Homeland Goods PCC80 Pool Filter Replacement for CCP320, Pleatco PCC80-PAK4, Unicel C-7470, R173573, Filbur FC-1976, PLFPCC80, Clean and Clear Plus 320, 817-0081, 4 X 80 sq. ft. Filter Cartridge

Best bang for the buck

Great filter, out performs the original filter that came with my pool 8 years ago.

Excellent product! Just like original!

I should have bought these Homeland Goods filters sooner. Fit perfectly right out of the box. I have to believe those reviewers who said they had some difficulty installing these cartridges must not have ordered the correct part. They fit very snuggly in the manifold, but, isn't that what you want? I was able to push them on with just a small amount of hand pressure in both the manifold on the bottom and the fitting on top. Changing the cartridges took less than 15 minutes.

So, why did I replace my cartridges? My pool is only 3 years old, but, I was having a problem with getting my old cartridges completely clean. I would take them out and spend time with the hose on high pressure trying to get into every crevice, put them back in and still show pressure readings in the mid 20s. Within 10 days the pressure was back up to 30psi. I had to clean them monthly in order to keep the water clear (yes, I checked all of the chemical balances and my salt system was working properly with proper salt levels). I even tried some chemical cleaners when cleaning the cartridges thinking that the high pressure water was not enough to get them clean. I have a variable speed pump and when it went into low speed mode my salt system indicated low flow and I was unable to get the pool water really clear.

When I put these cartridges in the pressure dropped to 15psi on high speed and I have better flow rate than I have ever had. I was able to cut the low speed on my variable speed pump in half and (at pressure readings of 12psi) I still have sufficient flow rate for the salt system and heater to operate. My pool sweep is running almost as fast on low pump speed as on the higher cleaning cycle speed. Within 4 hours I had sparkling clean water again.

I should mention that this is not our first pool. At our previous house I had a Hayward paper cartridge filter in which I had to clean the cartridges once a year and never had the problems I have had with the Pentair filter. Given the choice I would avoid the Pentair filter. In my opinion the Pentair equipment (pumps, filters, salt system) are inferior to the Hayward equipment. Hayward equipment is more expensive, but you get what you pay for.

Good for the price. FedEx took a little longer than expected to deliver. Quality is good.