Hollowfly Pool Noodles 6-pack (40 × 1.6 in.)
SKIP — Six 40-inch noodles that are 1.6 inches across — thinner than a garden hose is wide — sold at about $28 by a marketplace seller, on a 3.6★/125 base with 23% one-star. The listing calls them "Giant Sized"; owners call them the smallest they have seen.
Specs
| Size | 40 × 1.6 in (listing) |
| Pack | 6, red/yellow/blue |
| Core | Hollow (some arrive closed at one end) |
| Foam | Unspecified foam |
| Owner rating | 3.6★ / 125 |
| Capacity | Not stated |
| Weight | Not stated |
| Warranty | Not published |
Pros
- Bright, stiff and cheap to ship — fine as a craft tube or a lane marker
- Ships from Amazon, so returns are easy, which owners have needed
Cons
- 1.6 inches across: "too small to hold any human being of any age or size", "wouldn't support a toddler", "I had to tie four together for my 3-year-old grandson" — while the listing says "Giant Sized" and "for adults and teens"
- A 23% one-star share on 125 ratings, and the 5-star share is only 50%
- Roughly $4.75 a noodle for a fraction of the foam in a $1 discount-store noodle — owners make that comparison unprompted
- Sold by a marketplace seller (Dumcia) with no maker site, spec sheet or warranty
Too thin to float anyone. "Too small for anyone of any size"; "These are the smallest, pool noodles I have ever seen. The description says they are for adults, but these wouldn't support a toddler"; "I had to tie four together for my 3-year-old grandson"; "these noodles are so small they came with a Napoleon complex". Second theme, price against the discount store: "$14/each ($84/6) compared to standard $3-4 at a brick and mortar store". Also stiff, "roughly cut on one end", and one pack arrived with the holes closed.
10 critical read 2026-09-05 of a 125-rating base whose histogram is 23% one-star and 7% two-star; too thin or too small in 7, price in 3, stiffness or finish in 3, wrong product (closed ends) in 1; 10/10 Verified Purchase, 0 Vine. · critical reviews read September 2026
FAQ
Who is the Hollowfly Pool Noodles 6-pack (40 × 1.6 in.) for?
You need a pool noodle for a dollhouse pool. At 1.6 inches across it is the thinnest noodle on Amazon and the dearest per inch of foam — owners tie four together to float a three-year-old, and one describes them as arriving "with a Napoleon complex". Its 3.6★ across 125 carries a 23% one-star share.
What do owners say about the Hollowfly Pool Noodles 6-pack (40 × 1.6 in.)?
3.6★ across 125 owner ratings (Amazon, read September 2026 · listing-wide base). What owners complain about: Too thin to float anyone. "Too small for anyone of any size"; "These are the smallest, pool noodles I have ever seen. The description says they are for adults, but these wouldn't support a toddler"; "I had to tie four together for my 3-year-old grandson"; "these noodles are so small they came with a Napoleon complex". Second theme, price against the discount store: "$14/each ($84/6) compared to standard $3-4 at a brick and mortar store". Also stiff, "roughly cut on one end", and one pack arrived with the holes closed.
What is the warranty on the Hollowfly Pool Noodles 6-pack (40 × 1.6 in.)?
Hollowfly publishes no warranty term for the Hollowfly Pool Noodles 6-pack (40 × 1.6 in.) — we looked for one from the maker and record the absence rather than guess. Buy it somewhere with a return window you trust.
Record
- — Carded as the SKIP when the pool-noodle roundup shipped: 3.6 stars across 125 with 23% one-star, a 1.6-inch diameter sold as "Giant Sized", and a price per noodle several times the discount-store kind.
✓ Safety: no active recall — A pool noodle is a TOY, not a flotation device — the American Red Cross Aquatic Guidelines (re-read 2026-09-05): "floating toys, such as pool noodles and air-filled arm bands and rings, are not safety devices and should never be considered substitutes for U.S. Coast Guard-approved lifejackets"; the AAP (healthychildren.org, read 2026-09-05): "Avoid floaties, water wings or inflatable toys. These can deflate and do not prevent drowning." CPSC recall API checked 2026-09-05: ProductName=pool noodle → 0 records, ProductName=swim noodle → 0; the pool-toy recalls in the database are rigid dive sticks (a banned product class), not noodles. Foam noodles sold for children fall under ASTM F963 (16 CFR 1250) as toys.
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Data last verified: September 2026. Ratings are real, dated reads — never scraped or invented. Full methodology and monetization disclosure: how we test.