Ultra XTR Deluxe Above Ground Swimming Pool Set, Includes Cartridge Sand Filter Pump, SuperTough Puncture Resistant, Rust Resistant, 24' x 52"

This pool is GREAT! It is easy to assemble, quick to install and a great size for the family to enjoy! The materials are sturdy and high quality! I don’t have any complaints. The filter and pump are good quality. I think this is the best pool you can get for the money! I recommend anyone looking for an above ground pool to get an Intex.

Great pool at a great price. Intex makes a quality product. This is my second intex pool. The first one I had for 10 years and it still worked but was looking old.

Update 05/27/2022: This pool has now been in operation for a couple seasons, and it's still doing GREAT. I had to replace the plates in the chlorinator, and refill the sand in the filter once, and that's it for the heavy maintenance. The water is still crystal clear, the FAFCO heating pad is still kickin, and my kids are still loving the pool. Still absolutely no regrets with this purchase. I was leary at first. Above ground pools are something the Uncle Eddie has in Xmas vacation, that you could imagine him jumping off his RV into. But I live in the South West, where the sun doesn't care if your pool is below above or levitating - the heat spares no one. Instead of investing $80k or more in a fancy pants pool, I spent a fraction of that on a 24' diameter Intex pool and it has been the best money I've spent that I can remember. Super easy to setup - I did it with one person. I already had a flat large area to place it, so all the real hard work was done. Filled it up (took about $350 in water), and then realized that it was going to need two more things to be perfect. I picked up a Chlorinator - also made by Intex - so I wouldn't have to deal with chemicals. I mixed in the salt as directed, and it's been producing chlorine ever since (one and a half seasons later). You can't tell there's salt in the water, and you can't tell there's chlorine either - but my test kits always put it in the proper range (2-3ppm). The second item was a heating mat. I setup the pool at the end of the season, so the sun was already losing some of it's potency here. But at the start of this season, I REALLY noticed it. I have the 4' x 20' heating mat you can get here on Amazon, and it works great. Since the sun started cooking the southwest, my pool has been a steady 80-85 degrees all day long. Maintenance is extremely low. I added a skimmer (the one where you have to actually cut the liner to put in - a littte nerve wracking BUT VERY worth it!!!) and it keeps the surface spotless. I've gone through a couple of pool vacuums (stay away from the Intex one!) and I've settled on a rechargeable one that you just drop in the pool. It takes care of all the big and medium debris that lands at the bottom, but the fine debris has been more of a challenge. A brush with a suction port that ties into my skimmer has solved that problem - I put the pump into bypass and just let it go into the planter. Really the only thing that takes a bit of attention is maintaining the pH level. I find I'm constantly adding the pH lowering chemicals to keep it around 7.6 - 7.8. Not difficult, I just need to not forget to do it. Overall, I probably spent about 3k on everything (pool, pump, chlorinator, heating pad, light, vacuum - x2, did I mention not to get the Intext one? - skimmer, misc hoses and stuff)... and it's been worth every cent. My kids and I absolutely love it, and it's made living in a hot climate so much more tolerable.

