Wholesale Pools — Inflatable and Kids’ Pools, by the Carton

Round and rectangular paddling pools, play centres with a slide or a sprinkler, swim rings and armbands, inflatable animals, and the small pool toys that sell alongside them at the till.

What we do not have: framed pools, steel-wall pools, filtration systems and pumps as a standalone line. If that is the order, we are the wrong supplier and it costs you nothing to know it now.

We measured our own cartons: beach and pool goods are the most volumetric category in the catalogue. A median carton weighs 18 kg and occupies 0.281 m³, which on air freight is charged as 46.9 kg — 2.6 times its real weight. No other category in our range is worse.

The practical consequence: air freight rarely makes sense here, and a shipment of only inflatables is the worst possible freight profile. Mixing in dense goods — puzzles, die-cast, keychains — pulls the average down. Sea is the honest mode for this category, and sea is 18–40 days to the United States and 22–38 to Europe.

Count back from the first hot weekend, not from the date of your decision. Production 15–30 days, up to 45 in peak; consolidation and acceptance 3–5 days; then sea, which is the mode this category can afford. That puts the order in January or February for a June shelf.

And one date does not move: Chinese New Year falls on 6 February 2027, with about six weeks of disrupted output around it. An order placed after 1 January most likely ships in March — which for this category means missing the season entirely.

Pick models in the catalogue, we buy from the factories, consolidate and check the batch in China before it travels. Minimum order total 2,000 CNY (≈ $313); we do not break cartons or ship single pieces. Transit times are published for 62 destinations.