INTEX Deluxe Above Ground Pool Maintenance Kit with Vacuum

I'm giving this product 5 stars based on the fact that for a relatively cheap kit that comes with this many items in it, it's totally worth the investment! If you were to buy a skimmer and pole alone, you'd be spending almost as much as you do buying this kit. That being said, my only complaint is that I wish the holes in the mesh lining of the skimmer were smaller. It doesn't pick up small gnats and tiny debris. I bought this set mainly because it came with a vacuum. Let me just tell you that my pool floor was disgusting. Last year, I had a standard garden hose method vacuum that came with my pool and it never worked for me, so I knew that I wanted to purchase a better vacuum this year. However, I wasn't willing to fork over hundreds of dollars for a vacuum. Nope. This Intex vacuum is excellent- that is, once you correctly follow the instructions and quit making goofy operator errors like I did. My Coleman 18x48 above ground has 2 inlet openings and 1 outlet opening. I had no clue that I could unscrew the inlet plugs to fit the hose adapter to it! So, initially, I placed the adapter on the OUTLET! Oops. The vacuum kept coming apart and water was spewing out of the sides and it took me 2 hours to realize what I had done. Once I placed the adapter on an Inlet attachment, things started falling into place. Next, I had to put the plug into the second inlet hole, otherwise there was not enough pressure in the water to get the vacuum to suck up the debris. When placing the hose in the water, you must first attach the hose to the vacuum and submerge the vacuum, then began placing the hose deep into the water STARTING NEAREST TO THE VACUUM. Do not just throw the entire hose in and expect it to fill. As you pull the hose in about a foot at a time, it will fill. Once you reach the other end, water should begin coming up through it. If you still have a lot of air in the hose, turn on your pool pump and place the end of the hose up against the outlet to push water through the hose for about a minute. Keep the hose under water and move it over to the inlet adapter and place it on the adapter. Voila! Also, very important to now release the air on your filter pump. You may need to do this repeatively, as it will help keep the suction pressure high and keep from damaging your pump. When your waste basket gets full, turn off your pump and pull the hose off of the vacuum, and clean the basket using a garden hose. Before continuing to clean the pool, you must pull the hose out and start at step one with submerging the hose and releasing air from it before turning on the pump again and continuing. So there you go. My mistakes took me 5 hours before getting this simple vacuum to work, but once I slowed down and figured it out, it only took me about 2 more hours to clean the pool (mine was very dirty as this is the first time it's been thoroughly cleaned.) I'm very satisfied with the results! 1. Hook hose up to the INLET! 2. Plug up the 2nd inlet (if you have 2). 3. Submerge the hose a little bit at a time starting with the end closest to the vacuum. 4. Release any additional air by holding hose onto the OUTLET once pump is running. 5. Release the air that got into your pump/filter area. I hope this helps those of you who look at this pool cleaning business as rocket science. I know it's pretty new to me and mistakes are bound to occur, but once you get the steps down, this vacuum really is the bomb dot com! And it's totally worth the money!

It works! I gave this kit five stars simply because it does exactly as I hoped it would. No quibble could tarnish my satisfaction with the product or the seller. The product arrived at my home one day before the beginning of the promised delivery range. The price was better than I could find elsewhere. Packaging and merchandise were in perfect condition. So, FIVE STAR SELLER. Buy with confidence. I bought this kit to clean up the sand and debris that settled at the bottom of my 18'x48" Intex. We have had pools the whole time my kids were growing up. We started with small pools with venturi vacuums and worked our way up to a 27'x52" pool with a DE filter and an excellent vacuum. Of all the vacuums I've had, I like this one best. Take a look at the picture I attached. This is the bag in the filter. It's a big picture. Hopefully, you can see that the bag is filled with sand. So, the vacuum sucks up grains of sand and the bag holds it until. No sand in the filter and no sand sneaking through the net bag. There is a little rubber flap which opens during vacuuming and closes when you disconnect the filter. This keeps debris from finding its way back into the pool. The kit includes an adapter which attaches the included hose to the inteke of the filter. The hose just presses onto the adapter. The vacuum has two heads. The one I used today is just a flattened tube. It did a great job with the sand. If I had to scrub the liner, I would have used the other head which has bristled. One more good thing about the vacuum: the pole is very rugged and extends to 9' -- just enough to clean my pool from outside. The 20' One bad thing about the vacuum: The vacuum body is a 'quick disconnect' rather than a full thread and it came apart a couple times during my cleaning session. You really have to be careful screwing the parts together then be careful not to put too much pressure on the handle. Turned out to be a minor annoyance. Here's a tip for those having trouble filling the 20' hose: hold both ends underwater with one hand and fill one end from a garden hose until water comes out the other with no air bubbles. Everything else in the kit is fine. The net appears to be durable. The brush is very easy to handle due to its smaller size. Two thumbs up for an effective, inexpensive Pool Maintentance Kit.

