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Manual Vs Automatic Cover Rollers
Pool covers are an essential piece of kit that provide a great range of benefits for your pool. When owning a swimming pool, it’s crucial to invest in a cover as it can help increase the lifespan of your chemicals, reduce running costs and decrease time spent maintaining the pool.
If you’re looking to invest in a pool cover, why not take a look at the 1st Direct Pools swimming pool cover calculator? You can easily use this feature to help you find the perfect size cover for your pool. You can use our swimming pool cover calculator for:
Pool owners will sometimes overlook their covers. However, they can have a major impact on your swimming pool.
By covering your pool, you are helping it to retain both heat and water.
Most pool owners are surprised to hear that the biggest contributor to water loss is evaporation. Using a pool cover can save around 50-70% of water; this includes both indoor and outdoor pools.
It’s essential to maintain the water level of your pool; when left unmanaged, it can cause future issues concerning the pools skimmers and pump systems.
If maintaining a warm pool is an essential factor for you, whether it be in relation to comfort or running costs, investing in a solar pool cover might be what you need. Solar pool covers help retain the pool’s heat while allowing the sun’s warmth to pass through.
Another benefit of using a swimming pool cover is the reduced maintenance of keeping the water clear of debris, such as fallen leaves.
Floating debris within the pool will cause your sanitiser to focus on breaking down the organic material, resulting in faster depletion and reduced performance.
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As the name implies, manual swimming pool cover rollers are hand-cranked pool covers that either move across tracks along the sides of the pool or fasten to the perimeters.
Although the lack of convenience may appear to be a negative to some, manual pool covers are still worth considering when comparing them to automatics.
One of the most notable benefits of a manual pool cover is its affordability. They are usually priced at around half the cost of an automatic cover due to the electronics and various other accessories required for an automatic cover.
Manual pool covers provide more options in terms of:
Snap-down covers are fastened to the perimeters of the pool. It’s a practical option that offers protection for various pools, including custom and multi-level pools.
Track covers work differently; they use tracks mounted on parallel sides of the pool and are operated via a manual crank.
Manual covers are often the best option for an irregular-shaped swimming pool; they can offer complete confidence in fitting your pool cover and are hassle-free compared to automatic pool covers.
When opting for a manual cover, you’ll be free from any mechanical or technical issues that may occur.
One of the most common problems when using an automatic cover is that it won’t open/close or can sometimes get stuck, which usually stems from a defect relating to the electronic motor.
Sadly, when these issues arise, you often won’t be able to solve the problem alone and will need to contact the manufacturer.
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Automatic covers are an excellent option for those whose budgets are a bit bigger. Apart from the obvious convenience that accompanies an automatic swimming pool cover, they also offer various other benefits!
Unlike manual covers, automatic pool covers offer time efficiency, improving your overall experience.
You’ll often find that an automatic pool cover will only require a minute of your time. Because of this benefit, pool owners who use automatic covers are often more likely to use their pool regularly.
In most cases, you can control your automatic pool cover from anywhere in the local area, which can be of huge use in various circumstances.
For example, strong showers might cause you to dread going out into the garden to manually roll out the pool cover, whereas, with an automatic pool cover, you’ll only need to click a button, potentially from the comfort of your home.
Unlike most pool covers, an automatic pool cover can offer you some sense of security. Although they are not safety pool covers, due to their natural durability and robust structure, they can help to keep children and pets safe.
However, it’s worth noting that they cannot offer you the full security of a pool safety cover. Although there are safety practices that you can put in place, such as fences, alarms and pool covers, there is no substitute for adult supervision.
There are many different swimming pool rollers you can choose. When picking the right pool cover, you will need to consider an array of factors that include:
For more information or advice about swimming pool related topics, look through our blog here at 1st Direct Pools. We cover a whole range of issues, including swimming pool issues, maintenance schedules and much more!
