Drain Your Bestway Above Ground Pool ALL THE WAY! 

This video was a lifesaver. I got the siphon to start this way using the spigot, but i ran into problems because my spigot isn't near the low part of my yard. What ended up working for me was: 1) Fill my 2 gallon watering can with water 2) Stand on the 2nd rung of my step ladder and hold the hose & can on the top rung of the step ladder 3) Pour water into the hose until there was flow into the pool (confirmed by child helping me 😂) 4) Drop the hose so it lands in the low spot of my yard Doing this got the siphon going and it's still draining now. Physics is awesome!! 😎

Thank you so much!! I was stressing on how I was going to manage this by myself. This is brilliant!

Thank you so much for your common sense approach to draining the pool. I am a recent widow and my late husband always did these kind of things on his own. I can actually do this on my own and this is so empowering for me. I don't want to rely on my busy kids to help me drain the pool and there are no special gadgets to rig together.

I actually drained my entire pool like that. Used a very long hose to go from my backyard to the front street and it went very smooth. Thanks for the video!!

Many thanks for this simple explanation of how you drained the last bit of water out of your pool. I followed your example and it was so easy. I was dreading going into the murky last bit of water in my wellies to try and bale it out . A huge THANKS to you from the U.K

OMG THANK YOU. I neglected my pool over the winter and it turned into a literal swamp and I couldn’t get that last bit of swamp water out to do a complete water change. You are a lifesaver!!

Thank you. Was the last part of the puzzle for us, knowing we are setting the pool up soon and will need to drain it come winter in the mountains; a must. Grateful!

OMG you are a genius and a lifesaver! I've been wanting to drain the last 2 inches for weeks now and didn't fancy the 'traditional' suck siphon method now the water is growing algae. Top tip and keep up the good work! Many thanks!! 💯👍

Completely ran across this video by accident, learned something new today. Thank you so much for this, this will be very helpful in the future! 😁

Brilliant, thank you. I have sent hours trying to get my hosepipe to syphon by filling it inside the pool and failing to lift the end up and over without losing the vacuum. I have now got three hosepipes on the job. Elizabeth

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS!!! I was literally over here freaking out on how I was going to drain this pool! This video was and is a lifesaver.

Thank you so much for taking the time to post this video, your technique worked great for us!!!!

Absolutely awesome advice! And that pool table jig at 1:09 is absolutely awesome! Just made it myself after seeing yours. Made mine out of a rubberized winter shoe mat so it has edges to keep the water from coming on!

Very good instructions and visual guide! I also like that you built a ladder.

thank you for this video. I drained my pool with the siphon method instead of using the drain plug. It took a little longer but drained it with minimal water pooling. Whatever pooled, was dried by the sun. I never put away my pool away as easy as this year! Thank you!!

Thank you so much , I had no clue how I was going to get the rest of this water out 😉

Finally found a video that gets to the point and makes sense. Thanks!

After watching your video I decided just to do the whole pool that way. Thank you!

Thank you for sharing your knowledge, this video was extremely helpful.

I''ve seen this video only after making a big mess with my pool... Useful for the next season!

This is crazy it actually worked I would of never tried this. Thank you you made my life just a little bit easier👍

Great video, I watched it midway as we are draining our pool, and added 2 other hoses to make it go faster!!

You alright in my book! I'm so glad you didn't old school siphon the water out. 👍🏼 Thank you for the video ! A little fireball and a messed up hose we about to do this! #wishusluck!

I honestly didnt think this would work but it works! i cant thank you enough!!! 🙏🏼

Helped me very well. Taught me a couple pointers on the siphoning part.

Genius. Thank you soooooo much for saving me from the mouthful of doom!

this is how I have always done it and if you want to do it even faster add multiple hoses individually

Thank you for sharing. Great tip! Super helpful.

Thank you so much!! This worked like a charm 🎉

Thank you for sharing the hack! you have saved me from buying a Bestway garden host adapter :-)

Man thanks for the spigot trick! It worked beautifully. I don’t particularly like cruddy water.

This was so helpful!!! Thank you so much, saved me a big headache

Thanks so much!! Worked great! Wasn't sure if it was gonna work bc my hose is so long but it did. I think I was in aw for like 10 mins outside just watching it 😂 so cool. Thanks again!!!

You are BRILLIANT. Thank you so much for sharing.

Genius ! Thanks for the insight. I didn’t want to drink pool water. 😂

Outstanding video, a much need for me right now.

Another thanks! At first it didn't work as the hose was a bit twisted and turned, after I straightened it and pushed it more on the floor the water started flowing out of it.

Thank you for this ingenious hack! I was about to use a vacuum pump to get the rest out, which would have killed my back.

Thats some Mcgywer shit. Thanks alot man, saved me tons of time ❤

Thanks for making such a great video!!! 😃

Genius! Thank you so much for this.

You are amazing this video helped so much Thank you so much!!

Thank you so much for your video, here i was planning to suck on the end...then thought surely i can google and find an easier way 😀 cheers 👏👍

This was so helpful! Thank you!

This is absolutely mindblowing!!

