Just got my reel and cover a couple of weeks ago. I spent all last season without a blanket. We have a gas heater, and have just found we were losing too much heat at night and spending too much to make it up with the heater! I can haul it on and off by myself with the reel (20 x 40 pool) and it only takes me 5-10 minutes at the most to get it on and off. I am finding I am saving 6 degrees or more heat loss when the nights are getting down in the 60's now, which equates to several hours worth of gas to heat it back up to where we like it during the daytime. I say my pocketbook will like it!