This sand was too fine to use with our Intex sand filter
934969
We had the same problem as another reviewer. This sand was too fine to use with our Intex sand filter, and we ended up with lots of sand in our pool. We checked all the laterals and parts of the filter, and everything was in good shape. Going to try another brand.
892666
We've purchase an exotic sands before and it worked well for several years.  My wife wife was very excited to receive her new one.
1155342
I received the 3 bags extremely quick.  I dumped out all of the sand in my pool filter and filled with this sand and what a huge difference.  The sand is very fine and clean.  I did not think it would have that much of an effect when I turned on the pump.  The water cleared with nothing else added to the pool.  I highly recommend starting the new pool season with this sand and for the price, you can't beat it.
1457069
They do the job, but I found them too fine grain to put into the hose-end filter I have for my pond. I'll use them in a solution, though.
4798827
I have a 29gal tank with African ciclids and because of their nature to dig holes in the sand it is constantly getting stirred up. The sand ultimatly get in the filter and clogs it,after a period of very noisy grinding,,,,,
ITs been a real pain in the A*$...!!!
However in this situation I have a second filter a "Zoo Med 501 Turtle Canister Filter" that works flawlessly.
3797085
I could went to a pool supply and made this thing myself. fiberglass looking filter with no one way values. :(
4523191
The middle standpipe was not long enough for S-220T Hayward sand filter. I had to have someone I know add a pvc fitting and another piece of pipe to it so that it would be the correct height. We will see how it works.
2966380
Product is okay, but it will not fit a Pool brand other than an Intex without cutting the side wall hold larger.
2801828
It presented a problem when wanting to add weight to it.  Hole not big enough to pour in sand or cat litter.
1019869
working with a 22' intex above ground pool with stock filter pump, hooked up to one of the intakes, all stock set up.

The stock filter pump isn't strong enough to provide strong suction which is needed to keep the surface skimmer working - you can get about 1 week of skimmer action max with a new filter in use and then the filter pump slows down just enough to stop the surface skim action. You either need to replace filters more often than usual, or rotate filters in a bucket of muriatic acid like I do to keep them optimally clean. It only takes a small reduction in suction for the top skimmer action to suffer and this happens before you would normally want to replace your filters.

Also, there are relief flaps in the bottom, these are useless and tend to leak. I put pennies over them to keep them down. You need all the suction you can get.

I put a couple of rounds of duct tape around the canister body to help reduce the flow-by .... forcing more suction on top. this helped a little.

a stronger pump filter probably wouldn't have issues, and maybe the relief flaps would be functional... but the stock pump filter that comes with an intex pool needs to have fresh filters to keep it working longer than a week, and the relief flaps need to be plugged. The price is right. The quality of parts are good. The functionality needs baby sitting with a stock filter pump set up.

its worth having the skimmer if you can fuss with it. keeps a lot of crud out of the pool when its working well.
2396127
We are using this as a sander and unable to buy the right pads but were able to get some that work well with it.
3284584
I needed some new sand for sand trays for my students. This sand is brightly colored but very fine, almost powdery. It works. It's fine and I can use it.  But it does get everywhere and it sticks to everything. The packaging could use work. The plastic bag got a hole during shipping and some of the sand spilled out into the box and all over other things that were shipped in the same package.
4553150
The price of this sand was worth the peace of mind I had when my son played with it. No problems with delivery or with the sand itself. It's very fine and sparkly. My son and his friends dumped a lot of water into the sand and it took a long time to dry out. The nice thing about the wet sand is that it didn't blow away into the wind as much. We live in a town home without a back yard so I had to maintain a small "sand box" for him - this sand perfectly filled a 34QT plastic bin. He loves playing with it still. It likely won't last the summer and into fall (lots was dumped out and the neighborhood kids dumped chalk and grass and stuff into it) but i will gladly pay for a fresh bag next summer!
1190112
Would NOT recommend this if you have the original sand filter the 24ft pool came with. The cleaner would not restart once it got to the wall, I had to jolt the cleaner for it kick in reverse. Can not leave it unattended and expect to be clean when you come back.
3533344
i compared this to the intex sand filters and also the budget model from hayward thats about $200. hayward is actually a common name in commercial pool parts. intex is only common in cheap backyard residential pool products.  having worked with many commercial pool filters and systems, i can say the cheap intex sand filters are probably the most like a commercial style one, having actual laterals in the bottom of the filter, short vented pipes sticking out from the center that pull the water in more evenly across the sand bed, where this design just has a 360 degree vented single base piece in the bottom to pull the filtered water through, which i found out from downloading owners manuals, the budget model hayward is designed the same way, no laterals. however the intex ones just look cheap, the pumps don't really look like actual pumps, these are just observations based on looks. i really only chose this over the similar priced intex because i found it about %20 cheaper elseware.

this is probably fine considering the filter is only 13" around. i think this swimline/sand master filter may be a hayward knock off judging by the design.

basicly a sand filter is so simple the only parts to worry about being to cheaply made is the multiport valve and the pump it self.  also note this filter/pump does not have a strainer basket built in before the pump intake to keep larger debris from getting into the impeller. the pump that comes with the swimline/sandmaster is ok, seems to flow enough for a sand filter and 16' pool.

i installed this on a 16'x42" round "summer escapes" pool that had a side skimmer with a worless cartridge filter, maybe it works ok if you constantly maintain your pool and don't have a bunch of kids and some times a dog in your pool.. i will update this review later after the pool has had some heavy use to see how this thing works. im skeptical of the size and some of the ratings like "for pools up to 9000 gallons" but its has to work better then the cartridge..

i was able to find a fitting here on amazon that fit in my pools side skimmer where the pump fit in and convert it to normal hose connection.

note: i buy on amazon often but was able to find this elseware for about %20 cheaper
252722
I have 22 x 52 Intex ultra frame I put up last year.  I could never get all the fine dirt off the bottom (we have trees nearby and stuff blows in). During an ice storm this winter the winter cover collapsed into the pool filling it with tons of debris.  By the time it melted where I could fish it out the water was green and very murky.  I had been working for a month by hand trying to skim it out and run the filter along with chemicals with only marginal improvement.  I tried the over the wall skimmer and chargeable handheld vacuum by Intex, neither of which did much good.  We were ready to completely drain the pool and start all the way over. I ordered this little guy, hooked him up and within 2 weeks my water is now sparkling like it did at the start of last year when it was first added.  I will note, I cleaned out the dirt chamber every 2-3 hours or whenever it slowed down, plus blasted my filter at the same time to remove as much as dirt as I could and then changed the filter every 2-3 days until the water was clear.  I also removed the white strainers inside the pool so the holes would be bigger allowing more particles to leave the pool and be caught by the filter. This was temporary until I got it clear.  It was the best $50 I could have spent and saved my arms from being sore. Now all I have to do is skim the surface and throw the cleaner into the pool first thing in the morning and by the time I am ready to get in mid-morning the floor is completely clean from anything overnight.  I would love to hard plumb the pool and get a better filter and through the wall skimmer so I could do a regular vacuum but until then this was a very inexpensive fix that has made all the difference.
1484657
Works okay so far. The one I replaced was junk. Only lasted a month. Price was ridiculous but what are you going to do?I did some some research and found that a sand filter is a much better choice. I won't buy another one of these.