Hayward W3SP1580X15 Power Flo Pool Pump, 1.5 HP

I bought this pool pump to replace older pump that stopped working the end of last year. This is a true one and a half hp pump. My old one was one horsepower. Big difference in circulation in the pool and a lot quieter. I highly recommend this pump and brand.

Got this so we could have it for backup since our old one was acting up. Now it's working great. This new one is the exact match to our old one.

Everything you’d expect from a Hayward product. Bought to replace pump that was damaged in last summer’s Hurricane Beryl. Only a half horsepower more than the old one but performs SO much better. Good quality, very pleased with pressure and output.Definitely recommend. Also fast shipping.For use with an Intex 22’x52” pool

This item was good it works well

So I wanted to try and answer one of the questions above about how to connect it to an intex pool and filter but I was unable to do so, so in writing this-which by the way is my one and only review, but I felt it was absolutely necessary because of the massive amount of struggle that I've gone through this last week with this pump. I got so many different opinions, information about how I could possibly hook up my 2 inch in diameter femalethread peice with a 1 1/2 in hose to this 1 1/2 inch female parts of the pump. One person answered that you can just get a steel nipple-this is wrong wrong and wrong! First of all you shouldn't get steel as it rusts almost immediately if you use any chlorine at all in your pool. Two, the type of threading that the intex pool hoses have are so hard to come by, well actually impossible. You need to have it be screwed onto enough to make the hose push back so there is no leak and any NPT thread will not work because it gets bigger in diameter the more you screw something on, so getting a nipple to then connect to an adaptor to increase the diameter will leak because the diameter on the adaptor gets larger and larger the further you screw on so you will get that hose pushed back so no leak. Anyway, after many many stupid pieces bought, and too many people thinking they knew what would work and then it didn't, because everything would leak! I found what worked for me. Now again, I have intex hoses that are technically 1 1/2 in diameter but the piece that is on the hose, the grey/blue part that is a female end to attach the hose to the pool or pump or filter is 2 in in diameter and the Hayward pump had also female ends, first problem, and it's 1 1/2 in diameter so two problems-same ends and wrong sizes to match up-well what I ended up doing was bypassing the screw on piece to my pool hoses all together. I bought the intex pool adaptor for hoses (Pool Pump and Filter Universal Hose Adapter https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002ZIZG0Y/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_SAqEvb3AFK4K8), like the one for a vacuum, which is 1 1/2 in diameter male thread, which goes into the pump, in two places- so you need two of these. And you absolutely need to use the white plumbers tape on the thread otherwise it will leak-wrap it 3-4 times and then twist it a bit so it gets into the threads-I learned this the hard way after having some pieces that required tape and some that didn't-I hadn't put the tape on yet so when I got these I thought because it leaked oh here's yet another part that doesn't work-well it did work, I just hadn't put the tape on yet!! Thank god I looked at it again before I flipped out lol. And then I just pushed on my hoses to the other end of the plastic adaptor and then used those metal rings like what you would attach your vacuum hose to your vacuum with, but you will need bigger ones if you have hoses like mine, (btw my intex pool is a 9'x18' rectangle with the metal framing and I have a intex sand filter-a big one), and you use a flat head screw driver to tighten it. Remember, two of everything because You have to do this in two places. So you need to do this for both the hose that comes from your pool to the pump and then the hose that goes from your pump to the filter. Also, buy one of those black wall plugs so you don't start draining your pool By accident when you try to put in the new pump/they suck because they fall out constantly but I didn't have an outside valve of any sort and wasn't going to spend $80 to get one when the plugs are dirt cheap and they do the job. Also, you will need some type of timer to plug into your wall outlet since this one doesn't have an on/off switch let alone a timer like the intex pump I started with had. When I bought my pool I bought the sand filter pump combo and I always thought it was supposed to be loud, and mine got louder which I know why but it's started it just dang loud-I mean my neighbors asked for me to not run it at certain times because it was so loud when they were in their yard-this was when I first got it!. Man, when I finally got this guy set up all ridiculous crap I went through was worth it because it is sooooooo much quieter. My old pump was almost a 1 hp, just below, but it was also crapping out and this one is so much nicer. I am so glad I found the way to connect it because I really didn't want to have to just go back to get another intex pump because of the hose connection issues because this one is so much quieter and better. Also, whoever made the intex pump should be shot for making it so dang hard to get to the screws to detach it from the stand-grrr! Sorry for such a long review-I've never written one but after all the crap I went through with this product and reading forum and forum and talking to numerous stores, I finally found a way for it to work, and the idea someone wrote in the questions section is just wrong about this steel nipple-it will rust and leak!! And the way I did it you don't have to change everything to all PVC plumbing which you will Still Run into the unique intex threading issue unless you change the piece in the pool Walls too-and that's just too dang much! I just had to share what I learned so no one has to go through all crap and torture I did. I'm sure it can be helpful to anyone that has a hose that has a unique threading Mechanism and if they can bypass that and do what I did they willBe good to go. Good Luck!

This pump is so quite, primes easy. Great quality

This is the 3rd Haywood pump I've had and so far this one works flawlessly. My expectations are that this one will work reliably for a normal life span.

I bought this pool pump in October of 2023. It was stored in my garage over the winter and was used during the summer of 2024. I went to open up my pool today and the impeller is frozen. The product description says "Engineered to withstand the toughest conditions, it features a corrosion resistant design that ensure long lasting durability. Built to handle exposure to sun, rain and varying temperatures." That's a lie. I advise to keep searching for a pool pump.