I, too, rigged up an adapter to allow me to vacuum my EasySet--which was in service from 2000 through 2002. I used a 3/4" double female PVC adapter forced into an 1" 1/4 hose--and that was a perfect fit in the drain. It wasn't very powerful but it did get the fine stuff. I did write about it on the old forum.

The carts were about $10 per, but I found you could hose them down. I'd get about 2 weeks out of 1, wash it, get another 2 weeks. So every month I'd replace it. Not too bad.

The EasySet donuts were still an Internet Only item then--a few toy stores had the 12', but not the bigger ones. And they were expensive! The 15' package was around $600! I WISH the PoolBuster had been around then!

Still, we very much enjoyed our EasySet and it doesn't owe us a dime!