Pool noodles $1

Buck each at Dollar Tree, San leandro.  I guess other locations have them too.

Yay!    Tis' the pool noodle season!    Cant wait to get some!  Wanna see their face when I ask for two boxes of them 

Checked up here in Redding a week ago, Nada
Maybe they are now in stock, I only need 1 box
Tad
 

Checked up here in Redding a week ago, Nada
Maybe they are now in stock, I only need 1 box
Tad
 

When I bought a couple at around 4 PM, all the boxes where still full.  I guess they just came in today and I'm the first buyer.

Wal Mart and Target both have them now too.

Dollar Tree in Eureka has them. I just picked up a bunch at Myrtle Ave and they have about 30 left aorn.

On the wife's list. 

Here is a question.  Has anyone ever toyed with idea or expanding insulation as a means to provide additional floatation?  I'm thinking of the type that expands for home use.  I think contractors can get it in large containers...maybe?  A very permanent solution but i could see it working.

Tad let me know if you spot any around here, my wife's dog got into my stock pile and quickly turned 20 pool noodles into neon popcorn scattered across the backyard. 

Regarding the expanding foam, I use it on the back of my hawg trough, inside the handle of my net, and a few other places but I wouldn't go filling the boat with it. That stuff is a mess to work with and a more 'permanent' modification.

On the wife's list. 

Here is a question.  Has anyone ever toyed with idea or expanding insulation as a means to provide additional floatation?  I'm thinking of the type that expands for home use.  I think contractors can get it in large containers...maybe?  A very permanent solution but i could see it working.

I recall a past thread. I think that stuff hold water (as in open cell) so it may end up being a mold and smell magnet

On the wife's list. 

Here is a question.  Has anyone ever toyed with idea or expanding insulation as a means to provide additional floatation?  I'm thinking of the type that expands for home use.  I think contractors can get it in large containers...maybe?  A very permanent solution but i could see it working.

I recall a past thread. I think that stuff hold water (as in open cell) so it may end up being a mold and smell magnet

Yummy!  Nothing like the foul smell of mildew in your yak.   It may beat rotting fish but barely.

Redding Dollar Tree now has them
Picked up a box today (All Blue Baby)
The clerk gave me a funny wtf look when I wheeled them to the counter
I gave her one back when instead of useing the quanity key, she pulled one noodle out and scanned it 24 times
beep beep beep... I Sh!t you not.
Tad
 

Lol tad I had the exact same experience. Except I had the good taste to buy orange :p

lol dollar tree pollicy they have to ring up each individual item its nuckin futs i dont understand it. i guess they realise there employees are "winners" lol

Questions for the noodle experienced.
 the question is How Many? Thanks. Your input is appreciated.

The million dollar question
Here is my take on it,
some is better than none,
20 better than 2.
stuff it in the areas not needed for storage and what works best for you.
they are cheap and easily removed or added.
I think the extra floatation is just to keep it from sinking and not to be still functional with a hull full of water.
carry a hand operated bilge pump if you want to keep it functional.
As for mold/mildew,  drain it well after each use and leave hatches open when you store it, evaporation should keep that to a minimum.
Thats my take on it, but I haven't personally tested the theory and never want to
Tad
 

Thanks BANJOTAD. Sorry,moved my topic to "gearing up". I was curious whether folks got new noodles yearly or not. My local dollar store just got the small diameter ones in today.   You can't be ready for every circumstance but noodles seem like cheap insurance to me and maybe a little piece of mind on the ocean (at least for me).