Benefits of a Solar Cover

A solar cover saves you money and extends your swimming season. 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%. This is the same on in-ground pools and above ground pools.

A solar cover also holds the sun’s heat in the water when the nights start to get chillier as the summer season wanes. By keeping the pool water warm, for free, you’re extending the fun you can have in the pool for the season. 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.

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Solar Cover Reels

Solar cover reels help make the task of taking on and off the solar cover much easier. 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. There are several choices to pick from for both in-ground and above-ground pools. Most in-ground solar cover reels are designed to fit under diving boards and is portable making the easy to store away. You can also get a powered solar cover reel that has a motor that plugs into a standard outlet for your in-ground 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. There’s also our Solar Saddle solar cover holder which is a less-expensive option where you manually roll your solar cover off the pool’s surface and tuck it into the attached holders around your pool.

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Alternative Solar Covers

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 Alternative solar covers. Liquid Solar Covers and Solar Sun Rings work to retain your pool’s heat without the need of having a large blanket on your pool that you always have to manage and move. Natural Chemistry’s COVERfree liquid solar cover is a popular and very effective item that also decreases water evaporation. The innovative Solar Sun rings hold insulating air to trap heat and use magnets to connect to each other to cover your pool for easy use. These floating rings are an excellent way to heat up your pool water and are easier to handle for a single person as each Solar Sun Ring is 5 ft. in diameter. The manufacturer recommends a minimum of 60% pool coverage or one Solar Sun Ring for every 50 square feet of surface area for optimal performance.

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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.