Blue Pearl Robot - anyone know anything about them?

[CarlD]

Sounds like a good unit right off the bat! Dolphins are heavy--but that doesn't make them better.

[cleancloths]

Well the Jury is back and the verdict is in -- so far it seems to be a good purchase!

I was a little worried when I first went out to the pool about 20 minutes ago and saw the unit sitting on the bottom of the pool not moving. I paniced at first and thought oh no not another Dolphin situation. But I called them up and asked what was going on. When I ordered it they told me that one of the differences between the Blue Pearl and the Blue Diamond was that the Pearl had no built in timer and it would run forever. They even told me many people go out and buy a $15 electric plug-in timer to shut it down. But when I told him what happened he said I probably got a 2007 unit (my gut response was yeah right). But he asked me what color the unit was and he said yes, they ran out of the 2006 units and have started shipping the 2007. The 2007 has a built in timer and he said he thought it cuts out in a little less than three hours but was not sure about the exact timing.

In anycase, it did a very good job in cleaning the pool in just under 3hrs, it is a 20'x40' IG vinyl pool. There was quite a bit of crap in the pool too, as it has not been cleaned in 5-6 days since I returned the Dolphin. I'll keep you posted.

[Tredge]

Anyone want to buy an almost new Dolphin?

[Unabomber007]

Nice review.....makes me anxious to try out my new Aquabot Viva AKA Blue Diamond RC when I get home in 8 days.

[mr.bbq]

Good review, my dolphin is 2 years old now and still working great (crosses fingers) I will look forward to the reviews in a year from now as a lot of us loved the dolphin at first, I still do, because of course mine is actually working great!

Anyway best of luck and can't wait for Carl's review of the Diamond.

R

[rak70]

Any new news. Is everything going good with the unit? Mine came in the mail the other day but have not had a chance to use it yet...

[cleancloths]

Its like the Eveready Energizer -- it just keeps going and going, no problems to report as of now.