SWIMLINE Sand Filter Pump for Above Ground Pool - 14'', 0.43THP, 2400 GPH Pump flow rate, 4 way Multi port valve, Easy Installation

We have used this pump for 2 years now. We have a 24 ft. round and this pump does an amazing job. Keeps that water moving nicely to keep my water clean and clear. It is a super easy install and winterization process. It looks nice and sure saved us a lot of money. We are more than satisfied.

We have a square best way 10 foot by 6 foot 3 foot deep pool. We had some pretty crappy weather here in Pennsylvania in the month of June. The pool was covered a lot with a tarp because we had a lot of 70s temperatures with a lot of rain. When we went to take the cover off of the pool, the one day, the water smelled, was aqua colored, and mosquito larva had infested it swimming all around. It was gross and the pool was unswimmable. We went that day and got pool chemicals and doused the water and bugs. Chlorine, shock, and algicide. We had an upgraded larger paper filter, filter on our pool. (Also bought from Amazon) After days of having it running and putting the chemicals in the pool it still was not clean or clear. It turned more bluish, but you could not see through it all and it still smelled like a pond. We then went and got clarifier. We ended up putting clarifier in the pool two different times because the pool still was not clear and looked milky and foggy. We thought we were going to end up having to drain the pool after a few weeks of not being able to get it back to normal. We kept adding chlorine every couple of days to try to correct the smelly aqua tinted water. Although all the bugs eventually did die and disappear. My daughter was upset because I wouldn't let her swim in it. Lol We needed a solution. I started searching online for a solution and read that we may need a stronger, pool filter or a sand filter, and that the water may not be getting enough filtration or circulation. I came onto Amazon and bought this sand filter. It took my husband a couple of hours to get it hooked up properly and put together. We let it run all night and checked the pool the very next morning and it was already 1000 times better. The next day after that the pool was blue and clear again!! Finally swimable!! had went through so many headaches within about three weeks to try to get our pool back to normal and apparently all we had to do was buy a small sand filter. It has been working perfect, and has a great amount of power for our pool. If something ends up happening with it, I will update my review but so far it has been great for us!! Picture attached is after leaving it run just for one night! Last photo is what we originally had on our pool.

UPDATE 1: It's been about one whole hour of run time, and the pump housing is leaking. There are drips forming where two pieces of factory seamed plastic meet. Guess I have to get a replacement. What a waste of time. Update 2: the leak is even worse now. See video. A drip per second, even with the pump off. No word from the seller. ORIGINAL: I just finished the installation of this sand filter. I'm a pretty competent guy with plumbing and electrical (heck, I built a 16kw grid tie solar array from the ground up by myself over the course of a few weeks)....but this was a kinda poor install experience and had me just shaking my head at the dumb design decisions they made and their advertising. For starters, I ordered this because it was advertised and strongly hinted that it was plug and play compatible with Bestway pools. It's not. For that you need to buy extra parts, which I didn't know until AFTER I finished the install and came inside to write this review. So if you have a Bestway pool, go get the adapters you need. It would have made installation MUCH easier. Secondly, the threaded pipe adapters to which you add the included flexible tubing is not nearly long enough for the tubing supplied. The tubing has a raised ring/lip around the outside, which sits about 1/4" from the edge. Presumably this is to accept a rubber o-ring....but those aren't supplied. The adapter to which you affix this tube to is only about 3/4" long. Seems fine, but you can't use the hose clamps anywhere on top of that raised lip on the tube because it leaks, so your hose clamps are literally sitting partially over the tiny bit of adapter that remains and partially over empty parts of the piping. They're also a little too large, so you have to tighten them quite a bit to stop the leaks...It seems very flimsy, and took quite some time to get it to stop leaking. I would recommend carefully cutting off that raised lip so you can snug the tubing fully onto the adapters and affix the hose clamps properly. There are also not enough hose clamps provided...I needed to go find several more to attach everything. You need to wrap the threads with teflon tape at least 15-20 times before it'll make a good seal. The threads are just far too loose and wobbly. Also, they include large o-rings (which aren't mentioned anywhere in the instructions)...put these overtop of the male threads for the adapters and squish em down a bit when you thread them onto the filter. There is NO TIMER! There is no built in GFI protection! The barebones pump my pool came with had both of these features, plus a very long cord. This cord is pretty short, so you're going to need an additional cord, timer, and GFI protection. If you aren't concerned with keeping your old pool pump, you could get a female extension cord kit, cut the cord from the old pump and wire it up as an extension cord for this pump. That would give you the protection and length is should have included. Suction seems great, however, and is working quite well with the skimmer I installed. I expect this will be significantly better than the Bestway filtration system. However, in hindsight I would have searched around for a sand filter setup that was actually compatible with my Bestway pool instead of one that just pretends they are.

Does this product really work!?!? Yes, it does! And VERY well. To start it's powerful! The suc5ion is wonderful and it cleans my 12x20ft oblong above ground Coleman pool in about 2-3 hours giver or take how much cleaning needs to be done. This is even with the skimmer basket attached. Another big plus is that it comes with all the needed hoses clamps and tools necessary. Instruction aren't super clear but assembly is straight forward. However here what I think you should know. 1. there does happen to be a leak that occurs when connecting the hose to the "pool" opening as noted on the pump lever. It's a drip but a leak nonetheless. 2. The sand comes separately 3. Make sure you have the pump/filter placed EXACTLY where you wanted before filling with the pool filter sand. 4. I recommend using a cup to scoop sand slowly. Pouring the sand will cause alignment issues. (You'll know what I mean when you read the instructions.) But overall besides those miniscule hassles definitely worth it. Although I'm NOT looking forward to putting this thing away for the winter. It's HEAVY. Again miniscule and still worth the buy

Amazing product! Works amazing!

I was sent 115v instead of 240v and even with a voltage transformer to drop the voltage it keeps cutting out

El filtro es bueno pero la bomba no tiene nada de potencia. Pedi devolucion y me dijeron que solo aplica para US porque es un producto asi que en mexico si no sirve no hacen nada en absoluto y pierdes el dinero. Lastima porque pague una cantidad que no lo vale

This was a great upgrade. If you are not an idiot you’ll figure out how you want to plumb it. You’ll have to use Teflon tape on all the threaded fittings, which is normal. Pump is quiet and powerful. Pump is prewired for simple plug in but you’ll need a timer like an Xmas light timer. Filter is simple and no issues so far. The kit gives you what you need. Instructions clear.

Je suis extrêmement satisfait de la performance de cet ensemble de pompe et filtre à sable. Je l'ai facilement installé en moins d'une heure sur ma petite piscine démontable de 13' que j'avais acheté chez canadian tire. Ça comprend des boyau de 1 1/4" mais c'est également conçu pour recevoir du 1 1/2". Le système est de loin plus performant que celui offert avec la piscine et il est silencieux. Pensez vous munir d'un timer car la pompe ne doit pas fonctionné en permanence. De toute façon 8 heures de filtration par jour est amplement suffisant pour la grandeur de la piscine.

We upgraded our pump and filter system for our 12 X 22 pool to this and it works great! The pool has been clear and clean all season. Very happy with this purchase.