Nice and thick. I can easily cover my pool by myself. It just spreads open. Unfortunately it does not warm the water as well as the blue one. Not even close!!! Nice quality but I wish I bought the blue one.

After just over one season it started to break apart leaving plastic in our pool, tearing, and causing a serious mess. We live in northern California, so weather can be warm, but this solar blanket died much sooner than any other blank we've owned (and was more expensive too). Our chlorine levels were checked weekly, so usual chemical levels are not to blame.

It did not last a full two seasons. We only used it at the beginning and end of summer for about a month each (I didn't bother with it during winter because we weren't using the pool anyway). Now if we use it, the pool will have lots of little pieces of plastic bubbles that need to be fished out. I checked the Blue Wave website for warranty info and found this: "Registration is required in order to claim warranty coverage. Please complete and mail this card within 30 days of purchase". I didn't know about that fine print and did not register, so the warranty is useless, I also think it's probably safe to assume that even if you register, it won't be easy to return for their prorated $ amount. If the supposed 6 year warranty sounds good to you I suggest reading the fine print on their site. The cover does help keep the pool warm, especially from losing heat overnight. I assume that any clear cover will work as well though. It looks like the trick is to find one that doesn't need to be replace every single summer.

I have had this product for a little over a year. And it has started disintegrating even though I have kept it on a reel and covered when not in use.

I'll keep it short and sweet, like the life of this cover. Bought April 2016 and after one summer in Southern California, it disintegrated by September. I had it on a roller and was very careful to care for it properly. I'm going to try a different brand and hopefully it will be the thickness advertised. As far as the heating element, it worked well but the durability prevents me from giving this a good rating.