INTEX Ultra XTR 24 ft x 12 ft 52 in Above Ground Pool Set, Rectangular Swimming Pool with Sand Pump, Saltwater System, Maintenance Kit, & Volleyball Game

We are very happy with this pool so far. We previously owned the 12x24 for several years, but just installed this 16x32. Wow, this thing is huge! I have been a fan of these pools since our first one, and this is no exception. The hardest part about putting it together what handling the single 636 pound box it came in. Because the driver could not back down my driveway, we unloaded it into the bed of my pickup truck. I then unboxed it right there from the truck and it worked out fine. Because this pool is large and needs both a really flat and level area, and has substantial weight on the legs, we chose to have a local concrete company poor a 18" wide perimeter of concrete around where the pool would be. We then filled it with mortar sand and topped with a Gorilla cover. The end result is that the pool is 100% completely level and very secure. I modified our deck and installed a Vevor dock ladder for access to the pool, everything purchased from Amazon. I did not ding Intex any stars over this, because I knew going in their included ladder and skimmer were no good, but the ladder is really only appropriate for kids and very small adults. It is not stable or strong enough for bigger adults, and the skimmer is completely useless. I installed a Hayward-style skimmer through the liner wall, and these work great. My only suggestion for Intex is the same one I made years ago, and they seem stuck in their ways: Include a real skimmer in the pool kit and increase the pump power. It seems every pump is slightly under-powered for the pool side. The 12x24 pump is great for the 9x12 pool, the 16x32 pump for the 12x24, etc, but the ones they include are under-powered for the pool size. I don't expect them to last forever, and when the Intex pump goes out in a couple years, I will replace with a larger model, probably from Vevor. Overall, Intex does a good job of providing a very good pool, for a fair price, at the expense of not quite enough power or usable accessories. If you know this going it, and your expectations are maybe slightly lower, you will be very happy with this pool. In short, it is a very good value. Be prepared to install a real skimmer, have a good way to get in and out of the pool without using the stock ladder, and plan to upgrade the pump in a year or two. Make sure your land is very flat and prepared for the pool. I assembled the hole pool myself in about an hour and only needed help from the wife when standing up the walls before filling. It took 28 hours to fill the 14,300 gallons from 2 garden hoses.

I bought this pool in April 2020. It lasted us through 6 seasons of Florida hot weather. We just took it down last month. I am very impressed with the quality and strength of the liner. I cannot believe that it lasted this long especially given that it was in full sun the entire time. We kept the pool running year long by keeping up with the cleaning and running the pump and the chlorinator, but reducing the time. The main things that required changing over time, were the hoses, the skimmer, and the titanium electrode in the chlorinator (if you get the pool and pump combo like we did). We ended up upgrading our stairs to something bigger, but that was just a preference. Looking back now, I prefer the stairs that came with the pool since they are much easier to maintain and do not collect algae since they can be accesses easily to be cleaned. I highly recommend putting pavers under the U-shaped legs when installing the pool. We got the large 18 inch paver squares and put one under each leg. It helped tremendously prevent any rusting of the legs. In addition is helps the legs from sinking into the ground. The legs have a lot of pressure when pool is filled so the pavers kept them level and stable. I also kept the pump and chlorinator covered the entire time to protect from the elements and mostly the heat. I put a folding table over it and put a cover on the table. This was a make-shift shelter but it helped keep it covered and at the same time it gave me easy access to the pump and chlorinator. I used the top of the table to store some our floats and other pool items. So I do recommend finding some type of cover to put over the pump to protect it. Lastly I do recommend investing in a robotic type pool cleaner. I tried the manual vacuum that came with the pool and it worked fine, but it takes a while to clean the entire pool that way and it was not easy to reach all spots.

