Maytronics Dolphin X30
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Too expensive, poor performer – We have a 1.3m to 2.3m depth over 9 metres pebblecrete pool. The pool collects flowers from native trees and numerous leaves from nearby bush and gardens. The unit doesn't effectively collect debris and blows the grudge and smaller particles back out of the unit into the pool. I still need to manually clean at least one a month. Seems just to… Read more
stir up the water. The unit also gets struck on the drain cover on the bottom of the pool, requiring it to be removed repeatedly. The electric cord just twists constantly, which reduces the area it will cover. For $2500 I could have just had the pool man turn up 10 times a season.
Just an average cleaner – Only cleans half the pool Spends lots of time trying to climb out the pool Spends lots of time doing unnecessary turns and short moves which will create lots of wear & tear to the unit Makes the pool cloudy so you need to run the filter for longer Show details
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waste of money – works well when it is working. had it for 4 years and it has broken down every year, had motor replaced twice and cord replaced and lots of cost to sort out. has done very little work since last repair and clips under filter basket are broken and motor is again full of water. Show details
Great for pool maintenance – Easy to set up and drop in the water and it does what it says. Recommend for anyone looking for a hassle-free pool cleaning solution Show details · 1
Great pool cleaner – It dose a very good job, all as I expected. It cleans the pool wonderfully. Show details · 1
It does a fabulous job – Works perfectly in my pool. A great machine that definitely does good job. Very pleased with it. Show details · 1
Great performance – Great performance and cleans my fibreglass more with ease. Its a great cleaner. Go for it, get a Dolphin today! Show details · 1
It does a fantastic job – We love our brand new Dolphin pool cleaner. It does a fantastic job at cleaning the walls, floor and waterline of our pool. We spoke to Maytronics who recommended a local pool store and they delivered within a few days. 100% recommend. So much better than my cheap robot I brought online! Show details · 1
The x30 is not worth buyinh – I have previously outlined the limitations of the x30 - never cleans all the floor; seldom climbs the wall; hardly-ever scrubs the water line; debris falls out when removing from pool. Next thing - the handle is not part of the exterior body. Instead it relies on two screws screwed into plastic, inside the machine, within a plastic internal… Read more
part. The attachment points (two) are maybe 30mm each. Imagine the weight born by these two points when just carrying the thing empty, let alone when full of water as it is being removed from pool. That part splits/cracks. Then try using it. Have tried repair with glue and fibreglass. And carrying it like a baby, not by the handle. But I imagine it will break right off soon. Then I can just dump it in the bin, and good riddance. Very poor engineering design. It looks like the latest one has a handle which is part of the exterior body - Not sure. Just don't buy the x30. In closing, I have had three of these things over the years (various brands) and all have have disappointed or failed. I feel the industry struggles to produce a reliable product. Happy Daze.
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So far so good at 1year 3 months – Compared to cleaning by hand this thing is good, not perfect but good. Forget the steps, you have to brush them yourself which won't take long. You need both filters to get a good clean, you can buy the fine filter online, it fits inside the standard one. After a year and a quarter I am starting to get discoloration on the tracks but everything… Read more · 1
else is good. Will update when I have had it for 2 1/2 years as lots of people seem to say they start to die then. I only use it when there is less chlorine in the pool to prevent damage and clean my robot every time I use it by dipping it in a large plastic storage container full of tap water 125L (from reject shop). This will remove any leaf debris from the internals and any chlorine left.
I am handy and there are videos online about how to repair these machines, new tracks etc. I use it every 2 weeks and if big winds every week, sometimes needs 2 cycles (2 hours each) because they are not that smart and miss spots.
Store indoors and keep out of the sun. Set the electric cord going into the pool in the center of the pool when in operation then it won't tangle, mine never ever has.
