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Pros & Cons
Pros
The construction quality is far better than my hayward phantom, which i really liked when it worked. It is significantly less expensive than its competitor. The pentair racer is the best value and best performer.
The front mounted bottom scrubber makes a noticeable difference. The bag is easier to empty & clean. It catches smaller particles, but with very small debris, the bag is more challenging to clean out.
Cons
When purchasing via amazon, they do not give you a phone number or address of the company that you bought it from which makes registering a little difficult. The first is a problem with the drive motor that prevents the unit from reversing properly. O... Read More
Competitive units are far easier to strip and rebuild. Racer performance falls very short compared to old legend. What really is disappointing is i am on my 2nd pool in 10 years.
It appears there are numerous people online trying to figure out how to deal with the same issue. Very frustrating. Technical support says they can't do anything about it.
Highlights
Quality
Purchased a few weeks ago as a replacement for the a broken down pentair legend cleaner i inherited with the pool.
It comes with the test fitting for adjusting output pressure from the booster pump to the cleaner to ensure optimal cleaning.
The sweep tail of the llp managed to keep debris from accumulating but with the kreepy krauly i find that there is a fine layer... Read More
It's frustrating to be unnecessarily discouraged from a better, less expensive product.
Competitiveness
Slower than my dying, 1-year old polaris 280, but cleans the pool well.
This replaced my previous kreepy krauler and the new model does a great job.
Overview
- How are reviewers describing this item?
stuck, clean and great. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 219 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jun 13 2023.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Honestly i am not sure why this one and the legend ones are close to the same price the racer seems way better
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Do not buy unless you want to deal with a vacuum that goes in circles and gets stuck all the time
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
We have dealt with pentair customer service for months and they blamed the hose they sent a new hose and it does the same thing
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
My wife is mad that this was 1000 down the drain
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I will update if pentair fixes the problem
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Pentair sent a tech out finally and it was a faulty part that reverses the unit it now works as it should
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
After 2 days i was ready to return it because it it just floated on top and did circles not cleaning at all
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
My last cleaner was a pentair legend a was not as finicky
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