkeep is constant. Pool construction is just about done but we've used the cleaner probably around 20 times already as landscaping around the inground pool (plus the constant high winds we've had lately) keep the pool dirty thus requi
ring the use of the robot. I've only used the big bag and the medium filters so far for cleaning. I think the big bag is mostly for leaf pickup but I've been using it to clean up sunken sticks and leaves, plus some ground that sank to bottom. And for some reason, whenever it rains worms just love to crawl in there and sink. The robot gets all this stuff very nicely. Cleaning the bag is a pain though. No easy way. I don't have time to wash it in machine after every use. So I let the bag in unit for maybe 5 runs, then unhook it and rinse it off with hose to get junk out. The bag can hold ALOT more debris (obviously) than the pleated filters. I find myself washing them with hose after almost every time which is the reason I stop using them for the time being. I was always also getting the "clogged" light with those cuz the pool has been dirty as mentioned above. I think those are mainly for a pretty clean pool. Until the pool is done being landscaped, I'll stick with the big bag made of canvas. Now my beefs: Instructions are terrible (VERY VERY vague on the operation of the robot). The push/pull knobs on the handle have NO MENTION whatsoever for the tricks needed to make it climb the walls bettter (had to resort to a guy on youtube to find out whatever these even did). Doesn't climb the walls (could be cuz of some dirt but our water chemistry is good so don't know). Have to assume its because the floats on handle are not set properly. The brushes are new so it cannot be those as mentioned in the manual. The unit only seems to run a process for about an hour and this cannot be adjusted to my knowledge for say 2 or 3 hours at a time. The buttons on power pack are only for how many times a week but who actually uses the robot like that? I pull mine out after every run or two to wash it out after disconnecting the power which resets everything anyways. We also bought the remote which is pretty useless. No instructions except a few words on basics. The manual movement works but is very painfully slow to move the robot around. As for the quick cycle which will tell the robot to NOT try and move up the walls, DOES NOT WORK. Tried everything and cannot get those two functions on the remote to change anything. Still runs an hours and always TRIES to go up the walls but cannot. Lastly we have a steel liner pool which has the hopper design. The robot constantly gets stuck straddling those hopper lines where is doesn't have a flat surface to run on. It will try to climb up when it knows it can't. It will be stuck there trying for maybe a few minutes before giving up and backing by down
Dolphin Premier
The best pool sweep I have owned. Does an outstanding job. The only complaint is the red light stays on even when its clean and the leaf bag doesnt work.
Tremendous Time Saver
I purchased this for my Texas pool last Summer. I keep my pool open all year and have different challenges throughout the year – Leaves in the Fall, pollen and Oak tassels in the Spring and Algae in the Summer. I really like the different filter media. The cleaner works great and really saves alot of my time (well worth the price in time saved). My only complaint is that the leaf bag is a little difficult to get on and I have concerns about the durability of the metal wire (connected to plastic) that you stretch the bag over. Also, the filter light seems sensitive when I change the filter media. Overall, a great cleaner that saves lots of time to enjoy, not clean, the pool.
4 Stars
Good product, the only con I have is it take longer then expected to clean my pool
Great for Midwest leaves
Skims the bottom of the pool pretty good and easy to take the filter/cloth bag out and clean. Pretty basic cleaner, looks well made.
Buyers Remorse
I’ve had this dolphin for about a week now, and I’ve got some serious buyer’s remorse going on. First, I should say that there is nothing really wrong with it. It does an okay job, just as well as the SandShark we had at our rental. The thing is, though, that we could have bought nine SandSharks for what we paid for this Dolphin. And although it does clean the pool by itself, I do have to lug the heavy, awkward thing over to put into the pool, and then after about three hours, pull the beast back out, take the filters out and spray them off, put them back in, put it on its caddy, coil up the cord, and put it away. It’s not much, I know. Ten minutes, maybe. But it’s heavy, and I already hate doing it. Especially since I remember living at the house we rented before we bought this one, and all we had to do with the sandshark was . . . Nothing. We ignored it. Sometimes it was a little annoying having it in the pool when the kids were swimming, but we just pulled it out until they were done. I feel like a dope for buying this thing.
