Intex Krystal Clear Saltwater System for Above-Ground Pools up to 15,000 Gallons

Item was as described but when I opened box and looked at piping I determined it was not going to accommodate regular 1 1/2 pvc that’s in my piping so I went with a inline chlorinates

Works quite well was an excellent it's purchase!Does the job as intended!

I will come back and add to this review after the system has been running for a while, but I wanted to clarify something for anyone considering this product. I was very unclear as to whether or not this was "one unit" or if it was the filter unit and a separate saltwater unit that had to be connected via a hose with timers on each. The product description is very lacking in this, it just is, and in some of the customer submitted photos there are two separate units. IT IS ONE UNIT.There are effectively three pieces to this. The pump/motor, the filter, and the saltwater box. Everything, including the saltwater chlorinator, is controlled by the main control panel on top of the pump housing. Water enters the pump through a filter basket, is pumped up to the filter media box, flows through it, then is pumped out to a small box that 'loosely' attaches to the rest of the unit down at the base. This box houses the saltwater chlorinator electrode things (whatever they're called) then from this small box the water outflows back to the pool.A couple other things to consider. You definitely need some space to set this up, and you have to set it with the hoses and everything facing the pool, else the included hoses won't reach.It comes with one outlet hose, but no outlet drain that goes through the side of the pool, and the hose that comes is the larger 1.5" Intex hose. My pool currently has two outlet ports, but they're smaller. I bought the t-connecter with the plunger stop that takes the two smaller hoses on the sides and lets it drain to the one larger hose. This worked much better for me.I also bought single plunger connectors to connect to the water inlet jet. The Intex hoses are stiffer, and it put way too much pressure on the inlet jet going through the pool wall, so by connecting the 90 degree plunger hookup, it took all that pressure off my pool wall.When hooking the small hoses up, screw the hose onto the saltwater box first and then attach it to the filter box. If you do it in reverse, it's impossible to get the hose screwed on to the saltwater box enough and it will leak everywhere around it. So do it first.I found that using an oil filter wrench tool (not the rubber straps, the one that looks like a big clamp) was the perfect size for tightening and loosening the screw on hose connectors.So far, I really like it. I'll post pictures at some point. I hope my few setup tips help.

Had this pump for a couple of years just turned it over to saltwater in March 2025 now by May 2025 the saltwater has already failed keeps saying low salt regardless if I put way to much. The to much salt light doesn't come on and the low salt wont go away I've washed soaked the probs nothing is fixing it. So may people are correct this thing doesn't last and the probs are next to the same price of replacing the saltwater part. Ridiculous china parts always fail and then they make it so expensive to replace anything to make it work again. Throw away society but I do like to be able to fix and repair when I can especially when they cost hundreds of dollars. I will never go back to saltwater I will just buy chlorine. Read the reviews it happens far to often that they only last a short amount of time insanely upsetting that nothing is built to last. Oh and the lcd screen has failed as well the numbers are no longer readable had one before the Texas freeze for years and never had a problem until it froze inside and bought the one I have now and this one shouldn't have failed being outside like it's supposed to be in the elements. Plus I paid a premium for this one $500+ because COVID had just happened and everyone jacked up their prices to help out it didn't help me but it helped someone make a killing.

2nd swim season using this machine do far so good

Ok so this will be a long post but I want to give you full details. We put our pool up the first week of June and started out doing the typical chlorine chemicals. They are just so bad on my and my daughters skin so I began looking into the Intex Salt Water Generators. I struggled for 2 weeks on if I should purchase it or not because the reviews are so mixed. Truly 50/50 On liking and disliking the product. So I decided to give it a try especially since Amazon would allow me to return it for 30 days. Before it arrived I read as much as I could about the system and it’s pros and cons. As well as what other people had learned in their set up process. The first thing I should say is we have an above ground Intex pool 15’ round 42” deep. We bought it at academy sports. It came with the standard 750/1200 gallon per hour filter. Then when the SWG arrived I read the instruction booklet from start to finish. The first mistake it seems people make is they add salt to their pool and turn the Intex SWG on immediately. DONT DO THAT. One thing I can say to not follow the book on is how much salt to add to your pool. The book says way too much. I started out adding a bag and a half of salt which is roughly 60lbs. We let the pump circulate the water with added salt for 24 hours before turning the SWG on. The next day we turned on the SWG and it ran perfectly fine no problem. Day 3 it ran again no problem. I took a sample of water to our local pool store and they ran the water test. Everything looked good except he said my salt level was only 2800 PPM. That I needed to add more salt. So, I went home and added the other 20 lbs of salt and let the pool circulate it overnight and turned my SWG. Within just a few minutes it started shutting down because of “High Salt” alarm. I took another sample of water by the pool store the next day and the PPM has gone up to 3200 which is really a great number to be at in regards to other salt systems. However the Intex SWG kept giving me a “high salt” alarm and shutting down. It took me a couple days of doing 15-20% water changes to get the PPM back below 3000 and then the system started working again. We’ve had no problems since. It seems to me that the Intex SWG system is not made to really function at the 3200PPM and higher levels. Yes I know that the pool stores tell you that 3000-3400 PPM is like the best range for producing chlorine but in my experience the Intex system just cannot function. I have kept my PPM around 2800 and the system has not given us a high salt alarm since. I’ve onky added salt one time and that was after several days of down pour rain and I knew the water had to have a much lower salt PPM from the rain. So I just very slowly added salt over a couple of days. No more than about 3-4 cups full a day. Again my PPM was back to 2800 and it’s been working fine. From what I’ve read online about other salt systems and just the whole science behind converting salt water to chlorine is that as long as you have a PPM of at least 2400 then your SWG will produce chlorine. Of course the higher you can get that PPM without going over 3400 the faster and easier it is for your SWG to produce the chlorine. So you may try with your system to go beyond the 2800 PPM. If you do let me know how it works out. I’m sure there will be several folks who disagree but this has worked for us and we’ve loved it ever since we got the levels figured out. We have beautiful water and it’s been so much better for our skin. Best of Luck!!!