Thank you so much you just saved my life. ❤

Absolutely superb idea,very helpfull indrrd

What an absolute legend 🏆🙏🤘🏼🫡

Hello and thanks for your help. I have salt in my pool water, can I still drain this water into my lawn?

Thank you for the help! It really works

Great idea, doing the same here with my pool.

Ideal to store the liner till next season but where do you store it? mine is 16x32x4 rectangular and I have left water evaporate twice, first time I filled and all was ok last year then left it up and water evaporated again and now after some hard cleaning which did not lifted all the dirty spots I am re filling again and inspecting as I go to see if i did not ruined the liner; lot of people assure it is ruined but this liner is 20 gauge and heavily stitched up; in my are Las Vegas the summer and sun in general is brutal all year around but the humidity very low, don't know if this is good or bad for the liner but my neighbor stored his last season and kids broke it playing around it, he has a small tear now after this season he has to throw it away; as I type i got like 6 or 7 inches of water into mine and checking; the liner "feels" ok. As I fill it i will see if it fails or not, taking the chance for the rest of this season but come October I will definitely drain it and store it or even before if I stop using the pool, like maybe mid September, providing the liner survived my mistreatment.

Appreciate this man 💯

A shop vac with a long hose works good too. And take a broom to push the water towards the vac hose.

Hi man, thanks for the siphoning tip what solution is best for cleaning the liner floor and sides obviously needs to be non _ contaminant?

Thanks for this 😁👍

This works!! I though I was going to have to get in and bucket the rest out, you've saved me a lot of time, thank you so much 😀

Oh my your pool looks huge! What size summer wave is this? I'm currently pool shopping and watching everything that helps me learn the whole process so thanks for your tutorial ☺️

I use a RYOBI water transfer pump. My dad bought it. It comes with an inlet and an outlet. One hole for garden hose and one hole for other tube that goes into pool water. The thing is loud like a tornado siren almost but it drains the pool FAST! Power is remarkable.

Very helpful thank u!

Where did you get the drain valve/water hose adapter? I found one online but its for intex and is too small...

What do you recommend using as a replacement for the drain valve cap? Bestway is out of stock on exact replacements, and I have been unable to find something sized correctly. Thank you!

THANK YOU!!! My fiance suggested bailing it out a cup...... 🤣🤣🤣

Really helped us! Thanks

Makes sense 👍! Thanks man 🤙🏾

I was thinking of using the pool pump/filter to drain my pool. I was going to take the return side out n hook it up to a longer hose. Then remove the other side and just lay it in the pool and let it suck up the water.. Do you think that would work?

Thanks

omg your a life saver. I had to suck a little bit out to get it going

Hi just want to know what a good pump for the pool you have?

We have the same pool and had hard time getting last bit water out .I'll be trying this thank's i hope it works for me

Wow! Great tip 🎉

What did you put under wooden ladder and also do the pool water damage the wood ?

Are you just draining it & covering it up for the winter or would you suggest taking it apart completely? We have the same pool & I’m trying to figure out what we should do.

How did you undo the plug for the Pool ? Can you use something from outside to pop it out or is it threaded where you actually have to go underwater ? Thanks in advance for Reply

Absolute genius. Ty sir.

Im have to try this thank you

I love your ladder. I have no building skills at all but i have a friend who is willing to build one of these for me next year for my pool. Do you have a video on how you made that??

Where did you get your ladder, I need one cuz I just bought same pool

Mate, great tip 👍

Do you know the part number for the drain adapter?

You're a genius!

Wow. Thanks 😊

i actually have a motorized pump to get the remaining water out. i got it from Amazon for $80. questions though about the care of the pool after you empty the water and clean off the leaves and stuff. I'm assuming you are going to disassemble everything, right? Are you going to scrub down the entire pool/liner or wash it some more or just let it dry on its own? we have the Bestway Oval 22x12 from Coscto. It's just its first year and want to know if there's any special way of cleaning this and putting them away. I figure we can get 2-3 or even 4 years out of this pool. I'm just afraid i dont want to push its limit as i dont want this to tear or explode and we're just renting a house. dont want to damage or destroy any of the property or the neighbors' 😉 thanks in advance

Thanks!👍

I didn’t have the drain adapter so I used this trick for the whole pool and it worked until the last couple inches, at which point the water flow stopped. Any suggestions?

Thank you!!

It works! Thanks

great video

I pray u see this! Where can I get the valve or adapter!? This is not something I recall seeing when we did the install. Actually, I had a couple of pieces missing but I made it work. Please please respond. This is the exact video I need! Thanks so much!!!

Does draining hurt the liner?

Thank you!

Do you have to or is it recommended that you take it down at the end of summer

working for me, the flow is just this side of a trickle but I'll let it go and hopefully does the trick!

Where did you get your hose adapter from

Awesome, this worked!

Thank you thank you !!!

That’s a big pool how many feet is it ?? Where did you dump the water on your backyard ?? Idk what to do I feel like that’s a lot of water to let go on my yard .. help

Thanks..i needed this Sucking the hose wasnt working.. 🤣

Best way to do it right here.

Don’t know what I’m doing wrong cuz I got nothing! Am I being impatient? Long hose takes how long to show exiting?