Sun2Solar Clear 24 ft x 44 ft Rectangle Solar Cover | 12 Mil

As one who has used pool covers for the past ten years, I can attest that this is an excellent product. I know that your thinking "how is one pool cover better than another?" Two main reasons: One is that the seams are well sealed. I've had covers where the seams started to become unsealed within a few weeks. Second, it is a precise rectangle. That may seem unimportant but for someone who has rolled up a pool cover at least a thousand times, I can tell you from experience that covers that are off by even a couple inches makes the process of rolling up the cover rather tedious and time consuming. This one I can roll up in maybe 60-75 seconds. Rolling up a pool cover is a pain in the first place but if you know you can do it quickly and efficiently then it makes that spur of the moment midnight dip in the pool that much more likely! For those of you on the fence concerning a pool cover, let me tell you the benefits I've noticed. 1. You can heat your pool easier. The numbers I see thrown around of up to ten degrees are for the most part true. Before I started using pool covers, I could hope for a summer time high water temperature of 80-82 degrees. With the pool cover I can keep it at about 85 with ease (too warm for my taste but that's how my wife likes it. I was gone last weekend and when I took the cover off on Monday, the water temp was 90 degrees! I had to keep the cover off for a couple days to get it back to a suitable temperature. 2. It saves on chemicals. Now of course, the higher your water temperature the more chlorine you go through, but with the cover on it keeps the chlorine from leaking away into the atmosphere allowing it to work in your pool longer. 3. It saves on water. The way you heat water is by evaporating it, but with a cover, that evaporating water goes right back into the system. During the summer I can lose maybe a quarter inch of water a day without the pool cover on versus a quarter inch every couple days with it on. In fact the only time that I'm losing water is when I take the cover off to swim. 4. It keeps the pool cleaner. I honestly haven't used the automatic vacuum in nearly a month. I pick up the few leaves that get in by net but I haven't had to clean it in any other way. That in itself is a real time saver. All told, it is a bit of an outlay for the entire reel system and the covers last only about perhaps 18 months at best, but overall I would consider the pool cover system to be one of the better purchases I've made. And as for the pool cover, this one has been an excellent purchase and value. I will surely, 100% buy my next cover from them.

Picked up the 1200 series in March of 2023. It's been on the pool summer 2023 - summer 2025. It does exactly what it's supposed to - maintains and keeps heat in the colder evenings, prevents evaporation in the warm ones. In Northeast Ohio - so this is a short-use season (May through Sept); Just started to notice the blue bubble failure and had my first edge tear during closing. 3 summers is what I anticipated to get out of this. It is not a permanent solution - you will need to buy another. We picked up a cover for it, and I think that made a difference. the prior homeowner left his in the sun and complained they only lasted one season. Note - The 1200 is heavy for a 20x40 pool - buy an appropriate reel. the 1600 is likely overwhelming. I will buy another in the winter of 2026 - this is a no-brainer for us.

This solar blanket has to be the worse solar blanket I have purchased in the 12 year timeframe of owning an in-ground pool. This is probably our third to fourth blanket. We purchased this blanket in August of 2024 and didn’t start using it until May of 2025. By July and August of 2025 started seeing little pieces of blue plastic in the pool. Needless to say I will not purchase this brand again. The picture shows the pieces that I am getting out of the pool with a net, as recently as yesterday. Our pool is opened by professionals and closed by professionals with the water being tested weekly for chlorine levels and ph. Due to the way our other blankets lasted I don’t feel like this is error on our part in how our pool water is maintained. So, will be looking to replace this one after this year 2026. I just wanted other people to know what they may be getting into when buying this blanket.

I always had these at my house pools. The color seems to reflect the heat off them, so it doesn't get crazy hot. When sunning in the pool, I usually took to using two of these in a cross formation. I always wanted to keep my arms above water to get some sun, but the single float wasn't wide enough. As far as durability, I think I'd get 2-3 years per float. Durability suggestions: Keep out of the sun when not in use. Avoid letting kids sit on them and slide off the deck into the pool. I had an inground pool surrounded by a square slate edge. Scraping on the hard surface punctures the blue coating on the float, which makes it degrade more quickly. My dogs used to like them too, but sharp nails can also puncture the coating. Responsible use by adults with proper storage will probably get you many years of use out of one of these. A lot of rough use by kids probably means you'll be replacing these every year or two. To be clear - these aren't inflatable. It's foam surrounded by a thicker coating. If the coating is punctured or it cracks from rough use (or just sitting in the sun for days when not in use), the foam gets exposed and degrades more quickly. It's a quality product for sure. Proper use will definitely extend the useful life.

We keep coming back to this same solar cover every time we need a new one. It lasts about 3 seasons before starting to break down and become brittle, and we use it for one more season past that. It seems such a waste to keep throwing away this much plastic, but it makes such a difference. Not so much in warming up the water, but it really helps to prevent heat loss overnight and also saves water by preventing evaporation. It is easy to cut to fit our free form 18x36 pool and works well with a solar reel. We have tried other solar blankets that claim to last longer, but they aren't worth the extra money. Additionally, the extra weight of thicker mil plastic makes the blanket heavy to roll up and makes the reel bend down. This one seems to be the happy medium of longevity and ease of use.

I bought this expecting it to maybe last one year. With the amount of sun we get, I expected it to break down in a year's time. Purchased in Nov of 2021. It made it through 2 winters here in California, but was done this spring. Losing little pieces of the blue bubbles, and it tore finally. That being said, it did what I needed it to do. It kept dirt out of the pool and kept perhaps a little more heat in during the colder months. It lasted as long as the original pool cover that we had, so I think it was worth it. There's not really other inexpensive replacement covers available for the steel frame vinyl above ground pools from Intex/Bestway etc., so this was as affordable and performed probably as well as anything else would have that I found that would fit our pool (trimmed this to fit an oval shape). Just go into it with the right expectations. If you think this is going to last beyond 1-2 years, you need to reset your expectations.

Used it for about a year and now the bubbles are busting open and clogging up the filter! It’s still good for keeping the water warm but disappointed that it’s ripping and the bubbles are popping and causing the bubble debris :( Not sure if I should have done with the 16 mil thickness. I got the 12 mil.

Our clear cover started disintegrating this the second year of ownership. We do use it often to warm the pool in cooler weather along with the heater. I have always taken care of it, like covering it on the storage reel. The seller quickly responded to my warranty claim with a replacement so I couldn't be happier. Update: Seller says I must pay nearly $50 for shipping and handling for replacement cover. I will not submit a payment outside of Amazon due to security concerns which Rufus says not to do. After reading other reviews elsewhere I am very Leary but will report my experience here. Update: My cover was replaced and the seller worked with me quite professionally. I just installed it today. I changed my review to 5 stars from 3 based in this solid customers service in my case.

Cannot recommend due to very poor quality of material . The seams are already coming apart on day two of use. It is over priced bubble wrap.