Blue Wave 18-ft x 36-ft Rectangular In Ground Pool Safety Cover - Green

Safety covers have many advantages over covers what are weighted down by water bags. The advantage of safety is paramount, and they just look so much better. The simplicity of the tarp and the water bags means that instillation is a snap and it is quick. With a safety cover, even with a simple rectangular pool, there is the challenge of lining everything up and drilling the holes for the anchors. So, very happy with the product, but was not impressed with the brevity of the instillation instructions. So, I recommend this product, high quality materials, well packed, nothing missing, etc., but spend some time on the internet and read about anchoring into different materials, how to do the buckles, etc. You'll be good to go, and very happy with the result. When I look down on this nice tight blue cover, keeping leaves, pine cones, pine straw, sticks, you name it out of the pool during the winter months, it gives me enormous satisfaction. Re: Drilling into concrete pavers with a hammer drill. It will take forever to drill a 2 inch, 3/4" hole into a concrete paver using a regular drill. Eternity. Keep in mind, you'll need to drill 30 holes. A hammer drill makes short work of it. You'll read that there is a risk of cracking the pavers. There is. But, I only cracked one, and that was down by the pool equipment when I was trying out my new drill. Here is what you do. Use a slow to medium speed on the drill, hold the drill straight, withdraw the bit every few seconds, have someone with you to vacuum the dust as you're drilling, and slow down even more as you get to the correct depth. When you hammer in the anchor, make sure you lubricate it with silicone, and use steady taps with the hammer to drive the anchor into the concrete. The one paver I cracked on the deck occurred when I got too aggressive hammering in the anchor. Take it slow and steady and it will be OK.

I thought I was kinda pricey but love having it. So much easier to cover and uncover I can do it myself. The install took quite a bit of work though hammer drilling the holes and getting the right layout and all. Took a few friends and I a couple hours and a few beers but now it’s a a breeze to close and open the pool and don’t have to worry about things falling in and tearing the liner.

Just installed yesterday. Directions were ok but I'd also recommend watching some videos online. It's work to install it. Took roughly 3 hours (my wife and I) but saved me $1500. I would also recommend you have a heavy duty hammer drill. I had a cheap one, burned it up on 4th of 22.-3/4" holes that I had to drill 2" in concrete. Went and bought a dewalt drill. Ended up finishing the job with it but grease was leaking out of the drill by the end of the job. Again do yourself a favor and have a heavy duty drill. Also instructions say start at corners. I took a different approach and worked from the middle straps outward to the corners. I did a couple and then switched sides and did a couple on opposite side. Did this until all I had left was corners. This ensured I had no slack between straps. This method worked great. Price on cover was fair. Only complaint is that the price was at $539. After I purchased I went back to the ad to read something and the price had dropped for the remaining units by almost $100. Felt a bit scammed but I fixed that.....Only time will tell on durability.

Since the sunshine goes through the cover, when we took the cover off the WATER WAS BLACK! Never in the 18yrs of having the pool have we ever had water black. Had to buy extra chemicals than ever before to open the pool. Will be buying a different cover.

Install is a bit of a chore, but you're drilling into concrete. It's not going to be easy and it's not their fault. The cover is extremely durable. Mine lasted six years in VA before I needed a new one. It comes off on labor day and goes back on memorial day. That's with my three dogs often running / playing on it - and I felt 100% safe with them on it. I am replacing it now (with the same one) that it's showing the smallest amount of wear. I feel I could use it another six years without issue if my dogs didn't play on it. Great cover.

Purchased Oct 2018 -Setup today Oct 2022 - 4th season -Normal wear and tear minor small tear in one square - still going strong considering central TX sun exposure and a couple of colder than expected winter with some snow cover.30min setup.Will be my first choice when I need to replace.

Had a small tear when it arrived but they quickly shipped out a new cover to me. Make sure to rent a good hammer drill and drill bits! I went thru 5 drill bits. Would definitely recommend.

Easy to install, it took me about 4 hours to install it but once installed all is good.

Manque de précision dans l'offre d'achat.Ce qui est inclus est pour installer sur une dalle de béton autour de la piscine, pas sur du pavé. Donc ce que j'ai payé et reçu ne m'a pas servi. J'ai du acheter pour 300$ de tube ancrage pour pavé ailleurs que sur Amazon puisque non disponible ici.Déchiré après le 1er hiver.

reçu avec un ressort déjà installer après la toile et un peu plus grande que prévu soit une 16 pieds x 30 pieds, mais je l'ai conservé et elle est facile à installerMerci beaucoup

I'm just coming to the end of winter #3 since buying this cover. With the cost I didn't set the bar very high with quality expectations but I was pleasantly surprised. The cover holds up well through the winter. From what I can tell the quality is equal to my neighbours who paid 3x the price for his cover.

Only issue so far was that it was missing 3 springs