Skimmer Socks - Thoughts???

[fission7x]

I just installed a skimmer sock on both skimmers.
They're designed to catch the "finer" debris and keep it from going to the pump/filter.
Anyone have any experience with these they'd like to share?

[ivyleager]

They work great. You'll be surprised how awful the skimmer socks look when you pull them out to clean. YUCK.

CaryB

[AnnaK]

They're great!

On my system, when the pump isn't running, the bottom of the sock floats up and some of the debris it had caught, dislodges. I now put a small rock inside the sock so it stays down in the skimmer basket when the pump is off.

[CarlD]

I've been using them for 3 years. They work great and reduce the number of times you backwash. I replace the sock about once a month--cheap enough!

[NWMNMom]

We use them too and love the "polishing" it does by getting the finer crap out of the water. FYI - you need to check them often to be sure they don't clog up - not much gets through those buggers and they can quickly clog up enough to change pump pressure if there is pollen or other junk floating around.

[AnnaK]

I've been using them for 3 years. They work great and reduce the number of times you backwash. I replace the sock about once a month--cheap enough!

Once a MONTH? I change mine daily. Of course, I get a lot of dog hair in the pool but even without the dogs, like a few days ago, I had something like a gazillion flying ants in there. Must have been a hatch. And during pollen season it got disgustingly full of yellow pasty gunk.

Changing the sock is part of my daily routine. I rinse it off with the hose, hang it over a fence post, and put another one in the basket. Once amonth? Man, you have CLEAN water!

[fission7x]

Excellent ideas!
Thanks!!

[CarlD]

Once a MONTH? I change mine daily. Of course, I get a lot of dog hair in the pool but even without the dogs, like a few days ago, I had something like a gazillion flying ants in there. Must have been a hatch. And during pollen season it got disgustingly full of yellow pasty gunk.

Changing the sock is part of my daily routine. I rinse it off with the hose, hang it over a fence post, and put another one in the basket. Once amonth? Man, you have CLEAN water!

I didn't say I CLEAN it once a month--I said I REPLACE it once a month. I CLEAN it every single day, and in late May early June twice a day (heavy pollen). After a month it gets pretty worn out and I throw it away. Why do you bother to dry it on the fence post?

[dawndenise]

Of course, I get a lot of dog hair in the pool but even without the dogs, like a few days ago, I had something like a gazillion flying ants in there. Must have been a hatch. And during pollen season it got disgustingly full of yellow pasty gunk.

And if it's not dog hair or flying ants, it's spiders, June bugs, or worse! It also helps to keep my pump strainer basket cleaner. Wouldn't have a pool without skimmer sox.

[Hszwill]

I am using skimmer socks for the first time and I LOVE them! I wish that I would have found them 4 years ago. Daily I wash the nastiness out of each sock and put it back into the skimmer basket with a rock to weigh it down. When I look at my beautiful water, I wonder where all this sandy film comes from off the surface of the water, but I am just thrilled because of how it has drastically reduced the amount we backwash now. After 3 weeks they are looking pretty ragged, so I too will change them monthly. What a cheap way to save the filter and DE!