Cleans Well, other performance is Meh
Well, it does a nice job cleaning the pool. It walks about and scrubs and sucks so that's pretty good. This thing will NOT climb my pool walls however. It begins climbing the side and then just slips sideways and slides back to the bottom where it bumps against the wall for a bit before turning around and going the other way. It also seems to leak debris back into the pool when lifting it out of the water. I watched some videos online and the reviewers suggest jerking the robot out as quickly as possible so any leakage doesn't make it back into the pool, but I still leak a lot even doing that.
Too buoyant to do a good job
I do like that the cartridge doesn’t have to be cleaned after each use. I dislike the fact that it is too buoyant to do a good job of cleaning. I have followed the instructions to adjust buoyancy and it only gets worse not better with adjustments. When I pull it from the water I lose particles back into the water, the bottom doesn’t seal tight enough to keep debris contained. I read reviews and was hopeful that this would be a good pool cleaner but find that my old one that’s a different brand did much better. I went with the Dolphin because it said it was lighter weight and had a tangle free cord, I have found neither to be the case. Disappointed but will contact customer service in hopes they can resolve the issues.
fantastic cleaning, very difficult to use
This product does a great job cleaning the pool, and would receive 5 stars for that. However, I give it only one star on ease of use. The intake to the bag has very small slots that plug up during every use. The bag is difficult to remove, clean, and replace making the daily maintenance task much more time consuming than with our old polaris. I am happy with the cleaning job it does, but would not buy it again due to the difficulty of use.
I love my dolphin and I would have given it 5 ...
I love my dolphin and I would have given it 5 stars a month ago but it broke after only 60 days. While it was under warranty, I still had to pay $57 to ship it back to a repair center Plus was out of a vacuum for about 1 week. Other than the swivel going bad I have had good experience with my dolphin. No sure why the swivel broke because I’m very careful and particular about the care of my dolphin.
Not good coverage
Not happy with the product as it rarely covers the entire pool. I have to run it 2-3 times to get partial coverage.
Gets stuck on main drain. Doesnt handle corners very well.
Does a pretty decent job picking up most of the stuff in the pool. Unfortunately, like some other reviews, ours would get stuck high centered on the main drain. If you don't check on it to pull it off the drain it just stays there. Completely defeats the point of having an automatic vacuum if you have to continually check on it. It also couldn't climb the curved corners in our deep end so those walls were never getting cleaned. Returning it to replace it with a new Polaris 9450 like we had before ordering this one.
Had a solid month of it working great, super easy to use
Purchased this at end of April. Had a solid month of it working great, super easy to use. Then after 6 weeks of use the device to power on will not turn on at times. Can't get vacuum to go. Tried emailing the vendor we purchased from to see if we can get them to repair or replace the power unit and no response after a week. VERY DISAPPOINTING after spending $1000+ on this. WOULD NOT RECOMMEND - or buy from locL company where you can return for fix.
It does not go to both ends of the swimming pool for cleaning, Filter is too small and hard to access.
I had two Polaris after 4 years they both stopped working at the same time so I did some search online and dolphin premier was recommended. Its filter volume is too small compared to polaris, it is hard to access the filter, it just hangs out in the middle of the swimming pool, it does not got to two ends of the pool. I have to move it with remote to the sides of the pool so it cleans those areas. Good thing is that it does not get stuck on the top of the drains in the pool and it does not get stuck on the stairs in the pool. I guess I am going to keep it because of the 3 years warranty compared to polaris which was 2 years.
Not happy, doesn't clean corners
The machine does a great job cleaning the floor of my inground pool but does a horrible job with the corners of the pool. Debris is usually left sitting in the corner for me to sweep out. Not happy with the product, expected to now have to worry about cleaning my pool since I spent over a thousand in the robot
Only working "OK". Maybe due to careless packing for shipment?
The product seems to be working fairly well, though I see it occasionally passing over top of the smaller particles and not gathering them. Perhaps that's because it was delivered in a box that allowed it to sit on the little styrofoam wheels and the rubber brushes, deforming them all? Pics included from right after the unpacking. You would think that when you spend over $1,100 on a piece of equipment, it would be packed with a little more care for the item.
