PoolSkim Pool Skimmer and Pool Cleaner

I purchased the PoolSkim 2 years ago form Amazon. I have to say it was one of the best $100 bucks I have ever spent!!!! In this day and age of poor quality and false advertising, it is wonderful to find a product that actually performs well and does what it is supposed to do. It has far exceeded my expectations.It attaches to the return on your pool and creates a vortex on the surface of the water that sucks all the surface debris (bugs, leaves, seed pods, etc.) into the attached mesh bag. You simply empty and rinse the bag when it gets full. I have a 27" round pool and I only have to empty the bag about 1 per week, sometimes twice per week in the spring and fall when there are extra leaves and seed pods. It doesn't require any electricity or any sort of attachment to the filter itself. With the PoolSkim, you will never have to manually skim your pool with a net ever again. It works so well that you will be able to vacuum less since it sucks up all the surface garbage before it can sink to the bottom of the pool. It also saves your filter from getting dirty and you will clean your filter less frequently. This past season I only had to vacuum my pool @ every 10 days and even then it wasn't very dirty. I only cleaned my DE filter once during the season and once at closing. The Pool Skim saves you so much work and makes pool maintenance a breeze.I had no trouble installing it. I only had to make one cut in the PVC pipe to get it to fit properly on my return. The entire installation only took me about 30 minutes. I have an above ground pool where the return is fairly close to the surface so that may be why it was an easy installation for me. I know some reviewers said they had difficult time installing it but believe me, once you finally get it installed, it will definitely be worth the effort.I highly recommend the PoolSkim to every pool owner. You will never regret it. You will be so glad that the PoolSkim is now cleaning your pool instead of you.

Best product! Really works, has saved our pool! Our inground pool skimmers don't have much suction, this product single-handedly cleans our pool - on a very wooded property- exceptionally well. It's always amazing when a simple, well-made, affordable product not only lives up to its promises but exceeds expectations.

Wish I had this two years ago. I only have one skimmer in my pool and live in an area with a lot of messy maple trees and cottonwoods. In the past I’ve had to monitor the skimmer basket and clean it out multiple times a day just to keep up. With this thing it pulls in so much junk and has made my life so much easier this spring. It’s worth every penny. It fits perfectly and works so fast skimming the pool constantly. I’d recommend to any pool owner.

I have been using this product for over 5 years. This one is replacing an older weathered unit.You will be amazed at how much surface trash this thing collects. Easy to install. Keeps most stuff from going into suction filter and clogging it. Love it.

Very pleased. Works wonders in assisting the main skimmer with removal of leaves and bugs. Easy to install. Top part floats so you only have to be close to getting the proper depth setup. For what it does, I think a great deal for the cost.

This skimmer is incredible when it's set up and working properly. It took me a few hours to get it configured right for my pool. I have a 1HP dual-speed pump, and at high speed, it's just too strong--the force of the water going into the venturi device is too much for the connections, and it pushes the "hat" up out of the water. The method of using little metal screws to secure the PVC pieces is a little bit ineffective, so I ended up using some PVC primer and glue to glue things together appropriately. It took some experimentation with the different connectors to figure out the best setup. I still have to jam a stick or something in between my pool coping and the "hat" to keep it from floating up, no matter how tightly I screw in the connector at the return.BUT! Once it's all set up and sitting properly, it's AMAZING! It can clear a pool full of leaves in 30 minutes. My pump stays on low speed almost all the time, and it works so so well. This, combined with a Hayward Pool Bug cleaner, has been keeping my pool so much cleaner this season.

We have an inground that was built to be an infinity pool but the catch basin and plumbing was never completed. (Previous owners). The in-wall skimmer was positioned much too high to be much use so the PoolSkim provided an alternative that has been working well since installing two days ago. The installation took about ten minutes and another five minutes to fine tune the pressure. We have a variable speed pump that makes it easy. Catching everything that comes close. Very good product and I may update in the future as to reliability. ONE MONTH UPDATE: Been in use for a month now and it is as good or better than a regular wall skimmer (this is our fourth pool). Easy to clean and we're now using the skimmer socks also for fine particles. Very impressed so far. UPDATE - ONE YEAR LATER: After the first year in service, the PoolSkim unit has been working perfectly and even the catcher bag has no failures or holes with the unit operating every day since we do not "close" the pool for winter in our climate. This unit has far exceeded our expectations and if you are getting small particulate debris, the skimmer socks in the bag are perfect additions. Great product that even held up during the swim season - just tell the kids that it's not a toy.