This is from the description of my YouTube video on this pool cleaning kit and several other accessories. You can find it by searching "2017 review Intex 18x9 ultra frame pool, Confer 7200 Ladder, Krystal Clear Salt Water System & More!" I searched and searched, and I couldn't for the life of me find all this information collected in one place. Here's everything you'll need and want to have a good experience with this pool. I hope it helps. In this review and overview I tackle the excellent Intex 18' x 19' x 52" Rectangular Above Ground Ultra-Frame Pool (bought new on eBay for $820), along with several of the accessories you might consider as you make the purchase. I also cover some of the things you might not know you need in advance. Quick review on the pool: 9/10. Sets up very straightforwardly if you prep well (leveling ground is essential, not optional or something to be lazy about), follow instructions, and watch assembly videos on YouTube or the included DVDs. In fact, watch all the DVDs for this stuff. It's worth your time. I have a feeling that not taking the extra step to educate ourselves it was divides the people who have terrible experiences with this pool (and all the accessories) versus great experiences. We love our pool. Only complaint is the included ladder. It's unstable, cheap, and dangerous for anyone over 75 pounds. Either reinforce it or upgrade it. Note: overall I have about $1,400 into this pool, nearly doubling its original cost. This is stuff you really need to factor in. You'll hear about the following accessories: 1. Confer Plastics A-Frame 7200 Above Ground Adjustable Pool Roll-Guard Safety Ladder (bought on Amazon for $177). Quick review: 10/10. It's hard to find information about it, so I'm making it clear here: with some super easy modifications, you can use this ladder with the Ultra-Frame pool with great success. This ladder was a huge difference for us since it gave older members of the family the ability to safely get in and out of the pool. Plus, the lockable roll-up door gives us extra piece of mind about the kids. 2. Intex Krystal Clear Cartridge Filter Pump & Saltwater System with E.C.O. (Electrocatalytic Oxidation) for Above Ground Pools, 110-120V with GFCI (bought on Amazon for about $135, though the price fluctuates). Quick review 8.5/10. It's a must-have for me since it pays for itself in chlorine and maintenance savings. It does require that you pay close attention to pump performance and salt dilution. Neither of these are bad things since you should be maintaining your pump and water chemistry anyway. 3. Intex Deluxe Pool Maintentance Kit for Above Ground Pools (bought on Amazon for about $28, though the price fluctuates). Quick review: 7/10. Components are of surprisingly solid quality, vacuum tricky to get working and really tiny, but it gets the job done for me. 4. Intex Deluxe Wall Mount Surface Skimmer (bought on Amazon for about $20). Quick review: 4/10. Awesome when it works, too finicky to do so consistently. 5. Intex LED Pool Wall Light, 110-120V (bought on Amazon for about $45). Quick review: 10/10. This thing is awesome. Could use a switch, but not a big deal since it's draws so little.) Stuff you shouldn't forget: 1. Pool filter sand. It's specific to pool filters, available st Home Depot and most hardware stores, and it's not optional. You'll need under 20 pounds. Costs about $8. 2. General purpose, play sand or similar is strongly recommended as the final leveling underlayment for the pool. Really nice on the foot and protects liner. I don't use the included liner. AstroTurf and sand works great for us. Costs less than $4/60lb bag, I used 7). 3. Salt for pool if you get the strongly recommended saltwater system. This pool is roughly 4,500 gallons and requires 115 pounds of salt, no more, no less. Look carefully at tables included in manual. You definitely don't want too much. Costs about $9/40lb bag. Don't be lazy and add the extra 5 pounds or you'll have to overfill and drain about 300 gallons from your pool to get the system working properly. 4. Stabilizer for pool (cyanuric acid). Again, the saltwater system requires this and has tables to help you determine how much. It helps maintain chlorine content for longer. Costs less than $20. 5. Pool water test kit. Home Depot has these for less than $15. 6. Good thermometer. My floating ducky cost $8 at Home Depot. 7. A quality of at least 12-15 1" wide x 8"-12" Velcro straps with buckles. You'll need these to secure the ladder and various hoses. Super helpful. Costs less than $20. 8. Minimum 14-gauge extension cord if needed to run equipment to outlets. Needs to be as short as possible and the widest gauge you can afford. Could easily cost $30-$75.

