Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I wanted to wait until we had our pool an entire summer before I wrote a review so I could really give an opinion. We read hundreds of reviews before we bought it and some of the things we read I will repeat. But I felt I should review it because we found way more complaints than happy people. We are SO happy we purchased this pool. My son and I spent almost every day in it during his summer break (sometimes for hours, sometimes for a quick dip). It is big enough for 3 people to float around and just deep enough to submerge yourself. It has lasted 3 months so far and while we probably only have another few weeks before we take it down, we already plan to put it back up in May. Our pool had no rips or holes in it when we received it. The stairs and pump are easy enough to put together. The pool itself is very heavy which is great because it held up but putting it up is somewhat of a chore. We got our area as level as we could but it was still off just a bit which we would tell by the way the ring at the top laid. It's best to have your area as flat and level as possible. Ours being off just a bit didn't really bother us but it'll be something we fix for next year. It helps to have two people to help with laying it down, kicking it out and getting all the wrinkles out as you start to fill it up. The more you can kick it out and get the wrinkles out with the least amount of water in it is best because it's already so heavy and adding water makes it worse. It took about 8 hours to fill it up using our hose. We did have to replace the cord on the pump because it blew by the second day (we had read many reviews about that so we knew it wasn't just us). We ended up buying a replacement pump for backup and did have to replace it just last week because of the cord again. For next summer, we will most likely buy a sand pump (a lot of other reviews will say the same thing) and the top of the water skimmer. I replaced the filter every other week (and rinsed it in between) and I bought a pack of 6 replacement filters online for less than $20. Overall, this pool was exactly what we wanted. It was a good deal on Amazon and it was worth every penny. The time I spent with my son and husband in it over the summer was priceless. We would purchase it again.