The Albany business behind the Endless Pool, a compact swimming pool with a built-in current that lets you swim in place. The pool is built from steel wall panels and a heavy-gauge vinyl liner, so it can be made to fit a garage, basement, courtyard or corner. Pools range from 2.13m by 3.66m up to 3.05m by 4.88m, with depths up to 1.83m, and the buyer picks one of five swim-current settings. The current is what makes the small pool feel as long as a river, so people swim without ever turning.
Each pool comes as a complete system, with the pool, water-quality and heating equipment, the current generator and return channels. Options include retractable security covers, interior steps or seats, exterior stairs, custom coping and skirting, and underwater treadmills. The company also sells Swim Spas, Fastlane Pro and Waterwell models.
Customers have written about swimming all year round in a heated pool at home and fitting one into a space too small for a regular pool. A dual-propulsion model lets two people train at different levels at the same time. Others say the pool has eased back pain, and one couple uses theirs for craniosacral therapy in the water. The company says more than 20,000 customers have installed one.
The business is at 35 William Pickering Drive, Albany, on Auckland's North Shore.