Bestway 58516E Flowclear 800 Gallon Sand Filter Pool Pump for Above Ground 300 to 4,800 Gallon Swimming Pools, (Sand Sold Separately)

Works great

Used this for an extreme pool cleanup on a ~2,000 gallon frog pond that includes a 9 year old Cumberland Slider turtle. Water was murky after 20 years of no filtration or clean-up. Slapped this little sand filter on the pond and after ~60 days, the water is crystal clear. Important notice, though: The pump on this sand filter pump WILL NOT LIFT WATER OUT OF A POND OR BODY OF WATER THAT IS BELOW IT. I installed a small submersible pump in the pond to the suction side of the sand filter to make the circulation/flow work properly. Turtle is seemingly happy about the water quality.

UPDATE: Received and installed new sand filter pump. Installed with additional purchased threaded nut inket/outlet and shutoff valves (in initial feedback). Pump works "Sufficient" to filter out an 8' poly stock tank pool. Anything larger or if this one fails, I'd recommend a little more powerful pump. These adapters also used: "Pool Hose Adapter - Conversion Connector for 1.5"&1.25" Hoses with Clamps Gaskets" Initial feedback: Received sand filter pump in 100% a perfect condition packing/shipping box. Upon opening box and removing top section of pump to assemble, saw a 1 1/2" crack that stuck out like a sore thumb in the middle of the sand container. Even with all the positive reviews, this is Obviously very poor quality assurance on this one. Returning the pump and will give them a 2nd chance. Note: Using this for an 8' poly stock tank pool setup. The hoses/fittings are 1 1/4". The inlet & outlet valves are NOT threaded; they are simple slide in smooth port fittings to be used for an inflatable pool setup. Will have to purchase additional threaded inlet/outlet fittings (and shutoff valves...not included either) to use, along with the screw in adapters for the tubing to connect to the tank fittings vs the plastic "screw down to tighten" clamps provided. The clear tubing supplied appears to be very thin walled and on the cheap end. Will be upgrading to new tubing for this as well.

This is my second unit. The first one lasted quite a few years, sitting out in the sun and weather. And with me using it. LOL. Selector valve became a little leaky and hard to turn recently. But I did not always turn it off before switching gears. (I will with this one.) Plastic is just beginning to look sun-baked on the old one, connectors were loosing their 'smooth'. Needed o-rings, a new pressure gauge, a new safety plug, a few connectors, some new hoses. Just got it all, in a new unit. On my pool, the water is changed with this once an hour? Keeps it clear. I also configured a vacuum hose with an in-line filter bag, and this has just enough power to get stuff off the bottom. But it's not quite enough to run a floating surface skimmer properly. A plastic $45 dollar pool (pool only, mid-winter every 2-3 years when it needs replacing), and this $90 filter, which will last through a few pools. No cartridges to replace. Well worth the money for the enjoyment provided. Do it. A clear top or container so you can see the sand would be cool. (We got a demo unit one year, clear sand tank. Was awesome. You could see when the sand needed a flush, and watch it back-flush.)

Filters pretty good. Bought it to use a vac with and it took a little engineering to make it work. Only bad thing is the filter operation icons. They do not make a lot of sense. I have to read the instructions to know which icon is which? Update 8-4-22 The sand filter motor will not come on, I have been trying to contact Bestway about warranty repairs but am only able to leave email and phone number. I hope they follow through. Will update the review again. Ok final review. I contacted Bestway to check on warranty repairs. Their website only allows you to leave your email and Phone number they will call you back. Never happened. I contacted Amazon about what to do. They tried to contact Bestway with no results either. So they refunded my money. I am purchasing a sand filter from a different store. I definitely would not buy a Bestway product again Beware!

I bought this because the stock pump on my 14x32 summer waves pool was junk. The first summer we opened it, I did nothing but fight nasty water. We put it away for two years. Then I saw this pump at its low price for the 800gal model, so I bought it. No, it is not what is pictured. The 800gal does not have the large separate filter portion. It is one medium sized device with a small filter built into the model. It was disappointing but, I decided to give it a go anyway. It was fairly cheap, comparatively speaking. Hook up was a little confusing but, I put that on my excitement and tendency to see pictures backwards. The only water issue I had this year was mustard algae at set up. I believe this was from the year it was up and nasty and then put away. This pump and proper chemicals got rid of it quickly enough. Then it was smooth sailing all summer. One thing I did notice was, if you don’t “rinse” after you backwash, the handle gets really hard to turn and very difficult to get on the proper setting. So, after every backwash, do a proper rinse and save yourself a headache. It doesn’t have much suction for connecting a vacuum hose. It does work well enough but also, takes a while, and the little filter clogs up pretty quickly, so I have to clear it out a few times during vacuuming. All in all, it’s a good product for me and, would definitely purchase it again in a pinch. The only thing that would ever make me upgrade was if I got a bigger pool or, wanted a little more vacuum suction.

Works great especially considering how cheap it was. The instructions are pitiful, all pictures trying to show you what to do and they aren't very clear. I am very upset that the large collar clamp broke on mine and I've searched for 2 days and can not find any online or at stores. They sell the small flange clamp but not the large one... I am going to have to buy an entire new pump 🙄

Listen. I got this pool second-hand. I had a cartridge pump that wasn’t worth a flip. I spent so much money on chemicals and filters and had to clean/replace the filters DAILY. I got this FlowClear 800 gallon sand pump and filter, and it cleared my pool right up. I’m not gonna lie a larger one probably would’ve worked better and would have taken less work, BUT my pool was in a mess and had a ton of algae on the bottom that had to be vacuumed out. This filter did a bang up job! I would recommend putting sand up to the minimum full line so that the water can barely circulate. I had it about halfway between the minimum and maximum fill lines initially and I needed just a little more umph. I changed the sand because, like I said, my pool had a ton of junk in it. When I changed the sand and pull less sand in it I got better circulation and suction for my vacuum. This was a great investment, and I’m glad I took the chance and bought it. If you’re on the fence. Buy it. For reference; my pool is 18 foot round x 48 inch deep. This pump (to only be for 800 gallons) circulates water and chemicals in my pool very well.

Installation facile et filtre très bien. L'eau de la piscine est claire. Fonctionnement silencieux.

Achtung !! Obwohl es sich um den „AMAZON Tipp“ handelt ist das Gerät nicht für den Einsatz in Deutschland tauglich !! Es handelt sich um die 120 Volt - Ausführung mit einem 3-poligen Stecker. Nach einem Gespräch mit Amazon hätte ich 15€ Nachlass bekommen um dafür einen Adapter zu besorgen

upgraded our pump from the paper filters, within hours we noticed huge improvement and within a day it was crystal clear, installing hoses an sand was also straightforward and pump runs quiet and powerful

This product only lasted 2 seasons and the bearings on the pump motor are shot,it makes an awful noise and is leaking from the bottom. I contacted the company and they told me this model was discontinued.

Works great for our 600 gal pool. Keeps it clean at only a couple hours running a day. Needs better assembly instructions. Don't throw the box away as that's the best picture there is to put it together.