I’ve had mine for about a year now and love it. If you buy the Riptide bags they’re a little bit more expensive than the Power Vac bags or the Hammerhead bags so I got the blue bag ring for them and use the Power Vac bags that are a little bit cheaper and they work great! In my opinion this is the best pool vac system out there! I’ve used both of the other brands and the Riptide is about $100 cheaper! The next thing I want to invest in is the swing arm so I can lower my tailgate without having to remove the latching system from my hitch.
Hey bud, nice choice in vacuums. I want to point out a few things. The rear lower pan that you take out, it goes in under those raised tabs. Like that it won’t fall out, a little harder to pull out but it will sit lower. I like the idea of drooling holes in it thou. I won’t drill holes in mine cause I keep my chlorine jugs in there with acid. Don’t want it to drop on the vac. As far as holes in the bag, you can use a hot glue gun to seal the holes, last’s linger. You can even sew them shut the use glue. I glued mine and it’s still lasting. Get a larger deep cycle marine battery if you do a lot of pools.
@@MrHarmonizr mako bags are the best bags. waiting for delivery on my riptide. my power vac bags get holes quick been using mako and no holes after several months. texas pools get hammered. mako bags wont fall off neither and only 20 buckaroos half the cost
@@paulk9188 depends on what size debris . ive tries cheaper bags and they literally last us 2 mo maybe if lucky. if i can afford a 2k cleaner i can afford 40 bags once every year or longer.
It's on the cart backward. I'm going on two seasons just now replacing the original bag. I use mine on nearly every pool in the winter. I haven't had any fading, but coating is chipped at the connections.
Hello Carrtex, I am thinking of buying the XP now and eventually making a cart? Do you think I should make my own or buy a hammerhead or equivalent cart later down the line? My main concern is mounting it to my truck. Thank you!
@@StormCalamity I lift my cart up and into the bed of my truck. If it's too heavy then take the batter box off first because thats where the majority of the weight is
After 2 years power is fading even with a new battery. Unit came with a trouble shooting guide, but it only addresses complete failure. " it works it doesn't ". Mine is just super weak and kills the battery much quicker . Help suggestions welcome.
Check your wires for corrosion, and clean off all the connections. Also I'd say call riptide, they're likely willing to help. I've noticed mine isn't as strong but I think it's because my charger only charges the battery to 13 volts. I had an older charger that would charge to 14.4 volts and the thing ripped!
My 2 questions are: 1. How would this hold up for open-vacs? I service pools in Long Island, NY, some open-vacs I have, using a 1.5HP Hayward super-pump can be 30-40 baskets. Ive had a few 2 hour vacs pretty common every season. Would this work better in a really leafy, heavy debris, type of cleaning? My second question is, can this be used on vinyl liner? Out of my 120 accounts, Only about 20 are Gunite. If it can be used on vinyl, is there different wheels to switch on for both vinyl and Gunite? Would love a response from anyone knowledgeable, as I am really trying to find a way not to cary a 40lb pump and filter, and pole, vac head, net, brush, in two trips, to 15 pools a day over the summer lol.
Hi David, you can use this on vinyl liner pools too, the wheels are very smooth and I do not think they would pose any threat to the linings. I'm not sure what an "open vac" is but I'm assuming its a portable pump you bring along. These units are best for leaves and heavy debris, not fine silt. Those bad jobs that require you to empty the pump basket 30-40 times probably would require 1-2 bag empties and cut the time at least in half. I'd call the guys from riptide directly with more questions they were pretty cool when I phoned them originally and can provide more info.
Good video. I bought a PowerVac & then bought the Riptide 6 months later. The Riptide has grown on me. I love using the cart too. Put acid & chlorine in it and it’s one trip to backyard. Drilling holes is a great idea. I’ve always got water in there.
@@lozblessed8609 over a year later and nothing has broken down. Got a buddy who’s hammerhead shell cracked, gotta buy a new one. 10 year warranty on Riptide shell. Stop being a Tool.
Man, I’m so close to pulling the trigger, but I have a Nissan Frontier with a bed cover, so I need to open the back. Don’t know how these things work, but I’m pretty sure the cart holder is going to block that.
I went from power vac (couldnt get parts) to Riptide. never had a motor go bad with 6 powervacs. already 2 motors gone on 2 Riotides in less than 2. years. 1 power cord started smoking. forget about changing oower cord out 3 different techs wiht barying degrees of mechanical apptitude could not do it. Riotide has yet to release a video oof doing tihis ot any videos. I have 3 Riptides with Carts under two years old for sale. (with new uninstalled motors and power cable. $1209 ea
Rip tide is not bad but hammerhead is far better. Powe vac is a joke to use in a commercial setting. Used them all and I couldn't care less which one you buy. But if you think power vac is on parts with the others you lost all credibility.
