POOL BLASTER Aqua Broom Cordless Vacuum for Spa, Small Pool & Tight Spaces, Ideal for Sand, Silt & Dirt, Battery-Powered Hot Tub Cleaner for Inground, Above-Ground and Inflatable Pools, by Water Tech

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.

Worked better than I'd hoped. I have a hot tub and something got in it like paper or something and left tiny bits of dissolving tissue like paper in the bottom. When they'd get into the filter they'd coat the salt system cartridge and it wouldn't free up the chlorine like it should. I was going to have to drain and refill the tub. This was a kind of hail Mary attempt and I didn't really expect it to work -- but it did. It quickly sucked up the debris and kept it in the little mesh filter. I was done in 15 minutes. I'll have to keep going back each day for any remaining bits that got in the pipes and and I'll wash the filters tomorrow but I think this is a solved problem.