Wjaneala, I have a very deep deep end and a nearby terrace that the pole hits so getting leaves out of the diving well is a special form of spastic ballet...BUT I also own one of the leaf masters. In short, I used it to give me relief when back was sore hauling tons of leaves from foreclosure pool...then it was very useful though less efficient in terms of time than a leaf rake used properly.
Now, since I never let my leaves accumulate to that degree, I do not bother to set it up.
A second usefulness is in swampy conditions when you cannot see -- it will "pick up" larger debris whie you just stand there.
To make it work best, put a floating ball or something in the net to keep the net verticle. It will get collected leaves sitting around doube drains (eventually) but so too will the leaf rake if you use a "sweep" motion to dislodge them and then on backswing collect them.
Like I said, spastic ballet is the key
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