Buffalo Blizzard Deluxe Plus Winter Cover for 18-Foot Round Above-Ground Swimming Pools | Blue/Black Reversible | All Covers Include 4-Feet of Overlap for Secure Installation to Measure 22-Feet

I think my review title says it all. Like many pool owners I have given up buying expensive covers rated to (supposedly) last 8, 10, or even 12 years. I've spent between $120 and $500 on covers and even the best lasted only 3 seasons. Good covers do last longer, but not much longer and they are thicker, heavier, and take up a whole lot more storage space when not in use. I've decided to only go with covers costing less than $150 and HOPE to get 2 winters worth of service before they are worthless. This cover is huge with about 2' of additional coverage on the sides (advertised as 4', but I'm not so sure). The size is perfect to secure the cover easily. It's cheap, so its light, which makes installation easy.The main reason for my 3 star review is because I need to get in my big 33' round pool in order to get the cover on and, while I was walking the cover across the pool with my hands lifted over my head, it was painfully obvious that the seams are not water tight as I could see little holes with sunshine breaking through all along the long seam above my head. The cover has been on for about 3 days and little pools of water are forming all over the top of the cover. So, that is really disappointing. I know the cover is dirt cheap, but I at least expected it to be water tight and not full of holes!!!

OK first and foremost I’ve been reading everybody’s reviews and I cannot understand where some of these people are coming from. This is the second one I have owned and yes they are disposable they do not last. However the cord is plenty long and the latch has never failed me and where I live out here in Athol Idaho the winds get whipping they ripped the shingles right off peoples roofs. The cover I have pulls down about 3 feet over all the sides of my round pool and when I have it tight it stays on. It also seems to help heat the top layer of water in the pool if you keep it on there during the sunshine and no one‘s using it. It’s very light weight so my young kids can help me pull it over the top of the pool.And if I take care of it it lasts well through the summer and keeps the pool clean through the fall. I take the cover off in the winter after all the leaves have fallen because we get snow. And another note I do put cross strings across my pool at every leg when I have my tarp up to hold it up off the water. I do notice that if you try to use it the second year you start getting a little blue particles in your pool for a and strings. I have a very good filter system using two pumps and the bottom skimmer that runs off the one pump so I pick up all those little particles. Once I find that happening I quit using the tarp. I also have a salt water chlorinator and I think the salt water tends to deteriorate it a little quicker. I haven’t found a better option.

Over the years we've purchased the high dollar 20 year warranty covers. We've bought pass throughs to let rain water through and we've bought water tight. ALL of them never live up to their claims and the warranties end up being more hassle than worth. So this year while researching someone suggested buy cheap and think of it as disposable. No summer storage, no worries of winter wear and tear.... SO.. I did and here is what I think out of the box.It arrived very well packaged. open here sticker indicating where they had placed extra cardboard inside the box to prevent the cover from being damaged while opening the shipping box. Once inside the box the cover was wrapped in a nice thicker plastic bag. I actually kept it to keep other pool items in over winter (thermometer and ionizer).It was thin and lightweight which for me installing it was a plus because it was easy to handle and manage. We'll see if the winter is as nice to it. Grommets were placed in pairs which I really liked. And despite the lack of it being in the description there was a standard cable and wire included. I think the weave of the cover was tight and the stitching was good.All in all I'm very pleased with thinking of this as disposable. If I were buying a cover with warranty (which this one did not say there is unlike some of the other reviews I read) I may look else where but I'm not absolutely sure I would. I am initially impressed. If i weren't looking at this as disposable I'd rate it 4 stars as a new purchase out of the box and that is only because of it being thin and i'd have concerns... but if it made it through the first winter I'd bump that right up to 5 again.

We bought this cover in 2021 and when we uncovered the pool notice it was starting to rip on the seams. I wrote and after fight my case they sent me a new one. We used that in Fall of 2022 and in April of 2023 we noticed it was ripped in the pool. Luckily it didn't rip more for the next month until we.took it off. Never will buy from them again.

Way to big! Wind catches under long ends. Still trying to figure out how to make this work. Too bulky to send back for smaller size so we have to figure it out. No instructions included. Be careful if sizing.

Cable was at least 3 feet too short. 21 ft pool is 66 ft around. Cable provided was 63 ft. Other than having to run out and spend additional money on a new Cable, the cover seems fine.

This cover has held up to the elements much better than I expected it to, however we purchased the clips to help hold it in place so it wasn't constantly whipping in the wind. The clips are what I think have helped it last as long as it has. Do not try to put this on alone, or your cover will just end up in the pool, and our pool is free standing, with out a deck around it.

This cover felt lighter than the ones we have used in the past. Hopefully it won’t rip and will survive our harsh winds in Missouri. It was easy to install. Just kind of flimsy. Disappointed.