XtremepowerUS 2HP In-Ground Swimming Pool Pump Variable Speed 2" Inlet 230V High Flo w/Slip-On Fitting

I bought and self-installed this pump back in Oct 2022. Its hard to find good long term reviews as most people do them in the first couple of weeks. Install I thought was very easy(and this was the first pool pump I've ever installed)... I love the screw on compression connections, makes it very easy for later maintenance which im getting to soon. Electrical couldnt be more simple as a swap out(I am experienced with electrical though). This replaced an old Heyward 2HP that was here when I bought the house... for me this XtremePower 2HP runs stronger than the Heyward did, but I also think someone rebuilt the Heyward as some of the part #'s didnt match up. Regardless, I have a huge pool, and when the cartridge filter is clean, this pump cycles my water like a boss... so strong that the cheap old vacuum that was left here was getting stuck to the bottom of the pool(new vac fixed that, but the Heyward was never strong enough to do that).LONGTERM - It's been 1.5 years and this week the pump motor was running but i had very little water movement...My first thought(specially based on some other reviews) was that this low cost pump was dying. But before replacing it I needed to at least pull it out and give it a maintenance look since the motor was still running. My one knock on this unit is there is a fence on the Strainer Housing between the Pump Cover and the Impeller... so getting to the impeller with a screwdriver to see if its plugged is not an option, you have to disassemble it. I removed the pump, which again was super easy due to the screw on fittings, and electric again easy to remove. Im so glad i took the time to do this, I removed the Strainer Housing(6 bolts), removed the Pump Cover(2 screws), and exposed the Impeller. Sure enough after 1.5 years of debris, enough hardy small leaves from my shrubs snuck in there and clogged the impeller. At first I was a little angry I needed to do all this just to unclog the impeller, but I think after doing it, it was a blessing. I was able to clean all these parts with soap and water, including 3 of the o-rings( I didnt use lubricant as the manual stresses not too). After cleaning and putting it back together the pump looked brand new, and is once again performing as good as it did day 1... no leaks, no issues, great power. So, with a little care and maintenance Im hoping to get another year or 2 out of this little trooper... maybe more!!! well worth the money, specially being a lower cost unit.One other note, motor runs hot, and if left in the desert sun it might get hot enough to open up some sort of black hole or time/space continuum haha... be sure to keep this little gem in the shade, he deserves some comfort for all his hard work! Hope this helps.

To start out, I bought and installed this pump 2 years ago. It seems there is a new version for this pump, which might be better than the one I received two years ago.During the first year, the pump worked great and you couldn't hear it from the pool. I noticed after the first year the pump got a little louder. I'm not sure what caused this. I have a fence that seperates the pump from the pool, and the pump is roughly 20 feet away. After 1.5 years, you could definately hear it from the pool.The scariest thing is how it stopped working. I went out to switch the pump on manually, and suddenly the pump motor emitted sparks, smoke and made several loud popping sounds. The electrical burn smell was terrible. I turned the pump off, thinking maybe the controller box had a short or overload. After running a few tests, the controller box and circuit breakers were fine. I flipped the pump switch back on, thinking maybe there was a lizard (I live in TX) or some other critter in the pump windings that created the short, but even more sparks, smoke and pops were emitted than before.This pump motor sat less than 6 inches from my house. If this pump would have caught fire during it's normal run time, and my house was made of something other than brick or motor, it could have caused a house fire.This pump should have some sort of safety breaker or switch that disables power from the pump when it overheats or has a short.I gave up on trying to figure out what happened to the pump and bought a different one that does have these safety features.My final thoughts... I would spend a few more dollars and buy a pump with more safety features built in.If this pump would have never caught fire and continued to run, I would have given it 4 stars.

After replacing my old Hayward Super Pump motor and/or pump housing more than once, I decided to look for something less expensive and comparable in performance. Well, this pump has definitely fit the bill and more! My old pump had a pinhole leak in the housing and the motor died after limping along noisily for a while. This replacement pump was not difficult to install. It took me about 4 hours since I had to reroute some of the original plumbing. You DO need some understanding of PVC plumbing and electrical connections. I suspect hiring a professional would have cost more than the pump itself. By the way, the one-year warranty is only good if you do have it installed by a professional. Understandable, I guess, but it means you are paying a lot for the warranty, since it costs around $100 just to have someone come out.The pump is powerful, has 2 speeds (not variable), is self-priming and QUIET! My old pump was never as quiet even when new. I have to check on this one now and then to make sure it's still running. The low speed (1/2 the rpms) won't drive the Polaris adequately but seems ok for general circulation, and is nearly silent.At a fraction of the cost of a new Hayward, if it lasts a few years, I will have definitely gotten my money's worth. And a direct replacement will be very easy because of the screw-on connections.

