Cheap Quality For the Price
for $250 i was expecting the quality of the item to be much better. The material is really cheap and the construction was really simple. Definitely does NOT worth $250!
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Hayward Pool Pump
We are very pleased with the performance of the Hayward pump we purchased for our above ground pool. The unit installed very easily and runs very smoothly and quietly. Our pool is 12000 gallons and the pump moves and filters the water with ease. We are extremely pleased with its operation.
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Very brittle plastic connectors on the hose
Stay away from this unit. It's rich with features and impressive looking but expensive and poorly manufactured. I've owned one for over 2 years and it worked ok for about a year only. In the last few months it's been nothing but trouble just untangling it and replacing parts. The weakest link is the main hose that is designed as a configurable series of about 24" long plastic pipes interconnected via flexible elbow joints. Unless you're very careful untangling this thing when it wraps up tightly (at least once a week) the hard plastic nubs on the elbow joints will snap off as it gets very brittle over time. This just happened to me again last weekend and it will be my last time .... I'm going back to the Polaris.
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Direct Replacement
I purchased this filter to replace the exact same model that was almost 20 years old and the valve was damaged by a freeze. Amazon had a great price and the free shipping was the final reason I purchased. The unit arrived very quickly but I could see that the box had been opened and resealed. When I opened the box it looked like a lot of the support packing had been removed. The only problem was with the base stand and had a large chip out of the edge. I did not want to send it back so I used the old stand and I works just fine. The new filter matched up to all the plumbing just fine with a few minor adjustments so I am overall happy with the product just not the shipping.
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Sometimes you need more power!Several years back we had our pool redone and my wife had a new Hayward pump and filter installed. While the filter worked well the pump never seemed to move the pool cleaner systems around the pool right. We tried a few different systems the Kreepy Krawley the Barracuda etc and I finally thought that I should get the Hayward and that might work better with the Hayward pump? It was the best at cleaning the pool floor but was the worst yet with the walls. Finally this summer the pump completely siezed up and after several tries at repairs I gave up and decided to by a new pump. I considered just getting a new motor but I had a thought that "what If the pump is just the wrong one?"
I have a pretty large pool for a back yard pool and the max flow pump was a 3/4 hp which seemed like not enough so after considering volume and distance I decided on the Super Pump 1 1/2 hp. It was a very simple switch just two wires(and a ground wire of course) and the plumbing was an exact match.
Now my Hayward pool vac system literally flies around the pool and does the work in much less than half the time it would have taken before and goes into every inch of the surface sides and bottom.
I wish I would have bought it sooner.
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constantly needs repairsI have had my Hayward pool vac for about 3 years now. This pool cleaner requires constant maintenance. There are so many moving parts and they all wear out and are quite expensive to replace. At this point the pool cleaner just sits in one spot in my pool. I have tried adjusting the settings rearranging the hose replacing the feet and adjusting the pool suction. Its time to replace it and I wish I would have done it a long time ago because I have already spent more than what it would cost to replace with repairs.
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