Recently purchased an Ultra Frame 16'48" pool. As I have a lot of trees in my yard I thought this kit would help me in keeping my pool clean. Product arrived on time but in its factory packaging. Additionally, the box was damaged on one corner but all the products appeared okay. So, here are my thoughts on each product: Net: the holes in the netting are a bit too big to be useful. It would catch some of the bigger debris (leaves) on the surface but leave a bit behind (pine needles, smaller bugs). Used it once before purchasing a new net from my local pool store. Pole: Pretty great. Both the vacuum, included net and the new net I purchased attach easily. It's easy to use and extends long enough for my little pool. Brush: Yea, it's a brush. I'm using it to get some of the grim off the sides of the pool. If your buying this kit just for the brush then you obviously have money to burn and should just hire a professional to clean your pool. Vacuum and the two included heads: It's pretty good once you get it to work. I had a bit of trouble clearing all the air out of the hose initially. My solution was to place the hose over the outlet and let the filter pump push water through for me. You get two heads, a brush style head with wheels for small debris and a flat, spade shaped head for larger debris. For my pool, the flat spade head only seems to work. While the vacuum is easy to set up and does work it's very slow going. I'm thankful that I don't have a larger pool. Overall, this kit is just okay but you should really only buy it if you need a pool vacuum. If you have a large pool or can find a decent vacuum for cheaper then look elsewhere.

This is a great little vacuum maintenance kit! Great for smaller pools I think as pieces are smaller but would still work great in big pools too. I have a 10ftx30in with an excellent pump so this kit worked great for me. I love the color as well!

This is exactly the type of vacuum that you need for large Intex pools. Our pool is an Intex 18' x 48" model. We were having trouble cleaning out the small debris that would settle on the bottom using the water/siphon type vacuum. Small particles wouldn't be caught by the mesh bag (also tried cutting up my wife's pantyhose to replace the tie-on mesh bag hoping that it was a finer mesh, but particles still made it through back into the pool). You'd also have to siphon out the added water and re-add salt to the filtration system. A real pain-in-the-ass. This maintenance kit has a vacuum with hose that attaches to the filter intake port on the side of the pool, via a special (included) screw on adapter. Therefore, the power of the filter suction does the work, no excess water. Inside the vacuum head is a mesh bag which catches all of the heavy, large debris. The vacuum head unscrews, so that you can remove and clean the mesh bag. Small debris particles and algae pass through the bag to the filter, instead of back to the pool like the water/siphon vacuum. Perfect, exactly what you need. All you do is attach the vacuum head to the included hose and telescoping pole, then attach the other end of the hose to the screw on adapter (which you affix first to the filter intake on the side of the pool). IMPORTANT - make sure that you get as much air out of the hose, before you attach it, by submerging it in the pool water. The filter cannot pump air and will run poorly and not suction properly if air is in the hose/system. After everything is attached, turn on your filter and watch how easy it is to clean your pool. It really does a fantastic job. The vacuum head also has bristles so you can scrub at the same time. Our pool was crystal clear all summer, no lies. Also, the cost of this kit was great, especially considering that they give you the vacuum head, the mesh bag, the telescoping pole, the hose, the screw on adapter, a brush head for the the pole, and a deep bag skimmer head for scooping up leaves and large debris. Super item, should actually be included when you buy the pool, but it's not for some stupid reason. (Seriously, the pool cost me more than $900. Do you think that adding a $35 proper cleaning kit is going to break the bank at that point??? - Who's the marketing genius that dropped the ball on this one???) The only negative was that the box arrived opened during delivery. I couldn't tell if it was Amazon's fault or UPS. Although, I think it was Amazon's fault because the box is like a pizza box (sort of), you know, hinged on one side, flip it up and close it. The closing end/side only had one small piece of clear tape on it. The whole box should have been taped shut. So, it was bound to come open during UPS transit. Nevertheless, all items were there at arrival. A couple of other things - 1) the items in this kit seem pretty durable; 2) you need to be careful with the vacuum head as it is made of plastic and if you drop it or over tighten it could break/fracture (it's durable, just don't do something stupid); 3) the two screw-locks on the telescoping pole can come loose/unglued, but just apply some Gorilla glue and they will stay in place; 4) also, be gentle with the mesh bag when cleaning it, as it is only single stitched to the rubber grommet (you don't want to break the stitching or the large debris will pass through clog the filter intake valve constantly); 5) the telescoping pole (fully extended) almost reaches from one side of our 18' diameter pool to the other; 6) remember to clean your filter cartridge after you're done vacuuming (just take it out and wash the gunk/dirt off with your hose and re-install - then your filter will work at max effort); 7) if you are one of those people (my wife) who likes to vacuum/clean your pool while actually being in it - the hose (even full with water) floats and makes it very easy to maneuver around; 8) not trying to be sexist, but my wife loves this, as it is much easier for the ladies to use than the water/hose/siphon/vacuum type. That's it. I think I've covered everything that I have experienced. Honestly, I hated having to vacuum the pool with the water/hose/siphon each week for the wife and kids. This product made it almost enjoyable and cut the vacuuming time in half, maybe more.

