This is because it is designed with thermal bubbles to capture the most available UV rays throughout the day, creating a greenhouse-type effect. Solar BlanketsĪ solar blanket pool cover looks similar to a large piece of bubble wrap. Each has its own pros and cons, and weighing these can help you to decide which is the best cover for your pool. You have three choices when it comes to the type of solar pool cover for your pool. So, how do you decide on the right type of solar cover for your pool? Different Types of Pool Solar Covers This lessens the need for expensive electric heat pumps or gas pool heaters.īy retaining heat, minimizing evaporation, and lowering the amount of chemicals you’ll need to add makes the solar cover a smart investment. These covers also serve as insulators, keeping that transferred heat from dissipating from the water’s surface. This can increase the water temperature up to 12 degrees or more. Tiny air pockets in the design capture the sun’s heat and transfers it to the water below. Your pool collects heat throughout each day but can’t retain it without a cover. In addition, the evaporation of the chemicals you use in the water declines, which means you’ll save money on chemicals in the long run.
With a solar pool cover, you can create a protective barrier against the elements which cause that evaporation. Evaporation occurs daily and increases with various weather conditions, such as high winds. Solar covers create a barrier between the air and the water inside your pool, minimizing the amount of heat loss due to evaporation. While you can use a traditional cover, a better choice is a pool solar cover. These covers act as barriers and keep out various debris, cutting down on required maintenance. In the Swim carries solar covers for all sizes and shapes of pools, along with solar cover reels that will make your pool life easier.Protecting your pool is important and keeping it in shape for the next use can be made easier with the right pool cover. The innovative Solar Sun rings holds insulating air to trap heat and use magnets to connect to each other to cover your pool for easy use. Put the Solar Fish liquid cover into your pool, two fish for larger pools, and its fin dispenses Heatsavr™ that is highly effective at reducing heat loss but not detectable by swimmers. Natural Chemistry’s COVERfree liquid solar cover is a popular and very effective item that also decreases water evaporation. These products retain your pool’s heat without having a physical solar cover you always have to manage and move. If having a large solar cover that always needs putting on a taking off the pool isn’t your thing, In the Swim has a unique set of items called liquid solar covers.
There’s also our Solar Saddle solar cover holder that is a less-expensive option where you manual roll your solar cover off the pool’s surface and tuck it into the attached holders around your pool. As for above ground pools, some styles like the AquaSplash above ground solar cover reel and the economy above ground solar cover reel attaches to your pool’s rail and pivots out of the way for swimmers. You can also get a powered solar cover reel that has a motor which plugs into a standard outlet for your in-ground pool.
Most any in-ground solar cover reel is designed to fit under diving boards and portable such as the Rockys solar cover reel system. There are several choices to pick from for both in-ground and above ground pools. Simply rolling it up neatly and out of the way takes mere minutes, a good solar reel will protect your solar cover for years of use. Solar cover reels help make the task of taking on and off the solar cover much easier. It also works in spring, when the days and nights start to get mild, but aren’t too warm, the solar cover can kick start the heating process and get you in the pool early. By keeping the pool water warm, for free, you’re extending the fun you can have in the pool for the season. This is the same on in-ground pools and above ground pools.Ī solar cover also holds the sun’s heat in the water when the nights start to get chillier as the summer season wanes. By absorbing and trapping the energy of the sun, a solar cover can heat your pool’s water by up to 15 degrees without using a gas heater or propane pool heater, thus saving you on heating costs by 50%-70%. A solar cover saves you money and extends your swimming season.