Can I bypass filter just to get the water circulating

[GraceByDesign]

first post under spring start-up... halfway down #1

[rnjng]

My filter does not have a recirculate setting, and it's broken anyway. Can I just connect the pump to the pool W/O the filter???

[GraceByDesign]

I think the point made by the replies and the sticky is that it IS ok to simply recirc the water.
IMHO, it would be better than nothing, but I could be wrong!

Grace

AVID reader of this forum
but alas, no pool, yet!