Hayward 500 Aqua Bug Above-Ground Automatic Pool Cleaner

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Product Description

From the Manufacturer

You'll never be bugged by manual cleaning again. The AquaBug automatic pool cleaner provides you with easy, trouble-free operation. You never need to empty or replace debris bags. And because AquaBug works with your existing filtration system - no extra energy-consuming booster pump is required. Everything for simple 10 minutes or less installation is included - even the hoses. This bug loves to circulate! Plus, AquaBug improves water circulation by acting as a moving main drain, pulling water from the bottom of your pool as it moves. Your water circulates and your pool stays cleaner - without the overuse of chemical sanitizers. This bug hangs out with a smart crowd. As part of a complete family of superior quality products designed to keep your pool at its sparkling best, AquaBug is the smart alternative to the drudgery of manual cleaning. And it's from Hayward, the company that engineered automatic pool cleaning technology.

Product Description

Requires 3/4 HP pump motor or more to work most efficiently.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 12 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• Note: Gift-wrapping is not available for this item.
• ASIN: B000GGMIQC
• Item model number: 500
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #40,459 in Home Improvement (See Bestsellers in Home Improvement)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cool little pool vac, May 4, 2006

By	Rapunzel (Eastern USA) - See all my reviews

This is a great little vac. It hooks up to your filter intake or skimmer, and vacuums straight to your filter - not a bag with holes that doesn't catch fine particles. We use ours in a 24' above ground pool made by Intex. Yes, one of those temporary pools. It would work in any above ground pool! The most important thing to have is a good filter system. The filter supplied by Intex is not very good. This vac works best with a sand filter. We have a Hayward Pro Series system with a 1.5 hp Power Flo Maxtrix pump. The combination of this filter system and vacuum has saved my summers. I spent the first year with this pool spraying out the filter and hand/pole vacuuming only to see the finer particles come back into the pool through the return. It took all the pleasure out of having a pool! Now, I hook up my vac (3 min), turn on the filter system (1 sec), and walk away - it's awsome!!! This little vacuum even handled our pool opening this year, which included a large number of leaves and a ton of very fine particles. Unlike the super expensive Pool Rover, this vacuum does not move systematically around the pool to clean in a specific period of time. It moves in ever-widening circles, then goes straight for a bit and starts circling again. It can be a little vexing to see it turn just before it gets to something that you want it to vacuum up, but if you give it time, it will get everything. We put ours in and let in run for about an hour, when we come back the pool looks great! Aqua Bug, Wanda the Whale, and Diver Dave are all the same vacuum with different housings.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love the bug, July 10, 2005

By	Michael Mangan "mikem0218" (Cortlandt Manor, NY United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I couldn't be happier with the AquaBug. It does a great job of cleaning my pool quickly and quietly. They say it takes 10 minutes to install, but I did it in about 5. The biggest problem with the bug is that it looks like a toy and is fairly inexpensive, so people might not take it seriously. However, it really does the job. It came with enough hose for my 15' x 30' pool, and it never gets stuck on my ladder. Added bonus: the random path it takes through the pool is hypnotic to watch. If you get a lot of leaves in your pool, I recommend getting the optional leaf-catcher to keep your filter from getting clogged.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works as Described, April 26, 2006

By	K. Shiver (Carrollton, GA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have a 24 foot round above ground pool with a 52' inch depth. The bottom is not perfectly smooth (some wrinkles and divets), but the product does a great job in about 2 to 3 hours. I plan on running it every couple of days to clean and stir up the water at the bottom of the pool.