Hand-held submersible pool and spa power cleaner

A hand-held submersible power cleaner for cleaning debris from a swimming pool, comprising:

• an elongated housing having an inlet positioned at a front end thereof and communicating with an interior cavity formed within the housing;
• an intermediate conduit having a front end and an opposing rear end, the front end extending longitudinally through a portion of said interior cavity;
• a filter assembly positioned within the cavity between the inlet and front end of the intermediate conduit;
• a removable drive assembly having a motor-driven impeller mounted for rotation at a forward end and a power switch at an opposing end, the forward end of the drive assembly being removably insertable into a channel with the impeller facing the rear end of the intermediate conduit;
• at least one outlet conduit in communication with the rear end of the intermediate conduit, wherein activation of the impeller draws pool water and debris through the inlet, and the filter assembly filters the debris and retains it in the cavity while the cleansed water flows through the filter assembly, the intermediate conduit and is discharged through the at least one outlet conduit.