My Favorite Solar Pool Blankets Features
Solar blankets are less expensive than an elaborate pool heating system. With the help of solar pool covers, you save on chemical expenses and energy bills. While that may seem surprising at first, the reason why this is possible is actually fairly simple.
By using a solar cover for your above ground swimming pool, you will be greatly reducing evaporation from your pool. This includes the evaporation of both water and chemicals. When you are losing fewer chemicals through evaporation, you won’t need to add as many replacement chemicals. Since heating is done by the sun’s rays, there are not electricity costs to pay either.
For a convenient solution, solar reels take the bother and hassle out of using solar covers to help heat your own swimming pool. These pool reels can be permanently attached onto the rail of one’s above ground swimming and feature a strong and easy to use hand crank that makes it extremely easy for anyone to roll or unroll a blanket. Power reels are also convenient, though they cost more. Depending on the size of the above ground pool and your budget, there are a variety of different solar blankets and reels available on the market.
Several brands of pool covers feature a special diamond design with air pockets, which reduces the space between your air bubbles, increasing heat transference and maintenance. Also, these covers are available in different thicknesses, with all the thicker covers offering even better heat insulation.
Before I owned a pool I always thought that pool maintenance would be a real headache and troublesome. I had heard many stories on serious problems from friends as well as acquaintances about all the problems they had keeping their pools clean and balanced. Covering as well as removing pool covers was another problem.
An alternative to the conventional bulky solar pool covers is the liquid pool cover. This liquid pool cover forms a liquid blanket that slowly emits a non-toxic fluid. This liquid traps the heat, reduces evaporation and saves energy. These liquid blankets eliminate the hassles involved in removing and placing a regular cover on the pool, which is particularly handy if the pool is large.
Solar blankets tend to be an ideal for families that choose to swim more often than most, because it gives you the ability to keep the pool open more frequently.
There is an assortment of different blankets that you can find for your pool; however the quality solar blankets are constructed of resin, which is resistant to water. How the blanket accomplishes its main task is to trap heat from the sun as it is draped over your pool, so you are able to heat the water in a natural manner, and you will be able to swim even in the fall season because the sun will keep the water at a comfortable temperature.
For these reasons, solar blankets are a preferred way to passively heat and reduce maintenance expenses. Besides saving chemical requirements and energy costs, they also extend pool use well after the sun has set. Solar reels give another convenience for larger pools so there is a solution to fit each and every budget.
