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Thanks Scott. Appreciate the info.

Thanks for replying. I have not heard great things about the 3900, or 380 for that matter, compared to the 280. Heard that both the 3900 and 380 break down often and that the the zipper for the bag can be a real pain. Do these more expensive models really clean much better than the 280 to make it worth trying?

The plumbing in my pool was just redone and as part of it I had them install a Polaris line in the event I wanted one for the future. I have fairly large l-shaped pool which can be seen in the picture below. Issues that I have had in the past are the standard dirt/leaves on the floor, but also bird dropping, floating debris, and debris sticking to the walls at the water line. I am now trying to decide if I would be better off going with a robotic cleaner or a polaris to keep my pool clean and at the same time be able to get the bird droppings and water line debris. I have been researching and researching this and some people love the ease of use of the polaris while others state that the robots are the best way to go. Even more confusing, even though the Polaris 280 is not the most powerful Polaris, it comes highly recommended over the other ones. So I am really confused as to what I should do here. My budget is around $1,600 and if I went with the Polaris there would be signficant savings, but my main goal is to do what is best for keeping the pool clean rather than saving the $$$.The ease of use of the polaris is definitely enticing, but I just dont know if it will be adequate for my pool. With a pool my size and shape, can anyone provide some advice? Do automatic pool cleaners work well in l-shaped pools?

Thanks for the info!

Thanks Scott. As I said, the coping is being replaced when I do the liner change, so fixing the patio, the additional fill, and the tracking are already being taken into consideration. As for the foam, I am being quoted new foam around the pool for a couple of hundred dollars in addition to the liner change. I can live with that. This I am not sure I understand. If the pool has already settled on one end, or built that way for all I know, isn't there already going to be a discrepancy in wall height? Or do you mean total length of the wall? As for future owners, I am not really thinking about that right now. I have no intention of going anyway for the next 30 years, so right now my major focus is on making the pool better for me and my family. Is this method of leveling the pool common though? Anyone ever heard of this method?

I have an inground vinyl liner pool with a steel frame that was installed an unknown amount of years before I purchased the house. One of the things that we had noticed when we first started using it was that it was not level, with it being lower in the deep end. This week, when the pool was being opened, there was a large tear in the liner. As the liner is now being replaced I am using this opportunity to fix some issues I have with the pool. One of the items I wanted to attempt to fix was the fact that the pool was not level. I have interviewed 3 pool companies and one of them mentioned that they knew of one company that makes a metal flange that can attached to the top of steel frame of the pool to heighten and thus level the sunken side. As I am replacing the coping and leveling the patio 3-4' back, the fact that the top of the pool in that one area may be higher is not a big deal. My concern, is that when I discussed this with the other two pool companies they have never heard of this method to level the pool and basically said it didn't sound right. Has anyone heard of this method and if so does it work? Any negatives to this approach? And do you know who this manufacturer is that is making this flange? Thanks in advance for any advice and information you can provide.