Sun2Solar Blue 16 ft x 36 ft Rectangle Solar Cover | 1200 Series | Heat Retaining Blanket for Rectangular Inground & Above Ground Swimming Pools | Use Sun to Heat Pool | Bubble Heating Blankets

I saw some reviews of rips and tears that worried me. The package was wrapped nice and neat. No bubbles were broken and no tears in the seams. The product was a little bit bigger than advertised. I ordered the 32x16, this one was probably 34x18, which is fine, I needed to trim it down slightly either way. Product has kept my pool temps from going down overnight and no need to use my heater with the heat from the sun heating up the pool. It also helps keep debris out of the pool. This item does get heavy and is a little bit of a pain to roll up. I may invest in one of those rollers with a crank on it.

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.

Heats the pool only on top yet worked well enough for us to swim. I am reviewing this two years later, even with protecting it with a protective solar cover on the reel during the winter , this year it has holes and is tearing and flaking off into pool water.

It worked great the first summer we had this for evaporation. We didn't really use it for heating, but in the summer the pool was actually warmer than we liked, so it seemed to do that job well. But we have not even had it a year and already the bubbles are breaking and leaving plastic blue discs all over the pool, the yard, and in the skimmers (and I'm sure in the filter, since some of them broke down smaller than the skimmer basket). It did blow around a lot in heavy winds, and we had to anchor it with concrete blocks on the corners. Debris can still get in as well from the edges, and as you roll it up, so it really doesn't help keep the pool cleaner. I know that isn't what it is advertised to do, but we were hoping it would help a little in that regard. There are several large rips in the seams where the jets push the water around when the pump is on. It is really hard to clean, because it rips so easily and is heavy and cumbersome. You'd think we could have had more than a year of use out of it. Not sure we would buy again.

Had for over a year..has not lost its strength! Usually have to replace yearly..this year was a huge win! I lazily left it out all winter in snow etc..still a beast!

I screwed up and ordered the wrong size. It was way too big so we had to cut it, but it turned out OK..

Perfect all I had to do was cut to size

Works great to raise the water temperature. It may last a whole year, if you are lucky. In my experience there is no point in spending more, no covers that I have purchased last more than a year. This one at least has the best price I could find.