I'm worried too. I had a big problem with my new Dolphin right out of the box. Maybe we should pull all these Dolphin stories together in this thread.

SmartPool told me to send it off to a repair depot in the Detroit area. Haven't gotten it back yet.

Since I charged this purchase on my Visa and haven't yet paid for it, I'm wondering if I shouldn't just send the unit back to Leslie's or SmartPool and contest the charge with Visa. Does that work?

There ought to be someplace on the internet that can link this thread to potential victims of these companies. This is a high ticket product and its too bad that we, their customers (victims), have so little leverage.

Thanks in advance of any and all advice.

-Jim