@@MrHarmonizr I work in an area where we get a lot of sand I'm currently using a portable filter vacuum. Would you recommend sticking to the filter vacuum?
@@sergio21342pp000 the portable vac/pump and filter will work much better for you, this will get sand but it may leave dust particles behind. Are you out in Palm Springs I've noticed everyone out there has a pump and filter set-up.
@@jeremyhancock321 I typically use the 100 micron bag, I also have a 60 micron bag, however it gets clogged if the pool is dusty, then it becomes useless.
Over priced heavy piece of crap, used mine twice and it now sits in the shop. Get yourself a BottomFeeder and change your entire perspective on shit! BottomFeeder is super light, no heavy battery & cords to mess around with, the Bottom Feeder changed my business entirely!
The bottom.feeder is a good vac too. But the riptide has more power. I do wish they mad a smaller riptide so it can get into some zones like troughs a little easier. But I use my riptide in 6” of water it’s so stron it draws the water up.
It’s heavy but absolutely not overpriced. Cheaper than powervac & hammered. Riptide and cart combo is a great tool to have. 75 micron bag is probably the best bag there is. I also have a bottom feeder. Great vacuum too but they both have strengths & weaknesses. If you have both your covered.
I’ve had mine for about a year now and love it. If you buy the Riptide bags they’re a little bit more expensive than the Power Vac bags or the Hammerhead bags so I got the blue bag ring for them and use the Power Vac bags that are a little bit cheaper and they work great! In my opinion this is the best pool vac system out there! I’ve used both of the other brands and the Riptide is about $100 cheaper! The next thing I want to invest in is the swing arm so I can lower my tailgate without having to remove the latching system from my hitch.
Riptide sucks compared to Hammerhead.
@@lozblessed8609 I don’t think so. I’ve used all three vacuuming systems and I like the way this one is built better.
Hey bud, nice choice in vacuums. I want to point out a few things. The rear lower pan that you take out, it goes in under those raised tabs. Like that it won’t fall out, a little harder to pull out but it will sit lower. I like the idea of drooling holes in it thou. I won’t drill holes in mine cause I keep my chlorine jugs in there with acid. Don’t want it to drop on the vac. As far as holes in the bag, you can use a hot glue gun to seal the holes, last’s linger. You can even sew them shut the use glue. I glued mine and it’s still lasting. Get a larger deep cycle marine battery if you do a lot of pools.
Thanks, I thought about doing the hot glue gun thing too!
@@MrHarmonizr mako bags are the best bags. waiting for delivery on my riptide. my power vac bags get holes quick been using mako and no holes after several months. texas pools get hammered. mako bags wont fall off neither
and only 20 buckaroos half the cost
The new double layer riptide bags I’m pretty sure can’t be beat. I use pvc hot blue glue to fix any hole on the fly.
@@grapplerguy2007 do you know what size Mako bags to get? Thank you in advance
@@paulk9188 depends on what size debris . ive tries cheaper bags and they literally last us 2 mo maybe if lucky. if i can afford a 2k cleaner i can afford 40 bags once every year or longer.
It's on the cart backward. I'm going on two seasons just now replacing the original bag. I use mine on nearly every pool in the winter. I haven't had any fading, but coating is chipped at the connections.
I love my Riptide. I bought the XP and made my own cart out of a dolly total cost was 940.00
You love your Riptide because you have not used Hammerhead.
@@lozblessed8609 I've used the Hammerhead for years. Riptide with the win
Hello Carrtex, I am thinking of buying the XP now and eventually making a cart? Do you think I should make my own or buy a hammerhead or equivalent cart later down the line? My main concern is mounting it to my truck. Thank you!
@@StormCalamity I lift my cart up and into the bed of my truck. If it's too heavy then take the batter box off first because thats where the majority of the weight is
You can get a dolley at Lowes for around 55$
After 2 years power is fading even with a new battery. Unit came with a trouble shooting guide, but it only addresses complete failure. " it works it doesn't ". Mine is just super weak and kills the battery much quicker . Help suggestions welcome.
Check your wires for corrosion, and clean off all the connections. Also I'd say call riptide, they're likely willing to help. I've noticed mine isn't as strong but I think it's because my charger only charges the battery to 13 volts. I had an older charger that would charge to 14.4 volts and the thing ripped!
How many pools you can do before you have to recharge
Hi where did you get that pole conector extension, i need it..
Please
Anything you see in the video came from Riptide with the machine.
