You’ve covered your above ground swimming pool with a winter cover and secured it in place, but what do you do about the water that inevitably accumulates on top of the cover over the fall and winter months?  Many people use Automatic Cover Pumps or Manual Cover Pumps to remove that water when it reaches a certain level.  These cover pumps are fast, powerful, and often expensive to purchase.  There is an alternative, though, that uses absolutely no electricity and costs a fraction of what standard cover pumps cost.

The Winter Cover Siphon Drain is a simple device that costs very little and uses human power to pump the water off of your pool cover. Squeeze the device to create a siphoning action; this pulls the excess water away from the pool cover, and the pump stops automatically when the cover is drained.  The Siphon Drain saves money and electricity, but it also requires more monitoring of the water levels on your pool cover and more time to drain that excess water.  If you, as the pool owner, feel that the extra time spent is worth the money saved, then the Winter Cover Siphon Drain is an excellent choice.  But, if monitoring the pool cover regularly is not desirable or possible, a standard Automatic or Manual Cover Pump would be most suitable.