Aqua Select Anti-Slip in-Pool Steps with Outside Flip-Up Ladder | Blue/White Steps | for Above Ground Swimming Pools | Can Mount to Decks 48" to 54" H | Safety Stairs Capacity Up to 250 lbs

Alot of people complaining about handles not being strong enough. They are fine for getting in and out of pool. Don't know if they will hold up to the grandkids hanging and pulling on them but not sure any resin/plastic steps will hold up to my grandkids. First steps that came with pool lasted 3 years but for my pool and deck I like these better. The steps themselves are great. Easy to assemble. Ordering info said only good up to 250lbs but box they came in said 350lbs. They seem plenty strong. I didn't fill steps with sand as instructions showed because I have to put steps in and out by myself so I thought this would make them too heavy. I did purchase the weight jugs shown in the instructions and they hold the steps down just great and are easy to install and remove by myself. Bought the Hydrotools by swimline 87921 premium step weight system 2 pack which is a different brand but works with aqua select steps. Make sure to get a pool ladder mat to protect your pool liner.

These are great steps as long as you weight them down. I bought 2 sets, one for inside and one for outside. The outside set I weighed down with 4 - 12 inch cement paver stones set on 2x2 beams I set across the frame and it was very sturdy. The inside I had a little more trouble with and ended up using plastic sand bags with about 80 lbs of sand and it worked ok, but could have used more weight. I also connected them together to help stabilize them. A couple of FYI's....the hand rails are not very sturdy and cannot support much weight so don't try leaning on them. And the rise of the steps is a little higher than I thought it would be so if you have mobility issues and can't bend your knees very much, this may be an issue.

I checked into a bunch of different steps and read alot of reviews before deciding to try these. And i wanted to use them for a bit before writing my review. We've now used them for over a month and they are pretty decent steps, I'm very happy with them. The steps seem solid under my plus size weight. They were very easy to put together, took us maybe 10 minutes. I wanted more water flow thru them to try reducing mold build up on the underside, so we didn't put all the wall pieces under each step, i left it more open. And the steps still feel very solid without those pieces. I will say, trying to put the steps into the water was comical. From reading other reviews, i knew we needed to get some weights to hold them in place, but i underestimated how much weight we needed. We ended up getting some of those super sturdy, black storage bins and filled them with bricks. We zip tied one to each side of the steps and one onto the back bar underneath the steps. Plenty of weight is the key! When we close the pool for the winter, we will simply cut the zip ties to release the weight so we can lift the steps out. The one thing i don't like is the wing things that slide down onto the handles for attaching the steps to the deck. They are about an inch thick, but hollow, and have just 1 hole towards the end for a nail or screw. It just doesn't seem sturdy to me. I put alot of thought into this because our pool is about 2 inches higher than our deck, so we would need to nail a board to the deck to make it level with the wings over the pool rim. I didn't like the idea of having a board right at the steps to stub toes on. But my biggest issue is that the 1 hole in the hollow plastic just doesn't seem like it would hold up very long. When you're climbing up out of the water, that's alot of weight being pulled on that 1 nail in a piece of plastic. We ended up removing the wings and tying rope around the handles and attaching it to hooks we put on the underside of the deck. No boards to stub toes on and no holes in the deck. You don't really have to secure these steps to the deck if you have enough weight holding them in place. They felt a little bit wobbly with the water flowing around them before we attached them with the rope, but were fine to use. But now that we figured out how we wanted to attach them to the deck, they feel much sturdier. I would recommend them for the ease of getting in and out of the pool. They are wide enough to move between the handles easily, and i can even sit down comfortably on the steps if I want to just sit in the water. I would recommend these steps for anyone who doesn't like dealing with that standard pool ladder - elderly, plus size, small kids, anyone.

Great, solid and easy to put together. This thing was a godsend this year. We are getting older and those flimsy ladders just didn't make it safe to climb into the pool. I actually put this one in the pool opposite of what it says to, so the big solid steps were outside the pool.

Great set of steps. Get the weights, the stairs do float.

It's very tall! My issue was, the ladder was getting harder and harder to climb. Also, I have dogs that need to be able to get out of they fall in. These steps completely cured that. I love it! One of the rails will no go down all the way. It comes apart when grabbed. We have a 30,000 gal oval above ground pool with deck built around it. We did buy the mat to protect the liner at the bottom. That was hard to get rolled out and kept in place to place the steps. The anchored weights are a must. Especially for the bottom step. We could not find any that we thought would fit it. The ones shown in the instructions could be bought anywhere. We used gallon water jugs, play sand and water. You'll need to fill the jug almost all the way, then top off with water. they fit perfectly on bottom step.

The box was opened on both ends with the parts falling out of it. The box was very weak and is probably why it was falling apart. The steps weighed about 50lbs and the box to weak to handle the steps. The instructions were a little vague and the Hand rails were not stable. The ad on Amazon states free returns but the company stated I had to pay for the return. After many emails Amazon said they would refund me the cost for shipping. I paid a little over $200 for the steps and the cost for shipping was $365. I tried to explain this to Amazon but they said they would still refund me. STUPID!! I had to tape the whole box because it was pretty much destroyed and take it to UPS. I am waiting on my refund and I am not getting any response from Amazon regarding the return. WHAT A HASSLE and if I am out of pocket for the $365 shipping costs, there is going to be a problem and I will tell the whole world what happened to me. Make sure u read the Company’s return policy on everything u order!!!

Hard to weigh down. Directions give you an option to pour sand into two of the poles. Dont do it. Just get weights or weighted bags. Once weighted down they’re good steps for the price.