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How to fit a sun lounger cover

Updated: 22 October 2026

A lounger towel creeps towards your feet on a smooth plastic bed, and a weather sleeve sails off when the cord stops short of the leg. You need the fixing this listing actually has, and the care line printed on this listing, not a brand-wide rule. This is how to fit a sun lounger cover, and how to wash it afterwards, for the towels and sleeves in the [beach chair cover comparison](/hub/garden-furniture/beach-chair-cover). If you are still choosing the shape, start with the [buying guide](/hub/garden-furniture/beach-chair-cover/sub/beach-chair-cover-buying-guide). Peter F. read the amazon.co.uk extracts and did not run a lab test. A qualifying purchase can earn us a commission at no extra cost to you.

A lounger towel creeps towards your feet on a smooth plastic bed, and a weather sleeve sails off when the cord stops short of the leg.

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LIKEUDO LIKEUDO lounger towel, green

Best overall

LIKEUDO LIKEUDO lounger towel, green
9.2/10about £15.99
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Morbuy Morbuy lounger towel, dark blue stripe

Best value

Morbuy Morbuy lounger towel, dark blue stripe
8.8/10about £11.99
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PATIO PLUS PATIO PLUS 420D sun lounger cover

Rank 3

PATIO PLUS PATIO PLUS 420D sun lounger cover
8.6/10about £18.99
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On this page
  1. 1.Put the hood pocket on first
  2. 2.When the elastic or the cord is short
  3. 3.A sleeve in wind and rain
  4. 4.Wash the listing you bought

Put the hood pocket on first

Morbuy, LIKEUDO and YFNVH are cut long, about 210–215 cm by 73–75 cm where a size is stated, with a top pocket or hood over the backrest. That pocket stops the cloth walking down the bed when you sit up. Lay the towel on the dry lounger with the pocket at the head. Pull the pocket over the backrest so the seam sits on the far side of the frame, then smooth the cloth towards the foot. The side pockets should land beside your hips. YFNVH states those side pockets at 28 cm. Elastic or a band is the second hold, at the foot or under the frame. If you are packing for a hotel bed, the holiday lounger page stays on that job. Elastic is the part reviews say misses some frames.

When the elastic or the cord is short

LIKEUDO does not promise an elastic that fits every hire bed. One UK reviewer said the elastic missed some beds and added separate ties. Those ties were not in the box. PATIO PLUS gives you a drawstring, reinforced eyelets and a bungee for the legs. UK reviews say the ties are too short, too few, or fiddly. A loose fit on LCGOD was solved, in one comment, with extra bungee the reviewer added. If the furniture is the wrong shape, the choice of object is on the towel or weather page.
LIKEUDO LIKEUDO lounger towel, green

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LIKEUDO LIKEUDO lounger towel, green
9.2/10about £15.99
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A sleeve in wind and rain

Cover a dry lounger. A UK sleeve shop tells its own customers to tighten the drawcord, use the straps, and put only dry cushions under the cover. None of the three sleeves here prints a vent or a millimetre head. The sequence is still dry cushion, sleeve on, drawstring closed, then whatever extra fixing that listing states. PATIO PLUS uses a hem drawstring and eyelets, then the ties if they reach the legs. LCGOD adds the buckles in the bullets. OFFCUP uses two front zips, then the bottom drawstring. The saved OFFCUP comments are German and include a cord that wore through after three days. LCGOD has dry nights and soaked cushions in the same mixed file.

Wash the listing you bought

Wash to the care line on the listing you opened, or to the label sewn into the cloth if the two disagree. GOV.UK's textile labelling guidance is about the fibre label the garment must carry. On a cover, the sewn care label is the one in your hand. An Amazon table that clashes with it should lose. The lines in this extract do clash inside one brand. B0B6RGNYWS says machine wash and gives no temperature. B0B6RDKJ8S says machine wash, dry clean, or a gentle hand wash in cold water. B0B6RG9Q2Y says machine wash at 40°C and tumble-dryer safe. B0B74M99GL says machine wash. B0B74QXVK9 says hand wash only. Do not tumble the hand-wash listing because a duck-egg sibling allows a dryer. LIKEUDO says a cold gentle machine wash or a hand wash, then line dry. PATIO PLUS says wipe clean. LCGOD says machine wash, with no temperature. YFNVH and OFFCUP do not state a wash temperature in the extract, so do not invent 30°C for them.

Common questions

What if the elastic does not reach?
On LIKEUDO, a reviewer added separate ties. That is a cord you supply, not a part the listing includes. Check you have the pocket over the backrest before you add anything, because a towel fitted backwards looks like an elastic fault. If the bed is much wider than about 75 cm, the cloth itself may be the limit, and ties will not make it wider.
How do I stop a weather cover blowing away?
Close the drawstring, then use the ties, buckles or zips that listing states, on a dry lounger. PATIO PLUS reviews say the supplied ties are sometimes too short to reach the legs. Extra bungee appears in reviews as something the owner added. A cover that is the wrong shape, such as a flat sleeve on a roofed chair, will not stay down because you pulled the cord harder.
Can I machine-wash a Morbuy?
Only if that listing says so. B0B74M99GL says machine wash. B0B74QXVK9 says hand wash only. The duck-egg listing, B0B6RG9Q2Y, says 40°C and tumble-dryer safe. The other dark-blue pages list machine wash without a temperature, or a choice of machine, dry clean and cold hand wash. They share review text. They do not share one care line. Read the page you bought.
Can I wash a 420D sleeve?
PATIO PLUS, the 420D sleeve here, says wipe clean. A machine wash is not stated. LCGOD, the 600D pair, does say machine wash, and it does not state a temperature. Wiping a sleeve is not a substitute for drying the cushion before you put the cover back on.
What if the Amazon care line and the sewn label disagree?
Follow the label on the cloth. The Amazon table in this extract already disagrees with itself across Morbuy listings, so it is a weak guide once you have the item. If there is no sewn label and the listing says nothing, as with YFNVH and OFFCUP, do not guess a temperature. A cold hand wash is a cautious step only when you accept the risk. It is not printed for those two.

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Sources

Public UK sources from the research digest, used with the saved amazon.co.uk extracts for this set. There is no laboratory test. Page updated 22 October 2026.

  1. Consumer Rights Act 2015, goods contract rights (retrieved 22 October 2026)
  2. Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013, regulation 30 (retrieved 22 October 2026)
  3. GOV.UK: textile labelling (retrieved 22 October 2026)
  4. GOV.UK: General Product Safety Regulations 2005 (retrieved 22 October 2026)
  5. ASA: substantiation, CAP Code 3.7 (retrieved 22 October 2026)
  6. Citizens Advice: faulty goods (retrieved 22 October 2026)
  7. GOV.UK: furniture fire-safety amendment 2025 (retrieved 22 October 2026)