About Koolgrips
How We Got Started
A too-hot pool rail, a homemade fix, and a promise that's stuck for over 30 years: comfort with a nonslip grip, every customer, every time.
300,000+
installations nationwide
30+ Years
in business
100%
satisfaction guarantee
Family-owned. Scottsdale, Arizona.
Manufacturing pool & spa comfort covers since the early 1990s
Our Story
A Fix for Grandma's Pool Rail
In the early 1990s, our founder's parents moved his grandmother from Eugene, Oregon to sunny Scottsdale, Arizona. She loved her new pool — until the Arizona sun turned the metal handrail into something she couldn't bear to touch. As she put it, the rail was “too hot to hold onto.”
So our founder improvised: he sewed a cover from a spare wetsuit sleeve and a zipper and slid it over her rail. It worked. That simple, handmade fix for one grandmother in one backyard pool became the first KoolGrips comfort cover — and the idea has barely changed since. Cover the rail, keep the grip cool and secure, and let people enjoy their pool without thinking twice about the hardware.
Three decades later, KoolGrips LLC has manufactured comfort covers for more than 300,000 pool and spa installations across the country, all from right here in Scottsdale.
“Providing comfort with a nonslip grip — every customer, every time.”
— The KoolGrips Promise
Our Business Philosophy
Built Better, Backed by a Real Guarantee
What separates KoolGrips from the rest is simple: better materials, better construction, and a team that stands behind every cover it makes.
Premium Materials
We use the highest quality, UPF-rated, anti-microbial fabric — built to outlast cheaper covers season after season.
100% Satisfaction Guarantee
Every order is backed by our satisfaction guarantee, plus the kind of quality assistance and service that keeps customers coming back.
Comfort-First Engineering
Every cover is designed around one goal: a cooler, safer, nonslip grip for hands of every age.
Cost-Effective Protection
A comfort cover costs a fraction of replacing a damaged handrail or ladder — and it makes the pool area look better, too.
What We Make
More Than Pool Rails
The same nonslip comfort that started with a pool rail now protects the handles you grab every day.
Pool & Spa Grips
Pool & Spa Handrail Covers
Our flagship comfort cover. Nonslip grip, heat & cold protection, in Royal Blue, Indian Teal, and Desert Tan.
Door Grips
Door and Grill Handle Covers
A firm, weather-resistant grip for entry doors, gates, and grills.
RV Grips
RV Door Handle Covers
Replace torn, sun-damaged RV door foam with a durable 40″ cover built for the road.
Jack Grips
Shop Jack Handle Covers
Rubberized, foam-cushioned covers built for daily use on auto shop jacks.