I have been searching for pools for 4 months now. I really try to avoid plastic as much as possible but I haven’t found a glass or wooden pool. haha.
There are the #2 (polyethylene) pools at the local department stores but I wasn’t happy with them. They seemed flimsy in some cases and way too expensive in others. I did find one I liked but it had an elephant sprinkler in the middle that took up most of the pool. The ones with slides would be great for an older child but a slide with no sides doesn’t bode well for a year and a half old little.
I was also looking for a pool that 2 toddlers could play in without drowning each other. Another desire was one with a shade and even maybe one I could sit in with the little because, after all, who wants to sit in the sun in 90 degree weather watching someone else have fun in a pool?
The biggest requirement of all though, was that the pool be PVC-free.
I found that pool at Domestications. It is on its way to me now, so I can’t give a review but I will add my opinion on it in the comments once we get it set up.
I also like the idea that the pool can be used as a sandbox, as well. We have an unfinished basement and the idea of a sandbox in the basement for the really cold days this winter sounds like fun, although if I love the pool, I might have to buy a second one for future sandbox use.
The pool is made in India and the canopy is polyethylene like the pool.
Another, more expensive, type of pool that I found are stock tanks. But since my little is too little to play independantly in deep water, I decided to wait.
I did find another pool company that offers polyethylene, but they seem to have disappeared on me. If I find them again I will edit the link in.
