Bestway Flowclear Swimming Pool Cover for Rectangular Steel Pro Pools, Multiple Sizes

I really thought this would be good but it is thin and not good, the corner/s just fly off and there is no way to fasten them down. Wouldn't buy again.

this product fitted my bestway steel pro pool perfectly dimension wise, so i bought it assuming it was a related piece of kit.What came,was a rectangle of cheap tarpaulin with 6 pieces of string attached via stitching.Lets start with the quality of the tarp...Poor! Substantial! It doesnt quite fit,so,you stretch the corners and then the stitching splits. The corners need ties, only the sides have ties and the ties are cheap and will frey after a couple of uses if you can keep them dry. Erm, outside a pool,once wet, they are useless. I purchased this product because the measurements fitted my pool size, I would definitely not buy this product again, it was good for the first week in dry conditions. Avoid people. Seek something else.

First- to be fair, the cover is not the same brand as my pool. I have the intex 3mx2m pool but the intex cover was not available at the time of purchase, so i figured surely one cover would be much like another...?Perhaps not....This is basically a lightweight tarpaulin with shaped corners and some holes in the middle.It is impossible for one person to put it on without the edges / end going underwater, and running round the pool trying to hook on one corner, then another, then the first one comes off.... is like something from a comedy sketch!It has one eye in the middle of each short end, and 2 along each long side. These had metal rings to reinforce them, but one metal ring had already come off when i unpacked it, and 2 more have come off within the first couple of weeks of use, so the holes are now fraying slightly and i fear they would rip under pressure.It came with 6 short lengths of lightweight nylon cord.The eyes do not quite align with the side supports of the pool. Because the cover has a vertical panel / overhang tying it to the side supports does not really secure it well anyway as the cords simply slide up the side poles allowing the cover to shift.Because the cord is thin and smooth nylon it is impossible to knot it tightly- it just slides and the knots loosen themselves, It also started fraying immediately.I bought a different rope and zig zagged it through the eyes and down to the bottom of the side supports where they tuck into the flaps that protrude from under the base of the pool. This is a pain tho as it means i have to thread it and unthread it every time the cover goes on and off. I need to try with bungee cords, but i only have 4 and they are not the right length to be useful.It has no eyes at the corners, and no way to secure the corners, other than that they 'hook over' the corner pieces of the pool frame... but without securing they flip up in any light breeze.When it rains (which is often in the UK!!) water pools on the top and the weight pulls the cover out of place. Quite often i the morning at least one or 2 of the corners have come loose and are dangling in the pool.Again with single person operation it is impossible to get the cover off without it going in the water, so all the 'bits'- leaves, insects etc, that the cover is designed to protect the pool from, end up going in there anyway!! I did try very gently sweeping them off the top before removing the cover, but it's more or less impossible as there is not enough tension in the cover and it just shifts and sinks.I've never had this type of pool before, my only experience is of in-ground pools at places i've lived abroad, which have typically had floating covers on a roller that you pull out and wind up, so maybe this is completely typical, but all i know is that it's a pain in the bum!! lol

Great value for money

Cover OK but could do with either stronger ties or some kind of clasps to keep the cover in place

Ordered this cover as its same brand as pool, thought it would be similar quality as pool is very sturdy and strong. I was mistaken.First issue is that the cover usually takes 2 people to put on as if on your own, as you put on one corner, the opposite pops off.I have been using this for about a month, and the rings for the strings have already started to come away from the cover, not sure this will last one summer season, let alone be something i can use again next year.It does look good on the pool and does an effective job at keeping leaves and bird poo out the pool when its just raining, but if its windy, the corners (which have nothing to tie them down) come off and things still blow into the pool through them, also when it rains, it sags and water pools at one end so you have to manoeuvre the cover to get the water off.Not sure if this is typical of covers, but have also ordered another pool cover so will see how that one feels compared to this one when it arrives.

Bought Back in Feb in preparation for the summer as I knew these things would probably be in high demand and sell out. So literally had it on there for 72hrs and it’s already tearing where the eyelets are. It’s not fit for purpose. Would of been happier to pay more for a decent cover but I suppose you get what you pay for. Not great. Can’t return as I took the gamble of buying well in advance of using it.Update - all of the above is a knee jerk review. Although the eyelets did rip etc etc see pics. It has since performed brilliantly and remains in use to this day and will probably get another couple of summers out of it. Sorry MY Bad - Great Cover would definitely recommend.

It's been in use for about a week, and already, a couple of seams are starting to come apart.It's held down by six very short strings (one each end and two either side) which need to be hand-tied each time, but the strings are so short it's very difficult to tie a bow (shoelace style).Unfortunately the four corners have no fixing method, so in a breeze, a particular corner will fold back over, exposing the water to the bits the cover is supposed to resist (currently using a house brick on each corner)! I've removed strings and I'm now using six bungee cords ... can't do this on the corners as there are no eyelets.Anything else? Yes! Why couldn't it be designed with a drawstring?I think sadly it'll be in the bin in another few weeks.