This is a good pool for the money. Even with small leak. Don't be dissuaded because of the small leak. Just be ready and check as filling for signs of leakage. Overall was is great. Pros: Easy Set up, size, delivery, good pump and filter. Cons: Had a small leak on seam, trying to contact manufacturer or getting support is difficult, no suction side vacuum port, last top rail is a pain, didn't know I needed filter sand until afterwards. Setup: make sure you level the area good. I spent hours leveling because of size and was still off about 2" on one side. I left it because it wasn't bulging. Make sure to have two bags of pool sand filter ready prior to setup or go get while pool is filling. Make sure you start top rail at on point and work around in circular direction clockwise/ counterclockwise do not attach legs until top is complete . Last rail is a pain in the butt even while following the recommendation in directions. Just be patient. I caught the drip leak (video) early while filling and fortunately it was were I could get to it and put pvc glue on seam that sealed the leak. Returning item liked this would be a nightmare after hours of assembly just to disassemble. I would think a credit should be given for leak and couldn't get hold of anyone. Just a return but couldn't get support. Returning was out of the question. Maintenance: I have a pool cleaning service and had all chemicals on hand to treat pool. This made bringing pool chemistry easy for me. I would recommend keeping calcium between 160 to 200. Because you don't want vinyl to harden too much. I have well water low calcium. Mine is at 180. I have a high iron content in my well water. The pump and sand filter did great filtering it and I had to backwash a couple times. However, I don't like that it doesn't come with any kind of suction access for a hose vacuum to get sediment (picture 2) off the bottom. I had to order a battery cordless vacuum to hopefully get sediment off bottom. I cannot even net it with my microfiber net. These pools need and adapter to be able to hook a standard vacuum hose in order to vacuum using pump and filter. The pump and filter are surprisingly good, so far. I was impressed that it wasn't some cheesey pump and filter. It can be set time come on and run for selected number of hours up to 12 hours a day. Has internal clock to run at same time each day. Or can be set to run continuously. I'm excited to use this summer and this 26' is huge. I can swim short laps in it by myself, and is large enough to have several people in it. My family and friends will soon be invited for a BBQ. Make sure that you know the desired size for your area. I have a big yard so this was perfect. Even though a lot bigger than I thought and surprised by size and depth.

Pool much bigger than anticipated, we really like the sand filter that comes with it, works well and the gauge is fantastic for letting you know what you need to do. Ground cover is very thin but thankful it was included. We did have an issue with the liner completely tearing however Amazon was fantastic about shipping us a new pool. Ladder is sturdy, take forever to fill up with a hose. Overall we’re happy with our purchase. We’ve owned several of these pools and they hold up for years in our crummy NY weather.

Of course the instructions always say super easy set up and it is, if you have set one of these up before but if you’re planning to do it the right way and level the ground and dig and bring in sand then it will take you several days to get this pool up and ready to fill. Love that it comes with the sand pump filter, this helps keep the pool so much cleaner and you do not struggle with green water nearly as much during the hot summer days. This pool is huge, we bought the 22ft one, so if you do not have the yard space, I caution you to be careful what size you buy. Intex is the only brand we will buy, we have used this brand for years and the one we purchased before this one had to be returned as it started rusting almost immediately, it was a cheapy one from Sams. So we returned it and bought this one. Our previous pool was intex and we had that pool for 5 years before we sold it to get a bigger one and it was still in excellent shape when we sold it.

on 3/ 22.21 my son and I surprised my daughter in law with a pool buying the Intex 26329EH 18x 52 " pool, it arrived and it was discovered it was torn , so we went thru the whole return thing, which was a fiasco, Intex would never reply to messages! and amazon said they would send out a new one , and we would repackage the old one up and it would be picked up, please keep in mind if you will, my son is handicapped, and had to have friends help him set up the pool and drain and take it back down, I am in Wy he is in AZ AND WE used my prime acct to buy this, he paid for it . so we get a new pool we were concerned because we could not see the tear till it was set up again ,, but we we were assured by amazon it would have a warranty and if there were any problems to reach out to them if we had a problem on 4/14 /21 the new pool was ordered and shipped it arrived and was set up , it looked fine, there was what looked like a flaw in the vinyl but it did not appear to be a problem, so we waited to have this huge box picked up ( the old Pool) some how it fell threw the cracks and after saying they were going to charge us for the second pool someone figured out it was there fault and the old pool was picked up in Sept!!! so now we come to Aug 22 the kids have been here in Wy for over a month they return home and after looking they realize the pool is tearing again , its only used for his exercises and he floating no kids... this pool had all the correct leveling and everything done before setting it up it is a design flaw in this pool there is still warranty, but Amazon says no were not covering it .. Intex has to cover it how convienient that Intex does not reply to any kind of messaging or calls so my kids who are on a limited income are now with out a pool .. I am totally Disgusted he spoke with so many people today at Amazon the lady who tried to help was great the rest could of cared less

We hired a set up crew just to save time. A crew of 3 people put this pool up in about 3 hours. We LOVE THIS POOL! it’s so sturdy, and strong. After one summer of hot tTEXAS sun, it looks brand new We did buy an automatic vacuum and ita always clean. I would recommend buying this pool!