Polaris P39

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.

I owned this less than a year and have had it to the repair shop twice spending money to repair and it still continued to fail. The unit would just spin in one place. Only one wheel would turn and it would stay in the same place.

Ease of use

I’m throwing it away today actually!! It didn’t last long in real use causing broke and it’s 85 dollars for replacement so it’s going in the trash

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.

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

Instructions a bit confusing.

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.