Blue Wave NE1175 Heavy Duty In-Pool Ladder for Above Ground Pools

Love it

Very easy to put together. Very stable. Does not shake. Did have to customize the part that attaches to the deck A little bit. We wanted the platform to end on the deck so we had to shorten up the pieces that fit into the ones that are screwed down. And of course we screwed everything in for stability, even the pieces that did not say they needed to be.

Directions say to fill the ladder with sand but there are pre made holes for the water to go into so the sand just pours out! Also have to have access to a saw or sharp cutting tool to make ladder fit your pool. Do not recommend. Not great directions or design.

we needed another set of steps for the pool. This set is almost the same as the 1 we already have.

I don't even know where to begin. The instructions are flat-out terrible, and not intuitive. If you can cobble them together to set up this ladder, you end up with a ladder that essentially snaps together and comes apart VERY easily, usually while you're on it, which is less than ideal. There are no marked places for screws, so that's choose your own adventure. The pieces that support the steps are tiny nubs that are 1/2 AT BEST. Imagine the stair treads in your house weren't built on a frame, but instead rested on four tiny smooth plastic pieces sticking out from the sides. Now add water. There you go, now you have the dangerous, poorly-engineered pool steps being sold here. And that's if the steps didn't randomly float off of the ladder, which they do all the time, since there is no way to actually secure them TO the ladder unless you, again, choose your own screw hole adventure. I honestly don't know who this ladder worked for, either tiny children who put almost no weight on it, or people who modified it in some way not being disclosed in the reviews. It's horrible. You would be better off with a step ladder, which I'm actually using until a better ladder arrives.

above ground pool