WOW! How good! – It’s out first pool and everyone said how much time it takes to clean a pool! Well not with this bad boy, it does all the hard work for you. Can’t be happier with our purchase! We have a lot of dirt around our pool area due a renovation and the dolphin makes it sparkling clean every time. Packs away in the corner of the pool yard out of the way on its stand. Show details · 1
Great on Leaves, grass and small twigs – My pool gets very dirty from being a rural property in an open cut coal mining area. Lots of leaves and grass and also dust and dirt. The x30 does a great job picking up the leaves and twigs which would have just got caught up in the suction cleaner I have. It's easy to use and easy to clean out. BUT despite it saying it is for use in a pool… Read more
up to 12m in the specifications (mine is 11.7m) I need to run the x30 three times consecutively, to clean the entire floor area of the pool. Yes it does the sides as well. Not the steps or swim out (but neither does the suction cleaner). The downfall for me is that you have to physically turn it on. You can't set a timer and it comes on each day. You have to go to the pool and turn it on. I work full time and so does hubby, so that's a little inconvenient. I see others complaining about the cable getting tangled. I'm lucky to have the power outlet in the water feature box, halfway along the long side of the pool. So that's not an issue for me. It does get tangled but not enough to stop it working. I'm not sure it's worth the money for a big pool but if you had a 7 or maybe 8m pool it'd probably be ok.
I have contacted Maytronics support via email and they were super quick to respond. Unfortunately I think I just bought the wrong model for my pool.
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Just Purchased – H Guys, Just purchased the X30 & it works well but won’t clean my swim out ? I even started it on there a couple of times ? Any recommendations to rectify this issue? Show details · 3
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Only lasted 2 1/2 years and stopped working – The X30 did a really good job of cleaning the pool, although the cable did get tangled quite easily, and I was impressed that it was even able to pick up the palm seeds and large leaves. The bad thing is, it only lasted 2 1/2 years before it stopped working and was quoted over $800 to repair it. I would expect a cleaner that costs over $2000 it would last for more than 2 1/2 years. Show details
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Great product - Better Service – I’ve has a number of robots and used other methods to clean my pool. None work as well as the X30. I’ve found it very easy to use over the past 3 years. I’ve had a couple of issues with it from time to time but have always got excellent support from Leo and the team at Maytronics in Oxley. I do recommend it to others. Show details · 1
Terrible – Do not buy this product! The cord tangled to the point of being unusable after 18 months and after speaking with Maytronics they gave me instructions to rectify the tangled cord. After months of trying they are now saying it is out of warranty and won’t replace it. The cords are very expensive to replace. Also, it won’t clean the large 2… Read more
metre wide 4 m long step/ shallow area in our pool. They say it is the shape of the step that is the issue.
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Perfect product – I have tried many solutions to achieving a sparkling pool; vacuums on the pump, brushing and manual cleaning as well as regular servicing, however, purchasing this product is a game changer. It cleans up the fine dust (I live in Central West NSW so we deal with lots of blown dust in the air) as well as the usual leaves and dirt. The fact that… Read more · 1
there are two types of insert for the basket really helps with the fine dust. Now my filter and chlorinator can get on with their job unhindered. Great product.
Works great but – The unit does everything that I expect , climbs the walls ,socks in debris and leaves ( we back onto a forest and have plenty of gum nuts and leaves all year round ).About 18m months old My only peeve is the bloody cable that constantly twists and twists despite being removed ,straightened in the sun etc. Should come standard with Anti Twist cable instead if having to fork out $$$$ Show details · 1
It really doesn't work – I'm comparing this Maytronics Dolphin X30 my last pool robot that I really loved. It had four wheels, not two tracks. The Dolphin x30 doesnt clean the pool at all. It picks up next to nothing, it doesn't climb the walls as advertised. It repeatedly stops after moving 6 inches. It hasn't moved more than a yard before needing anothernpress of the… Read more
start button. I've spent two hours trying to get it to work. It doesn't. It has never filled even a quarter of a leaf basket. The filters are hard to rinse clean. The filter cover is really hard to open. The yellow opening handle is made of very small plastic hooks that jammed even on day one There are ducts and nooks and crannies all over the unit that with leaf fragments which are really hard to clean.
In summary the x30 won't start until its start button is pressed 5 times at least. Then it moves a few inches and stops.
After buying it and reporting the above to Maytronics, support in Braeside, Victoria told me the Dolphin x30 cannot work if there's algae in the pool.
