I thought I was getting kind of a small pool. I picked this because it said metal siding, that's not true by the way, it's metal poles. I comes with the filter, it comes with the tarp to put under it and it comes with a cover. Great!! When my husband put it together I did help and it was pretty easy. He did add some bricks under the poles to try and level it a little, ignoring the fact I said let's get some sand,,, it still works! I thought this was going to be kind of small something to just cool off in, well it's pretty darn big for the price.