First Post for a First Time Pool Owner!

[Watermom]

If you repace your filter, go with a sand filter in my opinion. Does a good job and WAY less trouble than DE or cartridge. (I will tell you that all of the moderators and many of the support team members have sand filters.)

[CarlD]

While I'm a sand filter guy, too (12 seasons, same sand) and wouldn't PERSONALLY have anything else, I think a properly sized, operated and maintained filter of any type, Sand, DE or Cartridge, can give excellent performance. It's all a matter of preference.

I believe our resident pool chemistry genius, Chem_Geek, prefers a cartridge filter, generally the least-loved of the three.