Poor service after the sale
While I am initially pleased with the cleaner, it didn’t / doesn’t seem to respond to the Programming… I called service department and sent it in for repair at my expense. Along with the remote, I wrote a detailed note as to what the issue was. Having to manually each day go turn it on, it would not allow nor respond to ANY programming commands on the power supply. Promptly received the cleaner back, minus the enclosed remote. No explanation as to what was done, cleaner still had dry leaves in it, (which made me wonder IF anything was done. Tried discussing with the service department over the phone, and got no answers except an attitude from the employee. Dropped it in the pool, same problem… power control will NOT respond to any of the programming buttons, and it will NOT run on a program…. Service department could be a little more customer friendly, and explanatory in what they supposedly did… still have an expensive product that will not run on a program…. highly disappointed and dissatisfied. Service after sale leaves me to rate only a 2 star!
It worked for one day. Now nothing!
Sad, we thought we had found a super good way to clean our pool. It worked for 1 day and then nothing. Light is on, but nothing happens. Tried to reset, tried unplugging, cleaned, re cleaned, reset NOTHING!!
5 stars
Received my stigma today, so far it does exactly what it’s supposed to.
5 Stars!
5 Stars! Our home flooded in 2016 and pool had been left alone till now. We added algea killer and shocked pool. Algea had went to bottom after dying sucked right up. There are also chunks of concrete that it managed to pick up from a demo of steps into pool.
3 stars
The unit arrived on time, in good shape, and worked right out of the box. I was up and running in 15-20 minutes. Running it its first night is did a great job cleaning my not-so-dirty pool and the cable was clearly NOT tangled. Note: It does a GREAT job getting above the waterline to scrub the walls. Impressive wall suction and stability. First cleaning of the filters was CAKE. I really do appreciate the top load panel innovation. Note on filters: Comes with 2 sets, it is not clear which filters are the smaller micron filters. Note on manual: Digital manual accessible through the iphone app is klunky and incomplete. Note on marketing:2 stage filtering is mentioned, but I'm not sure how that is really a thing. You can SWAP filter types, but I dont see how to stack them OR where a 2nd stage would be.Perhaps a disconnect on version / part numbers. I purchased this to replace my recently deceased but very heavily used Aquabot T4RC. I was nervous to purchase this unit because there was very little feedback and information to illustrate its long-term value. Obviously the jury will be out on this for some time. I’ll be trying out the daily automation routine through the weekend to see how it does. The phone Bluetooth remote control works SOMEWHAT better than the wonky remote on my old T4RC
5 Stars!
5 Stars! The pictures attached show it. Our home flooded in 2016 and pool had been left alone till now. We added algea killer and shocked pool. This is pic showing algea that had went to bottom after being sucked right up. There is also chunks of concrete that it managed to pick up from a demo of steps into pool.
Simply awesome
Simply awesome how much debris it picks up. Very easy to clean with top loading cartridges. Happy to be done with bag systems.
Love it.
Love it. The Gyro makes perform very well. Had a pool cleaner without a gyro which did not perform as well and did not go up the side walls.
Wish we purchased sooner
Wish we purchased sooner. Thing is built like a tank, does a great job
Worth the money
This is the best cleaner that I had. Dolphin knocked it out of the park with this one .Going from and older Dolphin that was garbage to this is leaps and bounds.I had Polaris before no comparison to the Dolphin Sigma with two different filters you can pick up micro debris. I had some scale and algae heavy on the bottom of pool and up walls to the water line .The sigma cleaned it all up even the acorns and the big oak leaves got sucked up by the Sigma. This was well worth the money
Love
I love my Dolphin Sigma Robotic Pool Cleaner!
4 stars
I give the cleaner 4 stars, works great and cleans really good. If has improved my pools appearance and my filter and pump work even better. The app is useless and I give it 1 star.
