Buffalo Blizzard Ripstopper In-Ground Winter Cover (16×36 ft)
The 16×36 in stock today — PoolSupplies.com's house-brand cover, sold on Amazon by the brand's own store, cut for a 16×36 ft in-ground rectangle: triple-laminated polyethylene on a 12×12 'Hold-Tite' scrim (no weight per square yard published), a 5 ft overlap and water-bag loops every 4 ft. 4.1★ across 176 ratings, every visible card a verified purchase and none of them Vine — but one listing sells 31 cuts of round, oval and rectangle, so the score is the family's, not this rectangle's. In stock at the read, which the Pool Mate at this size was not. Its Amazon title says 'Inground & Above Ground'; its own bullets say in-ground, and PoolSupplies.com files this rectangle under Pool Type: Inground.
Sold in 31 shapes and sizes on this listing (12 ft round to 30×50 ft rectangle, plus five ovals) — this page is the 16×36 ft rectangle. Check the size before you add to cart.
Specs
| Fabric | Triple-laminated polyethylene, 12×12 Hold-Tite scrim (weight per yd² not published) |
| Tie-down system | Water-bag loops every 4 ft + grommets (deck-installed) |
| Tear strength | Not published (the maker says the interwoven filament stops a puncture spreading; no figure) |
| Fit | In-ground rectangle 16×36 ft — the size a 16×35 pool takes; 5 ft overlap |
| Cover pump | Yes (solid) |
| Warranty | 15-year, the first 5 years stated as full (PoolSupplies.com product page; no warranty document published) |
Pros
- In stock and sold by the brand's own Amazon store at the read, when the Pool Mate at this size was not
- The same fabric numbers as the Pool Mate and Robelle mid-grades — 12×12 scrim, 5 ft overlap — with water-bag loops every 4 ft
- A 15-year term whose first five years are stated as full replacement, where Pool Mate's turns into a pro-rated discount after year two
Cons
- The rating is the whole family's: 31 cuts of round, oval and rectangle share one base, and the visible critical cards come from 16 ft rounds and 12×24 rectangles as much as from 18×36s
- The tail is pinholes and rips in the first winter — five of the ten visible critical reviews — and grommets that tear when the cover is bungeed instead of weighted
- One 18×36 owner calls the warranty misleading: the full-replacement years cover seam separation, which is not how these covers fail; and the term is stated on a retailer product page, not in a document you can read before buying
Pinholes and rips in the first winter. Five of the ten visible critical cards describe it — 'had small holes after the first winter and after the second one it left little bits of it all inside the pool', 'started get rips in the cover by July', 'fell apart after the first winter' — and two more describe the grommets tearing out when the cover was bungeed rather than weighted: 'the material around the grommets tears very easily'. The warranty theme follows from the first: an 18×36 owner calls it 'poor quality and misleading warranty', and a round-pool owner explains why — 'sure company has a 5 year warranty but that's only if the seams are coming apart. The seams are the strongest part of the cover'.
16 critical reviews of 176 ratings (9.1%); the 10 visible critical cards span 16 ft and 24 ft rounds and 12×24, 16×32 and 18×36 rectangles · critical reviews read September 2026
“This is a good quality pool cover. We have been very happy with this product. This is the second one we have ordered and will last 2-4 years depending on how harsh winters are. We get a lot of snow and freezing temps so weather may shorten the life span of the cover. It’s easy to use and fits the pool great.”— J Hoot, Amazon Verified Purchase (the 18 ft round cut of this listing) · Verified owner
FAQ
Who is the Buffalo Blizzard Ripstopper In-Ground Winter Cover (16×36 ft) for?
You need a 16×36 in-ground cover you can buy this week, on a stated five-year full warranty, and you will weight it with water bags rather than bungee the grommets.
What do owners say about the Buffalo Blizzard Ripstopper In-Ground Winter Cover (16×36 ft)?
4.1★ across 176 owner ratings (Amazon, read September 2026 · listing-wide base). What owners complain about: Pinholes and rips in the first winter. Five of the ten visible critical cards describe it — 'had small holes after the first winter and after the second one it left little bits of it all inside the pool', 'started get rips in the cover by July', 'fell apart after the first winter' — and two more describe the grommets tearing out when the cover was bungeed rather than weighted: 'the material around the grommets tears very easily'. The warranty theme follows from the first: an 18×36 owner calls it 'poor quality and misleading warranty', and a round-pool owner explains why — 'sure company has a 5 year warranty but that's only if the seams are coming apart. The seams are the strongest part of the cover'.
What is the warranty on the Buffalo Blizzard Ripstopper In-Ground Winter Cover (16×36 ft)?
15-year, the first 5 years stated as full (PoolSupplies.com product page; no warranty document published)
Record
- — Added as the in-stock alternative for a 16×35 or 16×36 in-ground rectangle after a same-day read of every 16×36 cover on Amazon: 4.1 stars across 176 ratings on one listing that pools 31 shapes and sizes, every visible card a verified purchase and none from Amazon Vine, in stock at $142.99 sold by the brand's own store. Critical tail read: 16 of 176, led by pinholes and rips in the first winter and grommets tearing under bungee cords. Warranty stated on PoolSupplies.com as 15 years with the first five full; no document published.
Warranty — and what changes if you buy it on Amazon
15-year, the first 5 years stated as full (PoolSupplies.com product page; no warranty document published) · you are buying this on Amazon
Read it yourself: Buffalo Blizzard warranty document · we read it . Terms change without announcement, so treat this as a dated snapshot. How warranty works by buy path →
✓ Safety: no active recall — Winter cover — NOT a safety cover; it holds no weight and carries no ASTM F1346 rating. No CPSC recall: saferproducts.gov RecallTitle 'pool cover' returns two records, both spring-anchored safety covers (Endless Pools, Anchor Industries); control query 'heater' returned 174 records the same sitting (checked 2026-09-16).
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Data last verified: September 2026. Ratings are real, dated reads — never scraped or invented. Full methodology and monetization disclosure: how we test.