My 2 questions are: 1. How would this hold up for open-vacs? I service pools in Long Island, NY, some open-vacs I have, using a 1.5HP Hayward super-pump can be 30-40 baskets. Ive had a few 2 hour vacs pretty common every season. Would this work better in a really leafy, heavy debris, type of cleaning?
My second question is, can this be used on vinyl liner? Out of my 120 accounts, Only about 20 are Gunite. If it can be used on vinyl, is there different wheels to switch on for both vinyl and Gunite?
Would love a response from anyone knowledgeable, as I am really trying to find a way not to cary a 40lb pump and filter, and pole, vac head, net, brush, in two trips, to 15 pools a day over the summer lol.
Hi David, you can use this on vinyl liner pools too, the wheels are very smooth and I do not think they would pose any threat to the linings. I'm not sure what an "open vac" is but I'm assuming its a portable pump you bring along. These units are best for leaves and heavy debris, not fine silt. Those bad jobs that require you to empty the pump basket 30-40 times probably would require 1-2 bag empties and cut the time at least in half. I'd call the guys from riptide directly with more questions they were pretty cool when I phoned them originally and can provide more info.
15*5=75…how do you do 120 pools in a week?
Good video. I bought a PowerVac & then bought the Riptide 6 months later. The Riptide has grown on me. I love using the cart too. Put acid & chlorine in it and it’s one trip to backyard.
Drilling holes is a great idea. I’ve always got water in there.
If you bought Hammerhead you’d laugh how stupid you were buying anything else.
@@lozblessed8609 over a year later and nothing has broken down. Got a buddy who’s hammerhead shell cracked, gotta buy a new one. 10 year warranty on Riptide shell.
Stop being a Tool.
Man, I’m so close to pulling the trigger, but I have a Nissan Frontier with a bed cover, so I need to open the back. Don’t know how these things work, but I’m pretty sure the cart holder is going to block that.
They sell a swing away hitch adaptor for vans, that would probably allow you to open the tailgate. Give them a call they're pretty friendly guys.
swing away hitch breaks at welding joints
There’s lots of things wrong with it. That’s why I use Hammerhead.
yeah, NOT! LOL
Incredibly durable. More Riptides in Vegas now than Hammerheads. Smart people.
@@VegasPoolGuy1 I would argue both systems are not great in vegas since our biggest problem here is dirt not large debris.
I went from power vac (couldnt get parts) to Riptide. never had a motor go bad with 6 powervacs. already 2 motors gone on 2 Riotides in less than 2. years. 1 power cord started smoking. forget about changing oower cord out 3 different techs wiht barying degrees of mechanical apptitude could not do it. Riotide has yet to release a video oof doing tihis ot any videos. I have 3 Riptides with Carts under two years old for sale. (with new uninstalled motors and power cable. $1209 ea
Rip tide is not bad but hammerhead is far better. Powe vac is a joke to use in a commercial setting. Used them all and I couldn't care less which one you buy. But if you think power vac is on parts with the others you lost all credibility.
Dose this work with dirt in the pool? Or is it just for leafs?
It will get most dirt, but it is not replacement for an old fashion pool vacuum. I have to vac pools about once a month still.
@@MrHarmonizr I work in an area where we get a lot of sand I'm currently using a portable filter vacuum. Would you recommend sticking to the filter vacuum?
@@sergio21342pp000 the portable vac/pump and filter will work much better for you, this will get sand but it may leave dust particles behind. Are you out in Palm Springs I've noticed everyone out there has a pump and filter set-up.
@@MrHarmonizr What bag are you using? Have you tried the 60 micron bag?
@@jeremyhancock321 I typically use the 100 micron bag, I also have a 60 micron bag, however it gets clogged if the pool is dusty, then it becomes useless.
Thanks for the info ! Did you go with the 40 or 60 foot cord 😎
I got the 40' cord.
not good for your regents to leave them out to the UV of the sun
I keep them in the case now.
Over priced heavy piece of crap, used mine twice and it now sits in the shop. Get yourself a BottomFeeder and change your entire perspective on shit! BottomFeeder is super light, no heavy battery & cords to mess around with, the Bottom Feeder changed my business entirely!
The bottom.feeder is a good vac too. But the riptide has more power. I do wish they mad a smaller riptide so it can get into some zones like troughs a little easier. But I use my riptide in 6” of water it’s so stron it draws the water up.
It’s heavy but absolutely not overpriced. Cheaper than powervac & hammered. Riptide and cart combo is a great tool to have. 75 micron bag is probably the best bag there is.
I also have a bottom feeder. Great vacuum too but they both have strengths & weaknesses.
If you have both your covered.
1/4 power and 5 600 more lol pffft go to bed bill you're drunk again