In five years, can the water be retreated or does it need to be dumped?
1885284
It is designed to treat fresh water, not re-treat treated water. Therefore, after the 5 year life of the product, the water is "treated water" and no longer "fresh water". For safety reasons, the water should be changed out and fresh water treated with the concentrate.
1885285
You should replace with newly treated water. If your close to five years start to consume / use the older water so you don't waste it.
1811191
it is recommended by today's standards 5 years but that is only a marketing ploy it will be editable for year as long as the can is not compromised also the longer it sits the less nutritional value there is and remember the cooler the storage area is the better hope this helps
723866
Yes, at least for awhile. I don't know if it will become water logged or not.
1640237
Other users have said 6 months and you can retreat the stored water again. Personally, I treat two 55 gal barrels. Start recycling from one. after 6 months I refill and treat that barrel. retreat the 2nd barrel and start recycling from that one. then keep switching barrels. If I chose not to recycle the water, I would retreat once and replace with fresh water after 1 year.
183441
There is a water tray that can be emptied. It did not fill up quickly and I think we only emptied it a few times during the summar.
238705
absolutely not. Its only to be used after you drain the water from the unit for winter storage.
2107513
Our installer recommended annual flushing and maintenance as well, but our water is quite soft so are unit has not required any additional service for five years. I think it depends on the quality of your water.
1562265
U can. But it has moving parts that water can get into. Just need to dry it out completely.
1708667
Theoreticaly yes. As long as its pure rainwater and hasn't been contaminated it should be fine. That would depend on method of collection though. When in doubt distilled water is a cheap and safe solution. Tap water is a big no as is anything with high mineral content. I would avoid downspout collected water.
1952691
In addition to Connie's answer, the water will dissipate if you are gone more than a day or so. I have to fill ours up ( no coffee) a time or two to get the water back to the level it's supposed to be.
196371
Unused it can sit indefinitely. The life span is based on the gallons filtered. Once you begin to use it with proper cleaning and dry storage it will purify a minimum of 1000 litres (264 gallons) of water. This is enough water for one person for a year with regular use. However, kept clean and dry it can last years with occasional use.
1802323
I've had mine for 5 summers. We always drain the water at the end of the day when they're done playing and then let it air dry out. We've had two small boys plus multiple neighborhood children play on this for five years and it still is going strong.
194788
We've owned this model for 5 years and it's been great. Ours just developed a leak near the water level window so we're going to retire it and buy another one just like it.
187763
It depends on the amount of waste during the racking stages. It's "about" 5.5 gallons.
335124
Yes, no problem - it's all weather (summer weather, anyway). You can leave it out. What will happen is the basin will collect some rainwater, so each season you'd probably want to hose it down to clean it anyway.
432702
We took it down very quickly--it took about an hour to drain on its own, then it still had a tiny bit of water, which we had to get out (5 minutes), then we just flattened it out, rolled it up and put it in a big garbage bag until next year. We put a little fold out shelter over ours (we're in FL and it's super hot and sunny) and had a great time with it for about 2.5-3 months last summer. This year, my wife (115lbs) did it by herself one afternoon when I had the kids and she was doing other things around the house.
1220099
We have had this pool for 5 years and it was well worth the money. It is just starting to leak in a few places. I am trying to find a new liner for it (without much success) since the frame is still sound.