Above ground swimming pools - any good?

riverboat2001

In these really hot days, this type of things seem ideal for those of us with plenty of room in the garden.

http://www.poolstore.co.uk/product/splasher-pools/12ft-x-24ft-oval-pool-


But being Miss Practical, I'm wondering,


Are they any good?
What about the jacuzzi types?
How do you keep them clean?

Also, do you empty them out in the winter?
If so how on earth do you get rid of the water?

bordercars

had a similar one for 4 years now. whatever you do dont buy at that price, when we bought ours the intex ( which 2 friends had ) were around £500 we bought ours from an ebay seller for £300. it's still in good nick.

so to your ???

Are they any good? yes

What about the jacuzzi types? had one, returned it, there was a recall on it as well.

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/6524119.htm?CMPID=GS001&_$ja=tsid:11527|cc:|prd:6524119|cat:garden+and+diy+/+hot+tubs+and+spas+/

How do you keep them clean? a fine net to get floating stuff out, you can also have a skimmer which when the water circulates catches top dirt, the pump supplied is very cheap and nasty, has a filter and the water passes through it, add chlorine every 2nd day ish. you buy test strips to check water baddies.

Its all quite easy really, the biggest downside is heat. get a solar cover it helps, but for one of these forget about buying a heater, not enough insulation on pool.

All in all, a really nice item for the summer probaly set you back with just the basics £500. have fun

BTW will try and find the supplier of ours

bordercars

not the people that supplied ours but a similar one. £350

on ebay, free del, dont forget to use quidco.


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bestway-24ft-X-12ft-X-4ft-Oval-Swimming-Pool-WATCH-VID-/330584585365?pt=UK_Swimming_Pools_Hot_Tubs&hash=item4cf8607495#ht_2773wt_1190

becs

We've had an Mspa jacuzzi one but we unfortunately overinflated it and burst the seam! We sold the other bits recently for £120 so we did get back a fair bit of money. We will buy another next year but didn't want to pay for one now for it to spend nearly half it's warranty packed up in the garage. We were really happy with it. The heater got the temp up to 40degrees which was lovely and the bubbles were great. We did quite a bi of research and decided against the lay z spa as had lots of faults on the heaters. The guy that bought our working bits says he buys the Mspa to hire out and says he thinks they're really good value and has very few problems with them. As for keeping it clean as prev poster says a skimmer net and we put a couple of teaspoons of chlorine in each day. We emptied it last year and packed it packed into the box for the winter. It has a drainage tap and hose to drain I out over the garden. We bought ours off eBay and will do again next year.