Fantastic Job
Have only had it for a month but it does a fantastic job. Had a polaris 9450 that was ok if the POS motor would last more than 3 years. This Dolphin Sigma really does a good job scrubbing the walls of the pool. I have not had to brush the walls in 4 weeks. The 3 motors shoots the water out the top vs behind the unit like all the other brands do which stirs up debris that never gets vacuumed. My Polaris was in the pool every day having to clean,,, the Dolphin every 3 or 4 days because it does such a good job. I’ll never regret paying what I paid because of the time it gave me back for myself. My pool is 32,000 gallons and it does the job in about 2 hours. So worth it, but my only complaint is you spend $1,300 bucks and you’d think the dang caddy would come with it but that’s another $130. Please!
It's great
It’s great, better than the old one I had and that lasted 10 years
3 Stars
We inherited a Polaris pressure cleaner with our pool when we moved into our house a couple of years ago. The Polaris cleaner did a decent job, but it was rather dated, and had have a couple of cons that were rather annoying. One was that it always seemed to get stuck on our ladder in the deep end (despite putting the guards in that side of the ladder). This meant that we had to manual extract it from this location several times during the course of a cleaning. Two, it always missed several spots that we either ignored, more manually vacuumed when the cycle completed. To make life easier, we decided to splurge on the Dolphin Sigma, which seemed to have a lot of modern bells and whistles. I have to admit, it does a better job than the pressure vacuum in less time while using less energy. However, we still have the same two issues as before. Now, instead of the ladder, it gets stuck several times a cycle on the drain cap on the bottom of the shallow end which requires manual extraction (picture). This means that we can't really run it when we aren't home, and can't use any of the auto features. Like the pressure vacuum, it also misses several locations during a cleaning cycle. The remote control feature seems like it should be a solution to this issue, but we haven't been able to actually make that work yet. I would give it five stars if it hit all spots and didn't get repeatedly get stuck on a standard drain cap on the bottom, so I removed a star for each of these two reasons....which was why we decided to explore such an expensive option in the first place.
I am so happy!
My pool is very close to my neighbor's beautiful HUGE pine tree. I have a never ending issue with debris from the tree...pollen, bark, needles, and bits of cones. Also I have a "Grand-Dog" (Labrador) who swims often and sheds constantly. The Letro Legend that came with the pool tried but was never successful at thoroughly cleaning the bottom. The Dolphin Sigma is amazing! This 12 year old pool has never been so clean. To say I love it may be an understatement. I take videos of it to show friends, yeah, OK that may be a little weird...The first couple of times we ran the Sigma Robotic Cleaner the filters were filled with huge amounts of sludgy goop all that stuff was in my pool...ICK. Now the filters have a more normal amount of debris. Seriously crystal clear and clean water, I am so happy!
Satisfied
Very satisfied with this purchase
Love this thing!
Love this thing! Filters, brushes, cleans!! Would've given it 5 stars but: A lot of $ for limited software and programmability. it doesn't do steps well. It only climbs to the coping 25% during a 2.5hr cleaning cycle. Info says it learns pool. It seems to be random like polaris but much, much better job. Still love it and would buy it again 1 month into ownership.
Does a great job!
Runs well, does a great job! Arrived in a timely fashion with no problems. We are very happy with the robot!
Couldn't be happier
I love it I throw it in the pool hit the on button and away it goes. The robot picks up big leaves and gets the entire pool every time I couldn’t be happier
Great
Great. Does not get hung up... Does a great job.
Fantastic Job
My only compaint is that this is a heavy unit to lift out of the pool. Does a fantastic job of cleaning. The blue-tooth feature requires one to be very close to the power unit but I don't use it anyway.
Excellent
Excellent through first three months of use. Efficient and thorough cleaning of all surfaces (bottom, walls, stairs) of our plaster pool. Filters very easy to rinse with hose. Easy storage away from pool with optional Premier Caddy, can be wheeled to pool deck and hooked up and functioning within a minute.
Best thing since sliced bread
This thing is the best thing since sliced bread! Works just as advertised and we love it.
Loving the clean pool
2 months in and loving the clean pool. Bluetooth is fun once or twice but really is not responsive enough. Put it in auto mode and you will be a happy camper, just do not forget to empty it because it really does clean the pool better than you think it will.
Great
Works great
Best
Best pool vac ever
Perfect
Perfect
Keeps my pool clean
I don't know how I made it this long without it! Turns on every day at the same time climbed the walls and the stairs cleandtthe benches does a great job and keeps my pool clean.
