Intex vs Bestway Pump: How to Tell Whether Your Stock Pump Is Undersized

Intex Vs Bestway Pump Comparison

Both Intex and Bestway build a pump into most of their complete above ground pool sets, and the number printed on the box is not always the number that matters. In this guide I run the turnover rate math against the real system flow rates on Intex’s Krystal Clear pumps and Bestway’s Flowclear pumps, not … Read more

The Stock Pump Call I Get Every Summer: What I Tell Every Owner Who Makes It

The Stock Pump Call I Get Every Summer

Every summer I get the same phone call: someone bought a 15-foot or 18-foot above ground pool, they are adding chemicals on schedule, and the water still will not stay clear. Nine times out of ten the problem is not the chemicals at all. It is the pump that came in the box, and it … Read more