Time to replace the Dolphin Dynamic

[CarlD]

BT:

You figured it out. Split brushes are for remotes--on all the brands. The swivel is really just a loose handle near the plug end--and does not work as well as they would have you think, but it does no harm. Sorry LL is out of the remote models. It was a great price while it lasted.

The BD does a better job than the DD, and is far faster, but I have to pull my ladder out or it gets tangled. That's easy enough. Plus the bag is far easier to clean but just as fine. Also, if you have a problem, Dolphin will give you a hard time, BD is just the opposite. The DD has more float controls, but you never need them on the BD as its suction is so much greater. The DD's remote is more sophisticated than the BD's, but, for me, it's not enough to justify a DD again.

Carl

[hzz]

I have the aquabot viva and it has that swivel. I find the swivel useless.

I have never been able to straighten the cord out that way, but like Carl says it does no harm.

I think the viva is aquabot's version of the blue diamond. Have had it for a few years now and it works very well. A much better machine than the dolphin was.

[CarlD]

All of the brands work pretty much the same way. Apparently there was an Israeli company where the owning family members had a spat and each opened their own company with a version of the basic design. Not sure how the patent process worked.

I do know that my Dolphin Dynamic worked great for 3 or 4 years then stopped working and the company gave me a TERRIBLE time about repairing it, sending it back "repaired" but not working twice, sending me raw lead slabs to tape to the handle for extra weight (As if I'm putting raw lead in my swimming pool water where my kids swim!). They finally sent me a replacement that worked OK but never better than OK. I ended up selling it to a buddy for $500, with full disclosure. He had no trouble with it.

Disgusted, I bit the bullet and bought a BD. When I had troubles with it after 3 years, I waited too long to get it to them and bought another (from LL) and that one ran a half-dozen times and failed. So I brought it to them, and, it turned out the old one was still under warranty, and they fixed both and had them back to me in days--the newer one was on my doorstep less than 48 hours later and has been fine since. The older one was a couple of days longer--and it's fine, too. No hassle.

[beantown]

CarlID,

Do you have the remote or standard Blue Diamond?

I'm curious how the standard one turns.
Can't picture it.

[CarlD]

Remote.

I'm not sure how the others turn.