pool noodles

Cylindrical swim toys

Pool noodles are long, flexible cylinders of buoyant foam used as flotation aids or toys in swimming pools.

They're typically brightly colored and about five feet long, hollow through the center.

Children use them to stay afloat; adults use them for water aerobics or lounging.

The foam has found second lives in craft projects and household hacks: She cut pool noodles to pad the garage wall.

Opposites
buoyancy/flotation function

pool noodlesdive weights

Lead worn underwater

ankle weights · sinkers · lead weights · dumbbells

material construction

pool noodlesinflatable rafts

Air-filled floating vessels

air mattresses · beach balls

pool equipment formality

pool noodleskickboards

Buoyant swim training aids

swim fins · swim caps · racing goggles · starting blocks

Family

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Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G