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- #562,575 in Patio, Lawn & Garden (See Top 100 in Patio, Lawn & Garden)
- #113 in Suction Pool Cleaners
nicholas campaneria
Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2024
Worked great right out the box. About 2 months in hoses started to kink if pressure was too high. Then the main tube started to come out of vacuum.
Lou Soileau
Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2023
I bought this product because we have a 35 year old fiberglass in-ground pool and I wanted something which would clean without leaving tread marks or wheel marks on the walls. This product takes some learning-time to balance flow rate and suction to enable it to operate well. But, once you have it down, it is pretty easy to manage. HOWEVER, it will "blow itself apart" if your pump pressure is too high. I was not going to purchase a $600 adjustable rate pump so I solved the problem another way.I slipped a large, flat, thin rubber washer around the suction end of the yellow suction tube. It cost about $0.10 but was free to me since I had two in my washers collection. Works great. Sweeps my whole pool in about 8 hours. And, continues to be gentle to my pool's aging finish.
Semi in Tampa
Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2023
The new blue model has no convenient carrying handle on top anymore, and is thus necessarily somewhat shorter as a result. Insides seem similar. However, still the best value on the market. I broke the last one with the handle, when I put in a new diaphragm and the entire assembly including the hose shuttered violently. I forgot to turn down the pressure on the regulator and I quite literally broke the frame of the old one. You need to adjust the regulator with a new diaphragm until the device just putt-lutts along. As the diaphragm ages, the gap usually gets wider, requiring a more forceful pressure from the regulator to operate properly. A new diaphragm should have the lips either touching or at most about 1/16" separated. One recent diaphragm replacement shipment had the diaphragms with a 3/8"+ separation - completely useless since my old one had about a 1/8" separation and was hardly performing at all. I have a 3/4HP pump and about 12,000 gallon pool. Comes with two diaphragm replacements - all with either closed or less than 1/16" lip separations. I like the 90o pressure regulator - the ones with a straight regulator would be impossible to implement in my pool configuration. Trouble shooting the Vingli is pretty straight forward. Check the pressure drop across the water filter. In my pool and Hayward sand filter, a 6-8psi filter drop is fine; above 12 psi and a back washing is needed. If that doesn't work, bring the beast to the surface and look down the throat. You may have a rock or leaves clogging up the diaphragm. If that is clear, unscrew the tube and pull out the diaphragm. Several times fatigue had created a hole in the side, thus bypassing the lips and creating no putt-putt suction. Have never had the sides split, but have seen it in others. Then check for bubbles in the water return. This can be caused by a hole in the suction line - rubbing the side of the pool is very abrasive, and check the hose piece connections - make sure they're tight. Also relube the pump strainer O-ring and tighten accordingly. That's about it. Vingli's are very simple to use, operate, and trouble shoot.
Jian Zhao
Reviewed in Canada on September 8, 2022
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Don Lahr
Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2022
Over the past 50 years I've had 5 pool vacuums and they all did a fairly good job and most lasted as long as you'd expect plastic to do. I am impressed enough with this one that I'm not only posting a review but am giving it 5 stars! It has a regulator which the instructions said to turn all the way up to start, then if need be turn down until it operates to my satisfaction. I did that and was totally impressed at how fast it went and how much suction power it had! I turned the regulator almost to the minimum it would go just to see the difference. At the lowest setting it sucks better and travels faster than any I've ever had! It picks up dirt and debris, leaves, small twigs and I'm not lying, even a dozen 1/4" stones that paver contractors accidentally got in the pool. I've had 1 very noisy vacuum that had a thing that hit the floor as it worked and 3 that use the diaphragm tube for suction, and these diaphragms always get a split in them that disable the whole thing forcing you have to have a few handy for replacement, (usually you just get the 1 in the vacuum, but this time I got the one already installed PLUS 2 extra diaphragms!). This one, while being the most powerful, is also the quietest! I took a chance as this is an inexpensive vacuum, and am very glad I did!
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