Well, the Blue Diamond arrived last night and the jury is still out on this thing. Somethings are upsetting but OK--the foam brushes are hard and look messed up--they just have to soak up water. The brown stains also concerned me but they test them in water in Israel, then they have to dry out and there can be mold or other stuff:



The chipped clip below the port may get it replaced. In the water, the brushes got big and soft.

It didn't seem to want to climb the walls consistently, but they tell me it only does it on the 1st, 3rd and 7th time it hits a wall. Again, that makes sense.

They tell me with my pool to be VERY wary of wear on the liner just above the bottom of the pool--where the unit bumps into the wall--they don't recommend this usually for an A/G pool, especially round or oval. Mine is rectangular so it's more what the unit is designed for--they'll get back to me.

But MOST disturbing is that 5 minutes after being dropped in the pool last night it got jammed under the ladder. This morning I left it to go eat breakfast it was jammed again. It shuts down, which is good, but the pool wasn't clean yet, which is bad.

Here's the ladder it can't negotiate:



So, the jury is still out and it may be going back really, really soon!

Meanwhile, Maytronics and Smart Pool have gone silent on me.