Reddit reviews EocuSun Kids Ball Pit Tent-Toddler Ball Pit Playpen with Zippered Storage Bag for Indoor/Outdoor Fun Activities,Great Presents for Toddlers Girls or Boys ,Balls Not Included(Red)
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FOR FUN: This bright vibrant pop up ball pit playhouse playset will keep children entertained for hours! Full of fun for children or pets, a great space for your children to crawl, walk, jump and play, improves their independence and coordination.EASY ASSEMBLY & STORAGE: The entire play ball pit toy pops open in seconds!Comes with a compact zippered storage bag, lightweight for convenient carrying. For indoors or outdoors use as backyard, parks, playground.DURABLE & LIGHT WEIGHT: The ball pit is made with Soft waterproof polyester fabrics and high-strength memory steel holder to make sure your kids safety in happy hour! Easy to wipe cleans, durable.PERFECT GIFT: The perfect good idea for Birthday Parties, picnics, carnivals, and Sleepovers. This toddler gift toys is recommended for Birthday gifts and Christmas Gift for kids children toddlers.LARGE SPACE:Unfold size: 39.4(L) X 39.4(W) X 14.5(H) inches. Perfect for age 6 month and up.Ball pit size fits for two kids (1 - 4 years old) inside.Hugg enough to hold More than 400 our pit balls.(NOTE: BALL PIT BALLS NOT INCLUDED)
Amazon!
Ball pit: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00XPLB35M/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_xNBGwbZP5EP6D
I also got the balls from there although I can't remember which kind.
In order to answer part of what you wrote in the first paragraph, the pool is 90 inches in diameter at the outer edge. It does not give the interior diameter, but we can get a rough estimate by looking at the cylinders that make up the wall. Three cylinders add up to 20 inches, so each cylinder is roughly 7 inches in diameter, which makes the interior diameter of the pool 76 inches (radius = 38 inches).
Calculate the volume:
38^2 pi 20 = 90,729 in^3 = 392 gallons.
38^2 pi 14.5 = 65,779 in^3 = 284 gallons
I get a different number when calculating for the ball size. You use a radius of 1.08 inches. I calculate 5 cm /2 = 2.5 cm radius = 0.98 inch diameter. I also would like to point out that a 5 cm ball is smaller than the balls in a commercial ball pit (think Chuck E Cheeses). Standard ball pit balls would probably be more like 3 inches in diameter, but that's a rough guess from memory. I don't have anything to measure.
Using the packing density of 0.64 you give from XKCD, we get the following:
5cm balls: 0.98^2 Pi 4/3 = 4.0 cubic inches
65,779 in^3 0.64 / 4.0 in^3 = 10,525 balls
3in balls: 1.5^2 Pi 4/3 = 9.4 cubic inches
65,779 in^3 0.64 / 9.4 in^3 = 4,479 balls
Here are a couple of sources for 3 inch balls:
26 cents per ball
http://www.amazon.com/150-Large-Crush-Proof-Ball-Balls/dp/B000VX2PO0/ref=sr_1_3?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1449891804&sr=1-3&keywords=3+inch+ball+pit+balls
21.31 cents per ball
http://www.amazon.com/Pack-Crush-Proof-Ball-Balls/dp/B000NNM41C/ref=sr_1_6?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1449891804&sr=1-6&keywords=3+inch+ball+pit+balls
That's still super expensive (4,479 0.2131 = $954.47) and costs more than the 5 cm balls (10,525 0.082 = $863.00), though the 5 cm balls may not give the same ball pit experience you remember as a kid. Getting a smaller pool would definitely make it more affordable.
Edit: You could probably get by with significantly fewer balls depending on the age of your kids. Here is a small ball pit without balls, but take a look at the dimensions and number of balls in the first review.
http://www.amazon.com/FocuSun-Playpen-39-4-inch-19-7-Inch-Zippered/dp/B00XPLB35M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1449892883&sr=8-1&keywords=4+inch+ball+pit+balls
You can get fairly large children's ball pits (minus the balls) that fold into a tiny square like cheap laundry hampers when you want to put it away
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00XPLB35M/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1449605420&sr=8-1&pi=SX200_QL40&keywords=kids+ball+pit&dpPl=1&dpID=51Bz8hpUGsL&ref=plSrch This is the one I have. I don't think beardies can get a good grip on the smooth plastic sheets, but with enough determination they might be able to rip hole into it after trying for a while.
This ball pit would keep my son occupied, which would allow me to sit in my butt and be lazy
When mine was that age, a foam play mat and a rattle ball were a huge hit.
Over the next few months, musical toys (especially Infantino Go Gaga’s DJ Panda), grapefruit sized inflatable balls), and skip hop’s follow bee were huge hits.
As she became more mobile, pillows or any crawling obstacles were fun. Bubble machine, a ball pit, and wood blocks also were a lot of fun.
Here are some products we loved:
https://www.amazon.com/Skip-Hop-Explore-Follow-Me-Yellow/dp/B072JNNTGB/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=follow+bee&qid=1565642671&s=gateway&sr=8-1
https://www.amazon.com/EocuSun-Tent-Toddler-Zippered-Activities-Presents/dp/B00XPLB35M/ref=sxin_2_sxwds-bovbs?keywords=ball+pit&pd_rd_i=B00XPLB35M&pd_rd_r=ccf33609-8e39-405f-9254-559524fd2cb5&pd_rd_w=CvaLK&pd_rd_wg=RhYnG&pf_rd_p=eba0c0ae-19a3-4eb8-a600-1bc2a745bcd0&pf_rd_r=7AH7AJM86XX0BCH4D6NA&qid=1565642755&s=gateway (You need about 500 balls)
https://www.amazon.com/Vtopmart-Automatic-Solution-Toddlers-Operated/dp/B07DLRLZ6X/ref=mp_s_a_1_13?keywords=fubble+machine&qid=1565642862&s=gateway&sprefix=fubble+mach&sr=8-13