Skimmer Socks - Thoughts???

[shadowman]

I guess I must live in a clean area. I put my first skimmer sock in two weeks ago and it only has a few blades of grass and some errant crickets in it.

[joliecharlie]

I'll be happy to send black lab hairs, spiders, frogs of all sizes, pinestraw and many other suspicious looking bits of junk so you will have something to catch!

[tphaggerty]

I am a HUGE skimmer sock fan, but I'm not using them now. They really work their magic during pollen season - which is spring/early summer here in NY - not so much after that.

I have 10 or so, just use them up and clean them all at once when I have the last set in the skimmers. But right now, it isn't really worth it.

[Spensar]

Started using the socks a couple of weeks ago and am a fan. Sometimes there isn't much, but other times when the garden is being kick up or after a heavy rain and wind the gunk and small particles it picks up is impressiven not to mention the hair after a girls sleepover.

Has anyone used these on the pump filter basket? I have a kreepy krawler that I use once in a while but it plugs right into the intake with the skimmer basket out and I would like to catch the fine gunk as well.

Anyone used a sock in both the skimmer and the pump basket?

[cschnurr]

Spensar,
Waterbear previously recommended that these should not be used on the pump basket in order to avoid potential damage to the pump.
See Posts #22 & 23 of this thread.

They say great minds think alike... but maybe mediocre minds do too.

[Spensar]

Thanks. DOH!