POOL BLASTER Aqua Broom Hot Tub Vacuum Cordless Spa Vac for Inflatable Above Ground and Inground Spas, Hot Tub Accessories, up to 3 Hours of Runtime, Battery-Powered, Lightweight Handheld Cleaner

I have only used this a couple of times, but I have to say I’m very happy with it. It works quite well and is just the thing to get small amounts of debris that inevitably end up in the bottom of the Hot Tub mostly from the bottom of your feet. It seems powerful enough and easy to use although it is kind of difficult to turn on and off and it does use 5D cell batteries, which is a lot!

For realz, I ran this thing for less than a minute in my hot tub- getting into the main spot where all the buildup was and it worked way better than expected. I took apart the filter head and all the sediment that had built up and I have worried about for 2+ years was there. The filter bag's material seemed to make it even easier to clean it out. Just by emptying it and giving it a few taps to bang out the excess, the sediment came out. Just had to hit it quickly with the hose and it was good. A little later (once I actually opened and looked at the instructions), I got a BONUS that I did not count on. It comes with 2 microfiber bags that fit inside the original bag. I decided to see what IT could do. I had a buildup of shock powder in my hot tub and after thorough cleaning of the floor and steps, the bags picked huge amounts of the powder. I was amazed at how much it got. I will say that this is one of the best purchases of a tool I have ever made!!! I judge that on the product getting the job done with efficiency. If you have a hot tub, you know that the regular pool cleaner will not fit and be effective unless the tub is extremely large. This tool will be your friend. It is a very simple tool and the instructions are just really three pages, mostly with images and short descriptions of them. The unit consists of three pieces and a simple twist-on-for-power design. Like I said, I knew immediately that I would be keeping this item. I usually keep boxes and packaging when I buy something this size, but there was absolutely no reason to keep this box. A MUST HAVE FOR HOT TUB OWNERS. I would think it would work in the pool especially on my steps. I will try that next and that would be a big plus if it did. I am already sold on how it works. I was skeptical because when I first turned it on, I could not feel much suction. I guess it needs to be fully immersed to work properly. Very satisfied customer and if the company reads comments... good job guys!!! I will by more products when the need arrives. Thank you.

I bought this in July 2011 and it is used in an Intex 16' round pool. I live in Texas and do not keep my pool covered. It is near a stand of crepe myrtle trees and catches a lot of "stuff" from the trees as well as the usual sand / fine sediment that your filter never seems to catch because it settles on the bottom. This little broom vac actually works pretty well. There is a little filter cup that is made of mesh - this doesn't catch the TINY particles but will grab the leaves and blooms, etc. (I always use a pool rake before I start vacuuming because I don't want to fill up the filter with stuff I could have removed easily manually) and then there's a fine filter (which is acutally LITERALLY a white knee high / sock type thing) that you can put inside the regular filter to catch tiny particles. I ALWAYS use the fine filter. As a matter of fact after mine became torn I just used a ladies trouser sock. Then I discovered TWO trouser socks used together (one inside the other) are even better for the really fine stuff. Then I discovered a small insert of filter medium (that I use in my goldfish pond) made it even better at catching the small stuff. A few points: * This thing isn't a super suction vac nor is it meant to clean the WHOLE POOL. It's mostly for touch ups although I will say I have cleaned the whole pool many, many times and it does work well if you're patient. You have to move slowly and steadily to clean up the areas where you have issues. * When you lift this thing out - you need to hold it with the handle up, put your hand over the cleaning head and get it over the side ASAP. Otherwise the stuff you just removed runs right back into your pool. * The battery life is actually pretty good but being battery operated is a bit of a con for me. I just hate to buy batteries and wish it was rechargeable. I've read so many reviews about how difficult it is to turn off and on - I just don't get that. Pretty simple mechanism. Of course as previously stated - I'm from Texas. We don't get bamboozled too easily. :-) All in all - if you have an above ground pool on the smaller side, or a hot tub / spa and are looking for a super inexpensive vac that does work - I think this is a good product for you to try.

