Dolphin M600

Some years ago I had a pool robot from another main brand and was quite disappointed... It continously hung up on the pool drains although I replaced the regular drain covers with robot compatible drain covers...still problematic until I ended up making my own covers that allowed the robot to work. That robot also didn't really clean the sides of the pool well and even the floor covering wasn't perfect. It hated the beach entry and the island. So, I went back to a suction based system for a few years...obviously also with its limitations.... Last year, I ended up researching pool robots again and found the Maytronics brand, but was highly confused which one to buy. They have so many and so many people have different opinions about each of them. Then I found John Kozas's very factual explanation of all Maytronic pool robots on You Tube. It is excellent. I decided on the M600. Although I live in California, I reached out to John @ Pelican Shops on the other side of the country. https://pelicanshops1.com. John is very competent and confirmed that they do the robot repairs inhouse. I bought the M600 in the first call with him. I have had the robot now for about a year and I can say: it is a work horse and very well made. I have a complicated free form 40ft pool with beach entry, island, rocks going into the pool in some places, and it gets quite some leaves in the fall and winter. In about a year, the M600 only got confused once on the beach and just stopped. So, no issue! Got an alarm on the app and put it back in the water. That's it. Otherwise really good! Would buy it again and John and Pelican were a good choice for me. The attached photo was taken in the winter, and you can see the areas where it cleaned already and where not....only throw it in the pool once per week in the winter when the pool is not in use.