OK so it took a LONG TIME to prep the ground but the pool itself went up in less than an hour with two adults and two little kids assisting by unpacking and handing out the parts. It feels small if you go too crazy with the pool floaties, but with five people using just pool noodles it feels spacious and plenty of room. A couple points that are not super obvious, but might help you: 1) Site prep: Get the ground level. Dig down, don't build up. You need an extra foot or two outside the 12 x 24 dimensions for the legs. We did a lot of research and put down 1.5 inch foam insulation board over the ground for a nice, even surface underfoot, as well as insulation from the cold NH ground. We then put 4 inch think pavers for each of the legs, digging down to make the tops level with the foam board. (Full disclusure, we originally used 1.5 inch think pavers, which cracked after 10 days and caused one of the legs to crumple and required draining the pool and re-setting the new pavers. Ouch. Other people recommend composite wood and other things for leg supports, so do your own research, but be aware.) Trouble Free Pools has a GREAT forum for help and tips. 2) Heating. We got a $45 solar blanket which warmed up the water pretty well, then added one of those solar mat heater thingies that hooks into the pump system, which really does a surprisingly good job of heating the water. After a stretch of about 5 sunny days the water went from 55 (when filling it) to 85. I sprang for the Intex solar blanket reel to make it easier to work with. 3) Filter and chemicals. You need about 150 pounds of filter sand, 210 pounds of pool salt, and 1 pound of cyanuric acid to start. Also pool test strips. You may need other stuff as you go along but that's enough to get started. You need to put the salt in, spread it around and run just the filter for 24 hours to mix it up, then run the filter + chlorinator for the prescribed amount of time, continuing to do that every day all season. Check your manual for the time, but ours is about 7-8 hours a day. 4) Ladder. The ladder works but it is wobbly and not great for grandma. Pain in the neck to get in and out. Hubs is building a small deck with normal stairs up and a deck to pool ladder to get in. Recommend adding a more stable, locking ladder. Also recommend adding a foot bath to the bottom of the stairs to keep the debris out of the pool. 5) Filter. Works great for us so far. The vacuum does not appear to be working very well, so we may buy a new vacuum if messing around with this one doesn't give better results. That's all for now - enjoy!

Pool seems good enough, decently easy enough setup but for nearly $2k it came with the most rickety ladder I've ever seen. It's not sturdy at all and the soft plastic on the platform is so thin that you can feel the ridges under your feet. It's weirdly narrow as well. Even the kids have issues with it.

Very unhappy customer here. I watched a lot of videos about the setup for these pools before ordering one to see if I should save a few bucks and get one of these, or spend a little more and get an actual above ground pool. I decided to go with this one for $2k because it had everything and was on sale at the time. While watching the ground prep videos a lot of people put sand under the liner to make it softer and more forgiving on your feet. Well that voids the warranty. They should probably make sure when posting on YouTube to tell people that first and foremost. Not sand under the support legs mind you, but just under the liner itself voids the warranty and they won't help you with anything at all. It's in fine print in the manual so I have no one to blame but myself and my selfishness for wanting to be comfortable when myself and the kids are walking in the pool. About 6 weeks after owning it, we had rain and wind and one side completely collapsed when the ground got a little soft. Support was zero help. The guy I spoke with went so far as to tell me to get dig out the manual, go to a specific page, look at a certain paragraph, and then read it aloud to him so that he could tell me 'and that's why we aren't going to help you'. Customer service is lacking. I tried to call back and talk to someone else, but the rep had notated the file associate to my name/email and apparently put a comment in there to not help me. I'm blown away at how they handled the situation. All I needed was a few replacement frame parts which would have cost them a few dollars but for me to replace them now is almost $400. I might as well buy a new pool because who knows if this will happen again. Very unhappy with the product, the service in particular, and the way the situation played out. I would NOT recommend this product. Might as well spend a little more and get an actual above ground pool that is more sturdy and secure and will last for years. I give their customer support 0 stars. The product itself wasn't anything great either so it gets 2 stars. It kept the kids occupied, but the ladder is wabbly and not made for anyone over 200lbs so build your own deck up to it and hope that an actual above ground pool ladder doesn't tear the liner. I'm sure that it won't be covered under warranty either. The jet and suction weren't great either. The vacuum barely did anything other than stirring up dirt. Just overall, spend a little more and get a real above ground pool rather than Intex and avoid all the potential headaches.

