SDale - 5/17/2010 7:02 PM
Okaaaaay... I'm thinkin REALY hard now.
Still leaning towards it though because I can take it apart and store it in the shed for the winter.
Only one way to know if you'll like it....
What may seem like alot of work to some may not to others. Growing up on the water front I'm not as in to pools as the Girl friend is, so I wouldn't even consider owning one much less want to care for one. But, the Girfriend has one of what I call a "soup-kettle" pool - frameless ones with the inflated top ring. She doesn't mind whatever maintainance there is because she realy enjoys the pool and uses it alot. She sets it up every Spring and puts it away every fall. When the weather gets hot, if she has to net leaves out she does that from inside the pool and it gives her something to do while she's cooling off.
I've seen happen what was said about the pump/filter. The pump/filter that came with her $90.00, 12 x 3 foot pool from Walmart was too small and burned out halfway through the first Summer. She's using the larger pump/filter that came with a 15 footer that one of my daughters was getting rid of and it's held up fine now for about five years.
The bucket of water next to the ladder to rinse off feet is a must, especially with kids who are in and out of the pool alot !!!
Paul.
