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I recommend this skimmer highly. From personal experience, you really need to order an extra gasket from the spare parts list if installing in a flexible wall. Use one inside and one outside. DO NOT CUT the gasket as some recommend.
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I like Hayward products, and this is a good skimmer overall. However, it's got one glaring design flaw that could easily lead to hundreds of dollars in repairs: there's nothing that holds the basket in place. We had one made by Waterway before that we were replacing just because it was old and brittle. When you put the basket in, you have to put it in one way, then twist it 90-degrees to lock it in place. This Hayward has that design on the basket - two straight sides, but no retainers in the skimmer itself. It just drops in place in any direction, and nothing holds it in place. That's fine when the pump is running as the pressure from the water flow keeps it in place. However, when the pump turns off, the skimmer floats up out of place. When the pump turns back on, if the basket isn't floating in exactly the right spot (which it never is), it ends up getting stuck on an angle which makes it useless as the water just flows around it. Worse than that, it often would get stuck in just the right spot that it blocked the flapper from moving and ran my pump almost completely dry a couple of times. I have my pump set up on a smart outlet that automatically switches between low and high according to a schedule. That's kind of pointless if I have to physically be present at every change to make sure the basket is in the right spot so it doesn't run the pump dry and burn it up. To resolve it, I ended up drilling a couple of very small holes, and threading in two screws that were just long enough to reach through the sides and serve as retainers for the basket. Since the basket already has the two straight sides, it now has the 90-degree twist lock, and has been working perfectly since. It's a simple fix, but it's absolutely awful that it needs it. That's a major design flaw for no good reason at all. I like Hayward in general, but I cannot recommend their skimmers for this reason.Read full review
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Product was genuine Hayward product. I have had good luck in the past with this brand.
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I put this wide mouth skimmer on my 18 foot soft side above ground pool . Works like a dream . Great product !👍
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Perfect fit - just like OEM
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