Dolphin Pool Cleaner

If you are like a lot of people, just the word “chemicals” doesn’t sound good. Sure you need them for your pool but are they at all dangerous to handle? What if they are spilled or mishandled? Can they be harmful? The fact, is that most of the pool chemicals that you will be using to treat your pool can be harmful if mishandled. However; with some common sense rules, they can be perfectly safe to handle and store.

As a general household rule, all chemicals that come onto your property should be kept in a secure location with a solid lock on the cabinet or pool house door. This rule should apply to all chemicals, including bleach, ammonia and any pesticides or herbicides as well.

The real risk is not in them being mishandled by adults but rather curious children getting into them. Pool chemicals are a necessity and without them your pool would very quickly turn green and become covered with a layer of algae.

It is the air in the atmosphere that surrounds you and the sun in the sky above you that is constantly at work to degrade the chemicals in your pool, so regular testing is a must. However; todays pool chemicals are packaged in such a way that they are easy and safe to use if you follow the directions carefully.

Once you understand the rate at which the chemicals in your pool are degraded, you will quite easily develop your own routine for adding pool chemicals to your pool. One thing that you don’t want to do however, is add too much of any one chemical to the water in the pool or it can become uncomfortable to swim in.

Todays pool chemicals come packaged in any number of forms. If you are comfortable handling them, you can buy them in bulk containers and measure them out yourself. Or if you are like many pool owners, you may prefer easy to handle pre measured individual packages and tablets.

So what is it that differentiates a commercial pool from a pool that is in a private home? In fact, there are several things beyond size and all of them have an effect on the type of automatic pool cleaner that is needed. For instance, speed would be one factor that may come in to the equation, because down time for cleaning may interfere with a commercial operation.

Obstacles such as islands and other decorative features that are commonly found in commercial pools can also be a factor that you may have to deal with. Simplicity in operation, so employees can easily use it is yet another factor that a commercial operator might want to consider when selecting a commercial inground pool automatic cleaner.

Without exception when you are talking about commercial inground pool automatic cleaners, you are definitely talking about mechanical pool cleaners. This is because it is just economically infeasible to pay someone to manually scrub the sides of a commercial inground pool with a scrub brush on the end of a pole.

The good news is that as mechanical pool cleaners in general have incorporated new features, the over all price on them has come down. Also, they have at the same time become far more reliable and all the top makers such as Dolphin by Maytronics Corp have great warranties that cover their mechanical pool cleaners.

One of the most recent developments to come to commercial inground pool automatic pool cleaners is artificial intelligence. With artificial intelligence the unit is able to effectively make its own snap navigational decisions and maneuver around pool obstacles during the cleaning process. Todays commercial inground pool automatic cleaners are also capable of responding to remote commands when it is time to retrieve the machine.

If you have chosen an inground pool over an above ground pool then you have taken on added responsibility in the pools upkeep. Its just a fact that the plastic sides of an above ground pool don’t require the same level of maintenance that the cement sides of an inground pool do.

This means that when it is time to go out looking for an inground pool automatic pool cleaner you are going to have more to consider then the owner of an above ground pool. This means that you can pretty much forget about one of those cheapo, low functioning suction side pool cleaners that you may have already seen advertised.

Of course, if you also are a cheapo you can bring one home if you like. However; you will also have to bring home some hand scrubbing supplies as well because you are going to be needing them. This is because neglecting the cement sides of your pool can and will lead to long term problems.

Before making the decision between a mechanical inground pool automatic cleaner and and one of the water powered models that run off of the pool pump you may want to go find a pool and spend an hour or so with a long handled scrub brush cleaning the sides. If you don’t mind doing it then you may be able to do without a mechanical pool cleaner.

Hey its good exercise! However; if you are like many people who loath the task then think long and hard about spending the money for a nice mechanical inground pool automatic cleaner with rotating scrub brushes. It is important to bear in  mind that they now come in a wide price range. If you don’t need all of the convenience features, you can find a nice one with a good warranty for around $500-$600.