How tight can swim rings get?

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  • wildheart
    Senior Member
    • Apr 2015
    • 859

    How tight can swim rings get?

    It's the only inflatable I have at the moment. I usually stop inflating when it starts getting harder to blow. Would I be able to force more air in or would it be likely to pop? How tight do they usually get?



    That's the biggest I've managed to get it. I like to over inflate them as much as possible and like the sound they make as they squeak.
    How big will it go? Only one way to find out...
    My website: loonerstories.weebly.com
  • Jkloon
    Senior Member
    • Aug 2013
    • 357

    #2
    Re: How tight can swim rings get?

    I've seen some swim rings overinflate a lot, but some just pop. There's really no way to tell whether or not something is going to burst. Not that I've found anyways.

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    • Vicci
      Blown to bits
      • Oct 2009
      • 655

      #3
      Re: How tight can swim rings get?

      I don't think there's any way to predict them, I've had several that rip themselves in half (usually around the inner seam) when they were firm, some that have popped before I've even managed to blow all the creases out of them, yet some others that have been over-inflated so much that they're not really ring shaped any more.
      I've even had a couple that have randomly torn themselves in two over an hour after I finished inflating them.
      Vicci x

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      • wildheart
        Senior Member
        • Apr 2015
        • 859

        #4
        Re: How tight can swim rings get?

        I'll have to be careful then, it's quite old as well (probably over 10 years) but the quality might of been better then.
        How big will it go? Only one way to find out...
        My website: loonerstories.weebly.com

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        • Vicci
          Blown to bits
          • Oct 2009
          • 655

          #5
          Re: How tight can swim rings get?

          Old inflatables seem to stretch more - probably due to what they were allowed to put in the PVC back then that they're not allowed to now.
          Vicci x

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          • wildheart
            Senior Member
            • Apr 2015
            • 859

            #6
            Re: How tight can swim rings get?

            I was also wondering if it's possible to reinforce the seams somehow, so it can get tighter. Do you have an experience with that?
            How big will it go? Only one way to find out...
            My website: loonerstories.weebly.com

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            • Ash_738
              Member
              • Jun 2013
              • 84

              #7
              Re: How tight can swim rings get?

              The one in the video looks fairly small, probably you could inflate it a bit more but its difficult to say when and how it's gonna pop. Almost always the larger rings pop from the inner seam first (sometimes loudly!) and most of the time unexpectedly. Still one of my favourite kinds of inflatable.
              Shut up and blow!

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              • avidpopper2
                Junior Member
                • Mar 2016
                • 15

                #8
                Re: How tight can swim rings get?

                The inner seams on them can let go pretty easy. But I like when that happens.
                Dane

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                • lilolover82
                  Senior Member
                  • Mar 2014
                  • 196

                  #9
                  Re: How tight can swim rings get?

                  Usually a seam goes and they start leaking, you're lucky if it's a slow leak and not a complete blow out of the seam.
                  Washington State, United States

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