Proper pool footprint/ground preparation and enough helpers to put this together is everything!!! This is our second Intex pool. Our first one lasted 3 summers. The issue was, we dug out a pool “footprint” and put down sand & the tarp, even put down pavers for under the supporting rails but that was NOT enough. The floor of the pool wasn’t soft/supported enough & eventally started leaking. We needed up needing to throw away the pool entirely. Now this summer we started by purchasing a slightly larger Intex pool. We widened the pool footprint for a slightly larger size pool. Brought in new sand (just the cheap sand is fine). Make sure that once you put down the sand, water it down and let it “settle”, then let it dry out a bit & bring it more sand so it isn’t lumpy & level it out as much as possible. Then, spend the money on the lock together style gym mats. We got ours at Academy, but they sell them here on Amazon & many other places, too. It doesn’t matter what color they are because they are going to be under the pool. You’ll need enough to cover the entire underside of the pool. Very important. We did 1/2” thick, but you could also do 3/4” thick if you prefer. Put the locking gym mat pieces over the sand. Then, there is a tarp that comes with the pool (to go below the pool). Put the tarp over the sand & the mats. So again, it’s leveled out sand, locking gym mats, then the tarp, then the pool on top of that. This is imperative to make the floor comfortable and to protect it from eventually starting to leak. Then under the support poles, put your pavers. (On top of the tarp). Make sure you have about 4 people to install the actual pool cause you’ll need the extra hands for a pool this size. It took us several hours just for the installation of the pool itself, but it’s well worth it to take your time & do this right. Truly an amazing pool & so much less than an overpriced in ground pool!

The setup was easy build took less then 3 hours,size is 24 x 12 x 52, It could be less but in the florida heat it was hard to worked outdoor the iron bars and the pool material got hot so we took our time but it's was easy all parts was easy to get together, if your back yard is level ,so u don't need extra expenses I was thinking to build a wood dack but the price was not worth it in spacial when u rent house, the pump was easy setup too no any deficlty to operate, I tooked few step beyond to avoid sun damages on the pump and boght a garden tool box and put the pump inside to make sure work properly and out of the sun or rain damages, its worth the money the pool and the pump work perfectly no issues, water is crystal clear we got the salt water so u need to add like 4-5 bags of salt in the beginning then its just maintenance to fill water took me like 2.5 days its was fast, overall nice and fun pool I got the 24x12x52 Note: if u decide to add wood chock under the supports bar make sure u get them wide enough to not get slipped out when u loading the water the bar start to move/slide out I put 2x4 and the just slide down if u keep eye on them when u strat to pore water keep adjusting them before the pool get full water then it too late u can't move or adjusting them I got some of them moved and the bar slide down no I need to get jack or tool to balance them back so keep eye on the or get wider wood. enjoy

I'll start with the positive. This pool is GREAT! It is well made, well designed, strong, attractive in the yard, and a little deceiving (in a good way). Know that there were some problems - with ordering and delivery, but after contacting Amazon those were resolved. Once delivery was made the shipper went above and beyond to make for a pleasant experience. After reading all the reviews on this product I was concerned about the size of the box and when the delivery date slipped those hired were unavailable. Ours came in two boxes, refrigerator sized, that required a heavy duty dolly (it was on the delivery truck). By the time the pool came the yard had already been prepared: sod removed, area raked, leveled (as best that we could), sand brought in, and to ensure success in this endeavor, we invested in a strong tarp and plywood that we placed the sand on top of. Once the pool came we put the tarp that came with it on top of the sand. May seem unnecessary but it made us feel better. We laid out the pool parts and started assembling them. It took four of us three plus hours to unpack, lay out the pool liner, connect the frame, lay out the 12X12" cement pavers, adjust then readjust them, kick out the wrinkles of the liner and assemble the pool ladder. It was a sunny hot day so we opted to assemble and connect the pump and filter the next day. That was a good decision because our team was reduced to two and the directions left much to be desired. Especially concerning was the third hole on the liner. What it was for? And it took quite some time to even find a picture of the fully assembled pump and filter for this exact model. Luckily for us we have an engineer in the family who came over and assembled both in less than an hour! We started putting water in the pool and reached the required level three days later, not running consistently, but in 8 hour increments. The bend in the side frames are harrowing to watch. The end frames were straight and sturdy but the side ones made us feel like we were destined for failure. That's what I meant about it being a little deceiving. Amazingly, when you reach the proper water level the side frames significantly straighten. At least as much as can be hoped for when you know you may be a tad or more off on your ground being completely level. We researched, planned, hired help, then family helped. But, talk about a labor of love! The kids are so happy, and truthfully, so are the adults. We all are so very glad that we took the plunge and bought this pool. If you are thinking about buying one, you won't regret it. Now hopefully we will master the care and enjoy this pool for many years to come. Thanks to God, Amazon and Intex.