58516E Flowclear 800 Gallon Sand Filter Pool Pump for Above Ground 300 to 4,800 Gallon Swimming Pools, (Sand Sold Separately)

This is my second unit. The first one lasted quite a few years, sitting out in the sun and weather. And with me using it. LOL. Selector valve became a little leaky and hard to turn recently. But I did not always turn it off before switching gears. (I will with this one.) Plastic is just beginning to look sun-baked on the old one, connectors were loosing their 'smooth'. Needed o-rings, a new pressure gauge, a new safety plug, a few connectors, some new hoses. Just got it all, in a new unit. On my pool, the water is changed with this once an hour? Keeps it clear. I also configured a vacuum hose with an in-line filter bag, and this has just enough power to get stuff off the bottom. But it's not quite enough to run a floating surface skimmer properly. A plastic $45 dollar pool (pool only, mid-winter every 2-3 years when it needs replacing), and this $90 filter, which will last through a few pools. No cartridges to replace. Well worth the money for the enjoyment provided. Do it. A clear top or container so you can see the sand would be cool. (We got a demo unit one year, clear sand tank. Was awesome. You could see when the sand needed a flush, and watch it back-flush.)

I bought this because the stock pump on my 14x32 summer waves pool was junk. The first summer we opened it, I did nothing but fight nasty water. We put it away for two years. Then I saw this pump at its low price for the 800gal model, so I bought it. No, it is not what is pictured. The 800gal does not have the large separate filter portion. It is one medium sized device with a small filter built into the model. It was disappointing but, I decided to give it a go anyway. It was fairly cheap, comparatively speaking. Hook up was a little confusing but, I put that on my excitement and tendency to see pictures backwards. The only water issue I had this year was mustard algae at set up. I believe this was from the year it was up and nasty and then put away. This pump and proper chemicals got rid of it quickly enough. Then it was smooth sailing all summer. One thing I did notice was, if you don’t “rinse” after you backwash, the handle gets really hard to turn and very difficult to get on the proper setting. So, after every backwash, do a proper rinse and save yourself a headache. It doesn’t have much suction for connecting a vacuum hose. It does work well enough but also, takes a while, and the little filter clogs up pretty quickly, so I have to clear it out a few times during vacuuming. All in all, it’s a good product for me and, would definitely purchase it again in a pinch. The only thing that would ever make me upgrade was if I got a bigger pool or, wanted a little more vacuum suction.

Used this for an extreme pool cleanup on a ~2,000 gallon frog pond that includes a 9 year old Cumberland Slider turtle. Water was murky after 20 years of no filtration or clean-up. Slapped this little sand filter on the pond and after ~60 days, the water is crystal clear. Important notice, though: The pump on this sand filter pump WILL NOT LIFT WATER OUT OF A POND OR BODY OF WATER THAT IS BELOW IT. I installed a small submersible pump in the pond to the suction side of the sand filter to make the circulation/flow work properly. Turtle is seemingly happy about the water quality.

I will have to update this after using the pump for some time. As of 2023/7 This pump was delivered on time. Once I opened the box and started looking at the instructions. I thought it would have come with everything. The most important thing is the Sand for the Sand filter. Nowhere in the description did it say it didn't come with Sand or whatever the net type of balls they show in the instruction. Now it's the beginning of the summer I want to get this filter up and running right away. I had to go to 3 different pool supply places to see if they had any. I was lucky enough to find it out of all places "Odd Lot". I put the filter together and it has been running perfectly for about 3 weeks. No leaks or problems. I just wish I could have a timer on the pump to start it up for a few hours every day so I can just get in when I feel like it. If you put any kind of Wifi Switch or Timer it kills the built-in GFI. That is nice to have but if IM already using a plug with a GFI on it I don't need a second. They should have made it so you can remove it.

Filters pretty good. Bought it to use a vac with and it took a little engineering to make it work. Only bad thing is the filter operation icons. They do not make a lot of sense. I have to read the instructions to know which icon is which? Update 8-4-22 The sand filter motor will not come on, I have been trying to contact Bestway about warranty repairs but am only able to leave email and phone number. I hope they follow through. Will update the review again. Ok final review. I contacted Bestway to check on warranty repairs. Their website only allows you to leave your email and Phone number they will call you back. Never happened. I contacted Amazon about what to do. They tried to contact Bestway with no results either. So they refunded my money. I am purchasing a sand filter from a different store. I definitely would not buy a Bestway product again Beware!

Unfortunately, the filter arrived with broken pieces, and no hoses, but after fixing what I could, and ordering a few hoses, I managed to get it working....and boy am I happy!! What a GREAT filter!! The directions weren't the best, but I managed; as for the broken and missing parts, that's on the seller, but it doesn't change the fact that the filter IS great!! Filters out that darned algae very well indeed, so it's easy to keep a sparkling pool with a bare minimum of chlorine. Love it!!

The pump and set up are fine for my 8x14 pool. My issue is the plug has no timer. The puny pump that came with the pool had a built in timer on the plug. This one needs someone to manually turn it on and off. I tried a separate timer but it trips the plug so i have to turn it on daily. I may try to rewire the puny pumps plug and this one's plug to see if that will work. Cost cut in the wrong place on this one.

Installation facile et filtre très bien. L'eau de la piscine est claire. Fonctionnement silencieux.

Achtung !! Obwohl es sich um den „AMAZON Tipp“ handelt ist das Gerät nicht für den Einsatz in Deutschland tauglich !! Es handelt sich um die 120 Volt - Ausführung mit einem 3-poligen Stecker. Nach einem Gespräch mit Amazon hätte ich 15€ Nachlass bekommen um dafür einen Adapter zu besorgen

upgraded our pump from the paper filters, within hours we noticed huge improvement and within a day it was crystal clear, installing hoses an sand was also straightforward and pump runs quiet and powerful

This product only lasted 2 seasons and the bearings on the pump motor are shot,it makes an awful noise and is leaking from the bottom. I contacted the company and they told me this model was discontinued.

Works great for our 600 gal pool. Keeps it clean at only a couple hours running a day. Needs better assembly instructions. Don't throw the box away as that's the best picture there is to put it together.