My Dolphin: Now I'm getting rid of it

[brent.roberts]

If you read the advertizing on all these units the BS becomes self evident.

The travel speed of a Dolphin is supposed to be 50 feet per minute.
a 16 x 32 pool would work out to less than 50 feet long including slope up and down, and end walls.

The width inclujding sides would be about 24 feet.

If the cleaned area was only 1 foot wide, allowing a generous amount of overlap on each pass, the surface should be cleaned in less than half an hour.

1 length of 50 feet at 50 FPM takes 1 minute
24 lenghts = 24 minutes.

So why does the average model come out of the box with a 6 hour cycle and the programmable units have settings up to 8 hours ????

It would seem they have absolutely minimal intelligence and rely on random patters with about as much programming and learning as a Kreepy Krawly.