diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 525b15ee..0f5d2d72 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ futures-util = { version = "0.3.16", default-features = false, features = ["allo
 http-body-util = "0.1.0"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["macros", "test-util", "signal"] }
 tokio-test = "0.4"
+tower = { version = "0.5", features = ["util"] }
 tower-test = "0.4"
 pretty_env_logger = "0.5"
 
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ full = [
 
 client = ["hyper/client", "tokio/net", "dep:tracing", "dep:futures-channel", "dep:tower-service"]
 client-legacy = ["client", "dep:socket2", "tokio/sync", "dep:libc", "dep:futures-util"]
-client-pool = ["dep:futures-util", "dep:tower-layer"]
+client-pool = ["client", "dep:futures-util", "dep:tower-layer"]
 client-proxy = ["client", "dep:base64", "dep:ipnet", "dep:percent-encoding"]
 client-proxy-system = ["dep:system-configuration", "dep:windows-registry"]
 
@@ -99,6 +100,10 @@ __internal_happy_eyeballs_tests = []
 
 [[example]]
 name = "client"
+required-features = ["client-legacy", "client-pool", "http1", "tokio"]
+
+[[example]]
+name = "client_legacy"
 required-features = ["client-legacy", "http1", "tokio"]
 
 [[example]]
diff --git a/examples/client.rs b/examples/client.rs
index 04defac0..d40b357b 100644
--- a/examples/client.rs
+++ b/examples/client.rs
@@ -1,37 +1,157 @@
-use std::env;
+use tower::ServiceExt;
+use tower_service::Service;
 
-use http_body_util::Empty;
-use hyper::Request;
-use hyper_util::client::legacy::{connect::HttpConnector, Client};
+use hyper_util::client::pool;
 
 #[tokio::main(flavor = "current_thread")]
-async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-    let url = match env::args().nth(1) {
-        Some(url) => url,
-        None => {
-            eprintln!("Usage: client <url>");
-            return Ok(());
-        }
-    };
-
-    // HTTPS requires picking a TLS implementation, so give a better
-    // warning if the user tries to request an 'https' URL.
-    let url = url.parse::<hyper::Uri>()?;
-    if url.scheme_str() != Some("http") {
-        eprintln!("This example only works with 'http' URLs.");
-        return Ok(());
+async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
+    send_nego().await
+}
+
+async fn send_h1() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
+    let tcp = hyper_util::client::legacy::connect::HttpConnector::new();
+
+    let http1 = tcp.and_then(|conn| {
+        Box::pin(async move {
+            let (mut tx, c) = hyper::client::conn::http1::handshake::<
+                _,
+                http_body_util::Empty<hyper::body::Bytes>,
+            >(conn)
+            .await?;
+            tokio::spawn(async move {
+                if let Err(e) = c.await {
+                    eprintln!("connection error: {:?}", e);
+                }
+            });
+            let svc = tower::service_fn(move |req| tx.send_request(req));
+            Ok::<_, Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>>(svc)
+        })
+    });
+
+    let mut p = pool::Cache::new(http1).build();
+
+    let mut c = p.call(http::Uri::from_static("http://hyper.rs")).await?;
+    eprintln!("{:?}", c);
+
+    let req = http::Request::builder()
+        .header("host", "hyper.rs")
+        .body(http_body_util::Empty::new())
+        .unwrap();
+
+    c.ready().await?;
+    let resp = c.call(req).await?;
+    eprintln!("{:?}", resp);
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+async fn send_h2() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
+    let tcp = hyper_util::client::legacy::connect::HttpConnector::new();
+
+    let http2 = tcp.and_then(|conn| {
+        Box::pin(async move {
+            let (mut tx, c) = hyper::client::conn::http2::handshake::<
+                _,
+                _,
+                http_body_util::Empty<hyper::body::Bytes>,
+            >(hyper_util::rt::TokioExecutor::new(), conn)
+            .await?;
+            println!("connected");
+            tokio::spawn(async move {
+                if let Err(e) = c.await {
+                    eprintln!("connection error: {:?}", e);
+                }
+            });
+            let svc = tower::service_fn(move |req| tx.send_request(req));
+            Ok::<_, Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>>(svc)
+        })
+    });
+
+    let mut p = pool::Singleton::new(http2);
+
+    for _ in 0..5 {
+        let mut c = p
+            .call(http::Uri::from_static("http://localhost:3000"))
+            .await?;
+        eprintln!("{:?}", c);
+
+        let req = http::Request::builder()
+            .header("host", "hyper.rs")
+            .body(http_body_util::Empty::new())
+            .unwrap();
+
+        c.ready().await?;
+        let resp = c.call(req).await?;
+        eprintln!("{:?}", resp);
     }
 