I'm a mechanical engineer, so I can tell you with certainty that whoever designed this pool vacuum is either stupid, or does not care about doing a good job. The problems with the design of this product could have been solved easily, without increasing the cost to produce it. So the designers are either bad at their jobs, or they don't care. 1) The vacuum head does not produce very much suction. This is primarily due to a loose-fitting connection between the vacuum housing and the hose which leads back to the inlet port of the filter. Suction can be improved by adding Gorilla Tape around the connector, but it's a partial fix. The suction is so poor, that the brush head is useless. The flat nozzle head is usable, but still not very effective. 2) The vacuum housing assembly is prone to self-disassembly. The clear dome which holds the debris bag will come apart from the housing with less than a quarter-twist, and does not lock into place when you attach it. It should be designed to snap firmly into place, like food processor bowls do. It doesn't. It relies on an insufficient friction fit instead of a snap fit. So when you're vacuuming your pool, you have to be very careful not to apply any counter-clockwise twist to the pole, or the vacuum head will detach from the housing and spill its contents back into your pool. This would not have been hard to fix in the design of the plastic parts, but it isn't possible to fix as the consumer. Since you need to detach this part regularly to empty the debris bag, you can't just tape it or glue it shut. It's possible to train yourself to use the vacuum in a way that it won't come apart, but the poor suction is what it is. Also, the nub where the pole connects to the housing is too short, so it wobbles inside the pole. Not a deal-breaker, but it's another example of shoddy engineering. 3) Another deficiency, though minor, is that if your pool has a dual-inlet filter design, you'll need to use a provided plug to stopper one of the inlets. This isn't explained in the instructions, although the required plug IS included (and three similar plugs shipped with my pool, also without instructions). 4) The skimmer net is less effective than a butterfly net I bought at the Dollar Store. The net is too deep, so it has a lot of drag through the water and is difficult to empty. Worse, the netting is too coarse, so small debris flows right through. Pine needles often slip right through, and small bugs pass through easily. The only good part of this kit is the telescoping pole. It has no problems.

Oh. My. Goodness. I couldn't wait for this to get here. And it arrived a day early. Thank God, because I have had my pool up for about a month now and no brush or vacuum. And obviously the pool is under trees :) as you can imagine that long without a either, I had 2 separate issues with algae. Thankfully the trees aren't making too much of a mess. In either case I opened this box the moment it got here and honestly took a step back at how great the quality was. The pole is really heavy duty. With 2 separate sections to lengthen it. That keeps it nice and sturdy. And it's thick. Everything went together perfect. No issues. I have well water so I needed a vacuum that didn't use a garden hose adding water and I wasn't going to have to take 10 steps to make work. This holds all the dirt and pine needles in the bag, which is inside a housing that then sucks the water thru to the filter. Now I knew I had lots of pine tree junk on the floor, but we only used the pool maybe 3 times. And never going in and out. I was shocked at the amount of sand that went thru the filter. But that was no biggie. I just rinsed the pool filter when I was done. In the photos and video you can see the piles of nasty stuff. I vacuumed around them so you could see them better. They are at least a inch high. Thick and heavy. I used the vacuum head without the brushes first. Do you see how fast that little head did that :) and without making it a mess and floating all over. If anyone tells you this set isn't worth it. They are wrong . *Edit: I just upgraded from the original filter the pool came with to a 2100gph sand filter. And oh my, the suction is even better than before. So take into consideration what you have for a filter when using this. *** Tho a note to intex. ... I find it horrible that you were selling this at a decent price. And then a week ago you jacked the price up because you started selling so many for the summer. Shame on you. If I wasn't so desperate my pride would have had me look elsewhere. [...] Thank you.

De buena calidad perfecto

Great bit of kit well worth the money

Bon produit pour ce qu'on en fait mais le filtre ne sert pas à grand chose parce qu'il se bouche rapidement et implique l'arrêt de la pompe faire gaffe à ne pas faire rentrer d'air dans la conduite d'aspiration etc quand on utilise la filtration en mode égout le filtre et plus embêtant qu'autre chose

Great all-in-one kit for above-ground pool upkeep. The telescoping pole extends nicely and feels sturdy, and having the vacuum head, skimmer net, wall brush, and hose all included saves you from buying separate pieces. The vacuum works well for pulling up debris and fine sediment off the liner without much effort. Just take one of the clamps off the pool outlets and attach it on the vaccum head and make sure you block one of the outlets. Attachments click on securely and are easy to swap between tasks. Great value for a complete kit makes weekly pool maintenance so much easier.

Cleaned will with intex sand filter 2100 gallons