Water wubble water toys

2 reports to CPSC, the latest made Aug 19, 2019. A report isn’t a recall.

Watch it to hear when CPSC publishes new reports about it. CPSC’s own search

Watch and the shortlist are kept with a free account, on every device. Your watch list. CPSC’s own search is on saferproducts.gov.

At a glance

From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.

2reports to CPSC
Aug 19, 2019the latest report was made
Apr 24, 2017the earliest
2with the company’s comments

Brand: Water wubble
Maker: NSI International, Inc.Makers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
Product: Water toysCPSC’s product type: Water Toys (code 1365), in Toys & Children: Toys

Other ways the reports write the brand (1)

“Water Wubble Waterballoon Balls”

By month

1 report from September 2018 to August 2019; the most in August 2019, 1. 1 earlier report, since April 2017, is in the table.

The numbers, as a table

Reports to CPSC by the month each was made, newest first
Month	Reports
August 2019	1
April 2017	1

How badly anyone was hurt

First aid 1 CPSC: Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional
No one hurt 1 CPSC: Incident, No Injury

As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.

The reports, as CPSC published them

Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.

Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.

CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.

No one hurt
Made Aug 19, 2019, sent to the company Sep 24, 2019, published by CPSC Oct 8, 2019

The product, in the report: Water balloon balls

Consumer reported that the wobble balloon ball got stuck to her 6 yr old wrist that kept pulling him under the water. She stated that the ball had an opening and her son’s hand was inside it but because of the weight of the ball he was unable to pull away from it. Fortunately her spouse was there and was able to remove the ball.
Consumer stated that if they were not present her son would have drowned. The balls are filled with water and they go under the water, she stated that this ball got so heavy it weighed her son down.
The manufacturer was not contacted as yet. She is concerned that this ball is dangerous and should be taken off the market.

UPC
0 4240972719 5
Bought from
Walmart, Pennsylvania
Bought
Jul 27, 2019, about then
Where
North Versailles, Pennsylvania: Home/Apartment/Condominium
Who was involved
Age 6, Male
The reporter’s relation to them
My Child
As this report names them
Brand Water wubble, made or sold by NSI International, Inc.
How badly, in CPSC’s words
Incident, No Injury

The company’s comments, in its own words

(9/30/2019) NSI International, Inc.: NSI International, Inc. takes the safety of our products and our consumers seriously. We encourage our customers to provide additional information about incidents to our customer service department by email at custserv@nsi-int.com or by calling us at 888-425-9113. Thank you for notifying NSI International, Inc. of this incident –Report 20190819-43BAD-1896758
NSI International, Inc. has sold over 20 million patented Wubble Balls worldwide since 2014, and 1,000,000 Water Wubble water balloon balls (introduced in 2016). This is only the second report of a consumer “safety incident” received regarding Water Wubble water balloon balls (and note that the first inquiry was actually not related to the product itself) and only the fifth inquiry in six years regarding safety of Wubble brand balls. Given the physical play of the product and the user base, we are certain you would agree that these are excellent statistics.
All our products are tested to and in compliance with all applicable U.S and international safety standards. Copies of all these reports have been supplied under separate cover to the CPSC. All of NSI International’s products, when used as instructed, are safe, durable, and fun. Water Wubbles are unique in that they both reusable and refillable but intended to be played with as one would play with traditional water balloons. .
No injury was reported by the consumer. The consumer’s claim extends from what appears to be misuse/abuse and unsupervised use of the product by her child. The child filled the Water Wubble to an overly large and unmanageable size and proceeded to overextend the filling valve to insert his hand into the Water Wubble. The consumer claims that (as used by her child) the ball presents a drowning hazard because “this ball got so heavy it weighed her son down.” It should be noted that the Water Wubble material has a specific gravity far less than 1.0. With a specific gravity of less than 1.00, a Water Wubble, filled to maximum capacity with water, and placed in a body of water will remain neutrally buoyant or float. Since it cannot sink, it could not have weighed her son down. This premise is physically impossible.
In addition, nowhere in the included instruction sheet is such play pattern recommended, suggested, or even implied. In fact, the instruction sheet for NSI’s Water Wubble product clearly states “We recommend filling to a size that is comfortable to hold in your hand”. Nowhere in NSI-sponsored marketing and advertising is the product shown being filled/handled by a user to a size larger than a baseball, nor does it show or encourage users to insert hands or other extremities into the ball. It is also important to note that NSI cannot control the water safety skills and/or the physical dexterity of our users. Nor can we control the parental common sense which must dictate proper supervision of children at play – particularly in swimming pools or other bodies of water. Had the consumer thoroughly consulted the included instructions, they would have noted that the manner the child was playing with the toy was inappropriate. It cannot be stressed enough that supervising adults should always demonstrate proper use of a toy when introducing it to a child.
The report supplied to NSI International states that the consumer has not contacted us but plans to do so. The consumer did reach out to NSI via telephone and has spoken with our consumer service department. The consumer was advised and instructed by our consumer service representative on the proper play pattern for Water Wubbles.
To reiterate, it is paramount that parental common sense must dictate as to supervising children at play in their specific environments, be it outdoors or indoors.
Again, NSI International, Inc. takes the safety of our products and our consumers seriously (We’re all concerned parents too!) and it is our goal to provide 100% safe products and consumer satisfaction. NSI may be reached at the contact information supplied in the first paragraph of this response.

