Sun2Solar Clear 24 ft x 44 ft Rectangle Solar Cover | 1200 Series | Heat Retaining Blanket for Rectangular Inground & Above Ground Swimming Pools | Use Sun to Heat Pool | Bubble Heating Blankets

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.

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.

When the cover arrived (January 2024) it looked OK. Perhaps a little thin, but I knowingly bought a 12-mil thickness (I'd had 12-mil before, and they lasted 3+ years). First year, all OK. It was only on the pool for 6 months (FL winter months), then stored indoors. The next year, it was still OK when I installed it in November 2024. By April 2025, there was some deterioration, but still usable. I kept the cover on the pool in April 2025 (for the summer, and did not remove it ever) to prevent evaporation loss. But by late June, it was in tatters. About half of the bubbles had separated, leaving thousands of 1/2" blue discs in the water. The seams were separated, much of the blue color had bleached out, and the surface tore like toilet paper when I tried to move it.A pool solar cover should last more than 1.5 years (1 year of actual on-the-pool use). It's apparent that the material was low quality, and was not sun tolerant -- a real shortcoming in SOLAR pool cover. The manufacturer should have indicated that the expected life was only 1 year.Don't buy this cover due to its short life. And I'd be leery of anything from this brand.

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.

This pool cover is REALLY GREAT for keeping the pool warm. The only problem with it is that it only lasts two years. I just bought my third one. After two years, the sun breaks down the plastic and it starts falling apart and tearing. I’m going to keep buying them every two years; but, I wish they lasted longer.

I’ll start off by saying this is a product you can expect to buy yearly if you use it often. Mine is used daily. They dry rot pretty quickly. We use the reel system with ours to make it easier to put on and off. It keeps the heat in on cool Illinois nights and keeps the pool cleaner. I’d never go without a solar cover. This is my 3rd cover with this seller. Fast shipping. Good product.

Buyer beware!! I ordered this product in April 2022. It did a good enough job (hence two stars) but it completely disintegrated by the end of 2023. I bought another in May of 2024 and here we are again, at the end of year two, and it is completely disintegrating. You can see from the pictures it has holes and tears, and all those little white dots are where the air pockets fell off, leaving little blue dots clogging up our skimmer.We use it for about a month in the spring and a month in the fall. Otherwise it is cleaned and kept in a climate controlled garage. In other words, I get about three months of usage before it starts to fall apart. The worst part? Since I ordered the second one before I requested the warranty reimbursement, they wouldn’t honor it. So I’m out $400 dollars for essentially 6 months of usage. I will not order again.Overall, it was a terrible product and even worse customer service. I will not waste my money on this product again.

The cover worked great until it suddenly started falling apart. I first noticed a lot of blue bubbles in my pool skimmer in July. Soon after the seams ripped and the cover is a failure. Over the past thirty two years of pool ownership we have gone through many covers. This cover started off as a favorite. We treated it so very nicely. We even got a cover for it when it’s on the reel and not on the pool. It’s covered up in the garage during winters. But, 2 years and 2 months into ownership, it’s a mess. Pool covers have to last longer than this cover. I would not recommend anyone using this cover on their in ground pools in the future. Just not worth the money.