Maytronics Dolphin M Line

I hate mine. It spends half its life stuck on my pool steps not moving. I have a long pool with steps at one end. Every time I look outside it’s there stuck on a step. If you have steps I don’t recommend the M400 at all. The pool power cord is forever tangled and as soon as you unplug it and untangle the cord it just tangles again. My steps have dirt and sand blown in and I will have to buy a manual pool cleaner to clean them. Show details

Maytronics Dolphin M700 is Fantastic Pool Cleaner we have a lot of leaf and debris at times, and it cleans very well – We purchased a Dolphin M700 for Christmas and it cleans the pool so well. its the best investment we have ever made for the pool. Show details ·  1

Very easy to set up and get going – Our pool usually gets a few leaves, but mainly dust and dirt. We found the app very easy to download and link with cleaner. 1st clean - deep clean. As we had recently had a demonstration machine in the pool it was still very clean, but this cycle still managed to pick up lots of sand and grit and the few errant twigs. We have a reasonably… Read more ·  1

shallow swim out which the machine managed to get on to clean, and off again, which surprised us as rep suggested it may be too shallow. Not too heavy to remove from pool at end of cycle (female lifted with one arm) easy to clean filters and easy to hose down unit and put back on trolley after use to store. We're thinking a once a week clean might work for us, but it's so easy to use that we can do more often if required. Looking forward to a sparkling clean pool from here on in. ✅

Why have we been robot-less for so long? – The Dolphin M600 is our first foray into the robot cleaner world. I had always seen it plugging away in the mini tank at the pool shop, but we stayed with our regular Barracuda. This year we took the plunge and obtained the Dolphin. Firstly, it has some weight, and understanding entails some simple assembly of the caddy. Registration of the… Read more ·  1

machine is via a simple QR code and after downloading the Dolphin app, we were ready to go. There are a range of cleaning options available through the app, from a quick (1hr) floor clean to an intensive floor, walls and lip clean (2hrs). The app allows you to track the progress of the cycle with a finish time displayed. As you cannot swim while it is operating, we set it on its way during dinner. Our pool area is exposed to light debris and occasional leaves / twigs. After each cycle, it is spotless, too the point where we are using the cleaner approx 2 to 3 times a week. Once the cycle is finished, there is a command in the app for the Dolphin to return to the closest side, making the pick up quite simple. Cleaning is as simple as lifting the top hatch, taking out the basket and hosing it down. The only issue we have is a special one, with the recommended distance from the pool edge to the caddy while in use should be 1.8m Due to our pool area constraints, ours is closer, but there have been no issues. Overall, an excellent investment. And the best part? No vacuum hoses in the pool anymore. It looks great!

Very good, but disappointing user manual – EDIT, please read all the way through for an updated happy ending. I originally bought a Zodiac CX35 online and was so excited to use it for the first time. Found I was happy enough until it broke within 7 days.. got an error code and it refused to move. Sent it back for a refund. This time around I wanted to do a little more research before… Read more ·  1

buying something and all roads pointed toward the Dolphin because it was tough, dependable, had finer filters and was nav intelligent apparently. First thing I noted was that it has two filter canisters not just one! Where no one ever actually mentioned online whatsoever so that was a complete surprise. Also has two types of changeable filters, one I'm guessing 100 micron and a finer type. Very cool. The Zodiac only had a 200 micron (or pay an additional $80 for 100 micron) where silt would blow through back into suspension clouding up the pool. The other thing I noticed was the Zodiac impeller was actually right in the middle of the filter basket, suspect to damage ... whereas the Dolphins is independent and won't be damaged by debris spinning through filtration. (Dolphin impeller after all filtration has been completed, Zodiac right in the centre of the filters)

It's definitely built tougher, which is good and seems to do a decent job of navigating the pool. I do notice it climbs the walls in the same three or four spots and can't quite make it up the steeper starting corner slopes where none of the rollers or tracks make forward contact but no robotic cleaners would. (fwiw I have a fibreglass pool and bought the WB model with foam rollers). It doesn't seem to get to the waterline much after the first few minutes, as soon as there's a little bit of matter inside the filters it stops climbing and slips as it tries to climb up before reversing back down with even the 100 micron filter installed, and I mean miniscule amount of debris in the filters (I thoroughly clean these each time), it just seems to become too heavy but so did the Zodiac as well, maybe all robotics do this? I've tried adjusting the float positions but it hasn't seemed to make a difference at all. Is it possible because my fibreglass pool is sprayed blue the shop should have sold me the CB model? In the manual it states: WB for tile and ceramics, online states also fibreglass so who knows

It does pick up everything, but only if I sweep the silt down to bottom off the higher ledges. It does knock some down on it's descent if it can climb the particular area which I can tell was cleverly and purposely designed. It leaves a few small piles of silt on some of the curves/corners and stairs where my pool is strange and street shaped but I can live with that, no robot would be able to get that, it's only very small amounts.

