Intex Small Family Frame Pool 2.6m x 1.6m x 0.65m #28271

This is one mighty impressive 'paddling pool'! In fact, it's not paddling pool, but instead quite an awesome pool for anyone under 1.5m heigh to have in their garden. We ordered it on Wednesday, it arrived on Friday, It's Saturday today and it's up despite the wind. The kids (aged 5, 4, 2) insisted we put it up and that the sun is hot enough. It took us about half an hour to put up, and this could take less if we didn't have the 3 small helpers.Instructions suggest using a ground sheet (which is not included with the pool), so you might want to consider getting one. Instructions also suggest quite a lot of space all around the pool (which we just haven't got, so ours stands 1m away from the wall on one side and 1 m away from the fence on the other). It also says it shouldn't be installed on a decking, but we also ignored that bit in the hope we don't regret it later on when the whole decking collapses!Size-wise, this is the size of an average new-build bathroom if not larger! So think twice before you go for the 2x3m one! We've only filled it about 1/4 so far and this took over an hour on main pressure system! A LOT of water will go into this, so definitely get yourself a cover too.I am yet to investigate pumps and potentially heaters, but seeing the size of it and how nice it feels to just sit next to it on a lounger I can see myself making use of it while the kids are at school, and so a heater could be useful!The pool seems sturdy, the material thick and robust, the poles fairly light but pretty tough. The 4 seats (one on each corner as you can see on the photo) are a nice touch. I don't see myself sitting on it, but kids have already made use of them as cup stands while they played pouring water from one to the other. They make nice drinks holders too.(My) Children need lifting in and out of the pool as the edge is too high for them to just leap over. To me this is a positive as I can keep track of who is in and who is out of the water.I can't comment on durability, ease of taking it apart for storage etc, BUT with past experience in mind (and many inflatable pools of various sizes, quality and cost) if this lasts us from now until mid September, and is then never used again, it's been a good investment.

This is a great pool. We bought it in 2020 lockdown and it's still going strong and up for the 5th summer. Kids have had hours of fun in it and even a good size for an adult to get in aswell. Would definitely recommend it . Easy to put up, Definitely great value.

This is a fantastic pool for the money. The construction is solid and the liner is really thick. We've previously bought the usual round paddling pools, which last a month or so and then split but this....this is a different league altogether.It's a lot bigger than you might think - we got a tape measure and marked it out in the garden and it was an awful lot bigger than we imagined. Our 6 and 8 year olds absolutely loved it and were able to actually swim from one end to the other (or go round in a circuit). You could easily get 4 kids in here with plenty of room for splashing around.It's definitely worth getting the filter and chlorine tablets to go in it. We filled the pool from the indoors tap and it only needed a little chlorine every now and then to keep the water crystal clear and fresh. We had ours filled for a good couple of weeks and had no algae, bloom or bug problems. We did have a cover which certainly helped keep a load of stuff out of the pool but it doesn't help keep the heat in...no matter what they say!It doesn't take long to put up...maybe 30 mins. It does however take a good few hours to fill with water though. We used the kitchen tap and put warm water in (which the kids loved) - it was warm for a couple of days but then needed thin, shorty wetsuits to keep them happy for any length of time in the water.We bought a trampoline at the same time (a desperate effort to keep them self entertained over the summer hols) and this was used every day...the trampoline got ignored somewhat!

About to go into the 3rd season of using this now. It's lasted very well and has many more years life yet. It's strong and sturdy very simply to assemble. Couldn't ask for more.

Bought this pool in Lockdown last year when the weather started getting nice.At first I was bit put back because of the price of pools, but being stuck at home, I decided to treat my son.Within the 1st hour we had our moneys worth, its a great pool.My son floats about on his rubber ring, learns to swim and generally plays all the time in his pool. Trying to get him out of it was the hardest part.I wish I had more room to get the larger version, because I love jumping in the pool on a hot summers day but there isn't much swim room for an adult (but there is enough to float about on the rubber ring with a cold drink)Some reviews complain about rusting, I left ours out majority of winter (only put it away after xmas) and yes there is some expected rusting due to water and metal but this doesn't not effect the use of the pool.Very much looking forwards to putting the pool back up hopefully in a month or so time.Recommended to lots of parents!