-    let client = Client::builder(hyper_util::rt::TokioExecutor::new()).build(HttpConnector::new());
+    Ok(())
+}
 
-    let req = Request::builder()
-        .uri(url)
-        .body(Empty::<bytes::Bytes>::new())?;
+async fn send_nego() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
+    let tcp = hyper_util::client::legacy::connect::HttpConnector::new();
 
-    let resp = client.request(req).await?;
+    let http1 = tower::layer::layer_fn(|tcp| {
+        tower::service_fn(move |dst| {
+            let inner = tcp.call(dst);
+            async move {
+                let conn = inner.await?;
+                let (mut tx, c) = hyper::client::conn::http1::handshake::<
+                    _,
+                    http_body_util::Empty<hyper::body::Bytes>,
+                >(conn)
+                .await?;
+                tokio::spawn(async move {
+                    if let Err(e) = c.await {
+                        eprintln!("connection error: {:?}", e);
+                    }
+                });
+                let svc = tower::service_fn(move |req| tx.send_request(req));
+                Ok::<_, Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>>(svc)
+            }
+        })
+    });
 
-    eprintln!("{:?} {:?}", resp.version(), resp.status());
-    eprintln!("{:#?}", resp.headers());
+    let http2 = tower::layer::layer_fn(|tcp| {
+        tower::service_fn(move |dst| {
+            let inner = tcp.call(dst);
+            async move {
+                let conn = inner.await?;
+                let (mut tx, c) = hyper::client::conn::http2::handshake::<
+                    _,
+                    _,
+                    http_body_util::Empty<hyper::body::Bytes>,
+                >(hyper_util::rt::TokioExecutor::new(), conn)
+                .await?;
+                println!("connected");
+                tokio::spawn(async move {
+                    if let Err(e) = c.await {
+                        eprintln!("connection error: {:?}", e);
+                    }
+                });
+                let svc = tower::service_fn(move |req| tx.send_request(req));
+                Ok::<_, Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>>(svc)
+            }
+        })
+    });
+
+    let mut svc = pool::negotiate(tcp, |_| false, http1, http2);
+
+    for _ in 0..5 {
+        let mut c = svc
+            .call(http::Uri::from_static("http://localhost:3000"))
+            .await?;
+        eprintln!("{:?}", c);
+
+        let req = http::Request::builder()
+            .header("host", "hyper.rs")
+            .body(http_body_util::Empty::new())
+            .unwrap();
+
+        c.ready().await?;
+        let resp = c.call(req).await?;
+        eprintln!("{:?}", resp);
+    }
 
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/examples/client_legacy.rs b/examples/client_legacy.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..04defac0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/client_legacy.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+use std::env;
+
+use http_body_util::Empty;
+use hyper::Request;
+use hyper_util::client::legacy::{connect::HttpConnector, Client};
+
+#[tokio::main(flavor = "current_thread")]
+async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let url = match env::args().nth(1) {
+        Some(url) => url,
+        None => {
+            eprintln!("Usage: client <url>");
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+    };
+
+    // HTTPS requires picking a TLS implementation, so give a better
+    // warning if the user tries to request an 'https' URL.
+    let url = url.parse::<hyper::Uri>()?;
+    if url.scheme_str() != Some("http") {
+        eprintln!("This example only works with 'http' URLs.");
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+
+    let client = Client::builder(hyper_util::rt::TokioExecutor::new()).build(HttpConnector::new());
+
+    let req = Request::builder()
+        .uri(url)
+        .body(Empty::<bytes::Bytes>::new())?;
+
+    let resp = client.request(req).await?;
+
+    eprintln!("{:?} {:?}", resp.version(), resp.status());
+    eprintln!("{:#?}", resp.headers());
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/src/client/pool/mod.rs b/src/client/pool/mod.rs
index 9f1a8fce..fd505416 100644
--- a/src/client/pool/mod.rs
+++ b/src/client/pool/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 //! Composable pool services
+//!
+//! This module contains various concepts of a connection pool separated into
+//! their own concerns. This allows for users to compose the layers, along with
+//! any other layers, when constructing custom connection pools.
 
 pub mod cache;
 pub mod map;
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 65bbe465..ef133f6c 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ mod common;
 pub mod rt;
 #[cfg(feature = "server")]
 pub mod server;
-#[cfg(any(feature = "service", feature = "client-legacy"))]
+#[cfg(any(
+    feature = "service",
+    feature = "client-legacy",
+    feature = "client-pool",
+))]
 pub mod service;
 
 mod error;