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I didn't take my intex easy set pool down last winter because it's so hard to level the ground every year and I'd had surgery right before winter, so it just wasn't plausible. Anyway, I figured that if I drained it this spring I would have no issues cleaning it. Wrong. There was dead algae and other gunk I couldn't clean out of it myself, so I filled it back up and decided I would vacuum up all the crud. I purchased the 1600gph sand filter (I have the 15ft, 42in deep pool) and tried to use a pool vacuum hooked up to that, but it kept shooting all the algae back into the pool and would lose too much water if I unhooked the water inlet hose. So I started looking online again and was thrilled (but skeptical) when I saw this. I was intrigued at the idea of it using the water inlet vs the outlet, meaning I wouldn't have to deal with the thing clogging or losing suction. Most intex products like this usually only have a lifespan of a year or two, but at $50 I decided it was worth it. My only other option was going to be buying a whole new pool since I couldn't get this one cleaned. This arrived within a couple of days and setup was maybe 5 min. It says to backwash your pump for 15 mins, but that's excessive for such a small pool. I backwashed and then rinsed for maybe five minutes total and hooked this up. It's so cool the way it rolls across the bottom! At first it moved around pretty nicely and it was picking stuff up! After awhile I noticed that it would just sit there, so I decided to check the screen and remove any debris. I was amazed at how much this thing picked up! I rinsed the screen and the bottom housing and put it back into the pool and it started zipping around again. I left it in all day yesterday and last night and went I went to look at the pool this morning, all of the gunk has been removed from the pool! I am so happy and even happier that I won't have to vacuum this pool ever again. Yes, this thing is that good.