Hey, it's Rob with Inyo Pools.
Today, I'm going to show you how to vacuum a pool using a leaf eater.
The only supplies you'll need is the leaf eater,
the bag that comes with it.
You'll need a pool pole and a garden hose.
That's it. Let's go ahead and get started.
This particular leaf eater comes with brushes on the bottom,
and they can be removed.
If you don't have a vinyl line pool, you'll want to keep these brushes in place
because it helps protect the liner from potentially getting pinched
in the wheels.
If you have a fiberglass or a gunite pool, you'll go ahead and remove these brushes.
That way the vacuum will move around easier. All right.
There's little tabs on the vacuum that hold these brushes in.
You just take a little flat head, press it in, pull it out.
Again, I'm moving these because I have a gunite pool.
Then you'll take the bag,
place it over that white rim and tighten it.
All right. Then we'll go ahead
and connect the pool pole.
All right. Then we'll connect the garden hose.
Just press that little piece in, slide it off, that way it's easier
to connect to your hose.
Then go ahead and connect it again.
All right. I went ahead and placed it in the pool,
and then I'll go turn on the water.
All right. Just to give you an idea
of how this thing works,
it's got these little jets around the edge, and they spray water up into the bag.
That creates a venturi forcing everything into the bag.
All right. I'm going to start at one side of the pool,
kind of closest to the faucet, and work my way towards the opposite end.
That way I'm not dragging the hose across the bottom
and stirring a bunch of leaves.
You'll just start to move it around slowly,
and you can see the leaves
starting to get pushed up into the bag.
All right. As you can see,
this is a real simple vacuum to use.
It's nice to have on hand, in case your pump’s down,
or you lose power.
Even for those cleanup jobs at the beginning of the season--
if you have a ton of leaves on the floor of the pool,
this is a great vacuum to have.
It can hold a lot of debris.
All right. I didn’t have a ton of debris
on the bottom of the pool, but it only took me about five minutes
to vacuum everything up.
What I'll do is I'll just kind of raise it to the surface
so the debris doesn't come out.
Then I'll go shut off the water.
All right. As you can see,
did a great job picking up leaves.
It's got some little debris here, got a couple worms.
Did a pretty good job.
Once you're done, you can take it to a trash can
and place it over the trash can,
push the bag through, empty it out.
All right. That's how you use a leaf eater.
It's a good idea to keep one around, especially if you have an open pool
that gets a decent amount of leaves.
You never know when it'll come in handy.
If you have any questions about leaf eaters,
or anything pool or spa-related, visit us over inyopools.com.
Thanks for watching.