INTEX 58484EP Swim Center Inflatable Family Pool: 277 Gallon Capacity – 120" x 72" x 22" – Blue

We wanted a pool that was big enough that a few people could get in and be comfortable, but not so big that we needed to use chemicals or items to clean. I live in Texas and the heat is just rude! It's only June and the temp has not been below 90 for 2 weeks now. I ran across this pool and kept it in my faves for a while, and ordered it about 2 weeks ago. SO glad we got it!!At first, we put the pool on our grass in the back yard. We had to use our shop vac as the air compressor hose is too small to fit the large holes where you blow it up, We kept the pool up in that place for about a week. Reason being - we have a Bulldog who loves to swim. She has her own pool but she doesn't care where she gets n the water, just as long as she can get wet - so we decided to try it on or patio. We swept the patio and put the pool up there and it is even better then the yard, even with concrete floor.My husband and I get in it every day. There's enough room for both of us to stretch out, have our head on one side and our feet the other. There's also enough room for us to inflate a chair float, if we want to use that. We don't do any kind of jumping around as we are in our late 40's - 50, but we do have 2 grandchildren who, our 4 year old granddaughter LOVES to play in it!Even with us getting in it every day, the water has remained clean, with the exception of a few leaves and some grass <from mowing>, but that stuff is easily removed. But we do change the water out completely every 2 weeks. Here in Texas, it's s hot that the water is usually very hot when we get in it, <and I do mean hot, like sauna water!!!> so we dump a little water and add a bit to make it comfortable.We were outside a few days ago and it was over 100 degrees, and we were watering our garden, when we heard a big splash. We turned around to see our 88 pound Bulldog swimming in our pool. I freaked out because this pool is Vinyl after all, but she didn't cause any damage whatsoever to the pool! She jumped in and out of that pool at least 15 times, and still no damage. I wouldn't recommend letting your dog in this pool, and we've been teaching her "No", but we were both surprised she didn't ruin the pool!We did purchase the cover for this pool so we wouldn't have to clean it so much, and it works just fine. There is a way to put the cover on the pool so it doesn't get blown off by high winds, and so far we haven't had any problems with it at all. We put our chair float in the middle, put the cover on and it all stays put until we're ready to use it.All in all, I feel this pool is definitely worth the $40 I paid for it <I got free ship with Amazon Prime! - Gotta love Prime!!>. I would purchase this pool again if anything happens to ours, which I'm sure something will as it IS Vinyl! It's not a high cost above ground metal pool, so we don't expect it to last forever. This pool may be vinyl, but it is very strong. If you take proper care of it, it will last you a while.But it is doing it's job beautifully and we are very happy with it!Just know that if you have kids that'll be using this pool - if they play with toys in it - the toys may rip or tear the vinyl, or they may ruin it by excessive jumping <it may pop one of the levels>.

I purchased this in mid/late summer 2019 for use in the Northeast and given today's situation I'm really glad I did! It was around twenty-one dollars last year, today it's double, which isn't as bad as it got earlier this summer. We thankfully didn't have any issues with it last year and it's still good this year. I also purchased the Intex brand plug in air pump which I would recommend. More recently I bought an airbed with a cordless air pump which is great for adding air to this pool.We don't have a very level yard so it's done okay on bumpy ground. We usually put a tarp under it for added protection against rocks and sticks and so far so good. Using a wider tarp allows for covering the pool w/the same tarp when you're not using it. At the end of last summer I let it dry off, folded it up and stored it away in the basement. Other than some residual pink staining on the white parts the pool was still great for this summer. It lives outside, inflated, though we empty out the water after a couple days of use b/c it gets murky. It has survived all kinds of weather this summer. It loses a bit of air between uses but that seems the norm for any sort of plastic inflatable. We don't fill it to the top, mostly b/c of our sloped yard so I can't attest to potential overfilling. But it has survived bouncing on the sides (not supposed to do that...) and having a Step 2 slide over the side so the kids can slide into the pool.As for size, it's small but it's not a tiny kiddie pool and it's big enough for two younger kids to play in or try to float in. On a hot day, it serves it's purpose and keeps the kids entertained.Given the above, I would recommend this pool even for the current $40 something price.

Why did you pick this product vs others?:Terrible product. There is no way to fill with air to inflate unless you purchase a separate air pump specific to this pool. This was not stated in description or directions. Also, could not return it because by the time I figured out I could not inflate it, the original shipping box was long gone. UPS is the drio off for creature but they charge $30 for box and tape. Refund would have been $18 total after all said and done. Also, the UPS lady was very rude. So I do not recommend this item or purchasing items that require UPS as drop off for return. I LEARNED A HARD LESSON. Lost all the money spent on something I cannot use. Ended up throwing in the garbage, because that us what it is.