Ideal vacation tool to prevent skimmer clogging

MostlyCanuck

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Mar 19, 2021
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Pool Size
15000
Surface
Vinyl
Chlorine
Salt Water Generator
SWG Type
Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Leaves are a problem for me and whenever I'm away from home for a prolonged period of time I need to manage the risk of my skimmer basket clogging up which would make my expensive pump run dry causing very expensive damage. (No, someone coming to clean up my skimmer every other day while I'm on vacation is not an option!).

Saw lots of cool DIY ideas on this forum mostly out of PVC and netting.. Kudos to those of you that have the time and ability to build that! If you, like me, don't want to build it yourself though, I found the perfect tool: Critter Clear. I purchased mine on Amazon. Simple but very solid, high quality non-metallic construction that just works without frills. You'll come back from vacation with a bunch of leaves on the floor but your pump will be running just fine! I have a wide-mouth skimmer and it covered it perfectly.

Thought I'd leave a review here in case others also need something similar

Good luck!
 
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