Pool cleaner

[Buzby]

My problem is with a particular make of pool cleaner.

The two legged pool cleaners in our

household went on strike, so we bought a Dolphin pool cleaner,

electrically operated. This worked brilliantly - for two weeks. Then it

would stop after shorter and shorter intervals, usually while in a

corner of the pool trying to achieve the impossible (it's supposed to

keep working for about three hours as it moves randomly round the

pool), and finally it would work for no more than 5 minutes. We went

back to the guy who supplied it, who, much to my surprise, replaced it

with another one - unusual for France. This then worked brilliantly for

about three weeks, before it too started misbehaving. Back to the

supplier, who now had no replacement and both faulty units have gone

back to the factory. I am not optimistic about seeing a replacement

until after the holidays at the earliest.

I'd be interested to hear if anyone else has any experience of these

Dolphin pool cleaners (www.dolphin-swimming-pool-cleaners.com). A brief

telephone call to the factory revealed that it was a programming

problem in the power supply, and there was nothing the owner or the guy

who supplied it could do; it had to be returned to the factory.

Meanwhile, guess who's having to clean the pool....