Practicality: 2 /5, and that’s on being generous. Only explicit words explain for how long this took to blow up.

At this time of year, it seems like Aldi gets caught up in breaking up for the school holidays. The special buy aisle is cleared of its usual scented bleach and handy wipes, and there stands a fluorescent range of summer accessories that lets you forget, finally, about your chores and instead imagine yourself beachside, tanning and swimming from dawn till dusk.

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Whitney Casares, MD, MPH, FAAP, founder and CEO of Modern Mommy Doc and the Modern Mamas Club, says that whether your kiddos are just getting used to putting their toes in the water or are experienced swimmers, babies, toddlers, and young children should never be left unattended [during water play]. "Kids can drown in as little as one inch of water, so always closely supervise water play," she says. Get all the latest news, sport and what's on stories sent to your inbox daily with the LancsLive newsletter here. Read More Related Articles Riding the flamingo makes you feel important. Suddenly, you find yourself feeling like you could be a member of the royal family or have google-worthy net worth to brag about - that’s how good it feels. The Avocado is perfect for terrible puns and determining your place as comedian in whatever group of people you’re floating around Lancashire with.

It’s a flamingo. If anybody is unimpressed by a big inflatable flamingo I beg you to let yourself live a little bit. The only problem was, as with many things that set such high expectations, The Recliner (with cup holders) struggled to bear the pressure. Because of its rubber ring seating style, the sides of the float would turn upwards rendering your beer holder useless, your beer straight into the water and tears gathering in your own eyes. We also love how easy it is to inflate and deflate this pool float, should you want to travel with it. The design features large double-bed-type fast valves that make inflation up to five times faster than regular valves. It also comes with a clutch to inflate the tube to really take the headache out of inflating pool toys. When you use a professional-grade pool toy pump—Jasonwell makes a car-powered electric air pump—inflation is a breeze. It’s yours to do what you want with it, it could take you anywhere, or you could chill out. With its uncomplicated blow-up design, The Avocado is onto a winner, and you look like a healthy nutritious individual the entire time. But the journey it takes to feeling so incredible is a rough one. With a huge base and an entire flamingo head to blow up, you may find yourself feeling lightheaded or generally fed up with the pink thing.It’s not the easiest to float around on either, but as a point of direction: lying on the flamingo wing-to-wing was found to be a success, even if it looks completely incorrect. You can’t not appreciate Aldi’s commitment to the bit with The Avocado. With the brown seed and the skin perfectly replicated on the bottom, you’ve found a float prepared to impress everyone around you. The best thing about The Avocado is it's not huge. It’s the smallest out of the best four, so it's convenient to carry about and doesn’t weigh you down what it's deflated.