Intex Deluxe Mount Surface Skimmer Reviews Summary

Installation and Setup

Pros:

• "It is super easy to install. I was impressed with how well it worked."
• "The product was very easy to set up and get it running in our pool."
• "This is easy to install."
• "Easy to install."
• "It was so easy to assemble I had it mounted and running in just two minutes... and that was without reading any instructions."
• "Easy set up, literally starts working as soon as you walk away from installing it."
• "I had no problem hooking this up and it starting cleaning my pool right away."

Cons:

• "The hook is too big for metal framed pools."
• "Also along the top where it connects to the rail of the pool it’s really made for round rails, so if you have oval rails it will not work."
• "The connector that mounts the skimmer to the pool wall is a little flimsy and often needs adjustment if it is bumped or moved by swimmers."
• "The clasps don’t always hold it in place that well, but it works for the most part."
• "I had trouble attaching it to my pool."
• "The hose that it comes with to attach the skimmer to the water inlet is too short, and too rigid, so you can't put the skimmer in the middle of one of the straight tubes that makes up one of the walls."
• "Only issue we had with this skimmer was it riding up out of the water no matter how many times we put it on, tightened it."

Functionality and Performance

Pros:

• "This thing has saved me easily 10 hours a week of cleaning the pool."
• "It's awesome to not have to go around every day with the skimmer pole to manually clean out everything."
• "I am so happy to have come across this product! This works just as it should. Picked up lots of debris right away."
• "I have watched all of the gross stuff that I was skimming quickly disappear."
• "This skimmer started sucking them bugs up right away, and within about 30 minutes the surface of my pool was so clean!"
• "This skimmer was super easy to install. I was amazed at how much stuff it collects."
• "This thing works wonderfully! I figured it would be 'ok,' but I’m truly impressed with how well it works!"

Cons:

• "It keeps lifting up and away from the pool which then puts air into your lines."
• "The ring would come out of the base and float away."
• "Too buoyant to stay in vertical position, the plastic brackets are not adequate to keep it close to the wall."
• "This product skimmer did not work with my 15' diameter intex pool. Never trapped any leaves, flower buds from neighbors tree, or small sticks."
• "this almost burned up my pump motor as I got it installed it would not stay vertical it kept Angling and moving upward."
• "The main part Bob's around too much, especially if the pool is being used."
• "The two screw downs kept sliding off the rail not keeping it in place."

Design and Build Quality

Pros:

• "The quality is sturdy and works best with a filter sock over the top."
• "The plastic is much more solid and even through one of the hottest summers it has not sun bleached like others."
• "I like that it was not some tiny cheaply made product."
• "It is sturdy and seems quite durable."
• "The very first thing I noticed when I took my old skimmer off was Intex has reinforced the neck of the skimmer where it attaches to the pool."
• "This is designed for the metal-frame and easy-set pools and has a couple different attachment arms for the different pool types."
• "My basket has worked for 2 years, and I only had the handle break."

Cons:

• "The white rim that is supposed to prevent the blue part from floating away would be much more useful if it 'clipped into place'."
• "The pool frame needs to be round!! Ours is oval and the bottom tends to lift upwards."
• "It is hard to mount flat against the pool wall as it likes to bow upwards no matter how tight I make the clamps."
• "The deluxe kit works well with the Intex Easy Set or Bestway Fast Set pools."
• "It floats too high, Has to be too low to use the clip."
• "Although they say it's made for Intex pools it doesn't fit properly, the top part doesn't submerge fully (far enough)."
• "It was constantly coming apart an floating away from the filter line."