As the air finally starts to heat up its time to consider making an investment in your own backyard. Though the ocean may not be your thing and your local pool grosses you out, it might be time to obtain an in ground or above ground pool and dive in. And if your still uncertain, check out our list of top 10 reasons, you just may need to get on that.

Reason #1: You can't swim in an air-conditioner! 

Reason #2: You can backwash your swimming pool filter into a neighbors yard and they wont know!

Reason #3: People with the swine flu need not be invited to your swimming pool.

Reason #4: Automatic pool cleaners make clean and easy to feed  house pets.

Reason #5: You can throw cigar smokers out of your own backyard,, but they can still light up at the Beach!

Reason #6: Skinny dippers are less likely to be arrested in their own backyard (or yours).

Reason #7: You get 0 miles a gallon in a heat wave in a swimming pool.

Reason #8: You can't exercise in a bathtub!

Reason #9: Bugs, mosquitos, snakes and butt biting jellyfish do not like chlorine!

Reason #10: Raw sewage gets dumped in the ocean, not your swimming  pool.

Products pictured above:
1. In Ground Pool; 2. Acquabug Automatic Pool Cleaner, $129; 3. The Eilat 8000, $1,109-$1,649
*List courtesy of Ira at redspools.com