Open Box PoolSkim

This is an early review after having this installed for one day. I will update after more use. I have a 24' round AG pool. My neighbours have a lot of trees and last year I battled the maple red flowers, helicopter seeds, shad flies (another story all together) and regular leaves. I managed to keep things pretty clean but was looking for and easier way to do some of the work. After some research I found the Poolskim. After day one, I am truly impressed. Right now the enemy of choice is the maple red flowers, but the helicopters will be coming soon. My surface was spotless this morning and the mesh bag was 1/4 full. Job well done. I am interested to see how it goes once helicopter season starts and then shadfly season (North Bay, Ontario ... look it up). I received the package one day after ordering. I don't think the materials are worth the price, however, the price can easily be justified with the amount of time saved. Installation was simple. Took me about 15 minutes. I wanted to make sure that it was easy to pull out when people are swimming. Very easy to take off and put the eyeball back in - this process will take less than a minute. Fire up the pump and it is easy to see that the vortex created will suck everything in. Highly recommend at this point.

Review by Gil P on May 18, 2022

Have had skimmer for 3 months Great product!! With this thing I hardly have to use my pool cleaner.

Review by M Setchell on August 16, 2016

We've used this for one full season and can't believe the difference. We have a lot of trees around and we were always worried about the pump burning out because the filter would get clogged. With the big sock that gathers the debris we never have to worry about that. We vacuum when we open the pool and when we close, that's it because almost nothing makes it to the ground now. My husband was worried about the circulation with this but we had no problems with our pool chemistry. I was nervous to spend the money thinking it was a gimmick but if you have a fair amount of leaves falling into your pool this is worth it.

Review by Michelle on February 20, 2017

While the Pool Skim is a little pricey for what is really a few pieces of plastic and some pipe connectors, it is the best investment I have made in pool maintenance in 14 years. This ultra simple gadget does the job and does it very well. Experimenting with the water circulation pattern in the pool has also made the installed skimmer actually suck in debris efficiently which it never did before, so there are now two devices taking debris from the surface. Even better as the Pool Skim attaches to the return (incoming)jet, it is saving work associated with cleaning the pump basket and filter, and it keeps working while the vacuum is plugged in to the skimmer inlet. We have a lot of trees around our pool and this device solves the problem of continuous debris in the pool. Buy it! This simple device is a must if you have issues with leaves, bugs, pollen etc. floating in your pool!

Review by Martin in Ottawa on July 21, 2016

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Review by terry s on August 25, 2020

This is a great, little product that helps keep my pool clean and it is very inexpensive.

Review by Sylvie on March 7, 2014

Have had one for 6 weeks and just love it ! Works three times better than my main skimmer. It works when my suction cleaner is using the skimmer intake, pool is very clean. It takes 30 seconds to remove if you want it out. A little pricey but I Love it. Would buy this again.

Review by M Setchell on June 7, 2016

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