60-Inch UV Resistant Solar Pool Heater │ Above Ground & Inground Pools & Spas │ Sunburst │ 1-Pack

While initially skeptical about these, I gotta say: they work great. They maintain the pool temperature incredibly well. Only "con" is that you do need think about storage while you are in the pool. They cannot lay on the lawn or stack on one another. This is my first year with them, I'll be interested to see how many seasons they last.

Still too soon to tell if they work or not as we are still in the 90s here. But one thing for sure, they definitely reduce the effectiveness of the skimmer and make maintaining a clean pool overall more difficult. When we determine if they helped to hold temperature stars may go up. Jury ia still out on that. UPDATE*** one sprung a leak within a day. Seller replaced it straightaway so good on them. Within about 6 weeks a second sprung a leak. They can be patched and the supplied patches DO work. Above I mentioned that they complicate cleaning. This is for sure. They very much reduce the effectiveness of the skimmer and overall make maintenance more difficult. Now the big question: Do they work? Sadly I don’t believe so. Despite putting them in in late August when we are still in the low to mid 90s air temps & the pool as in the middle 80’s, as soon as the shorter day and cooler weather crept around in early October, the pool did drop to the mid 70s. It DID hold there for a while. But the first cool nights we got, the pool dropped to the mid and then low 60s with just two cool nights (temps in the 50s). Perhaps they got us an extra week or two of swimming. Perhaps not. The water became too cool to swim comfortably this year with these devices as last year without. As the leaves are beginning to fall here in earnest from our trees that DO drop leaves in South Louisiana (which is no all of them) our pool technician informed us that they will HAVE to come out in order to maintain the pool. I agree. They just get too much in the way during the leaf drop season. What did they do? I do believe they helped significantly with evaporation. That normally isnt an issue here as out tropical to sub tropical climate gives us 70-80 inches of rain a year, but this year we are in an extremely unusual (for us) drought so I do know that the slowed evaporation and kept us from having to refill as often. Ultimately I really WANTED these to work. The “common sense” and skeptical side of my brain said they wouldn’t. The scientific side said they might, and of course the reviews here (many of them) said the definitely did. Perhaps an extra week of swimming? Question is, is that worth almost $400-500 and the maintenance headaches they caused? We have them in storage now and plan to re deploy them in the spring hoping that hey may warm the pool a few weeks earlier! Since we have them, why not try. But I dont think I would buy them again or replace them when they wear out.

These work so long as expectations are realistic. I'm in my 4th season using these rings and they do the 2 things I purchased them for: 1) reduce evaporation, and 2) retain a good amount of heat at night. They are significantly easier than wrestling with the blankets. If anyone purchases them for the sole intent of heating a pool, then you will be disappointed any likely quite angry as evident in reading many of the 1 star reviews. Are they overpriced, yes. But any product made exclusively for pools are way overpriced. I was just away for a little over 2 weeks. To ensure I didn't loose any if we got storms/high winds I put a leaf net cover over the pool and had the pump on a timer. Got home to clean water with little evaporative loss and the chemistry was good having treated and tweaked it before leaving and tossed in 2 chlorine floaters in. I know 4 stars is a bit of a stretch given price and somewhat cheap construction, but they do accomplish what I want out of them. Plus, most importantly is that my wife doesn't have to endure listening to me yelling obscenities while wrestling with a solar blanket 😳

We are still experimenting with these solar covers. They seem to help maintain some water temperature over night but they do not seem to be effective at raising the temperature during the day. Two of the nine we purchased do not stay inflated. Please note we are in Florida where there is an abundance of sunshine and not very low temperatures at night. Installation is easy. We do not want to deal with a traditional pool cover for various reasons. If they do not work well, then these are not a good value. I do not expect them to last well.

Just ordered 6 more. Then I'll have 1-2 extra so when my terriers puncture it, I'll have a backup. I'll write back with info on "heating" capability once I have more of the pool covered (75%-80%). Reason for Purchase: We purchased to keep evaporation down and to keep heat in at night. In Napa, it dips down into 50s/60s all summer. Also, the very small possibility they will help extend our swim season. We just installed a new energy efficient gas pump heater to save on our crazy gas bills and water usage. PROs: (Partial list until further observations) 1. Magnets hold them together and make it easier to retrieve 2. Has handles for easy hanging (small) 3. CONs: 1. Price points are high for essentially a piece of floating plastic. $30-32/each ($300 for our pool) 2. Instructions have pictures but there should be more clarity on "over-filling". Examples: Fill "halfway" and see if they will float. Or... They WILL appear grossly under inflated...so test before continuing to fill. 3. Not a CON as much as a caution: Unfold all of them and lay flat as the instructions say (I stacked mine). 4. Take the time to work out the crimped edges, especially the magnet pockets and the folded handles. WAIT for them to soften (sun helped). NOTE: This step will allow the air to distribute more evenly and easily .... You Will NOT regret this step because it takes SO little air that you'll NEED the air to be able to move very easily while inflating. 4. It is NOT reasonable to instruct people to manually blow to inflated. I could NOT do this...got dizzy too fast and I have 12 to fill!!! Logical Solution: a. Follow what I said in #3; b. BE CAREFUL AND METHODICAL and use a pump. IMPORTANT: First Determine the number of seconds needed and use that number for all the rings. NOTE: I counted to 10 (one one thousand, two one thousand, etc.); c. Depending on your pump, you might need to count only to 5 or so. d. Determine your count by looking at the ring and if it looks like it is ONLY a quarter full, STOP!! e. They will look pitifully under inflated. f. PROOF: I filled one for 12 seconds and it looked under inflated; HOWEVER, it curled!!!! I pushed some air out and it is still curled a little. See my pictures. That's it folks... no sinkers, leakers or fly aways .. all good. More later....

Yes it does heat the pool. Maybe better than a standard solar cover. When they lay flat and don't blow off. However, The width is not 60 inches, it is ~40. So you end up having to buy way more than you would think to get the surface area covered. Additionally, it is very hard to hit the inflation sweet so that they actually lay flat. The materials are not very durable, and they deflate quickly. Any type of wind causes them to collect then crush into each other. The magnets do help but there are not enough of them and they are not strong enough to stand up to much movement due to weather. Sad part is, with just a little more quality I think this product would actually work. Cost is just not worth the product, I suggest sticking with the normal solar cover, glad I didn't throw mine away.

These work very well at heating the pool. They are also easy to remove and install when using the pool.

Awesome concept but terrible quality. They were great for one season then started burning up and leaking. Wife contacted company they do not stand behind product. Will use included instructions as reason not to replace. We followed the instructions

super product..... need to order more!

No calienta el agua. Se infló según indicaciones, se tuvo con un sol de 40° y no calentó el agua

Easy to move around in the pool Easy to remove or move into the pool Keeps pool warm

No me gusto por que su funcion principal no la realiza, estuvo expuesto a la luz solar directa mas de 8 horas y no genero ningun cambio en la temperatura del agua ,si fuera posible calificar sin estrellas la hubiera dejado sin ninguna. Es un simple flotador en una alberca mediana.

They don't make a noticeable difference