Intex Ultra Pools

[Nickthegreek]

Hi,

has anyone any good experience with thses pools? been given a link to toyz.net webiste but their prices are very expensive in comparrison to the Uk or USA for the 16 ft pool here almost 60,000 baht UK/USA half the price,taxes are surely not that much !!! can they be bought anywhere else for better deals..

Thanks

[gamini]

Don't buy one at that price. They are nothing but a problem. My wife has turned my 24 foot pool into a fishpond. The filters last a a few weeks and then cost Bt900.The structure holding the whole thing together rusted. The material leaked.

I complained to Toyz about it and he offered to sell me a new one for only BT35,000. Half the price I paid. That is a 24 foot diameter round pool! I tink at that price its not too bad. You could change the filter for a sand one for about Bt15,000.

[Nickthegreek]

Don't buy one at that price. They are nothing but a problem. My wife has turned my 24 foot pool into a fishpond. The filters last a a few weeks and then cost Bt900.The structure holding the whole thing together rusted. The material leaked.

I complained to Toyz about it and he offered to sell me a new one for only BT35,000. Half the price I paid. That is a 24 foot diameter round pool! I tink at that price its not too bad. You could change the filter for a sand one for about Bt15,000.

Gamini,

Thanks, maybe back to the drawing board, I as hoping this would be a better option than digging a pool..seems maybe not.! at 35,000 worth would be not far off UK prices..Thanks Again

[Monkeypants]

I find this site quite a bit cheaper, I haven't owned a pool, but I am tempted to try a metal frame pool for 6,900 baht

http://www.peterpoolthailand.com/

[Nickthegreek]

I find this site quite a bit cheaper, I haven't owned a pool, but I am tempted to try a metal frame pool for 6,900 baht

http://www.peterpoolthailand.com/

Monkeypants

thanks for this,I have seen these and they look like great value too,sadly he only goes to 90cm and my not quite 4 year old daughter is already 107 !! so sort of too small be fore we start..

Just still amazed as to why they are so much more expensive Intex that is than they are in the UK and USA..fat pockets somewhere.!

Last option is to saw down my daughter legs a litte,save a bit on food too,sure she has hollow legs.

[edgarfriendly]

91cm is fine, i had a 76cm deep 10ft one that i could dive into from a standing position. Im 187cm

the bad part about them is the filter is lame and u end up cleaning the internal walls of the pool every 2-3 days...scrubbing....

i used a snorkle and mask and made an exercise out of it...still got boring after about a year.

As for the metal frame rusting, i'd go without or treat the metal before filling perhaps.

if you wait until they go on 'seasonal sale' certain resellers knock 50% off.

get 1 cheap and call it a disposable pool. i doubt very much that you'll regret it.. a pool in the garden!!!

PS - dont leave it empty with puppies around...they will chew holes through it and no amount of patches will help.

PPS - now im thinking of getting another one, i wish id kept my old one for the acre of novelty patches it got chewed into

the end.

[geoffphuket]

The Intex pools that 'Toyznet' sell have galvanized steel frames that can't rust, and the pool liner is made from 3 ply tough nylon which is almost indestructable. I agree that the filter cartridges are expensive (they're actually 700 Baht if bought individually, not 900 - cheaper per pack of 3), so I installed a sand filter, filled with glass media and a saltwater chlorinator. The result is cheap pool that takes care of itself at moderate cost. Thoughroughly recommended :-)

Edited November 21, 2012 by geoffphuket

[gamini]

The Intex pools that 'Toyznet' sell have galvanized steel frames that can't rust, and the pool liner is made from 3 ply tough nylon which is almost indestructable. I agree that the filter cartridges are expensive (they're actually 700 Baht if bought individually, not 900 - cheaper per pack of 3), so I installed a sand filter, filled with glass media and a saltwater chlorinator. The result is cheap pool that takes care of itself at moderate cost. Thoughroughly recommended :-)

I did the same and had a nice pool for about 4 years but the stands that held the pool up did rust. I put a strong stainlees steel stranded wire around which helped. But eventually there was a small leak at the seams. Since I paid about bt80,000 for it. It was not really worth it but when they offered to sell me a new one at 35,000 .I wold have bought it but the wife refused to give up her fishpond and I we would not have had enough room for another one!

[edgarfriendly]

Only the wall/s are 3-ply 'tough' nylon/vinyl which is still prone to punctures.

The floor which is arguably the most sensitive part is pathetic single ply nylon/vinyl. (Lay A Tarpaulin/Thick Sheet Down Before Filling)

Dont Pay full price for one and the price will eventually come down.

If ppl are prepared to fork out xxx,000 THB for something worth 12,000k or less its no wonder they're everywhere. (like the trampolines)

get yourself a tube or two of vinyl cement, youll need it....Unless your merely a bell-end who sells 'your' shit on craigslist cos its too much like hard work to glue up holes and/or tell the truth...