Beede Swim and Fitness Center

"Nice facility, great people and very clean. The problem is that they cannot keep it open for any period of time, and they do not communicate closures. They claim they do, but the emails do not arrive (verified with multiple members and yes, we all checked spam.) This is month three where it has been either entirely open or closed on a regular basis. They have promised various forms of compensation, but nothing has arrived."

"Very nice pool(s) in a clean and well maintained facility. Locker rooms and showers are kept very clean."

"Disagree with a prior review saying this pool is not good for kids. They have a great shallow warm pool and, separately, a kiddie pool with fun water works - both of which kids are allowed in. Kids only have to take a swim test to go alone in the lap lanes (otherwise, an adult has to accompany them, which is very reasonable). The only way that test would be "humiliating" for a kid (as the prior reviewer said) is if the child actually couldn't swim properly, in which case they shouldn't be in the deep pools. I am glad that Beede has proper rules so that kids aren't just dumped at the pools to run amok while other swimmers try to actually swim laps or exercise. Beede is a great facility, with great management."

"This place is not very inclusive or accessible to kids and families who are not already on a competitive swim team. The rules are overly strict, seem arbitrary, and they make kids go through a humiliating swim test that takes all of the joy out of swimming."

"pretty nice swimming pool, small collection of exercise equipment. but there are four pools! one Maine lap pool which is the standard 25 yards of most places. and then a short dive well with two or three tall diving boards. that pool can be used for short short therapy or laps when there are no divers. then there is a therapy pool which is like a warm bubbly jacuzzi but it is quite large for that kind of thing! and then a kids spray pool which is really fun for young kids 2345. probably gets a little boring for older kids. the most impressive thing is that they made a huge effort and stayed open during the pandemic. they set up a system where you reserve a single or a double lane with rules to keep people safe. relatively safe. at first the slots were like a luxurious 85 minutes long now gone down to 55 minutes. the point is when you reserve a lane it is yours and that is really excellent. I have to give it to all the stuff in their hard work. the cleaning is a little silly which has been proven to not be important. the most important thing of course is air exposure and they're pretty good about that. I hope they keep their laying reservation system. some places are like a shark tank and it's very uncomfortable swimming in busy Lanes."