It did keep my pool cleaner than it would have been if I would have vacuumed normally into the sand filter. But isn't the perfect solution. Having cloudy water billow out of it when it gets dirty and having green water spill back into the pool when you try to get the bag out means having to do it again. Lets say it got 90% of the stuff out this time around. 10% back in the pool.. next time I use it i get 90% of the 10% out, leaving the remainder in the pool... as you can tell, I don't think it will every fully get my pool clean. Or maybe now that only 10% remains, the cleaned bag will handle the load better? Time will tell.

I think I will vacuum to waste without the bag until the water level gets low then finish with the bag if necessary.