I went in yesterday to check the surface and it was fairly good on the bottom of the pool. Some spots on the sides however are pretty rough. So I decided to start brushing on a regular bases again even without the pump running. (we will start up on Friday). I remembered that it was a bit of a pain to brush in the middle of the pool because it was hard to get pressure down to the brush as further it goes away from you so I got myself the Wall Whale brushing head. I have to say excellent the brush pushes him self down to the ground even if you are fare away. It makes brushing much more easily.