Thinking of ditching my DE filter

[KirstenHW]

My DE filter is a 2 yr old replacement of the original one from 1981 - a Hayward Perflex Extended Cylce - it has no cartridges, it has fingers. It works like a champ - I would never trade it for a sand model. I only replace my DE powder at the beginning of each season. We have an 18x42 vinyl inground.

[cleancloths]

I have a Hayward DE6000 (uses 7.5 pounds DE per fill). Works great, I typically only backwash it and refill once a season on my 20 by 40 vinyl IG pool as well.