This is not a toy, and I wonder why amazon calls it a toy. I bought this vacuum from a local store in a sale. So far it has worked great. Very tiny particles pass its filter and cannot be collected. I added a piece of my wife's stockings to the filter and now it cleans absolutely everything!

I have used our Catfish for 2 years now and love it. I would hate not to have it. Just make sure if your planning to purchase it you buy the fine filter which will pick up the sand and smaller debis. If you have alot of leaves you may want to get them out of the pool before you use the catfish. I have not used my regular vacuum all season long I have only used my catfish. I would purchase this again and I am talking my best friend into buying one for herself to make her life easier.

I bought the Catfish and have been very pleased with it.

We have a small "simple set-up pool" (about 18' x 4') and wanted something to vacuum it out, but the small pump that came with the pool isn't really powerful enough to do a good job.

We had been told by two different pool companies that we were out of luck, when a customer in the pool store recommended the Catfish. It wouldn't be suitable for a major project like opening a pool for a season that's full of leaves, etc. But if you're looking for an inexpensive way to vacuum up sand, small leaves, bugs, and other debris, this really does the job!

I did need to find an extension pole with a diameter of about 1 13/16" (which was bigger than the 1 1/16" pole that came with our small pool), but was able to find one at Walmart.

Note: For some reason, Amazon has this product listed as a toy (which it's not)!

This thing is complete junk. It is very, very small and really is misleading when it says it will pick up leaves. It might have enough capacity to hold about 10 leaves in it's tank before you have to empty it. The pictures make it look much bigger than it really is. It is about the size of a loaf of bread, if that gives you any idea. I want my money back!!!!

This is a great product. Sooooo much easier to use than the traditional pool vacuum with all of the hoses. Cleans the hole pool in no time at all. This will make your life so much easier. I highly recommend.