An Endless Pools Thank You

Sounds like a successful event for you endless! How about some of you that tried it out posting your thoughts here! I have always been curious about how it feels. How does it compare to the pool? Can you swim at a pretty good clip? Hit the back when you stop? And what was up with the filming? That sounds like a treat?

Thank you endless pool. I had a great time swimming in your demo pool. It was educational and fun. Endless pool had a demo pool on the swim deck that swimmers were able to try their product with an underwater video taping of their strokes. In comparison to a pool, you can swim at any speed that you set. You just have to practice turns in a regular pool. It would be great for swimmers who have back problems that have trouble with turns. Also, I can see how it would benefit, open water swimmers and people who don't have access to train. The propeller that produces the resistance can go up to 1:10 pace (per the sales person), it was great to warm-up in. Especially since the warm up pools were only 20 yards long. I did not hit the back drop or the front panel. You just had to swim faster or decrease the speed to maintain a good pace. You can also move to the side, to step outside the current. The underwater video was a plus. I swam all four strokes in the pool and had a great feedback. The pool also had mirrors on the bottom of the pool and the front to give you immediate feedback to work on your underwater stroke and hip rotation. What a great experience. Everyone should try it.

I did not get the chance to swim in the endless pool while at Rutgers, however, I did see people in it. Was more curious, what is the general ballpark cost for the basic model minus all the fancy decking around it? Is it just an endless pool or can it also work as say a hot tub also? Thanks in Advance, Greg

Hi Greg, Standard price, which includes everything you need to swim, is $17,900. Our price list can be located below: www.endlesspools.com/.../plan_customize.asp Hydrotherapy jets can be added for that hot tub-esk experience. Exercising in really hot water however is discouraged. Happy Swimming!

I agree with Nadine! I could see having one at home for when you can't make the pool, or if your schedule is tight. Thanks Endless!!! Tracy

I dream of owning an Endless Pool. The only problem is that I don't have the money !! I think that it would be great to have one and I have already figured out where it will go. Perhaps I need to spend more time working and less browsing this forum !!

As a very happy Endless Pools owner now for almost a year, I'll just add my 2 cents that I've been very pleased with my purchase. I use it for daily swimming, along with swimming at a nearby pool (the U. of MD, which is also an amazing pool). The Endless Pool truly can deliver up to near sprint swimming and can easily work all strokes once you are used to swimming in a current. I've also found it's great for building upper body strength. The hydrotherapy jets are a nice addition (especially for just chilling and for pool party purposes). Anyway, I just wanted to add my brief comment. I'm always glad to let people try my pool so if anyone is ever in the College Park, MD area (near the U. of MD), please feel free to drop me a line (my e-mail address is in my USMS profile). I'm also always happy to answer people's questions about the pool. It is a major investment (I spent 3+ years contemplating the purchase), but I've found it well worth it and really top quality craftsmanship.

What has been people's experience when swimming backstroke in an Endless pool? Is it difficult or something you just need to get used to. Also, how wavy do they get? Open water swimming like or not that much different than a pool.

Backstroke for me was the hardest to get used to swimming in the Endless Pool. This is only because my backstroke is far from fluid/straight and I had the habit of moving to the left or right causing myself to get out of the swim current. I've rigged a pull clothesline that I can have go across above the pool so if I'm doing backstroke I can keep myself in the middle and in the current by aligning with the rope above. I find minimal wave motion. The rear intake which routes the water under the side benches and back to the front are primarily the function to help make the current smooth. However, certain strokes are a bit wavier than others, such as breastroke causes a bit more wave motion. Freestyle is awesome in the stream with extremely minimal wave motion (which is my competitive stroke). Overall the Endless Pool is a great workout; however, for maintaining a training regimine for competitive swimming a regular pool is also needed routinely. Not just for practicing starts and turns, but for the whole training of strokes in a regular pool type of water. Endless Pool does well in allowing focused training and wonderful constant swimming (particularly building endurance), but you can't rely on it alone. If you do the Endless Pool a lot and then go to a regular pool after a few weeks, the first few laps feel quite strange without going against a current. It is easy to transition between the two types of pools.

Lainey, My comments aren't concrete but more general as to when I did pricing. I would have loved a 25 meter lane pool myself but my backyard is not that big. I did look at a regular standard in-ground pool vs. Endless Pool. The regular in-ground pool is cheaper I believe, but other factors I considered: - Endless Pool is very cheap to run. My utilities went up minimally and I'm in a cold winter spot. I was pleasantly surprised running the gas optional heater only increased my gas bill marginally. My pool is installed outside and 1/2 of it is above ground. Heating a regular pool in my case would be extremely high in the winter and I wanted year round use of the pool. - Endless Pool maitenance is easy. I add 1 1/2 cup of bleach (yes, household bleach) every 3 to 4 days. That's it for chemicals. It's amazing. The actual level of chemicals it needs is about 1/6 or less compared to a regular pool so there's really no chlorine smell and my swim suits last a lot longer. I clean the filter every 6 months. I clean the pool (vacuum, wipe around the edges, etc.) about every 8 to 10 weeks. - I think a regular pool cost of utilities and chemicals is much more expensive. All that being said, if I lived in a warm climate with a large backyard where I could fit a 25 meter in-ground pool with a deep diving end I would have done that. But given my constraints and that I have a great 50 meter competition pool less than a mile from my house to also train in, the Endless Pool is good for me. Hope that helps.... Dan