INTEX 28020E Pool Cover: For 8ft Round Easy Set Pools – Includes Rope Tie – Drain Holes – 12in Overhang – Snug Fit

Works great, just as described, perfect fit, stayed on tight through a few different rain and wind storms, no hurricanes yet but no real expectations for that, I'll be happy to just find it again. I have no problem putting this on or off by myself. It has holes in it I wasn't expecting but it makes sense, it'd be a pain to put on and off with all the suction without them. The dark color does cause the top 6inches of water to be burning hot so use caution with children,I stir it up with the skimmer before anyone is allowed to get in

I've gotten many "covers" over the years that were simply cheap tarps that barely lasted a season. Out the gate, I could tell this was different. Its a thicker vinyl that feels solid and seems stitched well. I managed to stretch it over the pool solo, and it fit perfectly. I didn’t even need to use the pull strings. For the first time, I'm not worried about wind, and im hopeful the dark color will help heat the water. The holes are larger than I expected, so some debris -- especially dirt -- could get through. We will see how big an issue it is.

Just to update for concerned folks, I pulled the trigger on this one because right now, vendors are gouging the heck out of the prices on a lot of these covers, even for what appears to be plain old blue plastic tarp that's round instead of square. I have an 8' easy set, so I got the 8 foot cover. This review may not apply to bigger ones. The previous reviews made me a bit concerned. As far as the 8' goes, no reason to be. It's made out of a fairly sturdy vinyl, not the stiff plastic woven fiber of tarp. It does have drain holes, I'd say six or eight, and only around the outer side. They are in the downs lope, so the don't even contact the water. There are no center holes. It's a pretty stretchy vinyl and seems like it'll survive pretty well outside of a decent sized branch landing on it. As far as it's solar functionality, today is the first day it's been on all morning (and without the pump running, as I'd hooked it up backwards and was waiting for a second pair of hands). On taking off the cover, the water below the surface was cool, much like the temp of the pool with no cover, but the top layer of water was hot enough to be uncomfortable. With the filter mixing it, it should be a good bit warmer all over than the uncovered pool, so it does do its job as a solar cover as well. Hope this helps anyone looking at these in the 2020s.

I bought this pool cover this May. It is a round piece of blue plastic with a draw cord embedded around the outer ring which can be pulled and tightened around the pool. It completely covers my entire pool and wraps over the inflatable ring on top of the pool. And fits snugly on the outside of the pool under the inflatable ring. The cord can then be tightened so the cover is secured to the pool. It works great. There are holes in this cover. The holes are designed for rain water. If there were no holes, rain water would accumulate on top of the cover. The weight of the water on top of the cover would cause the pool to collapse. It would also be difficult to remove the cover with a large amount of water on it. Anyways it works great, and yes once in a while some dirty rain water does get in However it does keep out the majority of leaves, bugs and other debris. I've also noticed that it helps keep the pool from loosing heat at night. Here is the only problem: the draw cord is made of nylon. After about a month the sun and chemicals got to it and it broke. I didn't try to replace the cord because I thought it would be too difficult to restring. Had I known this when I first got it, I would've immediately restrung the cover with a more durable string. It's not too late now but I think it would be very very difficult to restring now that there's no string in half of it. Anyways it still fits great and even though I can't tighten it down, it still covers the pool very well. On very windy/stormy days, the wind can grab it and blow it half off the pool but it has never blown all the way off. I would defiantely recommend this cover for your Intex pool. I would suggest that when you get it immediately restring it with something that won't break down when exposed to sun and pool chemicals. With a string already in place it would be very simple to just pull a new cord through.

Bought this cover because, reading the reviews, another reviewer stated this was the perfect fit for a 8ft trough pool. I have to say the fit did not disappoint. When putting it on remember to keep the rope edge taught against the pool and work it around, you will need 2 people for this. It is the perfect fit, even with stood a jump in of our 100+ lb puppy, and even went on easier the second time. However sadly he jumped on it again and removed it from our pool and it was completely destroyed, laying proudly displayed for me to see when he woke me up the next morning right in front of our back steps. I do not have any pictures of it on my pool, as it wasn't around long enough for me to get one. I tried to add pictures of my pool, and the bandit who destroyed my new pool cover but whatever I did in the first review I wrote wasn't accepted so I am leaving those pictures out and changing my wording. Very sturdy feeling, very well put together, I was extremely happy with this purchase, I'm sick my boy destroyed it. 😔 But you can buy with confidence.

Very nice item and good quality. Thank you seller.

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Great cover for swimming pool. Easy to use and put on pool. Its pool as it should. Keeps debris etc out.

It did not fit my 12 ft pool ....it also came with holes in it that I did not see in the picture which was useless when I was trying to protect the pool from rain when I also tried to pull it across the pool it thore easily and did not have strings on both sides to tie it down .

Installed this cover on a generic 12 foot inflatable ring quick set pool purchased from Canadian Tire. The cover that was available in store was a cheap, thin tarpaulin material that difficult to install and nearly impossible to tighten - several mornings after a light evening breeze, we came out to find the cover on the grass beside the pool. From the minute this arrived at our door, we knew this was a far superior product - just the weight alone speaks wonders to the quality of this pool cover. This cover feels like it's made of the same material the actual pool is made of - heavy vinyl, reinforced around the edges, with an actual shape to it so it fits nicely on the ring of the pool. There's a decent drawstring that was easy to pull tight, and because of the shape of this cover, when the string is tight this thing isn't going anywhere! There are several holes around the top of the cover (see the picture) which help with letting any wind that gets under the lip to escape instead of turning this into a giant parachute, but it may allow smaller pieces of debris into the pool - I'll be keeping an eye on the amount of accumulated debris throughout the next couple weeks to see if it's really that bad. All in all, definitely a good purchase to keep the pool covered - excellent fit, and very durable material make this a 5 star product in my books.