Best above ground pool
Best Above Ground Pool. So this is officially my first pool video. I’m gonna unbox this intex ultra frame, xtr 20 foot 48 inch deep. Same pool that we had for three seasons and it’s been sitting outside and it’s actually been raining, so I have a tarp over it.
We had to buy the whole set and it came with a pump. But I have a pump, but that was the only way to get it on Amazon. So if you’re looking to see what comes with this pool, this is a video for you. Along the way you’re going to get tips from me and then in the future. Like this weekend, we’re going to set up the pool. So you’ll have a whole other setup video how to set up the sand pump, how to put sand in the pump how to put salt in your pool. All those things and if you need to set up video now, I will link them in the description box below and I’ll pop them in a little card right here.
Quick Video
A disclaimer. They’re not perfect, but I will tell you through the video what I did wrong so that you, don’t make that mistake, and hopefully this year we’ll have like a perfect video of how to Do everything right. But for now this is going to be a quick video on just unboxing. What comes with the pool and at the end of the video, I will tell you all the extra things that i bought for the pool this year, like the tarp, the pavers, the rust proofing, stuff um, the sand, the salt all the other stuff that I bought.
Unboxing the pool
But right now this is just what comes with this package deal. Okay, so here it is and look. This is why I’m unboxing it because it’s been raining out here and I don’t need this getting wet. Getting you know. It’s got things in it that plug in and I don’t want it to rust. So we’re gonna unbox it, but here it is 20 foot round 48 inch. This is the XTR, so extra strong. This is my recommended pool. So let’s, see what’s in this whole package. Do not open with a knife is what it says all right.
So this is what has your owner’s manual here, all right, whoa, all right. Here’s that junky tarp I’m telling you about. This thing falls apart in the first year. No, all right! This is the cover that comes with the pool. I don’t love that either, it’s hard to put on by yourself. It’s,just not, it’s not big enough; it should be bigger. But we’ll try to use it. Just a lot of work to put the cover on. What about you? Do you cover your pool? Here’s the liner. Let’s get the rest of this stuff out.
The ladder and connectors
That looks like the ladder. It’s all the connection pieces, the top connectors and your leg bases don’t forget to use the bases. Also this year we’re using pavers because those sank into the ground anyways. Alright, so this is the top part of the pump which I’m using my own pump, but I’m going to keep this one for a backup. So I’m just not going to open it though in case i want to sell it or do something.
There’s a lot of stuff. Oh my god. It’s, so heavy okay! Those are the legs. I just really need to get this stuff out of the ring. This is the ladder all right. None of it got wet. Yet, thankfully. Thing is it’s so heavy. Oh, my gosh come on. I can help you carry it. No, it’s, okay, okay, those are all the legs. It looks the same as ours. What did i say about kids commentary? I don’t know what commentary means. So I don’t do commentary. I don’t know what commentary means all right, so I went ahead and opened the filter just to see how big it is.
Rest of the package
So, like I said, I have the bigger one because they recommended to go a size bigger to make it easier on your pump. So we did that, but this one looks awesome. It has all the pieces. I am going to need some of these because they were on my pool before, and so these are. I’m glad I opened it, so this is what you get with it alright. So here is everything that comes with this package deal.
The ladder. it’s the same one we had last year it’s, not it’s, not great, and it does rust. But we’re, going to get a zinc node this year as well the liner. This is all the legs, the cover the tarp that goes underneath, the things that hook the legs together and the base for the legs. This is the filter and I’m,assuming this is just more things that go with the filter. I guess I should open that, but yeah that’s it, no knife. I don’t know how they expect you to open it without a knife. Oh yeah, the top to the filter and yeah that part of the filter. I don’t know if you can see that very well.
Pool extras
But anyways that’s everything so thank you for tuning in and I hope you check out my other cool videos. I hope you subscribe and stay tuned for the perfect pool. Just kidding. I’m gonna real quick show you the extra stuff that I did order for the pool, because I promised that I would. In hopes that we’re gonna have everything done right and if we do that, then this salt pool will last six years is my goal. So let me know what you think about that, and what kind of pool did you order this season, and anything else you want to share in the comments is welcome.
Let’s go check out my extras all right. So here are six bags of salt 40 pounds each, 240 pounds of salt. I probably won’t need all six, but it was sold like in even numbers. So I think last year i only ended up using five for this 20 foot 48 inch deep pool. Here is our ground. You can see how much we had to dig out to level it and then last year we had the issue of it still sinking on this side because it’s soft. Sorry about the wind. So it just needs a little cleanup and then we’re, going to be putting a really good tarp down. Spent about 60 on a heavy duty 20 by 20 tarp. So I hope that works.
Filter Sand and accessoriwa
Then this is the filter sand, just really basic aqua quartz. I have another one coming, because this is a hundred pounds right here with two bags and my big filter would did not get to the sand fill line with two bags. So I think it’s gonna be two and a half bags which is kind of a pain. But it’s just what it is, and I’ll show you the other things that I have for rust. Really quick, Okay, so I ordered my salt testers. I ordered my basic five-way test kit, which this is pretty basic, but I like it.
Works fine for what I need it for. You don’t need the fancy ones in my opinion, and then I got this t9 rust and corrosion protection, and I got two of these and I’m, going to coat all of the legs extra with this and the connectors and everything. So hopefully that helps with the rest and, like I said, I’m gonna get a zinc node too, which attracts the rust to it. And then I think this comes with the pool as well with this package order, because the amazon sent me this and I did not order this, so this, I think, is part of the pool package that they send you.
So you will also get that maintenance kit, um chlorine tablets shock. The cat does not come with it, hey all right. And lastly this is the tarp, the 20 by 20 heavy duty tarp that we got to go underneath and another can of this. So lots of extras this year. I still have to get the pavers before I can put it up.
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