A whole lido of Oodles of Noodles foam under one roof. Standard 48 inch pool noodles by the pack, jumbo floats that hold an adult, solid core stock for therapy pools, pre-slit clamp padding, craft foam by the foot and trade backer rod.
Pick the lane first. The tube you want is usually decided by diameter and core, not by colour.
Standard Pool NoodlesThe classic hollow tube, by the pack · 11 models
Jumbo & XL Pool NoodlesThicker foam that holds an adult · 9 models
Solid Core Pool NoodlesDense foam all the way through · 2 models
Clamp Noodles & Edge ProtectionPre-slit tubes that grip an edge · 13 models
Craft FoamFoam sold by the foot for projects · 11 models
Construction FoamBacker rod, rope and pipe covers · 23 models
Speciality NoodlesOdd shapes with one clear job · 7 modelsThe packs people reach for first, with the price showing on the listing right now.
Closed-cell polyethylene keeps water out of the tube, so the last day of the holiday floats as well as the first.
Swim aid, lane divider, pipe cover, craft stock, sharp-edge padding. The same length of foam keeps turning up in a different room of the house.
Price per tube falls fast once you pass a pack of ten, which is why camps, schools and therapy pools order fifty at a time.
Six notes left by buyers on the listings themselves, word for word.
These are exactly as described. They're firm enough to maintain shape when swung (standard pool noodles can get a little floppy) but soft enough that you won't walk away with a black eye for not being quick enough. The wrist straps are also handy if your partner really gets going. I'd definitely buy again.
Always had the 5/6 separate small rods. Was so tired of fixing the couch cover every couple days. This works great if you keep it intact! I rarely have to fix the couch cover!
Easy to carry and the fold is perfect. I can keep it folded to float or float frontwards or backwards with it open. The connection tube also doubles as a convenient carry handle. I highly recommend.
3 stars as it worked as intended until it didn’t. One would think that if one was designing a product to be strapped to a punching bag, it would be capable of taking more than one months worth of abuse with a goal of not touching it (slipping). We tried a few different glues but it would snap immediately. Recommend reinforcing the base of the stem. To be fair, it was fun while it lasted. Edit: To the suppliers credit, they sent a replacement. I’m adding a star for the customer service as I wasn’t expecting one.
Great for arts and craft. High quality and durable. They are to length in the description and as thick as they say. They worked great for what I was using them for.
These were for a project and did what I needed, so I have to say that is what counts. The length I got was solid and undamaged.
No. Everything on these shelves is closed-cell polyethylene foam. The phrase oodles of noodles has been in English since long before it appeared on a packet of instant ramen, and the food brand that once used it was renamed decades ago — so if you came looking for a food item with an ingredients list, this is the wrong aisle. Nothing here is edible and there is nothing to slurp.
Closed-cell polyethylene foam, extruded as a tube and cut to length. The cells do not fill with water, which is why a noodle still floats on the last day of the holiday.
The standard tube is approx. 48 inch long and 2.5 inch in diameter. Jumbo stock runs 3.5 inch across at 55 inch long, and the MEGA sizes reach 5 inch across at up to six foot.
Price per tube drops sharply with pack size. A pack of two is a convenience buy; the 25-pack and 50-pack are what bring the per-noodle figure down, which is why swim schools order that way.
Foam tracks the price of resin and of freight, and a noodle is mostly air inside a big box — shipping costs more than the material. That is also why a pack of fifty is better value than twenty-five packs of two.
Yes. A bread knife gives the cleanest cut on hollow stock, and a long serrated blade suits solid core. Sand the cut end lightly if it will be handled by small children.
Oodles of Noodles is a foam tube business, and nothing on this site is food. The standard Oodles of Noodles pool noodle is a hollow length of closed-cell polyethylene, approx. 48 inch long and 2.5 inch in diameter, sold by the pack rather than one at a time. That single shape covers most of what a pool needs: swim lessons, water aerobics, lane markers, an afternoon spent doing very little.
Past the standard tube the range widens. Jumbo stock moves up to 3.5 inch and 5 inch diameters for adults who sink the thin ones. Solid core noodles drop the hollow centre so the foam holds its shape under a full-grown body. Clamp stock arrives pre-slit, grips a rail and doubles as edge protection. Craft foam is sold by the foot for props and models. Backer rod and foam rope go to building sites, where the same material fills a joint before the sealant goes over it.
The numbers that matter are easy. Diameter decides how much the noodle carries, length decides what you can hold, the core decides whether it squashes, and pack size decides the price per tube. A pack of two is a convenience buy; a 25-pack Oodles of Noodles order is what a swim school buys, and the savings per noodle are the whole reason that pack exists. Colours rotate — black, white, red, blue, green, yellow, purple and rainbow mixes all turn up, and each listing shows which is in the package.
Quality in foam is mostly density. A cheap tube feels light and crushes under a thumb; the premium stock here is extra dense, which is why it survives a rental season. Foam does not rot, but it does chalk in direct sun, so the usual advice holds: rinse the chlorine off, let it drain, keep the pack in the shade. Treated that way a favorite pool noodle outlasts the swimsuit it was bought with, which is an incredible return on something that costs less than a coffee. That is the experience most buyers report: nothing happens, for years.
Every listing on these shelves is a live one. Price, pack and colour come straight from it, so check the current figure before you order — foam moves with the season and a fast summer clears the shelves. Customers who come back for a second pack usually say the same thing: buy the bigger box the first time. If you are here after ramen, the food brand that once used this phrase was renamed decades ago; there is no ingredients list on a foam tube and nothing here to slurp.
Two questions come up more than any others. Which Oodles of Noodles pool noodles are the cheapest per tube — the 25-pack and 50-pack of standard stock, every time. And which colour to pick: white shows a chlorine film soonest and black runs hottest in the sun, so the honest answer is whichever one the children will argue over least. Everything else is on the card for the pack itself.
Short, practical notes on sizing, cutting and keeping foam alive.
How to choose a pool noodleDiameter, length, core and pack size: the four numbers that decide whether an Oodles of Noodles pool noodle works for you.
Solid core versus hollow foam pool noodlesWhy one Oodles of Noodles tube costs more than another that looks identical from the end of the pool.Pool noodle sizes in inchesA plain table of the lengths and diameters sold under the Oodles of Noodles name, in inch and in feet.
Pool noodle craft projectsCutting, gluing and painting Oodles of Noodles pool noodle foam for costumes, props, classrooms and wreaths.
Backer rod sizing for Oodles of Noodles foamPicking the right Oodles of Noodles rod diameter for a joint, and why the sealant fails when you do not.Looking after Oodles of Noodles pool noodlesChlorine, sunlight, storage and the small habits that double the life of a pack of pool noodles.Pack sizes from two to fifty, in every colour the line runs. The live listing has the current price and stock.