My retailer said nothing about algae. There are no warnings or conditions about how dirty a pool can be for the Dolphin x30.
Just about every pool has algae sometimes, so this is a ridiculous excuse. My pool is rough pebble mix which is high friction, it is not slippery with tiles or smooth paint. My other pool robot that had four wheels, it did not tracks like the Dolphin and it was never stopped by anything.
Maytronics says my unit probably has no fault. They took my money and its less than a week old, it doesn't work but they say they need to assess it in their workshops for weeks, so I won't be able to clean my pool for weeks or get my money to buy a different unit. Unbelievable.
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A Little Beauty – I bought the Maytronics Dolphin X30 Robotic Pool Cleaner for my vinyl pool in January 2020 and it does a wonderful job of cleaning the pool. Our next door neighbour has a huge gum tree half of which is overhanging our pool so we are constantly getting leave, sticks, twigs, gum nuts, spent flowers and even branches in the pool. I was using one of… Read more · 2
those kreepy krauley type cleaners which was just useless and would block and stop from even a medium sized leaf. The X30 handles all that, has excellent filters so not only does it suck up all the big leaves, twigs, the gum nuts and everything else but it also sucks up and traps the fine dust you get on the pool floor in its filters. It runs up the walls to the water line and cleans that as well. I have never looked back after buying this pool cleaner. My only fear is that the heavy demand load might wear it out prematurely.
I would offer two constructive criticisms to Maytronics though. One is that when you lift the X30 out of the pool for cleaning, invariably, some of the things it collects come out of the slot in the bottom and back into the pool. I don't know how they may get around this but it can be annoying because then you have to put it back in to suck up what it dropped.
The other more significant criticism is that I have no idea why Maytronics would have made the cord/cable that goes from the controller to the X30 out of the material they have because it twists and twirls up all the time and actually restrains the X30 from getting to one end of the pool and therefore, that end never gets cleaned properly. No amount of stretching the cable out taut and leaving it in the sun to soften and straighten helps because as soon as you put it back in the pool, the coolness of the water temperature causes the cord/cable to instantly twist and twirl back up again. Maytronics, please, please, please, make these cords out of some other material that does not twist and twirl up or better still, if you haven't already, invent a cordless one!!!
Dolphon X30 – Exceeds all expectations. Filter is excellent. It covers my 9m x 4m pool and doesn't miss a spot. climbs every wall (up to about 2.5 metres) and scrubs all of the water line - just as promised. I have pretty much damaged both shoulders from scrubbing the pool and vacuuming. Wish I had robotic pool cleaner like the X30 years earlier. Show details · 1
So easy to use! Pop in the pool and let it go – My Maytronics Dolphin X30 is perfect for cleaning my pool. Its so easy to use. Drop it in and press the button to go. Our neighbours trees drop so many leaves into the pool and this collects them all. Great for cleaning sand and debris off the pool floor. I'm surprised how much it collects. Cleaning the unit is easy too. I just use the hose and spray until clean. Show details
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Not worth it! – Not worth the money. Doesn't clean properly. Tried to upgrade the power supply today to one with a timer so at least the pool would be automatically cleaned a few times a week therefore providing a better chance of it being clean when we want to swim. I rang Maytronics and was told to get a specific power - went and bought it from local pool… Read more
shop and it doesn't work! I used to have a suction cleaner with our old pool at previous home. Going to put the X30 on gumtree and go back to the 2 wheel suction cleaner. Much less hassle - pool floor was always clean - only thing you have to do with a suction cleaner is pull it out when you want to swim. Not worth the hassle and doesn't live up to the marketing.
