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In the Swim offers affordable, high quality swimming pool safety covers for in-ground pools. Our friendly pool safety cover team of experts is happy to assist you with any aspect of the safety cover buying process and will ensure that you find the perfect fit for your pool. We make buying a mesh safety cover, along with other winter cover accessories and hardware and tools, easy so you have peace of mind in knowing your pool deck is safe during its off-season, you got a great deal on a new safety cover and it will last for many seasons to come.

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Safety Cover Mate

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VAFamilySwimmer

5 years ago

Shocked By Results!

So I bought this cover mate before I deployed for Iraq in late 2010 knowing my wife wouldn't open our pool for the summer of 2011. We used it under our mesh safety cover. Well, she didn't open it in 2011 and then we didn't open it in 2012. We just opened the pool (Apr. 2013) after it sitting unattended for 3-WINTERS and 2-SUMMERS and the condition of the pool is AMAZING! The water was clear, there was very little algea and debris in the pool condiersing the duration it was closed. All I have to ... read more do is vacuum the small mess on the bottom of the pool and we're back in business. It definitely blocks the sun and minimizes algae growth...when I showed my local pool shop our water they couldn't believe how clear it was. Great product! I pressure washed both sides of the cover mate, let it dry, folded it up, and put it away for next winter!
WideLoad

7 years ago

Does the job - but with a catch

I bought one of these and used it for 2 seasons. I found the water to be very clean once it was removed - but then there was the chore of cleaning and storing yet another cover. It floats but a certain amount of water does puddle in places and algae grows there, so although the pool water is clear, the cover is pretty nasty on top. I have an approximate 20'x40' lazy L, so this thing is BIG. It has bubbles on it like a solar cover, which makes it float. These bubbles mean you can't walk on it ... read more to clean, so you're forced to fold it and clean one side at a time, but then the clean side is laying where the dirty side was just previously. I have an electric pressure washer and even being very careful it would pop some bubbles, so I stopped. An RV brush was the best but still it was very awkward trying to fold and clean it. Once somewhat clean (I never was very successful), and let to dry, roll it up and put it, for us, in the basement - a 5' tall roll about 2 1/2 ft. in diameter. I gave it 3 stars because, on one hand it does keep the water clean, but on the other it did not save me time or effort. I stopped using it because I found it easier to deal with pool water cleanup than to clean and store the cover. My eventual solution was to buy a quality suction side cleaner. That simplified vacuuming and my pool cleanup is very easy. I don't even use water bags any more, even though they helped keep debris from going under the cover. That saved the time of cleaning and storing them, too. The year after buying the suction cleaner I also changed from sand to cartridge filters and cleanup is even easier (no backflushing during the cleanup time).
rktek

1 year ago

Awesome Product

Prior to using the Safety Cover Mate, every spring we would open the pool to find it looking like a scene out of the "Creature From the Black Lagoon". On a recommendation from a friend, I purchased this product prior to closing, last September, stretched it out over our mountain lake pool cut it using a utility knife with the pool coping as a guide and let it drop right in. I put in the submersible pump on the top step, under the Cover Mate and put on the Loop-Loc. To my surprise, we opened the ... read more pool last week to nice clear water. Scooping out the leaves was easy because I able to see them!!!! I threw in the automatic vac to do a fine cleaning, added 2 gallons of shock and took a sample of water to be tested at the local pool supply store. Even more to my surprise, I was told I only needed 5 bags of salt. Everything else was perfect. The pool was ready the very next day. The Safety Cover Mate has already paid for itself and then some. My normal annual cost to get the pool ready to swim in was around $400 and would take me a week or two of constantly dumping in chems and cleaning the cartridge filters. This year it only cost me $43 in salt and minimal effort.
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Additional Pool Safety Cover Information

Pool safety covers are constructed to be heavy duty with a greater abrasion resistance from concrete, stone, pool coping or brick. The safety covers can hold more weight than ordinary pool covers which will keep a child or animal from falling in the closed pool if one happens to accidentally go across the cover.

Safety covers also can withstand piles of heavy snow which helps more of the snow melt to evaporate instead of running into the pool. If there are a lot of standing water on your cover come spring, you might want to use a pool cover pump to remove as much water as possible to help keep the accumulated dirt with the water out of your pool. The less dirty water from over the winter that reaches your pool, the easier your spring opening will be. Most pool safety covers attach to brass safety cover anchors that are installed into the surrounding concrete or brick of the pool patio. This provides a solid hold with enough flexibility to prevent tearing under stress. A safety cover mate will help protect your safety cover, too, adding years to its serviceable life.

In the Swim carries many different types of pool safety covers in all the different shapes and sizes – including for side steps. Check out our inventory online or call our helpful customer representatives if you need more help.