Great Company!!!
This the second Dolphin cleaner that I purchased. The product has worked just as expected, great company!!!!!
WOW!
Sigma pool cleaner even goes up sides and stairs, WOW! The pool has some staining and I thought I would have to pressure wash the pool. Sigma has gotten most of the staining off, Great Job. If I were to rate it from 1 to 10 I would give it a 11 or 12!
Worth the investment
We are longtime dolphin owners. Our last model was nearly seven years old when it finally died. We bought this one based on the reviews and LOVE it. Its so much faster and cleans the wall of our pool so well. Definitely an upgrade and worth the investment.
Pleased
We live in an area with a very heavy bio-loading on our pool (Savannah). We have multiple large oak trees among other species that make a mess of our pool on a regular basis. Prior to ordering the Sigma, we had the typical jet pump-powered pool cleaner on a daily timer. The bag was always filling up pretty quick and the tracks were starting to wear so the motion was erratic. We contemplated getting a newer model but I found this Sigma on line and ordered it. I'm glad I did! No more random tail whips of water from the cleaner and it has done a great job. I'd say the two filters are each about the volume of the prior pump filter bag, so we get double the volume of debris before cleaning. More importantly, this unit has be run daily for almost 9 months while providing us with a cleaner pool. I will say that just recently the bluetooth capability has stopped working but the Sigma keeps working just fine. I don't need the bluetooth capability and never really used the virtual joystick to move it around. I just let it do it's thing.
Sigma Review
Cleans all the way up to waterline, walls, even the pool table base!
Love
Love it
Thank you Dolphin Sigma!
My husband always took care of our very large pool. Recently he had a heart attack which caused a lung condition to come out of remission and go crazy. He is now on a lung transplant list. Needless to say we had to hire someone, move, or I had to find a way to handle the task that took him hours every day. I found that technology had come to my rescue. I ordered the Dolphin Sigma because it seemed the easiest to handle and the technology was the latest. It is awesome!! I put it in the pool, plug in the unit, and push the on button. End of story. I had just replastered the pool and this picked up all the tiny specks of plaster dust, leaves, twigs, and dirt. By the time a two hour cycle is done, the pool is spotless and sparkling. I then lift the sigma out of the pool, drain off the water, unplug the unit, and set it on the dolly. Then I pop up the cartridge cleaners and hose them clean- 3 minutes tops, and put them back in. No more hoses and vacuums in the pool all day. My grandchildren can swim in a clean pool with nothing in their way. I feel very blessed and thankful that this machine has helped us stay in our home. One headache and chore done! Thank you Dolphin Sigma 2019!!
Sigma Review
I have a screened-in lanai, so I get mostly small bits of debris, much of it floating. (I use a floating autonomous cleaner for fine surface stuff.) This is a saltwater pool using an external DE filter. When refilling the large DE filter, a lot escapes the system - the Sigma is great at removing it. Even though I have a new filter, there is still a fair amount of stuff picked up by Sigma weekly (maybe 1/4" layer at the bottom of the Sigma screens.) Cleaning Sigma's top-loading filters is very easy - very well engineered. It does a good job in cleaning my pool (about 12,000 gals.) I run it about 2x a week. It climbs right up to the waterline - incredible. I've had Sigma for about 2 months now, my first submersible cleaner. Came without a caddy, which was purchased on the same order - a recommended tool. The remote control (Bluethooth to iPad Air2) works, but the response time is about 2 seconds. As an RC pilot, I find this to be incredibly slow - but the Sigma is not going to fly off! I have toyed with the Remote, but not something I use normally. My only wish is that it should have a built-in video camera - LOL. I've filmed it with some actions cams under water - interesting. According to the box, this is made in Israel. A very good product, including the power supply and cable.
