Customer Reviews

Intex Recreation Swim Center Family Pool, Age 6+

5 star:		(21)
4 star:		(16)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(9)

 

 

My kids love it. I love it. We have a lot of fun playing in it. It has not ripped or torn. It seems well made. If you don't have some kind of air compressor, good luck. If you have to blow it up yourself, make out your will first. I bought a nice compressor at Home Depot, but with some foresight, you can find something here, and I can have it ready to go in less than 10 minutes. I only wish I could attach a hose to the drain hole to divert the water where I want. Keep that in mind and make sure you place the pool in a strategic area that will not drain into your house or basement.

I bought this pool after the great reviews.

I see another person replied that there is no drain plug just a few days ago. They must be sending out a different pool now.

It also leaks air. We could see it slowly deflating, after we finished blowing it up. There is water inside the sides of the pool where the air is, so I am assuming that the leak is on the inside of the pool. We can't find it.

I am disappointed that we received a product that is NOT the one that he thought we bought. Having it leak immediately, is also very frustrating.

Buyer beware...NO Drain Plug!

I am a bigger girl, and wanted a pool big enough that me and my 1 year old son could have fun and feel comfortable. I found it! This is a great pool, lots of room, even enough room for more kids or another adult! Easy set up, easy tear down!

I live in eastern North Carolina where the temperatures are already topping the mid 90's with high humidity (heat index today is going to be over 100 degrees!). I bought this pool for me (no kids!) and it is just perfect. Easy to inflate and fill, it is the ideal solution for cooling off on a hot day. I bought a 4x8ft piece of 3/4 inch foam core (insulation) at the local home improvement store to put under the pool to protect it and make it comfy to sit on. It's like my own little retreat for $[...]!

Draining
Agree that it would be nice to have a drain plug, but I just reuse the water in my garden - fill watering cans a few dozen times and presto the plants are happy and the pool is empty enough to tip and empty to clean.

Repairing
I did get a small punture thanks to my cat, and sadly, there was no repair kit in my box, but was able to find a solution.

Covering
Biggest woe is covering it. Didn't want to buy the covers online because of the low ratings. Tried a tarp, but it just filled with water when it rained which was a pain. A king fitted sheet works...kind of (California king would be ideal). It's not easy to get on, but it does help keep the debris out while letting the water through if it rains.

What is the obsession with a drain plug? Step on the side to let enough water out so you can then flip the thing over. Letting some air out first will help. Presto -- drained.

I'm a single mom and have a hard time trying to get my son out of the door. A trip to the community pool takes about five hours and three of those five hours is just getting him ready, prying him from his toys and dragging him there. I purchased this pool to have the pool come to us. It is huge and about the same size as the community kiddie pool. All I have to do is put his trunks on and we are ready for the pool!.My son loves this pool! It is deep enough for him to get the feel of swimming but not too deep for him to feel afraid. This pool is durable and well made.

The biggest concern from most reviewers is the lack of a drain plug. You can easily syphon the water out instead by using about four feet of garden hose. Even if the pool had a drain plug it would be difficult to drain the pool with just the drain plug. At the bottom of this review I am including some basic directions for syphoning.

We purchased one of these at the beginning of summer, and the pool has made it through the summer while withstanding a lot of abuse from our children and their friends. We have a swing set, and we located this under the slide. It is a lot of fun for the kids to slide into the pool. When not sliding into the pool, four or five children can play in it with room to spare. The instructions say not to fill the pool all the way up to the top, but we routinely fill it near the top and this has not caused a problem.

The easiest way to fill the pool up with air is to use the exhaust of a wet/dry vacuum. The ports for filling this with air are sized to fit a hose from a vacuum. Do not buy this unless you have something like a wet/dry vacuum to help you fill it with air.

To syphon water from the pool, submerge a four foot section of garden hose so that it is filled with water. Put your thumb tightly over the end that you will discharge from. Initially, keep the end in the pool as high in the water as possible and the side with your thumb as low as possible. Release your thumb and water should start draining out. Once water starts flowing, position one end to sit at the bottom of the pool and the other end on the ground next to the pool. It is best to syphon from the low spot. To empty all the water takes about an hour.

There were so mixed reviews I was not sure if this would be a good purchase or not. It arrived yesterday and I inflated it with an electric compressor, it took about 40 min. This morning at 5 a.m. I started filling it with water and it took until 6:30 a.m. to fill to the line. I have a smaller size hose so that accounts for it taking longer. I am happy with the quality of the pool it feels like it will hold up, not flimsy. It does have a drain in the bottom.

I called a local pool store and they told me to add 1/8 to 1/4 cup chlorine bleach daily to keep the pool sanitary that I can use it about 5 days then drain and refill. I am glad to hear this, I know standing water that humans have been in breeds bacteria if not treated.

The pool looks really cool too the way they did the clear and the bright green inside. I am using it as an adult to do exercise in. It is deep enough to do leg kicks and move around. I have been sick for 7weeks so this is a good way to ease back into exercise and getting my strength back. It is also just plain fun.

I feel if it lasts one summer I got my moneys worth. I would recommend this to anyone who wants to cool off.

Great size pool to keep my 4 grandkids (ages 3-7)occupied for the summer. This is a my third pool of the same model from the same manufacturer (one lasted a summer, the second one 2 summers). It is a good size for several kids and an occasional hot Grandpa. Some of the previous complaints (too big to inflate, no drain, no filter)have some merit. Fortunately,I've got an air compressor that inflates both air chambers in about 10 minutes and a small pump that I hook up to a sprinkler that drains the water once a week. I use a hand held pool skimmer to clean the grass and leaves out every morning. I daycare the kids every weekday and they are in and out of this pool 2 or 3 times every day. I keep the pool on a old 6X9 area rug on the corner of my concrete patio and get a summer's worth of fun for the kids which is well worth the approx. $40 price. And by the way, this year's model I received has a drain plug in the bottom. I don't think I'll use it 'cause my current system works fine for me and the added plug may cause more problems than it's worth.

I am so dissapointed in this pool. The add says it has a drain plug but it does NOT :(