Comfort Cover 6 Foot Neoprene Zippered Hand Grip Rail Slip Cover Sleeve for Inground and Above Ground Swimming Pool Ladder Rails, Desert Tan

This product is great from keep your hands from getting burned on pool hand rails located in the sun. This product last about two summer season than they need to be replaced.

I was worried that the diameter was going to be too big for my handrail. This rail cover was designed and advertised for a pool railing but I was installing it on a rail on the front of the house. To my pleasure it fit very well, snug with no wrinkles. I zipped it up from the bottom of the rail up so it was better to have my wife hold the upper end in place until I could get the zipper started because of the snug fit. After that it zipped right up with no problem.Only drawback in my case is it still gets pretty warm in the sun. I bought the color Desert Tan for looks and to protect our hands. My rail is a dark colored aluminum rail which much of it is in direct sunlight all afternoon and gets too hot to touch. The cover is still much better than the bare metal and it is soft for a good grip. It well very good in the cold winter.Durability will have to wait over time.

Just bought and installed couple weeks ago. We’re located in Maryland and surprised that the covered railing still gets hot. It’s the correct size and was installed properly. The cover does provide a good grip when getting out of the pool. It’s made well and the material is heavy duty.I researched and read many reviews so I was confident in my decision to buy. Maybe because the railing is in sun most of the day?

Be sure to read the install directions. Soak them overnight before installing and have a 2nd set of hands to help you. If you do al this, install should take about 15 minutes +/-

After reading the reviews I was expecting a bit of a problem putting the rail cover on. I had no problem putting the cover on all by myself (I’m 80 years old). Soaked the cover in the pool and draped a soaking wet towel over the rail. It took less than a minute to install. This is our 3rd cover ordered since we installed our rail a few weeks ago. The first was too small 4 ft. The second was 8 ft. The 8 ft one fit perfectly but slid when gripping it to get out of the pool. We didn’t need any problems like that for us and our friends at our age. We then decided to upgrade to this particular one and so pleased we did. This last one fits perfectly and doesn’t slip on the pole. It’s well worth paying more to get exactly what we needed.

We purchased this sleeve (6-foot) on a Wednesday, received it on Thursday and my wife and I installed it on Saturday. We like it now that it's on, however it goes on with some difficulty and takes work to install. I searched the reviews looking for techniques and tips that others discovered when they installed theirs, hoping to avoid their missteps and save some of our time in the process. I did find a few tips and some advice.Here are some of the things we discovered and some of the things we did (your-mileage-may-vary):1. We left the sleeve in direct (Florida) sunshine for about 2 hours before we started the install. That softened the sleeve and made it more pliable. We didn't try soaking it in warm water as the instructions suggested.2. Used small vise grip pliers (6" size) to clamp onto and pull the zipper. I know the instructions say not to do this but it worked like a charm and the zipper suffered no apparent damage. The vise grips made a very good handle for the zipper pulling. We rated this a 5-star tip.3. We placed a few drops of dish soap on a wet/damp sponge and used that to wet the rail. The addition of the soap made the sleeve move easily and we were able to slide the sleeve around the rail and position it without difficulty.4. Getting the zipper started was the hardest part of the install. The zipper leg refused to enter the notch on the other side and it took us about 10-15 tries of simultaneously stretching the sleeve and pushing on the zipper before it got started. I think the next time we do this -- if we do it again -- we'll put a few drops of dish soap in the notch before trying to insert the other leg.5. Moving the zipper on the straight section of the rail was easy and straightforward. The vise-grips helped.5. We found the zipper bunched up quite a bit when following the inside of a tight bend in the railing. I think if we had pulled the sleeve horizontally along the soaped rail at the same time as stretching it around the rail, it might have reduced the bunching of the zipper. I think this zipper is designed to bunch up no matter what you do -- all you can hope to do is minimize the ugliness.6. When we were done, I placed a plastic zip-tie through the zipper and around the sleeve to keep the zipper locked in place and preventing it from coming undone.All told, the two of us spent about 30 minutes of concerted effort to install the sleeve. In the hot Florida sun it was not much fun. Although it looks good and dresses up the plain stainless steel railing, I don't look forward to removing it for cleaning. If it comes off now, it will have to do it on its own.

These last about 4 years, but so worth it. They definately need 2 people to install because it's a little hard to get the zipper started, but once it grabs, it zips up easily for a snug grip.

The title says it all. This is well insulated. It's a bit of a pain to get on, but once there is a good safety feature.