Polaris P39 Pressure Side Pool Cleaner - All Wheel Drive - TailSweep PRO - Dual Chamber SuperBag - Cleans All In-Ground Pool Types WE000008

The P39 is much better than my old 280. The wider tires navigate the seams in my vinyl pool with ease where my 280 would often get stuck or turned around at the depth transitions or on the main drain covers. It's a little annoying to empty out the dual-chamber bag but I also have to do it less often. It cleans my pool quickly and efficiently with a lot less frustration and wasted run time. Very glad I upgraded.

This is the 3rd Polaris Pool Cleaner we have owned in the last 14 years. I will say it is not worthy of the Polaris Name. We have had trouble with it Floating - raising front wheels and running in circles from week 1. Have had two different technicians try to help with no avail. And of course after the time & money wasted with repairs the window of return had passed.. So BEWARE of this particular model. $1000.00 plus repairs wasted.

Ease of use

Anyone who has had to replace there polaris in the past year knows that these things have pretty much doubled in price in the last 3 years. I decided to upgrade to the P39 from a more entry level pressure side cleaner in hopes I would get more than one swim season of service before I have to overhaul or replace. So for $1000 I get the P39 made from largely the same materials as the entry version. With slightly beefed up wheels and a chain drive, I was hopeful that this would be a more robust cleaner. After 2 months of use the wheels have seized up and stopped turning three different times. With no real relevant trouble shooting guidance from Polaris, I took the cleaner apart and manually adjusted the drive system to remove the seize. Best I can tell, grit or sand is getting into the drive and locking the wheels. Been more trouble than its worth and not worth the price for sure.

Always gets stuck in one spot

We had the black version for years, this was a nice switch for a white plaster pool.

Instructions a bit confusing.

Unit broke first day sent it back. New has worked a week so far. Does not seem to do as well as the previous version. Less tail movement and harder to get it out of the deep end despite trying several positions on valve. After 3 months I am getting ready to order my third net. The new design net has weak zippers that are hard to operate and will fail quickly. The bag does not have a velcro strap to hold it up like the older model. The new design tends to drag the bottom and shreds the bag. Bad design . I will try to add a strap to the next bag. I don't of a better product this is the only one I have bought but it's not very good.