Hozelock 1753 0000 Pond Vacuum Basket - Silver/Black

Good product, good delivery.

Ill start with dislikes;- Was fiddly to assemble, due to small screws and parts that don't fit exactly. (However, saying that, it wasn't too hard to make it work, and didn't take too long)Likes;-Once assembled it is sturdy.-The net and the waterproof bag work well together.-The hole for the hoover hose pipe makes hoovering the pond out much less of a chore, I'm no longer concerned about muck returning to the pond or spilling water all over the back garden.Bottom line;-If you hoover your pond out, this is well worth using as it allows you to remove the muck from the pond whilst returning the pond water back to the pond.If I was to make a suggestion on improvement id perhaps include a finer net that would fit below the larger net to catch the finer dirt particles (But this is something you could add yourself.)

Great little product , I’ve now fitted it with a finer mesh filter

Be aware that you have to assemble this yourself, which is easy enough, except: the 16 small stainless screws have to go though holes in the struts, and screw into the plastic corners. On mine, the holes in the struts were too small for the screws, which are soft stainless steel and not self-tapping. I had to drill out the holes with a 3mm bit.

Bought this basket to go alongside a recently purchased Oase Pondovac 3 Pond Vacuum Cleaner. Although I haven't as yet put it to the test I'm sure that looking at it it will do the job perfectly as it will allow me to return the vacuumed water back into the pond so saving water.However it comes in a flat pack condition requiring a fiddly assembly time. The 16 tiny screws can create problems to those with two thumbs and little patience.

Arrived safely and on time, just what I needed.

It is a very good product but it gets only one star because of the difficulty I had putting it together. Small self-tapping screws have to be screwed into aluminium tubes. I had to get help from the local handyman who (fortunately) had a bit for his power driver that was small enough. But, and it's a big but, the screws are stainless steel so his magnetic gizmo wouldn't hold them. It took two of us to build it - we even tried soap to hold the screws in place. Total time was over an hour (not including French lessons along the way).

This item arrived and it took me 2 hrs to assemble it was very hard to get the very small screws in and i have been a hands on plumber for over 40 years