The Best Pool Accessories to Enhance Your Summer (2026)

This floating device monitors temperature, pH, and ORP (free chlorine), together giving you a snapshot of your pool’s disinfection power, which is updated every 15 minutes. While most chemistry monitors require replaceable (expensive) components and frequent battery replacements to operate, the Iopool solution is durable, requiring no maintenance at all except for keeping it out of the pool during the winter months. I used mine for two full swimming seasons until it died (at which point it had to be replaced) – and I liked it so much I just threw it in the water this summer. –Chris Null

For Floating Around With a Drink

When our first 90-degree-Fahrenheit day showed up last month, I immediately started looking for something to float. cold drinks that had a sunroof and wouldn’t cost much, and ended up buying this Funboy from Amazon. It can hold a six-pack of cans on the ice, the roof is removable, and there’s a drink holder on either side so you and your buddy can push back and forth between your floats. Striped design with fringes and St. Tropez (or ’80s-era pool umbrella, depending on your age and station), and I ended up loving the vibe so I added matching pool rings, which come in 16 colors Funboy’s website or six on Amazon. I’ve had the ring in my pool for a few weeks now, in direct sunlight, and I wish it had handles to make it easier to take it on and off, it’s been working fine. The 48-inch size is perfect for most large butts, and comes with a handy carry case. However, note that the design of the cup is shallow, so if you’re using thin cans like hard seltzer or Celsius, you may want to stick with the more forgiving ones on the cabana bar.

For Cannonball Soundtracks

No pool party is complete without music, and this is ours Bluetooth speaker enthusiastwhich is described by JBL as “living proof.” As someone who has one myself, I can attest to what they mean. Our Flip 7 family’s long-lasting endurance has been rained on, drenched, strapped to the back of my son’s mountain bike when he jumped, and survived all kinds of falls and other mishaps. It is completely water and IP68-certifiedso you don’t have to worry if it falls into the pool. I haven’t tested this, but JBL says it can survive being submerged in water for about 5 minutes for 30 minutes.

So that you don’t have to worry anymore

WIRED analyst Chris Null has been testing pool cleaning robots for four years, and this one from Beatbot, he says, is the best he’s ever tried. Not only does it excel at its cleaning duties, but its battery life is amazing at six hours, and it has AI-powered debris detection and a great app. It can also check the surface of your pool if needed, and best of all, it floats when finished, so you don’t have to remove it from the bottom of the pool. (Which is good, he says, because it’s heavy.)

For Winning Naval Battles

If your family or community is involved reality water fights, you need a high quality water weapon, and nothing hits like Spyra. Seriously—this thing is so powerful that it punches through cans. My son received it SpyraTwo ($200) as a gift a few years ago, and he thought it was fun to do something even without a water fight. I love that it absorbs water on its own, so you don’t have to worry about messy fillings. SpyraFour is the latest version of Spyra, which offers detailed graphics and unique game modes such as Ultra Rapid Fire and Scattershot. In fact, WIRED’s marketing director Martin Cizmar saw it as the best new water gun ever made.

For Peak Margarita No

You haven’t eaten well until you’ve passed out in your floatie on a hot day with a cold margarita. Or a glass of frosting, frozen lemonade, or anything else you can think of – it will probably fall into one of our categories. a favorite slushie machine. Sugary drinks work best, but you can down the alcohol add allulose. If you want to store two drinks at once, Ninja only released a dual-reservoir modelwhich WIRED writer Matthew Korfhage tests here. It can change the temperature to ensure that different drinks are ready at the same time.

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