BestwayDeluxe Maintenance Kit

Tried an electric (battery operated) bestway pool vacuum along with this pool set and this is far better. This one is a lot more work as the supplied hose has to be filled with water in the pool before connecting to the filter pump. It does suck up the dirt, but has to be done daily, if there is a build up of dirt after pool not been used for a few days due to bad weather, this does struggle. It is good at collecting dirt in the main part of the pool, but useless at collecting dirt around the edges. The filter gets clogged up and it loses suction. Have to be really careful when lifting vacuum out of water, if you accidentally twist pole the collector at the bottom twists off and releases all the dirt back in to the pool. The filter pump also has to be switched off, disconnected and cleaned as soon as you finish cleaning the pool, otherwise it will release dirt back into the pool. I used this with a 530 gallon per hour pump, and I could not find a better vacuum without having to buy another more powerful filter pump. The net that comes with this is great and the pole is interchangeable with the net and pool vacuum. The pole did lose it’s ability to stay extended and would shorten itself during use. I was a bit disappointed with the pool skimmer, it does collect some surface dirt, but it is slow and when you unplug it, it releases most of it’s collection back into the pool. Using the net was far more efficient. Could not find a better alternative to this set.

The vacuum and skimmer work in conjunction with the pool pump and are effective in getting rid of fine particles from the pool. The trick to success with the vacuum is to ensure that the tube is full of water and air bubbles expelled before plugging into the pump inlet. After that, slow sweeps across the pool bottom will pick up most of the light material that is too fine to pick up using the net. The skimmer picks up a lot of stuff but it is still necessary to use the net to do a thorough job. My only reservation is that the kit is a bit pricey, although it is also good quality.

Pool skimmer is excellent, especially with the addition of a sock (available separately) to filter smaller particles. The vacuum would be too, but has a tendency to come apart in use and eject what has just been sucked up. The body that holds the filter bag doesn’t fit together very tightly, though maybe it’s just my one.

this kit is amazing not overly impressed with the skimmer part but I have to say the vacuum works well.I mostly had silver birch confetti form the next door neighbour's tree I used my sand filter on re-circulation adding more power and wow it did not disappoint it sucked the lot up packing it all in a little net bag very impressive.If its mostly sand or dirt particles I used the sand filter on play mode and again it sucked the lot up leaving a very clear pool and as for the net the water flows past it very well leaving all the leaves in the net I highly rate this product and would definitely buy again.

It would have been better if the information stated "Requires 800 Gallon Per Hour pump/ filter" .Reasonable kit but in all honesty the skimmer is absolutely huge and on my paltry 330 GPH pump it does nothing :) I may fill half the skimmer with pebbles in the hope the reduction in volume of water may help the skimming. Other than that, it looks like I need an 800 GPH pump / filter :) Got hold of a 800 gph pump and what a difference . Works perfectly and it is quite sadistically satisfying watching flies being dragged to their death :)

It should state u need a more powerful pump for the vacuum cleaner to work with a 10ft pool. We had to buy a stronger pump.

Does what it is supposed to do.

Works well