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X30 Dolphin or Pentair Prowler 920 Robotic Pool Cleaner same same ! – Ok this thing is awesome.... I had an issue having a SUCTION type unit in my pool as the filter was getting a huge Air gush everytime the filter turned off so I went looking for a solution ... the Pentair Prowler 920 was the answer and cheaper too ! This has a high-speed scrubbing brush for all-surface deep cleaning and thats made a huge… Read more · 2
difference to the look of the pebblecrete .. also an easy top-access filtration basket for easy debris removal. the kit comes with both large and fine debris filtration cartridges so you can choose your level of cleaning ... im running the fine and they are easy to swap out thats for sure, it does have programmable daily cleaning schedules with a built-in weekly timer on the power module that thats a Maytronic unit anyway.. Also does the stairs and walls with ease .. just 240v convenience requires no installation no booster pump or hoses .. its all in one, vacuums all types of debris and helps remove algae that for sure and pool actually has a sparkle now .. come with a 18m floating cable and ive had no twisting issues, but I did lay mine out in a long straight line and i only LOOP it when i pull it out of the pool ( like a hulahoop) best part is that is comes with a 2 years warranty also ... so at least i get 2 years.. total cost $1499
Best pool cleaner.....but really flawed – I’ve perhaps written here before. And you know what, I still love this cleaner. Best money spent. BUT! I find it fundamentally flawed. The power cable is ridiculous. I don’t understand how something this expensive has a cord like this. It’s constantly linked and twisted. I was told to leave it in sun. Didn’t do anything. And I also don’t have the space to leave it in sun. Show details · 2
Great pool cleaner until it died after 2 years – Great pool cleaner until it died after 2 years and needed repairing. After another year it died again - same fault but this time $500 to fix it. This does not represent value for money and after sales care is pitiful. Do not buy this unit. Show details
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Great pool cleaner. Will save me heaps of time – 11m x 4.5m 60,000l pool. Before and after pics. 2 full cycles one day, 1 cycle the next , all on ultra fine filters and the pool is sparkling. Climbed every step including the walk ledge all the way around the pool. Really happy with X30 performance. Show details · 1
X30 pool cleaner – What a brilliant little machine. The first day we used the coarse filter and we were amazed at the amount of sand and debris came out that was being missed by the kreepy krawly. The old cleaner that was attached to the skimmer box needed to be cleaned twice per session which meant dismantling the skimmer basket, not so with the X30. After we… Read more · 1
added some chemicals to the water a brown muck formed on the floor which we would normally have to suck it down the drain, wasting precious water. Not so with the X30! The fine filter handled it with ease. We love it to bits!
X30 pool cleaner – We have recently purchased the X30 and are very pleased with the results. We live adjacent to a reserve and the amount of dust we get into the pool is terrible particularly when you have white pebble. From the first time we used it we were amazed that it could clean the pool so well in such a short amount of time Show details · 1
Great little pool cleaner – Makes cleaning the pool a breeze - just drop it in and come back a few hours later. Having the two filters also helps in getting the fine dust out of the water. The kids love it also and have nicknamed it "wall-e". Show details
Fantastic cleaner, easy to use – We have had this cleaner for a few months now. Cleans extremely well covering the whole pool. Climbs to walls with ease and we haven’t had an issues with tangles. Collects debris from leaves to fine dust. I purchased the extra liner that’s inside the fine particle basket. Easy to lift in and out of the pool and easy to clean from the top access.… Read more
Would recommend this product to anyone. You use less water because you don’t have to backwash as much due to the debris not going through the filter.
Best Pool Robot I have ever had! – Had a Demo unit supplied to us and it did everything it said it would and more ! Apart from picking up all the debris , we get a lot of dust on the bottom of the pool and the fine mesh basket picks up all of this as well. After a 2 hour clean cycle the pool is sparkling again, Happy Days. Immediately purchased our own X30 and have never looked back. Thank you Maytronics. Show details
I should have bought this earlier – This robot does what is claimed for it - I just dropped it into my pool, which had a lot of gum leaves and green algae on the bottom, and off it went. Two and a bit hours later my pool was clean. Then I had several days of rain, dumping more gum leaves into the pool. I used the robot each day, freeing up an hour or more each day for me. It's… Read more
easy to empty out the leaf basket and to dismantle and clean the filters. My pool is an above-ground plastic-liner pool, 11 metres long, 45,000 litres. The second set of filters provided are not mentioned in the instructions, and I was trying to fit them into the basket before realising that they are replacements. Very pleased so far with this cleaner.
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