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2.7
13 reviews
  • Build Quality
    3.3 (6)
  • Value for Money
    3.0 (6)
  • Ease of Use
    3.5 (6)
  • Cleaning & Maintenance
    3.3 (6)
  • Pool Size
  • Noise Level
    4.0 (3)
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Alan
AlanSydney, NSW

Great unit

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Great cleaner.
Had it now 4 1/2 years.
Hasn’t missed a beat.
Cleans well and climbs walls to step out level.
Only thing is that the outside of the unit has faded but that’s expected in the Aussie sun.

Purchased in November 2017 for $2,000.

Build Quality
5/5
Value for Money
4/5
Maytronics
Maytronics A.Maytronics

Hello Alan. Thank you for your feedback.
We are so glad to hear that your Dolphin is going strong after 4.5 years and that it is happily zipping around the pool keeping it beautifully clean.
Have a great day,

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Absolutely fantastic cleaner

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This cleaner has been so good leaving your pool spotless !! Takes the hard work out of having to do it yourself . I would highly recommend this cleaner as it will make life easier if you are after a spotless pool

Purchased in February 2022 for $1,500.

Build Quality
4/5
Value for Money
5/5
Maytronics
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Hello Brenda. Thank you for your feedback. We are so glad to hear that your Dolphin is doing such a great job in keeping the pool clean and clear. Have a great day.

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David Cremona
David Cremona
  • 9 reviews
  • 6 likes

Does not do walls

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Cleans part of pool and not all?
Does not go up walls.
Not that good.
Maintenance isn’t too easy.
Overall ok but not happy how it doesn’t do walls.
Not too pleased about this unit

Purchased in January 2020 for $600.

Build Quality
2/5
Value for Money
2/5
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David Cremona
David Cremona

Spoke to u on phone today.

David Cremona
David Cremona

If this unit is advertised as going up walls it is false

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Peter Harris
Peter HarrisGoulburn Valley, VIC

Don't waste your money!

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Purchased in January 2021 for $1,750.

Build Quality
2/5
Value for Money
2/5
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Peter Harris
Peter Harris
Maytronics
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Hi Peter. We have been in contact with the team at Pool Ezy and are assisting in resolving this matter.

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John B
John BSydney, NSW
  • 3 reviews
  • 2 likes

Very Ordinary Pool Cleaner

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Very disappointed in this piece of equipment, it may pick up leaves and nuts from trees...sometimes, but will not pick up any dirt that accumulates on the pool bottom. However the worst part about it is that it just goes over the same sections of the pool all the time. We have a 9 x 3m oval above ground pool and this machine just won't go near the rounded ends. We previously had a Barracuda but got frustrated with it because leaves and nuts used to jam the diaphragm meaning stopping it to remove the blockage, a small price to pay for a clean pool I now realise. Gave it the benefit of the doubt for way too long...unfortunately the SWASH was an expensive waste of money.

Purchased in December 2015 for $850.

Build Quality
3/5
Value for Money
1/5
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Works perfect except no swivel always tangling

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Can I purchase aftermarket swivel and install. I have tried straightening anti twisting leaving in sun but till tangles daily.only 1 month old and I thought was expensive but the best. I should of made sure it had a swivel when I bought it.
It works great apart from tangling

Purchased in September 2022 at Poolwerx for $2,000.

Build Quality
4/5
Value for Money
4/5
Grahame
Grahame

X40 plus

Grahame
Grahame

Yes quite right dolfin X40+

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Maytronics A.Maytronics

Hi Grahame. Cables with swivels are definitely able to be purchased and fitted to your robot. Please do not hesitate to contact our Customer Care Team via email to [email protected] or on 1300 693 657 option 2 for any further information.

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Rod S
Rod SBendigo

Scared of deep end!

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Excellent pool cleaner if you want only the middle of your pool cleaned. It would seem that it is scared of the deep end. I have footage of the robot heading towards the deep end, then getting scared and running back to the shallow end! Seems to spend 95% of its time going back and forth across the middle of the pool, just like a scared four-year-old! Not worth the cost, would have probably been happy if I'd paid about $200.

Date PurchasedFeb 2016
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Tom
TomBrisbane
  • 3 reviews
  • 4 likes

A heap of rubbish

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My pool builder supplied me with a Maytronics Swash. It is complete rubbish. It would only run for 10 minutes to 30 minutes maximum before stopping. Sometimes it would not work at all. Worst of all, Maytronics don't do service calls. I had to organise for my local pool shop to pick up and bring it to the Maytronics workshop. That's very poor service from Maytronics.

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Tom
Tom

Thankyou. I will be in touch.

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Brad
BradBrisbane
  • 2 reviews
  • 4 likes

Doesnt clean all of pool

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Seems to work, but only tracks along one side of the pool. This is a brand new cleaner. I would not purchase another dolphin cleaner. It just runs from shallow end to deep end along the wall the entire cycle. More efficent to manually clean the pool, at this stage i wish I had saved my hard earned coin.

