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Folks, I gotta tell you from my own experience that the color of the solar blanket you choose makes a huge difference.
In a little over two years, I've had experience with two different blankets:
8-Mil, light blue
12-Mil, Dark blue
The light blue 8-mil blanket heated the pool up 3-4 degrees on a hot summer day, but after 1 and 1/2 years shred to pieces and had the little blue dots everywhere.
The new 12-Mil Blanket is dark blue. Uh-oh.. It's not doing as great warming my pool: 1-2 degrees on 2 very warm late spring days. But it retains the heat pretty well, even after the cool Colorado spring nights. It remains to be seen how much longer it lasts than the 8-mil, but my guess is that it will hold up much better. At this point, I'd say look for the stronger-made 12 Mil Light Blue solar blanket.
In a little over two years, I've had experience with two different blankets:
8-Mil, light blue
12-Mil, Dark blue
The light blue 8-mil blanket heated the pool up 3-4 degrees on a hot summer day, but after 1 and 1/2 years shred to pieces and had the little blue dots everywhere.
The new 12-Mil Blanket is dark blue. Uh-oh.. It's not doing as great warming my pool: 1-2 degrees on 2 very warm late spring days. But it retains the heat pretty well, even after the cool Colorado spring nights. It remains to be seen how much longer it lasts than the 8-mil, but my guess is that it will hold up much better. At this point, I'd say look for the stronger-made 12 Mil Light Blue solar blanket.