I've Had Better
The pump is slow slow slow. I've had better foot pumps! Also the chords are too short to do anything and are frustrating. I tried to inflate a pool toy but the chord won't reach outside my car and the toy won't fit IN the car. I HATE IT I HATE IT I HATE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Super quick & easy to use
I ordered this along with a jump-o-lene for my kids it inflated the entire (massive) thing in a matter of minutes and was so easy to use I didn't even have to look at the manual! You just plug it into the wall and stick one of the air nozzles right into the air plug. It came with 4 different sizes I believe worked great very happy with my purchase! The best part is you can use the same pump to deflate!
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Not what you thinkSo you invest the money in this unit as opposed to buying the Filter and Chlorine Generator separately. You think you've got a compact package that mounts both functions on a single platform. You think you'll run the filter all the time (as they should be) and use the timer to run the Chlorine Generator the recommended amount of time (which for my Intex pool is 4 hours). You think you got it all covered. You'd be wrong.
The unit set up easily enough I added the salt to my pool after shocking it. I turned the unit on and the filter started running all seemed good. Since Intex recommends you stay out of the pool when the generator is running I decided to run it at night. The timer does not allow you to set a time rather it lets you set a duration say 4 hours and the generator will come on then and repeat the same duration every 24 hours. So at 11pm I went out and started the generator. The next morning the filter pump was shut down. After a lot of reading and calls to Intex I learned that this is how the system works. Twenty-four hours later the generator and the filter came back on. This means that normal Model 8111 operation will only filter the pool when the generator is running. Since they warn against over-chlorinating I can only run it for four hours a day in my pool. Imagine an active pool only being filtered four hours a day. Not a good thing. Intex recommends that I simply go out and restart the filter pump every morning. I can tell you that's not why I bought it. Intex was uncaring couldn't explain to me why anybody would use this unit. At one point they actually suggested that I buy another filter to run on the pool!!! Given that there is only one inlet and one outlet this is physically not possible never mind the sheer stupidity of the solution.
Don't buy this unit buy the units separately and all will be good.
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