Average Lifespan Of Inflatable Pool Tools?
Average Lifespan Of Inflatable Pool Tools?
For those that provide inflatable pool toys for your guests, how long to they last?
Any brands to recommend?
We purchased a number of relatively cheap and cheerful Intex items which survived about a week of standard kid use. I didn’t expect them to last all season, but expected a bit more than a week.
Any brands to recommend?
We purchased a number of relatively cheap and cheerful Intex items which survived about a week of standard kid use. I didn’t expect them to last all season, but expected a bit more than a week.
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+1bornintheuk wrote:Don't bother to provide anything.
If the client wants to get some plastic rubbish to keep their kids happy then the local supermarket will have lots, you will just have to clear up the mess at the end of their stay.
Another thing we do is to ask those with kids to put to one side any of the old inflatables they find which are u/s, or their ones which they puncture, so that we can dispose of them correctly.
Hi Cricé, can you advise how to dispose of them correctly? We have been putting ours in the recycling bin.Circé wrote: Another thing we do is to ask those with kids to put to one side any of the old inflatables they find which are u/s, or their ones which they puncture, so that we can dispose of them correctly.
Depends on your local recycing centre, here they go to the dechetterie and go in 'plastic and other waste' skip and thence I expect to landfill (!)Dusty wrote:Hi Cricé, can you advise how to dispose of them correctly? We have been putting ours in the recycling bin.Circé wrote: Another thing we do is to ask those with kids to put to one side any of the old inflatables they find which are u/s, or their ones which they puncture, so that we can dispose of them correctly.
You are being overly generous
As per everyone else I let them buy their own...we provide a couple of things for babies and toddlers but that's because we are with TOTs.
Plus as others have said, they never replace ones that have burst. This summer some lovely guests bought a huge unicorn and left it. You could tell it was expensive.
2nd lot of guests afterwards obviously burst it and never said a sodding word. When I asked them I got told they'd left a small rubber ring and 2 bats and ball in place of it....even though we have many bats and 3 rings.
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As per everyone else I let them buy their own...we provide a couple of things for babies and toddlers but that's because we are with TOTs.
Plus as others have said, they never replace ones that have burst. This summer some lovely guests bought a huge unicorn and left it. You could tell it was expensive.
2nd lot of guests afterwards obviously burst it and never said a sodding word. When I asked them I got told they'd left a small rubber ring and 2 bats and ball in place of it....even though we have many bats and 3 rings.
Mousie
x
This subject was on the BBC the other day.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-49488120?in ... ting-story
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-49488120?in ... ting-story
Never try to out-stubborn your guests.
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I have a plastic storage trunk in my car port. Any inflatables bought by guests, not being taken home is left in the trunk (along with various other pool/beach toys) for next guests. I just supply a foot pump.
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