The Hayward Phantom Turbo is a robotic pool cleaner which claims to be the only complete pool cleaner.
The primary benefit of the Hayward Phantom Turbo is that once it has finished cleaning the bottom of the pool, it surfaces and skims the leaves off the top of the pool.
Hayward claim that an average sized pool will be cleaned in approximately 3 hours.
Feedback & Overview
Review summary: The Hayward Phantom robotic pool cleaner does work as stated however due it fragile build it would not be recommended.
Actual Customer Feedback
“The Phantom is overpriced and really poorly designed. We just had ours replaced after basically every part of it (hose, housing, wheels, jets) had broken – our pool expert confirmed that the issues we had occur widely among his other customers and shared some other horror stories.”
Portion of actual user review on Amazon.com
“So far I have had to replace the sweep tail, and one of the side rollers broke the post it sits on. I was able to fix that with a stainless steel bolt. Since then I have replaced all the side rollers with softer rubber ones. I am really impressed with its ability, but think the hose design is bad. All in all, I would buy it again.”
Portion of actual user review on poolforum.com
“We purchased the Phantom in June 2005 and have had nothing but trouble with it. It will tie itself in knots, breaks the swivels, sets and spins! … We paid $800 for this machine and it just keeps on costing us money. When it does work it is great but that is the problem, when it does work.”
Portion of actual user review on gardenweb.com
Research on the Hayward Phantom suggests:
According to the general online consensus (where research is based on unbiased, non-vested comments & articles), the Hayward Phantom Turbo does a good job of cleaning the pool however is unreliable and the parts break often or wear down quickly.
The product seemed to last for about one year before giving trouble.
Verdict:
The Hayward Phantom robotic pool cleaner does work as stated however due it fragile build it would not be recommended.
Company Information
Hayward Phantom is a brand name owned by Hayward, Inc.
For more information about this company, you may want to search the BBB
Specifications
- The first and only automatic pool cleaner to skim the pool surface
- Faster Cleaning, Complete Pool Coverage
- Larger Debris Pick-up
- Less Frequent Bag Cleaning