solar cover

[tenax]

i did spent 35 bucks and bought a rubbermaid storeage box that i have on my shaded deck..i just take the white plastic and 3 bungies and dump it in there. 15 ft from my pool and it's good exercise..i'm a better safe than sorry kind of guy

[matt4x4]

I stopped doing it because of the amount of time needed (it's always windy here), so without my wife's help, it probably works out to 5+ minutes a day to cover/uncover the cover, this over the summer adds up to numerous hours, so for the sake of argument, lets say 5 hours a season, I can mow my lawn 2 times in 5 hours, do 10 oil changes on my cars in 5 hours, dirtbike 2 evenings in 5 hours, hang out with my kid for 5 hours...... so I guess what I'm saying is that my time is put to better use doing other things with those 5 hours.

[tenax]

WOW..don't start adding up how many hours you waste sleeping in a year..it would drive you nuts

[Jakebear]

I'm looking for a new cover too. The cheapie we got has started losing the the bubble tops.

I called a couple of suppliers today after doing a Google search. I found one company with a 10 year warranty --- only trouble is it does not Cover "Chemical Damage" or "Heat Damage" so if the bubbles pop --- in their opinion it's chemical damage. If the seams split or it delaminates, your covered.

The Extruded one in the link (above) sounds a lot like the one I found only 5 year warranty. But with their interpretation of what causes the failures, I'm not sure it matters.

If someone has other ideas I'd like to know too.

BTW --- with a reel I can uncover the pool in less than a minute 16X40X25 ell. This time of year --- wouldn't be without it.