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I was very impressed with the quality of the handles, they really look like they'll hold up much better than the old ones. I still have a little water pooling even with the greater slope of the cover, but it beads up and sheds like a duck so I should have far fewer icing problems in winter. Overall, I'm quite pleased.
And just to be fair.... It was Shaamous' suggestion, many years ago, that we start making our own covers. We were just ordering too many from him :=)