Any issues with Pleatco universal grids Pentair FNS Plus 60?

[Killer95Stang]

Couple years ago I noticed the stitching at the bottom of my grids had pretty much disintegrated. Faced with being in the middle of filter teardown and having a party the next day I came up with a "temporary " fix by hot gluing all the seams at the bottom of the grids. This actually worked awesome and I had no issues with DE getting back into the pool. Fast forward to "end of the world" and "social distancing" and all sudden I have a lot of extra time on my hands. I want to tear down the filter again, but know I should finally take care of my temporary fix. In my research I either see the overpriced Pentair OEM grids and the Pleatco replacements. Anybody use these or have issues with these, before I order them?

Thanks...

 

[YippeeSkippy]

Pleatco work just fine from reading posts here. Go for it!

Maddie

 

[jerseyrails]

Pleatco work just fine from reading posts here. Go for it!

Maddie

I was looking for this answer in case cleaning my grids doesn't solve my water pressure issues.

 

[Killer95Stang]

I have the new grids sitting on my patio. I'm having the waterfall repainted Monday and they might have to media blast, prior to painting. I'll put in the new grids after that. At least from the looks of them , they are a quality replacement. I'll update once installed.

 

[Killer95Stang]

Just a follow up. I finally got around to installing the new Pleatco brand filter grids for my Pentair FNS 60 Plus filter. The grids themselves are great quality and work exactly as they should. I had no issues during the replacement and I have no DE getting back in the pool. For the $117 I paid for them from PoolSupplyWorld, I think they are a great value. I got 7 years out of the originals (with a temporary fix to the threading) and hopefully the Pleatco replacements will last just as long.