Intex 12-Foot-by-30-Inch Family Size Round Metal Frame Pool Set |
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Product Description
12'x30" Metal Frame Pool Set w/530G Filter Pump, DFCI, DVD Calendar Touch Sensor control No subscription fees View updated pictures from family and friends over the internet One year limited manufacturer's warrantySpecifications 3.5 320 x 240 LCD display IEEE 802.11b/g Wi-Fi standard - Supports WEP, WPA or WPA2 Wireless Encryption Memory Formats Supported - Secure Digital (SD) Card, MultiMedia (MMC) Card, 128MB internal memoryProduct Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #3878 in Lawn & Patio
- Brand: Intex
- Model: 56995EG
- Released on: 2007-12-15
- Dimensions: 64.00 pounds
Features
- Nobody builds a metal frame pool like Intex
- With our SUPER-TOUGH liners and our high quality, incredibly strong metal frames
- Filter Pump and instructional DVD included.
- Ready for water in 30 minutes
- Room for the whole family
- You will enjoy a pool that is easy to assemble, beautiful to look at, and certain to provide years of fun
Editorial Reviews
From the Manufacturer
12' x 30" Family Size Metal Frame Pool Set (with Filter Pump and DVD) - No one builds a metal frame pool like Intex. With the Super-tough liners and our high quality, incredibly strong metal frames, you will enjoy a pool that is easy to assemble, beautiful to look at, and certain to provide years of fun!
12' x 30" Family Size Metal Frame Pool Set (with Filter Pump and DVD) - No one builds a metal frame pool like Intex. With the Super-tough liners and our high quality, incredibly strong metal frames, you will enjoy a pool that is easy to assemble, beautiful to look at, and certain to provide years of fun!
Customer Reviews
Better than easy and simple set!
We have the 12'X 36", which is almost the same size, and are extremely pleased with it. It is a lot of pool for the money!
The exterior white pipes are a sturdy metal that interlock with each other and slip through a very strong vinyl casing around the top of the heavy vinyl blue pool itself. Since we already had a level spot from previous pools, it took only an hour or so, for my children to assemble it themselves, with their 14 yr. old brother. As many people have stressed on other pool reviews, YOU MUST MUST have a level site and this can take lots of work, so don't expect to just open it and start assembling. Once the pool was filled with water, I was surprised by how much more solid it seemed than our previous Easy set and simple set pools had been. It's like there's some kind of dynamic balance between the metal frame and the heavy vinyl pool wall and all the water. My son insists it is superior to our old pools.
An important note is that this pool is truly 12 feet across the top, unlike the easy and simple set ones that measure 12 feet on the bottom diameter but far less, closer to 9+ feet across the top, and this pool can be filled up to 90% of its sidewall height. Our old easy set pool was supposed to be filled only to 80%, so when you compare this pool with those kind, remember that this one has more usable swimming area and depth.
This kind of pool can not be winterized and left up in climates where the winter temperatures drop below freezing, so keep that in mind. We live in the northeast of the US, so pools are useful at most from approximately Memorial Day to shortly after Labor Day, and we think that inexpensive above ground pools are economical. Also, we have found that the more expensive chemical testing kits, like the ones at Walmart for $12.97, that test for for at least five things, are a good investment, even for small pools. If you don't add stabilizer (cyanuric acid) and keep your ph steady, you will spend too much on chemicals overall. I wasted lots of chlorine over the years before I realized that. Small pools are economical but the chemical maintenance is more challenging than it might seem. I looked into Bacquacil (a non-chlorine sanitizing system, that is not as tricky to test and manage as a chlorine system) and was told by one pool dealer that it might clog up cartridge filters in small pools, but the website for Bacquacil says you can use it with this kind. We are going to try that.
Also, our pool came with a well made ladder, noticeably better quality than our previous pool sets, and had a lightweight pool cover and a small pool skimmer and vacuum. These small vacuums work on whats called a "venturi" effect. Not as efficient as the kind in big pools. Just make sure that you put a big fresh container of water in front of the ladder and make the kids rinse off their feet before going in.
Wrong Order, Right Pool!
I meant to order another model because we have a limited space for where to put the pool and because I didn't want the metal poles. All that went out the window once it came. The instructions sounded tough to follow, but once we started it was a no brainer! From the time we opened the box to completing the filter connections adding water, it was under 45 minutes. I was concerned it was not going to be sturdy, but after it was together it was solid. It only got better once it was filled with water. We did find that the 12' measurement was not really quite 12'. As I said, since we were limited on space, this was a great thing for us, but for others counting on that 12', maybe not so much. One thing we are finding out though, is that you can't really fill the pool to the level they suggest. We did and after a few antics by our kids, water was coming over the sides. There isn't any "lip" like a regular above ground pool to keep that water in the pool, but really it isn't a huge deal. Overall, a good investment that looks like it will last for quite a while.
Easy to set up and fill.....
Now we have not physically gone into it yet but we set it up. Our ground is not level so we're off about 2 squares (inside the pool it has small squares all around so you can see how level you are). We use to have a rectangular pool in this same spot and we thought we did a great job leveling it out before this one arrived. But we'll have to try again next year. We don't actually swim or jump around in it. Just 2 adults with our floats so we shouldn't have any problems with it being off level. My only concern with this pool is actually the clips on the legs that hold the poles. We get well over 125 degrees here in the summer (NO KIDDING!) and these have to be my only concern. I am going to contact the company and see if I can just buy extras I have this odd feeling I am going to need them. If the legs go, so does the pool stability I'd think. So I'll let you know how it goes through a summer here and if it can last, it'll last ANYWHERE!
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