I have a gunite pool with a small "spa" section that is always hard to clean because it doesn't have it's own skimmer and it is too small for my automatic pool cleaner. So I would typically manually vacuum it once in a while to pick up small debris from the bottom which works very well of course, but takes some time and requires vacuum hook-up and big vacuum head is hard to maneuver in a small spa area. I loved the idea of having this broom tool to easily and quickly pick up the sand and small debris without hooking up my hose so I read the reviews and decided to give it a chance. Once thing I have to say - I had no issues with turning it on or off as other mentioned in the reviews, it was easy and worked just fine. But I was so disappointed in the performance of this tool that it had to go back (thank you Amazon for your customer service and return policy). I read the instructions, loaded the broom with fresh batteries, and ventured outside to start my new life with easy spa maintenance. Well, my dreams were quickly shuttered. The tool's sucking power is very small. Granted, I did not expect Dyson performance for 40 dollars and from a few batteries; but I was expecting it to be able to pick small debris, sand, and silt. Instead, it did not have enough power to suck in small debris (small leaves, tiny sticks, etc.) and the supplied bag's mesh was not fine enough to collect sand and silt and I could clearly see the cloud coming from the "gills" right back into the water. I stopped it and made sure that it is assembled correctly and the net is snapped in its place properly (trust me, it is no rocket science) and tried again with the same result. I used the tool for about an hour which basically just gave me cloudy water and after the dust settled back on the bottom I switched right back to my old plan "B" which is vacuuming it with a hose. I took the broom apart and cleaned it per instructions, dried it, and put it back together disappointed. Couple of days later I decided to give it a second chance. Same result but now on top of the broom just scattering the dust around my pool I could also hear some weird noise coming from the motor which leads me to believe that the unit would not last more then a few months. I know that there are more powerful models of this broom made by the same company but after this experience I am afraid to try. Will look for other alternatives.

There are pros and cons to this product; ultimately, I believe it has very limited use. I believe the description of the product should be much better than it currently is written. If the proper expectations are created by the product description, this can be a very good product. As currently written, I suspect many customers will be hugely disappointed. I bought this product for my spa, which is 7’ x 7’ x 4’; holds about 500 gallons of water. Additionally, my spa is in an area that gets very little debris from trees, blooming plants, flowers, etc. Aside from minimal surface debris where I use a tiny hand-held fish net to capture, the only real debris my spa receives is minor sand/pebbles. For a spa that is about my size, and perhaps a bit larger (such as an Endless Pool type spa/pool) this product works great, can even use it while enjoying the spa, but it MUST be with minimal debris. If you receive more than minimal debris, don’t buy. I would not give this product even a 1-star rating for any pool (or spa) of significant size regardless of the amount of debris or any size spa or pool that has a moderate to large amount of debris from fallen leaves or whatever. Further, this product does not come with any type of extender pole, just the vacuum itself which is just under 30” in length. The seller makes mention that an extender pole can easily be found depending on needs (how long you need the extender pole to be). I have been to pool supply stores, massive sporting goods stores, Home Depot, Lowes, etc and I cannot find any extender pole that fits product. I am personally looking for a small extender pole, no more than 3’ long given the moderate size of my spa. But even with longer extender poles, none fit this product. At the very least the seller should recommend where extender poles (of various lengths) can be found or perhaps have their product linked to recommendations when deciding whether to purchase this vacuum. In summary, this product works fine spas/pools that ONLY get minimal debris but also, given the lack of extender pole options, only works well in the smallest of spas (mine is “just” 7’ x 7’ and I wouldn’t buy again) given the lack of extender pole options.

Works great, I got the broom and I’m highly impressed at how much it sucked up from the bottom of the pool. Easy to set up, does take 5 D batteries which is a bummer. But everything else works great!

Works perfectly, very happy with this cleans out the bits at the bottom of the hot tub.

Extremely difficult to turn off and on. If you have carpal tunnel or arthritis do not purchase. However it does pick up stuff. Also note you need five D batteries and will need to purchase a pole if you are not using it for a hot tub.

This vacuum works great for us. We have a 16x48 pool and this is all I use to clean it. We had one previous for about 5 years and we now just needed a new one. It doesn't come with the long pole though that attaches to the vacuum but we had one from a skimmer pole for the last vacuum so we just used that. It does take 5 batteries but they last a while in there and the suction is good!

Las primeras pasadas muy bien, pero enseguida pierde poder de succión. Puede ser porque había mucha suciedad. Lo mismo cuando la piscina está más limpia da un mejor servicio. En cuanto se limpia el filtro vuelve a succionar bien, pero lo dicho, enseguida deja de aspirar con fuerza

Excellent product!

Funciona bien, pero le falta potencia

Great product. I use it for my hot tub!