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Old 11-25-2021, 08:47 AM
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Originally Posted by jdulej View Post
I'll second the vote for Jack's. They have been around for a long time - were the only game in town for some of those years.
Having said that, we found that the only real benefit of solar heating a pool here are a couple extra weeks at the end and beginning of pool "season". In winter there is not enough sun to heat the pool to a comfortable temp (for us, others may disagree). If you really want a warm pool in December/Jan you'll need a propane (or Nat gas) heater and it will be quite expensive to heat.
During low temps in 40's and 50's and extended cold spells think minimum $10 per day to recover and maintain comfortable swimming temps.
Then there is that getting out of a nice warm pool into 50 degree air.....no thanx!!!!