I'm Very Happy
1) It gets hung up on the main drain at least once per cleaning cycle - like a turtle on its back. The tracks are on the sides, and brushes are front and back, with nothing moving in the entire central under-belly. If the robot drives up on the main drain dead-on, it gets stuck and can't get itself free. A light tug on the cord sets it free and it continues without any problems. However, when running unattended, this has been a big issue. It got stuck at the beginning of the cycle one time, and
I didn't notice until near the end of its routine. There are a few devices on the market that make a ramp (like a ring around the drain), and clips that create a dome over the drain cover. These options are ~$50, last only a few years, may be difficult to assemble, and reviews are generally horrible. But someone posted an interesting solution, and I've been trying to make it work. That is, screw a 1" PVC cap (with stainless screw & washer) to the main drain cover to create a 'dome'. It should lose balance when it tries to climb the dome, causing at least one track or brush to contact the pool bottom. My first attempt didn't work, because I used a shallow cap. My next attempt will be to use a cap & pipe (as an extension). Making it taller should do the trick. Associated problems were: weighing myself down so I could stay on the bottom (weight vest + weights on a tool belt + mask & snorkel. Pre-drilling the hole for the screw. I held onto a wood spade bit by hand, and worked it to get a hole started. Staying on the bottom while applying force to pre-drill, then use the screw driver. I used a garden claw to hook onto the main drain with one hand, while working the tool with the other. Interesting experience . . . but totally doable. Just make sure you have someone spotting you and extending a pole for you to grab onto when you come up for air. Or . . . find someone with scuba gear :) 2) The remote (blue tooth with smart phone) works, and I've used it successfully to get a few spots the robot missed (especially after it gets hung up on the main drain). However, response time between action & reaction is poor, and I usually over-compensating on turns. It's frustrating trying to get the thing pointed in the right direction . . . but it gets the job done . . . eventually. 3) No caddie. I wrote to the manufacturer and didn't get a reply. I eventually put the power supply in a patio box to keep it out of the weather, and I leave the robot in the water all the time, so not having a caddie hasn't been a problem. All-in-all, I'm very happy. The pool hasn't been this clean - ever
Poor App for Android.
App for Android is very poor. Not the same features as iphone.
Works great!
The one I ordered from Amazon had a defect – its handle was detached. I called Maytronics customer support and they had a new one to me two days later. I then returned the defective one to them with free shipping. Their customer support was fantastic. I’ve had the new Dolphin Sigma for a week now and am very pleased with it. It does a fantastic job cleaning the pool bottom, sides, bench and tile above the water line. I still have to sweep the tanning ledge since the Sigma isn’t supposed to be operated in less than 2 1/2 feet of water. I haven’t had many leaves, but the few I had were picked up easily. There have been several bad reviews about the remote. I didn’t get it because I have a smart phone and downloaded the Dolphin app. The app is limited but it does a good job maneuvering the Sigma in manual mode. I use it to move the Sigma onto a pool bench, then powering it off so I can easily remove it from the pool. I’ve had no problems connecting my iPhone via bluetooth to the power supply. Contrary to some other reviews, my Sigma has had no problems with my raised drains. It goes over them as if they weren’t there. One thing I haven’t seen in the other reviews is that the Sigma also works in a spa. It has no problems cleaning my unground spa, which I was unable to do with my other cleaner. I could not be more pleased with it.
Amazing
Cleans all the way up to waterline, walls, even the pool table base!
Question
What is the typical life span of a Dolphin robot?
Answer
The Dolphin is designed to last many seasons. However, the lifespan differs from Dolphin to Dolphin. Many different factors play a role, such as amount of use, pool chemistry, and pool surface.
Question
Can you leave the power supply out in the weather?
Answer
The power supply is water resistant but not waterproof. Please cover the power supply if inclement weather approaches. Do not leave the power supply in standing water. Do not allow the power supply to be submerged in the pool.
Question
Can you leave the Dolphin in the water?
Answer
It is safe to leave your Dolphin cleaner in the water when not in use. However, (when adding chemicals to the pool) please remove the Dolphin until the proper chlorine and PH balance are obtained.
Question
Can I use a Dolphin pool cleaner with my fiberglass or vinyl pool surface?
Answer
Yes, the Dolphin is suitable to use in fiberglass or Vinyl pool surfaces.
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| 4 Filtration Options |
| Tangle-Free Swivel |
| Energy Efficiency |
| 3-Year Warranty |
| Consistently Cleans Waterline |
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| User Friendly |
| Energy Efficient |
| Large Filtration Basket |
| Lightweight |
| CleverClean Drive System |