Poolmaster 28009 Magic Jet Spa, Pond and Small Swimming Pool Vacuum, Premier Collection, Medium, Neutral

Great product! Works well! Thank you

My expectations for this vac were low, but I was wrong. I have an 800 gallon vinyl pool and this is perfect. One thing I did not notice when I purchased is that with this product is that you can attach it to your filter with a hose extension and use your filter as the suction power. I attached the hose and did a quick pass. This little vacuum picked up all the debris on the pool floor. I was impressed that it is able to vacuum the exact spot you are going over and does not blow the debris on the side of the vac where you are not rolling over. This was an impressive purchase for the price. I paid $26 pole included.

First, as others have noted, if one wishes to shun the pole that comes with this kit and buy a "standard" pool net pole, be warned that the 1.25" diameter it requires is not particularly standard. (In other words, it's a lot larger than the two pool poles I've owned.)Knowing that, I decided to buy the Black Magic kit that includes a pole.The Black Magic pole itself was easy to assemble. However, to use it, you will need to first pry out the V-clip that would otherwise fit the pool pole that you opted not buy separately. (N.B. If I had shelled out the $$ to buy a large pool pole separately, it would fit OVER the Black Magic part and be held in place by the V-clip. If you use the Black Magic pole, it fits INSIDE the Black Magic part and is screwed into place.)I'm dexterous and determined, so I got that deeply embedded V-clip out in one piece. But, it took an hour and a lot of salty language. (I will admit that some of my frustration was due to an overly insistent chipmunk, who kept scrambling up onto me and inquiring loudly after peanuts from whatever vantage point he could gain on my person. Peanut-crazed chipmunks and stubborn V-clips are not a Zen combo.)After all that poking, squeezing, prying, peanut feeding and swearing, one is left with a single burning question: Why on earth would the manufacturer of this product make it so difficult to actually use the pole that comes with it?Due to the aforementioned ordeal, I've only used this product once, so I can't really assess its efficacy in vacuuming up debris. Given that a lot of water was leaking from where the hose adapter attaches to the brush, the suction was less than optimal. I may need to tinker with the water pressure and the adapter itself to improve the results.I will say, however, that I am pleased with the size of the debris bag and the fineness of its mesh weave. If I ever manage to get this thing working properly -- and the chipmunk and I have faith that I will -- it should do a decent job of filtering out a lot of the finer debris particles.

Update - This is only good for vacuuming larger bits from the bottom of the pool If you have any kind of fine particulate to clear, this is useless. I had some brown algae after winter (it's like a fine dust that settles at the bottom) and it passed through the collection bag and just put the algae back into solution and made the water gross and murky. I had to get a full pool vacuum setup and no longer use this vacuum. Too bad, I really liked how easy it was.Love that I don’t have to mess with pool hoses for this vacuum. The suction is good but you have to go kinda slow to do a good job. It gets leaves, bugs, sand, no problem. It does add a bit of water to the pool but not enough to make a big difference. Be careful taking it out, best to have someone turning off the water while you take it out simultaneously or you might lose some of the debris back in the pool. One negative - the pole it comes with is a little short, would be better if it had one more section. (The version with no pole did not fit my Bestway skimmer pole so I had to return it for this one.)Still gets 5 stars cause it’s effective and you can’t beat the cost!

Used it with garden hose, works Great! need to move slow with it, but picks up everything from big leaves to sand! Bag it comes with is fine enough to trap the sand even so you can get a good clean bottom of the pool!