Intex Heavy Duty Solar Above Ground Pool Cover Reel Aluminum Adjustable with Locking Mechanism for Rectangle Frame Pool, Cover Not Included

I love this pool reel! It was super easy to install. You place each Of the end pieces over the pool frame and manually tighten the two screws for each side. One side is a lockable reel, and the other side is an end piece. Next, you insert the adjustable poles to determine the correct width to fit between the ends.A tip is to measure across the pole to evenly space out the six cords that will be clipped and punctured through your solar pool cover. I attached my first cords 12” from each end to give the solar cover some space to adjust and not get caught on the ends as you reel it up. Then I divided the remaining space by four to place the other four cords. The first 20’ of length worked really well. The last five feet had a little resistance from the sheer volume of the solar pool cover 12’x25’ and catching a little bit on the ends.My daughter helped me to insert the pole, add the puncture clips to the solar cover, and reel in the first time. Now, one person can easily wind it up or unwind it. I always leave about a foot wound up just so that I don’t need a second person to help me to wind it back up.This reel is designed for a rectangular pool. I didn’t realize that my pool is not perfectly rectangular, until it arrived. My pool has rounded corners, which doesn’t work well with the design. I simply placed the reel and end on the last straight part, opposite each other, before the curve started. I lost about one foot from my pool, but it still is worth it to me.I was concerned about ordering something made out of plastic. I don’t know how long it will last, and I hate to add more plastic to our environment. However, it is super thick. It’s at least 1 1/2” thick in the narrowest areas.I’m tired of rolling up my solar cover to use my pool. I’ve been manually rolling it up for 16 months. I finally decided that I was worth the price of making it easier for me to use my pool. I’m so happy that I treated myself! This reel is so easy to use! I use it nearly daily.

Product arrived quickly at a good price. Ez to put together with no tools. Heavy duty aluminum shafts enclosed to create whatever length you need . Snap on pool cover leashes aren’t the greatest , as they tend to unsnap from the pool cover often. But I needed a low profile, low width pool reel for my 7x25ft pool that I could store away without a monster set of wheels attached! The screw down sections meant for attaching to the edge of an above ground pool can be replaced with a couple of 2x4 short blocks or equivalent to act as “feet” to use the reel at ground level! Works great! NO wheels. It’s already light weight to lift and store away.

Before buying this product I had the fun of pulling off the solar cover completely and having to find a place to lay it until later that day and putting it back on when finished. Not a fun process with a 16x32 pool. This solar cover roller instantly changed that. It was super easy to put together, just a few snaps and a few turns. I definitely recommend getting assistance putting it on the pool to make the process much easier. After that rolling up the solar cover and rolling it back out is such a breeze, I can do both solo (although having another when rolling up the solar cover is nice in case the solar cover starts to roll unevenly). I love that the bar clamps to the frame without damaging it or needing to alter the frame.Now my complaints to warrant why I gave it only 4 stars:- The clamps used to hold the solar cover are cheap and they keep popping open on me.- The solar cover clamps require you to puncture the solar cover.- The handle has to be in a specific location to lock the rolling bar. This is an issue if your solar cover does not have the perfect roll to make it sit at that specific position. Many times for me the solar cover unrolls a bit (not a lot) into the pool when the wind blows a bit and unravels it because the solar cover end is sitting directly on top of the roll for me instead of being able to hang down a bit.- The roller clamps rotate on me sometimes when I am rolling the solar cover in/out making it cause an uneven roll the next time I go to use it. The clamps that clamp the actual roller bar need to be more snug to be prevented from turning.

This thing is a dream. It was very easy to put together and works great. It's so convenient to pull back the solar cover without any trouble. One person can do it all. Only thing I would say is to be careful when attaching the tabs to your solar cover as they will come off if you don't put them on tightly.

Easy to install, fast delivery and easy to use. Great quality

Installed July 5th, 2023The way the clips are designed leaves quite a bit to be desired.They do not clamp easily on thicker solar covers. Maybe a ratcheting type retaining pin or something would allow multiple thicknesses as well as positive retention.The other problem is that the clips on the rectangular section catch and retain the rope requiring it to be untangled on one or more clips every time I unroll the cover.The unit as a whole does not allow you to pull on the cover to unroll it, while you also cannot just simply unroll the whole thing at once then pull it, requiring you to walk back and forth multiple times to unroll the cover.Finally, between the angled pool walls, the cover going edge to edge and the mechanism, the cover is very hard to roll, I am not sure if 2 people could do it easier, but the far side from the handle seems to fold the cover and then the cover starts spiraling and jamming up.I am going to look over other options and potentially return this one.

I read the reviews so I expected to have a problem with the clips. We have used it all summer and no problems. It’s easy to install and works great. It’s easy to adjust to the width of your pool.

I like it very much! It was easy to put together, with really no instructions included. It fits right on the edges of our Intex pool and works very well!! Thank you.