how well does the AQUAQUIK ABOVEGROUND SOLAR POOL HEATER woork?

HOW WELL DOES IT WORK? POORLY VERY POORLY

OK..lets talk facts here!!

This product has one major flaw apart from the bad workmanship (Manufactured in China by a company called Starmatrix)

The basic science regarding "low temp soalr collectors" (or traditional pool heaters) is that the power output and heating effect is directly proportional to the area of solar collector. The accepted thinking is that the area of collector required to give any form of realistic heat gain is 50% of the pools surface area. The aquaquick offers a solar area of less than 1m2?? This is maybe sufficient for a baby paddling pool.
If we look at the literture that comes with the product it talks about a 2-3 degree (farenheit) gain over a 2 day period...Now i am confused here because firstly that is am extremely long time to wait for a small gain and secondly the calculation does not take into account that this "heat gain" would be wiped out the first night. what they have done is equate power output in optimal conditions conveniently not factoring in reality i.e. evaporation, night time heat loss, and the natural cooling effect of the wind on any pool.

This product is a black hose pretending to be a solar collector. The ultimate effect has been to try and bring a "green" product to the market and jump on the enviro bandwagon without any real regard for the functionality of the product.
All this product has done has created negative reviews and will quite simply damage the publics view regarding solar heating and its effectiveness....SHAME!!

I personally have been testing these products and others over the past 3 years and if you want to heat your pool buy a collector that offers some area of collector.
The most effective i have seen for the intex type of pools is a product from Sweden called El Niño
www.texsun.se or http://www.ww.elnino.nu


All the best Barry

The AquaQuik Aboveground Solar Heater converts the Sun's energy to heat, and gives you warm pool water with absolutely NO utility bills!

The AquaQuik Aboveground Solar Pool Heater has a dome design that provides for better heat transfer, moreso than your traditional solar systems.  You won't use up the yard space either, because of it's size.