Fully Replacing the Pool Pump***FULL DISCLOSURE***This is an ADVANCED DIY project to take on yourself.If you're NOT experienced doing this type of work leave it to a Pro. Here's few thing you MUST be highly comfortable with:1. Electronics or electrical concepts. My pump runs on a 230v circuit.2. Cut and weld PVC pipe with and use PVC cement3. Have repaired or removed your pump before.- Background: Having had my pool built in 2009 the original Hayward pump lasted about 6 years running without a problem. Since about 2014 age started getting to the Hayward pump. I had the impeller replaced originally, It lasted a few more years till about 2020 at which point I had to replace the motor. It cost me about $700 bucks. Since I had already removed the whole pump unit off the pool system I knew how to remove the unit. At the end of this 2023 summer system my pool service man advised me the pool pump was throwing the breaker and therefore had a hunch the pump was gone. I decided to replace the pump. I found the specification dimensions for my Hayward pump to ensure I was buying a unit that would fit the tight space. I found various choices online, both Hayward and off-brand. Trying to save a few bucks I decided to take a chance on an Amazon off-brand unit. **Make sure you get an equivalent unit in voltage, dimensions, and HP.**- Receiving the PumpThe units came in packed in an extra large Amazon box, they could have saved a box and just sent it in the original manufacturer packing, the original manufacturer pump box was actually well protected and had plenty of packing.- Dry Fitting the PumpI quickly found the pump was slightly taller than the original, about .75 inch taller. That meant I had to cut the 2.5 inch PVC pipe before the check valve to raise the inlet fitting so I can glue the new pump fitting that screws to the pump. I also had to buy some new PVC fittings and a new check valve, approximately $100 more.- Installing the pump**Electrical** Most important! Take a picture of the wiring before you uninstall your old pump. If you have a 230v circuit, Hire a pro or know what two wires are hot and which is common and where they're connected. My pump is controlled via a 3-cuircuit control unit. There a good diagram to start with in one of these review threads, your electrical configuration may be different, so KNOW what you're getting into. Label your wires and use a permanent marker your designate your connectors (eg...L1=LO...etc) The provided instructions were pretty useless to me.I removed the 2.5 inch behind the check valve and installed a reducing elbow to fit the 2 inch check valve and pump fittings that come with the unit. there was little room left to glue the new fittings back on and the pump ended up a little high overall. I bought some small 1 inch rubber mounts to raise the pump a little and hopefully muffle some of the sound and vibration. The rubber mounts worked perfectly!I also installed a 2 inch PVC union to make it easier to remove and repair the pump in the future.- What's the OutcomeIt's only been a few weeks but my pool is back to being nice and blue and the pump is doing it's job. I have a vacuum connected and when it's running on high the vacuum crawls smoothly, as it should. I would say I saved at least $1500 doing the work myself but I consider myself very handy, quite technical and have accumulated the correct tools over the years to do this type of work. It did take an extra week and a half to get a reducing elbow I couldn't find locally. Kudos to the pros that do this for a living, and so long as they're not charging an exuberant amount for a new installation (NOT including the pump), knowing the pump was installed correctly is worth the cost.***BIG TIP***Keep the water levels at good levels all the time! These units are not meant to run dry, If the impeller cannot pull water consistently, the motor will be run hot and DIE!******I'll give this Pump a year end-review around this time in 2024 and see how well this pump is still holding up. Under the right conditions, this pump should have a good 3-4 year life, minimum. Let's see if it stands the test of time.Hope this was helpful!

I have a 38k gallon salt water pool controlled by a Hayward Goldline Aquarite controller. In 10 yrs, i have gone through 3x Hayward Ecostar variable speed pumps. For my pump, sometimes the controller board on the pump failed, sometimes the motor failed once both failed. Very expensive to replace and PITA as well. The irony is that people (like me) buy these expensive variable speed pumps but usually only use them for two speeds (High and Low) yet they are prone to failure due to the additional electronics required to support variable speed. I bought this xtremepower 230v dual speed pump for a fraction of the price of a new Hayward variable speed pump. This new pump was easy to install, has plenty of power and is MUCH quieter than my previous Hayward pump.Note that the installation did require some slight changes to my plumbing/fittings (inlet/outlet are in slightly different locations than my Hayward pump). Also, while the xtremepower pump has a simple high/low switch physically on the pump that you can use "out of the box", it was really easy to control high/low operation using my main pool control panel (Hayward Aquarite) by wiring it the following way (disclaimer, I am not an electrician, do so at your own risk):If you look at the two pictures from my review, I simply disconnected the yellow and black wires from the stubs that go from the pump to the switch, I wired my 230v breakers to the relays as show in the other picture. The "Lo Speed" wire shown in the black/white diagram should be connected to the left top stub of the pump (formerly where the black wire was connected, as in the color picture). The "Hi Speed" wire shown in the black/white diagram should be connected to the right top stub of the pump (formerly where the yellow wire was connected, as in the color picture). The "Common" wire in the black/white diagram should be connected to the center top post of the pump. Lastly, run the ground to the ground stub of the pump. Before turning on the 230v breaker to run the pump, be sure to configure your pool controller for a dual speed pump along with the correct aux relay that you are using (in this case, Aux2), instead of the variable speed pump setting that you may have previously been using. After that, turn on the breaker and you should be up and running.One word of caution, do not expect ANY support from xtremepower. They don't even answer their phone. At this price, if the pump fails, you simply buy a new one to replace it. I think you can go through 3 of these for the cost of one variable speed pump... I'll provide an update to this review if the pump ever does fail but so far, so good.