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Hi Brad, I know this follow is a long time after your review, but please let us know if you there is anything we can do to help.

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Ron the plumber
Ron the plumberSydney
  • 3 reviews
  • 8 likes

Don't waist your money

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Unriliable it broke down in the first month,& the pool shop in forge st Blacktown were I purchased it from are not interested in my problem, they were happy to take $ 1700 from me but no after sales service.
The dolphin swash cleans my pool but missed the same spots every time no matter how I ajust it
It's a lot of money for a doggy product.

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Hi Ron, I know this follow is a long time after your review, but please let us know if you there is anything we can do to help.

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Sue
SueGold Coast

A great investment!

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Jeremy
JeremyPerth

Is there 10 stars?

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We purchased our Swash two years ago and it hasn't missed a beat. The pool always looks spotless after having the cleaner do its thing and its so easy to use. We purchased a second bag and rotate them between uses. We get a lot of leaves in our pool, and this cleaner does the job effortlessly. We have not had to replace a single part on it in the two years we have had it, unlike our old Barracuda which needed something replaced every six months. Well worth the money and would highly recommend to anyone looking for a reliable pool cleaner.
Low maintenance, easy to use, light and reasonably priced.
Nothing

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fed up
fed upcondobolin

dolphin swash

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the most terrible experience of a pool cleaner ever. i understand that all things need fixing. but the fix was as almost as much as the unit new - complete rubbish. the thing fell apart in the pool, had it sent off for repair, six months later it wouldnt work, sent it off again. too expensive to repair, in fact i haven't heard back from Maytronics.. terrible experience
nothing,
did not clean the entire pool, had to physically move it to the other end of the pool.

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Questions & Answers

Rex B.
Rex B.asked
Dolphin Swash

How long is the cycle and does it have a set travel pattern? Do all models have Bluetooth?

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Maytronics
Maytronics A.Maytronics

Thank you for your inquiry Rex. The following current models have Bluetooth / Smart Phone Application;
-M500 - 1.5/2.5/3.5
-S300i - 1.5/2.0/2.5 hours cycle time
-X40+ - 2 hour cycle time
Please do not hesitate to call our Customer Care Team on 1300 693 657 Option 2 if we can provide any further information. Kind Regards Dee.

Howard
Howard

The cycle time is about two hours

David Cremona
David Cremona

Don’t buy it

Jane B
Jane Basked
Dolphin Swash

Have had my dolphin swash for 4 years now. It has not been working very well. Have replaced the blade and Had it serviced earlier in the year. Supposedly it should be working again but unfortunately not. Is this normal and is there somewhere I can take the cleaner to be serviced once again? Thank you Jane Bennett ( West End) Brisbane QLD

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Andy
Andy

I would call the manufacturer and request repair under the Australian consumer law. This is an expensive item and should last a reasonable time.

Maytronics
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Good Morning Jane,

We are sorry to hear that your Swash is not functioning the way that it should be. It is not normal for any robot to still be experiencing difficulties after repair/service. We do have a dealer located close by to your West End location, in Norman Park. Please call us on 1300 693 657 or email [email protected] and we can connect you quickly
Prior to taking the robot in to a dealer for assessment, could you please advise as to what you mean by it not working well?

Thank you.

Jon
Jonasked
Dolphin Swash

Hi, bought a swash dolphin and the suction seems inadequate to suck up the debris in my pool, is there a tip to improve the suction? I hose the bag out each time, thanks Jon

2 answers
Maytronics
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Hi Jon, please call us on 1300 693 657 and we will run through some options with you.

The Expeditor
The Expeditor

I had the same problem. The dealer Poolside in Wangaratta, who sold it to my client, kept on stalling making excuses. So finally the Maytronics Breaside team were alerted online by email. This resulted in me carefully filing a report on what I observed and they then suggested bringing it to them from as far as Wangaratta Victoria, a distance of some 300 kilometers. I was acting for someone else and asked him about it. It was going to cost quite a bit of time and cost for fuel to get it there. It was never pointed out to me that the seller was responsible for the transport to and from Wangaratta. After suggesting a new filter pack instead of the bag (I had cleaned it and it got blocked (not full) after some ten minutes) which I felt could solve it it was sent of. It has been working fine after the whole unit was sent of for the conversion. It runs much better and I feel that the condition of the pool as far as chemicals go is not the problem as is stated in Matronics literature. It may have been designed for a pool under those conditions but electronically and mechanically it would not make any difference on its performance. A dirty pool is another matter however, as these units are only able to keep a pool clean, not to actually clean a very neglected pool. This pool cleaner with the new filter works well and the bag system should be abandoned. Yet the dealer locally contends that she has had no problems with them. I wonder about the truth of this matter.... Kudos to Maytronics for fixing it, but brickbats for not alerting me to the dealers responsibility for freight back to the technical department.

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