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Although I have never been a competitive swimmer, swimming has been a big part of my life for a long time. We grew up near a lake, and I still live in the same neighborhood. As such, swimming toys were some of our favorite possessions as kids. We would use those foam noodles, rubber rafts, blow up floating mattresses, and all kinds of other swimming toys. I even learned to swim with water wings on!

As I found out when I was growing up, swimming toys definitely vary in quality. It really depends, but usually you get what you pay for. Cheap swimming toys are fun for a little while, but some of them are easy to pop. One summer, me and my brother went through no less than four rubber rafts while horsing around.

Your best bet is to invest a little bit more money to begin with. This is especially true if your kids are going to be swimming in open waters. When we played with swimming toys, we were just horsing around with them in a closed swim area. Using a swimming toy as a personal flotation devices is a different thing altogether. For that, you need more professional gear. There is a big difference between a swimming toy rubber raft and a real one. A real raft will have multiple air compartments so that, if one of them pops, the raft will still stay afloat. A toy one should only be used in a swimming pool or a very calm lake with supervision.

Of course, if you want to get the most bang for your buck with swimming toys, you should try out those water noodles. Those things are great. They are made out of foam which means that they can’t pop. They are buoyant enough for small or medium-sized kids to use them to float on, and present all kinds of opportunities for fun. The kids can safely hit each other with them without any risk of injury, slide them across the water to each other, bend them in a variety of shapes, and even use them in imagination games. All in all, they are among the best water toys that there are. And don’t forget squirt guns. No summer swim trip is complete without them!

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Though children love water, and may be happy with just an empty pool while they are playing, some need to have a few swimming toys to keep them happy and occupied. These are rather easy to find, but some are quite expensive. If you have a large pool, you do have to think about what might harm the lining of the pool. For a kiddy pool, that is not a huge worry, but you do have to worry about the amount of space. My daughter use to have some many toys in her pool that there was no longer any room for her to get in.

The best time to buy swimming toys is that the end of the summer. Though you won’t be able to use them until the next year, they are going to cost you much less when they go on clearance at the end of the season. In fact, they may go into discount sooner than that. I have seen them marked down as early as the middle of July in some cases, and that is barely a month into the typical swimming season where I live. Check over the quality of anything on the clearance rack. Some may be items that have been returned because of defect and they were put back on the shelves by accident.

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Don’t forget to keep your swimming toys clean. This might not seem necessary as they are often in the water, but there are times when they can become dirty and will mess up the water in the pool. This often happens with toys that are soft, hollow, and have an air inlet in them. Things like rubber ducks that squeak when they are squeezed are often huge problems. If water is left inside when they are set aside, anything in that water can decompose and leave mold within the toy. Once it is put into the water, that mold will come out and will float around in the water.

Most swimming toys won’t have problems with dirt, but if they are left lying around, they may have to be rinsed off before they are used. Anything that is labeled as a toy for the pool is often safe for pool liners, but you have to use common sense when you buy. When you buy swimming toys, look for a suitable storage container that will keep them safe from the elements when not in use, but that will also allow the water to drain off properly so you can avoid mold growth.

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