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I think I'll go with a 300lb filter, the Hayward is a little cheaper, is there any advantage of the Pentair that anyone knows of?

mas985: I emailed Pentair and asked them about the SD70. The lady at Pentair said she thought the TAD100D would work better as it can handle more throughput (100 gpm) and the filter would not work as hard. Then I asked her if my pump (1 hp - Hayward 1580) would be able to backwash it, and...

On why getting new sand filter. A couple years ago, I had a 150 lb filter, but it started leaking around the sand ports and I had earlier acquired a 200 lb filter used (at a yard sale) with a pump for a really good price. So I decided to hook it up, but it blew sand in the pool. I discovered...

This is a quote from his email "You have a SP1580 series pump and the only sand filter you can use is the S180T. Any filter larger will not work." I sent him my phone number and he called me back. I stated that I had looked at the flow curves and that their was very little piping. He said...

I have an 18x33 above ground pool with a 1 hp Hayward Power-Flo LX pump (1580). The old sand filter was giving trouble last summer and I'd like to get a new one. I was looking at the S244T (300lb - 24") filter but I contacted Hayward and they said that filter would be way too much for my...