FINAL UPDATE 11/15/2018: We sold the house with the pool. Hope the new owners enjoy this cover for a few more years.Update 6/12/2018: Just cleaned up the cover after winter. The cover stayed on November-May and once again, the pool was a pretty blue when we took it over. It has a couple of very very small holes in it here and there but otherwise in good condition. It has more black spots on it than last year and they won’t wash off this year. Added a new picture below before I washed it. I’m not confident it will last another year before the holes get too big.Update 11/6/2017: So far, so good! The pool was perfectly blue when we took the cover off. We put it back on yesterday. There are a couple of black spots from leaves, but no holes. We used the PVC pipes again and I would recommend that to anybody.Original review:This has been a good pool cover so far. Had it on the pool from November-April. Pool is clean after taking it off and it still feels just as heavy, not brittle or faded. I ended up taking PVC pipes, filling them with sand, and looping it through the loops on the cover. Worked like a charm, super cheap, and it should last it for a while. I will update each year.