Poolmaster 16242 Swimming Skimmer Basket Liners Ground Pools, 5 Pack, White

Super snug on the basket. Thick material. Keeps even small particles from passing. Might work for those who have pine needles fall into the pool.

These things are a must. I just wish they were a bit more durable. They develop holes very quickly. Be sure to clean them often, too. They hold back a lot but can also affect pressure and put strain on your pump if you do not clean regularly. I will not go without these here on out. They keep a lot from making it into my pump.

I bought these to solve 2 specific problems. First, I have this awful tree near my pool which is constantly dropping leaves into the water. The leaves quickly accumulate in the bottom of the skimmer basket and block the suction. This means I have to empty the basket a couple of times a day to keep the water flowing. Second, my dog loves to swim and his hair both clogs the skimmer and gets into the filter.Bottom line: These basket liners work very well and have solved my headaches with both leaves and hair. The sock forms a pocket which catches the leaves and allows water to flow around them. The fine mesh catches the hair and other small gunk quite nicely.As far as durability goes, my first liner developed a small hole the first day, but I have been able to continue using it for my purposes an additional week so far without the hole getting too big to make the liner useful. The quick tear is the reason I knocked off a star. Still, I expect five will last me for the summer.

I have used one of the ski8mmer liners for 2 weeks now, it works fine, the hose material ran on two sides as a snag on the wifes hosery would as I believe it is the same type material. With a little care while putting one over the skimmer basket and taking it off, I expect one will last a month or so. Before removing a liner which has a collection of material inside the skimmer and pollen cakeing on the top, I have eliminated my causing a "stocking run" after removing the skimmer by first hosing off the top/sides and bottom of the lined basket and then hosing the sides to force all the inside collected material to the bottom of the plastic skimmer basket, then gently sliding off the liner and turning it inside-out and then put the hose on heavy spray and then holding the spray inside the liner to allow the hose water to blow the collected material off and away from the liner until clean. Then hose off the skimmer basket and gently replace the liner over the skimmer basket and return it to the pool skimmer portal. ALL DONE...in about 20 minutes.... Have yet to use a second liner.... good luck..Conner

I cannot believe how much debris, and I'm talking fine particulate matter these liners collect -- all of which used to get filtered out by the pool's canister filters. So why not just let the filters do their job? Sure, but why make the pump work harder than it has to forcing water through ever clogging filters when I can just pull the basket up and rinse it off -- all the while NOT removing the net from said basket? You can just hose it off, or as in my case, I used a left over five-gallon bucket, put an inch of water in it and just swish the basket+net combo around it in. I'll probably hose it off eventually, but there's been no need yet. I've been using these for about six weeks. They are awesome.Only ding I would give it is that for some reason, even after removing all of the air trapped by the mesh, after the equipment runs, an air pocket forms under the mesh and the center floats up, releasing any pine needles, leaves, etc. that should be down in the mesh/basket. I solved this by putting a small stone in the center.

The skimmer basket liner stretches over the inside of the skimmer, catching all the seed pods and tree trash that normally passes through the skimmer basket into the pump pot basket....and ending up in the impellers of the pump, clogging it up so that the pump did not work properly. I had to take the pump apart and clean it 2 times a day during the spring when so much debris is falling from the trees. This skimmer basket liner has saved me a lot time and aggravation for sure. The chlorine deteriorates the liner within 2 to 3 weeks, so you have to change it...luckily several are in the package. Whatever you do, don't apply the liner to the outside of the skimmer basket. Though it fits very tight, it will eventually stretch and get sucked into your pipes....mine ended up in the pump pot. It took a few days to end up there...so it was hung up somewhere along the way. I'm just lucky it came out and didn't cause a blockage.

I first found some skimmer basket liners at Leslie's Pool Supply earlier this year and bought a 5-pack to try them. These liners slip over the skimmer basket like a sock and catch small debris that would have otherwise gone through the basket to the filter. While these liners require removal and cleaning with the skimmer basket every few days (about the same as we would need to clean the skimmers anyway), we found that they really reduced our filter maintenance and backwashing needs. We use a DE filter, and I can easily justify the cost of liners in DE savings. Each Leslie's liner lasted about a month before the cloth began to deteriorate and was too stretched or torn to be effective. I searched online and found these. Not only were they slightly cheaper than Leslie's, but they use a much better fabric and are designed with a wider band at the top that holds the basket better without stretching out of shape. I've been using one liner now for nearly two months and it still has some good life left before I'll need to replace it. I recommend these liners.

Fits perfectly over the Intex surface skimmer. I don't take the sock off for cleaning, I simply take it to a hose and spray it off, which works well and reduces risks of damaging it from excessive handling. You can see from the pic that it does a really nice job of capturing all the nasty stuff that normally flows through the filter. Looks like I have some green aglae to kill.