The Zodiac picked up leaves a little better than the Dolphin, and it's larger micron filter helped suction somewhat so both have their goods and bad's, though the Zodiac was really just a toy When emptying the Dolphin finer filters leaves are stuck halfway in the chute blocking up the intake, whereas the Zodiac Excelled in this area. The net filters seem to do a decent job for leaves though and they're one hundred percent inside the filters upon emptying.

The Zodiac had a selection of programs on the controller where you could select different run times, just floor, walls and floor etc which was good, the Dolphin M400 is just on and off. It runs for 2.5hrs but find that's ok and I don't need all the bells and whistles. Something dependable that does a good job is what I was looking for. The caddy is handy but a Tadd flimsy for such a heavy robot. It'll be fine as long as you're careful with it. The Zodiac was similar in build quality

Found that I've been able to halve my pool filtration time because what the robot's taking out means my salt cell is essentially not needing to put out near as much chlorine anymore due to it not being used up by much at the bottom of the pool so it saves on power (1000w pump costs 45 cents per hour here, saving a dollar or two per day)

Overall I don't mind it but wish it were a little more nimble on walls, climbing, waterline scrubbing and leaves, that's quite disappointing unfortunately.

EDIT** Well after much online research I've finally found out what was wrong with my robot. It's only by chance I ran across a very small article about the floats (which there is no mention of in the user manual) The handle floats can actually pull out to the side, creating an additional area of buoyancy to help bring the robot to the surface. Since adjusting both of these outward it's a different animal, gone is the lifeless heavy outdated robot that's been sloshing around the bottom of my pool this last week and it's as if it's full of vigour now and gets around as nimble as you'd expect for a robot of this price range. To top that off, because the robot climbs slightly higher with the net filters installed you can simply adjust the float side positions to make it move along the waterline edge better. Really loving how versatile this robot can be once you get to know it, can really tailor it to your personal pool but in order to get the best from it you need to know how to use it and the manual does not tell you. Shame on Dolphin for not only not advising people to do this in the first place when people complain it's not climbing and secondly not mentioning it in the manual. Really? Floats spread outward pictured. Hope this helps someone out there

A good pool cleaner for custom pebblecrete pool – I've had the M400 for over 1 year & it has performed adequately for our custom kidney shaped pebblecrete pool. The M400 can usually clean the pool within 1 session, unless we've had a storm and there is more debris present requiring an additional cleaning session. The unit is easy to clean & the filters can easily be removed for cleaning. The… Read more ·  2

only complaint is the fine filter panels are easily broken, particularly the lower lugs that connect into the frames when too much debris is captured. They seem inadequate for the pressure of material allowed into the frame. This is managed OK, but still frustrating the design cant handle the device's capacity. However, the other coarser filter screen type provided work as designed. Other than the filter screen issue, the M400 has performed flawlessly.

Not happy with the unit at all, no system for cleaning. Tips over backwards and gets stuck. Doesn’t suck sand from around drain plug. App doesn’t acutely convey what the unit is doing. Returning to store tomorrow to hopefully swap for a more suitable model

Works well, but a few things could be better – We’ve had our pool robot for a couple of years. The main downside is the cable—it’s hard to straighten, tends to tangle, and is tricky to roll up neatly (we ended up buying a cable storage reel). If your power point is close to your pool, this might not be a big issue for you. The robot does a good job picking up bamboo and gum leaves, sand, and… Read more

debris - it doesn’t touch the black spots in grout. The filter basket can be a bit fiddly to remove and clean. Connecting through the app is slow—it takes a while to connect and longer to turn on. In manual mode, the robot sometimes loses connection (about 40% of the time) and stops mid-way through. If the basket is too full, you need a hook to pick it up as it can't climb the wall. I’ve had to replace the foam rollers once because it stopped climbing walls. Overall, it works okay for general cleaning, but next time I'm buying a cordless one!!

Dirt pool – Not really that happy with this cleaner .. I had a aquabot tigershark for 18 years .. it still runs but I thought I'd upgrade .. my tigershark blows my m600 away .. the pump was stronger it picked up dirt and sand even in the cracks , it climbed my stairs .. the m600 I have to run sometime 3 or 4 times to get the same results .. and mind you my… Read more

tiger shark was just a drop in cleaner .. no mapping no programs no apps .. it had one issue it would get stuck on the main drain which was frustrating ..but once rescued it did a much better job .. I fear I'm stuck with this m600 thing for years now .. have to say .... not happy with it !!