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I cover the spa with a tarp tied to hooks that I put into the decking on the 4 corners of the spa. Simply unhook the tarp and pull snow and ice off.
Speaking of snow on covers.... don't you love the weather men...that guess... poorly at that! We were told lastnight here in So. Maine to expect no more then 1-2 inches...This am I get up and they are like.. maybe 2-4 inches... this afternoon...they were like..okay, maybe 2-6 inches...ending around 1am... it is now almost 6pm.. and there is well over 4 inches... and it is piling up at about 2 inches an hour... Math was not my strongest subject.... however... I think they might have been off a little!!!! :-?
I use a push broom for snow or if there is a little ice I will use a plastic kids snow shovel
If you lived in St. Louis you would really wonder why they employ weather people at all!! They have no idea what is coming, summer or winter, and yet they give us a prediction like it really means something. If the rest of us were wrong even a quarter as much of the time, we would be fired!
Just use your push broom. As long as it doesn't have any rocks or other debris, it should work fine- I've done that for several years, and haven't damaged the cover- it's pretty tough vinly anyway. Just push the snow off one side to the other. Costs nothing, and you don't need to have another tool taking up room. Or if that makes you nervous, just buy another push broom and save it for this purpose. They don't cost very much.
The snow broom? Now I have to admit I only heard of this a few weeks ago. The manufacturer is pestering me to carry them. Even sent me a free sample!.... Personally, I thought the overall quality was a bit low, though it is only a $20 item.......... and my only experience with snow is looking at pictures water@104, have you had the SAME one for 3 years? Do you think it works well? Or as well as anything else? Maybe better?
I use this: 8-)