At least they weren’t encased in the inflatable and it didn’t land on top of them in the process.īut, as WATCH indicates in its report, when you’re in a big inflatable ball, you’re pretty much encased (s ee pic above) and your movements-some of which could be necessary to help protect yourself, say in a fall-could be restricted, potentially leading to an impact injury. Recently we posted about a study in which bounce houses-another inflatable fave for bouncy good fun-were found to be the cause of injury requiring medical attention in what amounts to 30 children a day! A number of those injuries were the result of a child somehow jumping out of the bounce house and landing on a hard surface. WATCH has put the Bongo Ball, available at Toys R Us, on its 10 Worst Toys list for 2012. It gives new, and literal, meaning to “living in a bubble” for sure-but does it afford the same protection that the saying implies? Uhh, probably not.Īnd definitely not according to consumer watchdog group World Against Toys Causing Harm (WATCH).
Some even let you bounce around in them, bumping into things (and other people) as you play. By AbiKĪ huge inflatable ball that you can climb into by any other name-e.g., Bongo Ball, Giga Ball, GBOP Ball, Human Hamster Ball-whatever-is still a huge inflatable ball that you can crawl into and roll around in. Worst Toy List: Inflatable Bongo Ball A Potentially Bumpy Ride December 11th, 2012.
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