If I buy the pool below and fill it will the sun make it too warm to be refreshing if the outside temp is in the 90’s?
Round inflatable above ground .
If I buy the pool below and fill it will the sun make it too warm to be refreshing if the outside temp is in the 90’s?
Round inflatable above ground .
Where do you live? I had that same one. The water never got warm enough to be usable for more then a small handful of people that really, really wanted to jump in. Now, it was only in the sun for a few hours a day, but in Wisconsin we do get our share of 80 and 90+ degree days. I swear, that thing never cleared 60. I ended up taking it down after two or three years of not getting used because it never got warm enough.
I did have a solar cover for it. I sort of tried looking for an electric heater for it, but didn’t put a lot of effort into that. At some point I thought about pumping the water through a black hose that I could snake around in the sun, but that idea fizzled out as well for some reason.
MD. It’s plenty hot outside.
Well, it is this week, but what about next week and the rest of the summer when it’s 75 during the day and 65 at night?
Either way, that was my experience, I couldn’t get that thing warm enough to save my life. But if you could put it in a spot where it was always in the sun, you’d probably have much better luck then I did, mine was in the shade for part of the day.
I’ve owned that same pool for 10 years, but mine is a 12 footer. Great pool and surprisingly long lasting…although I only have it “up” in the hot summer months.
Filters are crappy though, only last 2 or 3 years. I’ve bought complete pools on sale ($50) just to get a replacement filter. And the filter will only work if you never let the pool turn even a little bit green. All you can do is dump the water and refill in that case. I’ve owned expensive pump/filters in the past that back washed well and could turn a dark green pool into pristine water with super chlorination and a few backwashes. …the cheap pump/filter that comes with yours can’t do that.
For many years the pool was under a humongous tree completely shaded. It was always shockingly cold to get into even on the hottest 95 degree days. But very refreshing and you quickly got used to the cold water.
Was a very old tree and had to cut it down… Now the pool is OK cool in the morning, like a sitz bath by the afternoon, sitting in full sunlight. On cloudy days it stays cool all day.
My brother has that pool, and sets it up every year for his kids. They seem happy with it, and for the $200-300 it costs, it’s been a good deal.
And I think the design of this pool is quite clever. Traditional above ground pools have rigid walls that will remain standing even in the absence of water, but they also cost a lot more. This thing has pliable walls of rubber or plastic. On its own, it would collapse on the ground. My understanding is that you first inflate the ring along the top edge. Then as you fill it, the ring floats on top of the water and the walls are pushed out evenly.
Salt water system. I had that - swear by it. Pool never turned green.
My only problem in setting up these pools is that they kill the grass underneath. Which is expensive to replace later.
Helped a friend put one up a few weeks ago. He can’t keep his kids, his wife or himself out of it. I live in Houston,TX and it has been hot since May or before. Pool seems to stay cool enough. BTW we have had a few weeks of 100f+. heat index of 105 and more.
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My sister has one in the back year in Kansas City, and she was using it yesterday. And it was 99 degrees here.
I see these pools advertised around here all the time.
My question is how would they react to well water? I imagine I would have to chlorinate the dickens out of it.
Or would it be better to buy the salt water system?
I also would be worried about burning up my well pump. That is a LOT of water for a ten year old well system.
Hell it might even run my well dry what with the drought we are having here in south Texas
WalMart also sells those for the same price.
I don’t know about your area, but literally everyone I know around NYC was describing their pool as a “warm bath” this week.No matter what kind of pool it was- inflatable, rigid wall, in-ground. That’s not what happens most years - but most years don’t have a such a long streak of above 90 degree temperatures. Most years the pools stay cool enough to be refreshing but warm enough to be usable.
If you’ve got a long stretch of consistently-high temperatures, the pool water will reach about the same temperature as the air. And as long as that temperature is below body temperature, the pool will be more comfortable than the air, since water is better at carrying heat away from the body than air is. At around 90 degrees, though, it might still not be comfortable enough.
I have the metal-frame version of that pool here in Lima.
I only have it on for 3 months and it gets at least 8 hours of sun a day. High temperatures are in the 30°C range (high 80s) and it’s never gotten warm enough to even be uncomfortable.
It loses at lot of heat during the night. You can swim in it at 9pm, in the dark, and it’s still very nice.