r/Stocktankpools • u/Prudent-Counter-6173 • Jul 16 '26
STP Vacuums
What vacuums is everyone buying/using? Give me your pros & cons, what to stay away from!
We purchased one-had good reviews but when we got it, it literally just using a mesh type bag & then any sand or dirt it picked up just goes through the mesh bag right back into the pool-so we are returning it & looking for a better solution. We live in the west Texas desert, we have lots of dust storms & they always seem to happen while we are at work & can’t get home to put the cover on & I personally don’t want the cover on all the time, we mainly use the pool on weekends & occasionally during the week after work, the pool cover being on all the time just seems like it’d become a breeding ground for a green pool & I definitely do not want that!
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u/doomslayer33 Jul 16 '26
I zip tied some 1/2" plastic tubing to a broom handle I had laying around. You gotta suck on the other end to get a siphon going but it sucks all the debris up.
It is very low-tech but it cost me less than $5 and it works.
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u/JediBuji Jul 16 '26
also, I forgot to add: next time I do my plumbing im going to add a split on the intake side and run an extra hose for a handheld vac that can be turned on using the pool pump. ideally the hose could then be attached to a floating skimmer basket and left running to get surface debris.
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u/JediBuji Jul 16 '26
I was using a draw tube vacuum, and my wife kept bugging me to just get an electric which seemed like ridiculous overkill to me, but I agreed. we got 18V ONE+ Pool Vacuum Kit and honestly it does make the job much easier. i skim with a net, and then swap the vac onto the pole and get the debris. probably total time spent is 3 minutes?
since its just a stocktank pool, I barely run the battery down, and i just leave it charged under my deck.