Talk:Expandable water toy

Does not sound right

"They are toys that expand up to 500% of their original mass or volume after putting them into water for several days" does not sound right. 500% is only 5 times. My experience is they grow *much* more than that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Atteism (talk • contribs) 12:53, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

Yes, that seems wrong. A 1cm diameter Water Balz sphere expanding to 5cm is a 12700% increase in volume. The 500% wasn't sourced in any way so I've removed it. --Lord Belbury (talk) 13:25, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

Needs clean-up.

Just one example; Quoting:
"Over the years, technology has progressed so that there is little if any starch-grafted superabsorbent polymer used in disposable hygienic products. These super absorbents typically are cross-linked acrylic homo-polymers (usually sodium neutralized)."

The first sentence 1) seems to contradict it's own paragraph, 2) so what? and 3) what is new term: "starch-grafted superabsorbent polymer?". The second sentence seems to talk about disposable hygienic products, but nothing is ever mentioned about which type of polymer the toys are, nor how the toys are formed. The disposable hygienic products section provides nice background and context, but the article needs to contrast and compare them to the toys. (ie; Are they the same superabsorbent polymer type?)

In general the article also seems victim of too many authors inserting disjointed factoids, and needs direction and continuity, in short; an editor. At times it seems too list-like. Or like an ad-man trying to fit into Wikipedia. Cheers!
--2602:306:CFCE:1EE0:3044:A2C3:2683:987B (talk) 06:03, 24 April 2018 (UTC)Doug Bashford

"Shown at its original size"

The image caption says: The "Grow A Boyfriend" expandable water toy shown at its original size. However, a digital image does not have an "original size" in the sense the phrase is used in print media. The size of the image on screen depends on the computer hardware and software, factors that Wikipedia cannot control. A more appropriate caption would state the actual size of the toy, perhaps its height. 85.76.35.244 (talk) 15:28, 3 November 2019 (UTC)