Family Fun With Foam Pool Floats

By Amanda Baird


The children have finished school for the summer break, the days are long and full of sunshine and people are wondering how to best fill their days. It seems to be compulsory that swimming trips or days out at an aqua park should feature. Yet the latter option might not be viable if you have a child who is unable to swim. Don't despair as this can be overcome with the assistance of foam pool floats.

The biggest part of learning to swim is gaining confidence in water, and this is where these items come in useful. As they're available in a wide range of bright colours, whenever used the child immediately associates them with fun. They appear non threatening and so the child feels totally relaxed around them.

When using these aids everything becomes fun, and so the threat held by water diminishes. They will not suffer punctures or deflate, a problem that their inflatable counterparts face. Thanks to their material they're buoyant naturally, and as such they do make wonderful floatation aids for anyone who is wary around water.

On a long hot summer day the water looks so inviting. People are in and out of the water but those who are wary around water will often not get more than their feet wet, which is a shame. Some people get self conscious about using the old fashioned armbands and rings, but there are other options.

Maybe you will have seen small children wearing a buoyancy jacket. These jackets can have buoyancy aids fitted into different chambers. As the child gets more water confidence the aids can be removed one at a time. In time all that is left is the jacket on its own and the child is happily floating and swimming without any assistance.

Older children and even adults can also benefit from a different device. These are known as noodles, and are long, thin floatation aids. If they are laid over the chest and held in position beneath the armpits they form a 'U' shape. Depending how much buoyancy is needed the number of noodles used can vary. At least now they can cool down a bit more than their feet.

Not everything poolside revolves around swimming, sometimes people want to just relax. Many will remember the old style inflatable air mattresses. Now there are vinyl coated rafts of varying sizes, some also have a very convenient head rest built into them for additional comfort. They can be used either in the water or on dry land.

Another thing to help with a hard days lazing is a floating tray. This will have been created in the same way as the raft. They are big enough to be useful, but small enough to prevent them being constantly in the way.

It is easy to see just how versatile these foam pool floats are. With their bright colours they seem to invite fun. They are robust enough that you will be able to get plenty of use from them over the years. Even if they only help one person learn to swim that is one less potential drowning victim.




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