Swimming is a tremendous workout, but if you are looking to avoid anything that even resembles physical effort while relaxing in the pool this summer, I suggest picking up one of these Pool Jet mini Sea Scooters to propel yourself from the floating pool chair to the area where the ladder is. If only they had one of those moving seats to lift you out of the pool like old people have to help them get up stairs.
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Hydrofloors are an ingenious and overdue product that adjusts the floor of your pool vertically, allowing it to be used as a swimming pool, a wading pool for children or as a regular floor that just happens to have handrails sticking out of it. But I didn’t notice any pricing mentioned, which basically translates to “You could NEVER afford this”.
Even though a public swimming pool can’t compete with the beach, you can still take a boogie board in the water and experience a shark attack (of sorts) thanks to this Great White pool predator. This 29″ inflatable shark packs a bladder in its gills which turns it into a giant squirt gun when filled, soaking targets with a spray of chlorine and child piss. And if that still doesn’t give you a beach feeling, then you can always count on slaps in the face when you ogle women, and those wonderful feelings of inadequacy when you show your body in a swimsuit. That alone makes me feel like I’m there.
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Turn your pool into a light show at evening with the Kaleidoscopic Pool Cruising Fish. Not only will it illuminate the pool with an array of colored lights, but it will swim along at a rate of 50 feet per minute. That will give the light show enough variety to cover you for an entire night of entertaining by the pool.
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There are countless options when it comes to tricking out your pool with lights, but the Kool-light-o-scope takes things a step further with spinning LEDs that “create continually changing patterns of light and color on the bottom and sides of your pool.” Basically it turns your pool into a wet disco and / or a giant drug-free trip.
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Wouldn’t you much rather call a dragon in the side pocket than the usual numbered ball? This set of mythical creatures includes pictures of popular dragons while still giving you the playability of a regulation pool ball.
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It never fails—every time I get in the pool I instantly have the urge to pee. For those that have no qualms about using the pool as a toilet, that is only a minor inconvenience. But the rest of us need some way to relieve ourselves without actually getting out of the pool. That’s where the inflatable Pool-a-Potty comes in. Basically, it would be like any other Port-a-Potty, only buoyant. It would need to be stable in the water and, I suppose, there should be some sort of rule against using it for a #2. I don’t know if this product exists, but it should.
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Any fan of the movie The Hustler would just love to walk into a big meeting and pull out their own cue case. It may be a fraction of the size of the real thing, but that just makes it cooler. Once the case is out you can remove your pool cue pen, sit down and enjoy the admiring looks from all your co-workers as you do nothing but doodle with it.
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Just in case you haven’t noticed, the Discovery Channel is in the midst of its 21st annual Shark Week tradition (July 27th to August 2nd). To commemorate this momentous occasion, I present to you this 8-foot Revenge of the Great White Shark Sculpture. You can put this monster anywhere you have room—but if you are fortunate enough to own a pool, a setup like the one illustrated in the image above is ideal.
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Games in two dimensions is just not good enough for the 21st century. Get with the times and play some 3D pool. First player to sink them all in the bottom level wins. The game is played with 8 balls and 2 cue balls. They say you can also shoot the balls up the ramps but I wouldn’t try that in the direction of a window or irreplaceable vase.
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