Intex 28051E Solar Cover Reel

Update: we’ve had this reel on the pool for a week over July 4th. We have used it several times to move the solar cover. It is terrific. Even had big kids rough housing and the reel hung on with all of the wobbling that happens when waves occur. I am so glad we have it. It’s worth the money and designed great. I crank about a quarter of the cover and straighten up the edges on the reel and repeat until I have a great roll on the reel. I use a couple of ropes to tie up the roll so our Frequent windy weather doesn’t catch it. The cover causes the water to temp to stay very warm. Too warm sometimes so I am removing the cover in the afternoon to let the water cool a bit. The hot water messes with the PH. Rashes occur. I need to keep putting in the Sodium Bicarbonate. Hope this helps! Intex, 12x 24 above ground, second year.First post: I’m pretty impressed with this reel. So easy to install. It works great and seems very sturdy. You do lose about a foot of your pool to this but it’s worth it for the easy off and back on! Good product!

This reel makes daily opening and closing of the pool SO easy! It was easy to install and worth the money!

Found that taking the solar cover out and putting back in was a pain in the butt. So I have a round intex ultra xtr pool which had to do a little modification, thanks to a reviewer on here and it works great. Pvc pipe to top of rail and zip ties. It worked great. So much easier to retract the solar cover out and close it back up. I only gave 4 stars because the clips are cheap plastic and keeps coming undone so I took a small zip tie to keep them shut!

It reels up super fast and easy. It unreels the same.It takes the chore out of opening and closing the pool. Absolutely fantastic so far.It doesn’t noticeably sag, it is surprisingly sturdy. The plastic seems to be a very strong and good quality. I also don’t notice any extra strain on any of the parts when reeling in the cover which to me says it will last longer.Setup took me less than 20 minutes, and some of that was spent untangling the ropes.I’ll update the post if anything changes.

Heavy duty Easy to assemble Exactly what I needed to hold & keep solar pad neat

I purchase this reel to use with a 12 x 24 solar cover (Intex). The reel works great. The only issue so far is that one of the clips no longer clips on the cover. I left the cover a little long so it doesn’t unwind to the clips, so it works great. The cover is heavy enough that it rolls very well on the reel without puckering. However, it takes two people to pull the cover over the pool. I haven’t tried it from inside the pool to see if I can cover it by myself. Overall, I am very pleased with it.

Works as described but they are certainlypushing the limits of this by saying it goes up to 16ft. We have the intex 32’x16’ and the cover we purchased that attaches to this sags pretty heavily in the center from the weight. It’s a solar cover. The poles aren’t nearly as sturdy as I thought they’d be. Does the job, but am disappointed in the sagging. I’m sure it’d work really great for anything under 16’.

While this is not an overly expensive add on to your above ground pool (I paid $120), it is cheaply made and simply doesn't hold up. Installation is very easy and in theory this is a great system for your existing solar cover. The issues I have run into are as follows: 1) the clips do not stay "clipped" and routinely come undone, one of them has actually already broke. The rope knot in the clip will also get itself wedged inside of the clip once its popped open making it very difficult to pop back out for normal closure. 2) We have a 12x24 rectangular pool which is a lot of cover to roll up. This roller has a hard time supporting the weight for too long and after a couple hours of being rolled up so the kiddos can swim, the rolled cover will sag and make it damn near impossible to unroll without getting caught. I would not recommend buying if you have the larger pool sizes or until they come up with a higher quality system.

Funktioniert einwandfrei und sorgt durch die schnelle unkomplizierte auf/abdeckung des Pools dafür das man auch mal reinhüpft wenn nicht so viel Zeit da ist

I sent it back as it arrived late and they did not refund me instead they refunded me for my pool pump that has now failed to work and told me to buy new one they are a disgrace sincerely M.Burns going to get legal advice

Super, très content de notre achat.

I was surprised at how much bigger and sturdier this reel is because on the pics it looks like a flimsy little thing. I only ordered it, because my pool is tiny, 7x10 ft and I thought even this will do. Installing it is a breeze, the 2 holders just need to be screwed onto the railing of the pool and the extendable rods (there are 3 of them plus a short addition to fit onto one end) can be easily added. The telescoping rods can be adjusted to any length between the shortest and longest size. The whole assembly can't take more than 5 minutes after unboxing. Adding the clips is slightly harder, they are quite tight. They hold the cover well with the clips. I am using it along the longer side of the pool (10 ft), and rolling the cover in and out is very easy. Although the instructions say to take off the reel before swimming, I would never do that, it would be too much of a hassle and it takes up no room at all. Considering how sturdy it is, it is also a pretty good value for the price.

Usato per piscina fuori terra. Sorregge bene il telo che sicuramente scalda un sacco. Non protegge dalle foglie ecc, quindi la pulizia con robot è mandatoria comunque.