INTEX C2500 Krystal Clear Cartridge Filter Pump for Above Ground Pools: 2500 GPH Pump Flow Rate – Improved Circulation and Filtration – Easy Installation – Improved Water Clarity – Easy-to-Clean

The 1000 gpm pump that came with my pool couldn't do it's job well at all in its second summer of use. I was shocking it every four days, the water was cloudy. I couldn't see the bottom....now...wow! Lol! Yup! I can see my feets clearly! I can see all the little blue squares and when I play empty can fetch with the dog and it falls to the bottom, it no longer gets lost. It's been a week and a half since we installed it and it hasn't needed shock. Only thing to beware of is if you let the dog cool off in the pool all day while you are at work, you'll find your water pressure go down after a week only to discover that if you unscrew the hose directly in front of the pump motor area, you'll find fur clogging the mesh screen area. The pump runs full speed again once you get that out. So maybe put a dollar store nylon stocking on your skimmer basket to cut down on that. I put it around the bottom and up around the sides since the basket is raised in the center. We bought the twin pack of 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 intex type B adapters. We bought nothing else, because like you might be doing, I researched and I thought that might be all I needed. Turns out I needed at least one "fernco ptc-150 1 1/2 to 1 1/4 inch pipe connecter (coupler). Home depot had some in stock nearby but I saved the hour trip to and from and just ordered it off amazon. The intex adapters were the exact same size as the fittings on our summer waves so they would not slip right over the summer waves pipes. It cost an extra $1.30 but fine with me. In the mean time we used the shiny new intex water return jet that came in the box with our new pump and hoses. Cutting tiny slivers at a time. Not too much or we'd be buying another pool if we made the hole too large and ruined the liner. While we waited for our fernco coupler (pink package with short gray pipe silver tightening bands on either side) we used the 1 1/4 summer waves hose that came with and ran from the filter canister to the old return jet to hook up our new pump temporarily. We used one of the intex type B adapters, screwed it onto the new intex hose and to the new pump. We fastened the old summer waves hose to the filter canister on the side of the pool and found a silver hose tightening band in the garage and used it to fasten the summer waves hose down around the small end of the type B adapter (the second type B adapter is just a spare since we retro fitted the new intex return to our pool. It was a jerry rigged fit and worked perfectly fine for the few days we waited for our hose coupler to come. The plastic pipe was cinched on pretty good and I'm sure it wouldn't have lasted for ever but we got it tightened enough not to leak. Our coupler came and the summer waves hose came off and into the spare parts box. We installed the coupler onto the filter canister, put the small end of the type B through the coupler, tightened it and screwed the new 1 1/2 intex hose onto the big end of my intex adapter. I did my best to help you plan your moves if you got the same pool I have. Sorry if my writings get confusing. I did my best. That's my story and I'm sticking to it! Lol! I'm very glad I got this pump! You'll love how clean your fuzzy pool gets

This is my second pump of this model (though the newer one is 633T, just doesn't have the Power button on back to choose between timer and always on, those options are now on one dial on the back). Works great, moves a lot of water per hour and lasts a long time. The smaller pump that came with the pool years ago (14'rd x 48" deep pool) didn't seem to move enough water to keep the algae at bay, with the larger volume pump I use same amount of chemicals with much better results. We were on year four when a powerful storm zapped the power source or else I'm sure we would have gotten a couple more seasons out of it. Though they can get noisier as they age, it's a pretty quiet pump. And now that the price (absurd prices in 2020 and beginning of 2021) is back to normal it oddly feels like a bargain. Great pump. Definitely recommend. If your pool currently has the two smaller hoses you will need adapters to connect them to the larger hoses used on this pump. Here's some pics of my set up. And yes, I know it's not pretty, but it's effective. I also suggest getting the valves you see in the pics to turn off when changing the filter so you don't have to use the plugs that come with the pool, so much less of a hassle. I found all the adapters here on Amazon. Hope this helps.

I upgraded to this Intex 2500 cartridge pump from the smaller version that came with my 18 x 48 Coleman pool. I’ve only had it set up for one day so far but the difference that I can visually see is pretty amazing. With my other pump, I had to have my second outlet plugged so that the skimmer would work. With this one I was able to take that plug out and now I’m actually pulling water out of the pool with both hoses the way that it’s supposed to be. Still works wonderfully. I can physically see the water moving in the pool now. I had one of those hacker fountains on my pool and I removed it and actually used the jet piece that came with the pump. That thing is amazing. It really pushes that water across the pool. I ordered a different type of fountain now that Is not required to be hooked up to the pump via my only inlet to the pool. If you were thinking about upgrading to a new pump and are trying to decide between this and a sand filter. That was me and this filter was on sale on prime so I went with it. So far, I am extremely pleased. I don’t have a problem, cleaning a cartridge every couple days if I need to.

This pump is way more powerful than the pump that comes with the Intex/Coleman steel frame pool. It's pretty fantastic. Where the original pump sends a little stream of water in, this thing sends torrent of water and bubbles. A little finicky with getting it going, as it's quite sensitive about air bubbles, but once you get those cleared out, it works like a charm. Nice that it has a built in timer too, so I don't have to use a timer, if I don't want to. Also nice that I don't have to use the built in timer if I don't want to, lol. I've only used it for half of one season, so can't speak to longevity just yet, but hopefully it'll keep on ticking for summer's to come.

Using this to filter the water in my cottage water tank. The water is sourced from the lake and can have higher turbidity as temperatures warm. I run this on my water tanks after a fill, chlorinate, and we have nice clear water year round. Not exactly the purpose it was intended for, but it works very well.

Bought this last May and it worked great. Took it out for this season and won’t start. (Pump kept indoors in off season) So now have full pool of water and no ability to filter. After one season? Sent receipt/Emailed Intek customer service who replied they get back in 48 hours. Day 3 and still waiting. I’ll update if things change… UPDATE: Still going in circles with Intek with no replacement or solution after multiple emails. Keep asking for info I already gave them and now say my invoice from Amazon doesn't match the product number? How is that on me? Literally having a heat wave and Intek has left me hanging.

I have a Bestway Steel Frame Pool 15 ft that is on it's third summer. I got creative with a few PVC pipe adapters to get this Intex pump connected to the Bestway tubes. After one week of use, the water is noticable clearer. I find I am using the skimmer much less than before. The water is incredibly clear. The timer is a great feature, and based on the size of my pool, the pump manual says it only needs to run for 4 hours a day (8 if there is a lot of swimming) which is also using less hydro than the old pump, which we ran all the time. My only regret is not upgrading to this pump when we first got the pool. The timer could be better, as you only get the option to pick 2, 4, 6, 8 or 12 hours, but you have to start the timer at the time you'd like it to remember for each day. So if you want it to run before 10am, then you'd need to physically go and push the button and start the daily timer at 6am. Overall, highly recommend and very happy.

The pump works great ...after we bought more filters...the original filter laster maybe 4 hours...we cleaned it it lasted 2 hours cleaned it again lasted 2 hours Bought a new filter lasted a week and still going