Sunpool Solar Pool Cover | 500 micron
Sunpool Solar Pool Cover | 500 micron
The Sunpool Solar Pool Cover
Sunpool’s premium-grade classic blue bubble-style solar pool covers are made of high quality LDPE (low-density polyethylene) and include a UV stabiliser.
They come in an optimal 500 microns of thickness to ensure both durability and excellent solar absorbency.
(Please read Measuring your pool for a Solar Cover & Solar Pool Cover Installation Guide & Solar Pool Cover Care & Maintenance Guide before buying).
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Orders are usually shipped, same or next working day, with tracking, via Courier.
Note: we do not ship to POBoxes due to the large size of items.
Pool Cover Features:
1. 500mu thickness containing a UV stabiliser speciality formulated for the harsh NZ climate.
2. Unique reflective protector (aluminium foil top-surface) specifically developed and designed to significantly extend the solar cover’s life.
The optimal 500 microns Solar Pool Cover thickness
The ideal solar cover is a combination of a number of variables: durability, heating performance, heat-preservation performance, ease of handling and cost effectiveness. The Sunpool solar pool cover offers the ideal balance for each of these factors.
Solar covers available in NZ typically range from 200 microns to 600 microns. The higher the microns (and therefore the thickness of the solar pool cover) the more durable the cover tends to be.
However, beyond 500 microns there are 3 main disadvantages.
1) A notable reduction in the rate of solar absorbency (the amount the sun heats your pool - through the cover.)
2) A significant reduction in ease of handling. This makes moving your cover on and off the pool more difficult.
3) A significant reduction in ease of installation. 600 micron covers are very difficult to cut for an accurate fit for your pool during installation. Be warned - don’t buy one or you will likely end up with an unsightly cover that does not accurately fit your pool.
Sunpool’s 500 micron solar pool cover provides you with a cover that is just right!
Sunpool’s Unique Reflective Protector design lengthens the life of your solar pool cover.
When a pool cover heats up above 70 degrees Celsius it causes permanent damage to the cover. Such high temperatures are reached inside your pool cover on very sunny days as the sunlight is magnified through the covers bubbles. With repeated exposure unprotected pool covers wear out fast.
Sunpool’s unique reflective aluminium foil top-surface design reflects over 97% of the sunlight which causes such damage. Remarkably it does this without either reducing the rate at which your pool is heated by the sun or reducing heat retention in your pool’s water.
The unique design has been proved to reduce the temperature of your pool cover by over 30°C on super sunny days! Versus a non-protected pool cover this typically double’s the solar cover’s life expectancy.