CPSC report 20190819-43BAD-1896758. Submitter: Consumer Search for it on SaferProducts.gov
First aid
Made Apr 24, 2017, sent to the company Jun 14, 2017, published by CPSC Jun 28, 2017

The product, in the report: Set of 4 red and 4 blue “balloon like” synthetic rubber that is approximately 3 inches by 3 inches and is used to be filled with water. When filled with water, the material that can stretch to size larger than basketball even to the size of a sink if left attached to running faucet for use as mostly children throwing product filled with water at other people. Strong chemical smell of the stretchy material. Company advertises refillable. Company advertises use by children running on wet and dry concrete and grass. Company advertises use in front yard and backyard and on pool deck.

Three children, ages 9 to 10, used new Water Wubble Waterballoon Balls, “product” as solicited and encouraged on NSI International, Inc. “Company” in places like company hosted websites, TV Commercials, and online marketing videos, and product box, resulting in one child suffering injury. In addition, the product is not safe for children when filled more than a baseball. The company encourages children to fill product with water size of baseball to bigger size which when big becomes a safety issue due to heavy weight of water and off balance of product, not uniform, when it becomes stretchy.
Three children referenced used product as encouraged in TV Commercial advertisement and youtube video on company website. Children used product as shown on box.
In addition, the product renders a strong chemical smell which is alarming to me. Furthermore, the product contains misleading information like the product will not pop and that there will not be broken pieces from using the product. In fact, 4 in the set of 8 are not reusable after initial use which was date of injury, 4/23/17.
NSI encourages children to “Fill ‘Em Big” which implied children to fill as large as what was advertised by company hosted marketing and sales ads online and in TV Commercials. This created a safety hazard. One child to injury to both knees while running with the product, as it was not easy to grip.
Filling the product big with water renders the product a safety concern as the stretchy nature of the product makes it hard for children to grip with one or more hands and to throw. Also the company promotes having the product filled big and left on center step of concrete stairs while person is walking down those stairs. This is falling hazard.
The product is misleading when it states the product “will not pop,” and “no clean up” and “reusable” as some of them did pop in which many of the 8 are not reusable, and it was time consuming to locate pieces of product.
Product website: http://waterwubble.com/?gclid=Cj0KEQjwxPbHBRCdxJLF3qen3dYBEiQAMRyxSyPx8yCLtxzwhY6-pGEZcDWE_431MAwA8QZMlxWpxG4aAqPB8P8HAQ
Note at image bottom of page “stretchiest.” The product is hard to grip with one hand as the stretchy material causes water to see saw.
The website link to return policy does not work: http://waterwubble.com/returnpolicy.
1 minute and 1 second TV Commercial and Online Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yPpvCm1ATA encourages unsafe conditions for children including but not limited to:
6 seconds: Throw on the concrete front of house (tripping hazard) 23 seconds: Kicking product down concrete stairs and stepping on the stairs while product on step patch (tripping hazard) 24 seconds: Run around concrete deck of pool (tripping, falling hazard) 31 seconds: Bouncing and trying to grip big heavy weighted stretchy product on wet concrete (slipping hazard) 38 seconds: Running on concrete pool deck throwing the product (falling hazard)
Calling the product a water balloon is misleading, as by definition, “water balloon is designed to be filled up to the approximate size of a baseball in a pear shape (so as to be thrown more easily).” Because the product stretches to even larger than a basketball, it is hard for children to hold with one and two hands which causes safety concern. The product advertises children throwing the product while running on concrete and other hard wet and dry surfaces which could lead to tripping, slipping, and falling. In my opinion based on experience, the product is not safe when children “Fill ‘Em Big” as company encourages children to do.
The product gives an age of 6+ in which based on experience, in my opinion, the product is not safe for children under the age of 13, as the product can be filled up more than the size of a baseball and this creates safety concerns. The more water filled up in the stretchy product above the size of a baseball, the more it can be safety hazard to children, as the weight of water and stretchy material of product is hard for a child to handle.
The product should not be advertised for children to play with it going down concrete steps especially but not limited to the step the child is about to step on which if child steps on stretch filled water product, it could cause tripping injury.
The product should not be advertised for children to run on concrete or hard surface of surrounding pool deck as that could lead to falling.
The Golden Rule for children safety is to Walk, not run, around pool, and certainly not sneak up on people and run around hard surface of pool deck. Yet the product is advertised to be used by children while running around pool which is safety concern.
In my opinion based on experience, this product should not be advertised to be filled up to size of basketball then have child try and grip or bounce on concrete, as this could lead to slipping.
The product advertises that it is reusable, even when thrown at tree trunk which is misleading. 4 of the 8 pieces in set are not reusable after one time use.
If the product is for children under the age of 13, it should only be used on grass. It should not be able to stretch to the size of a basketball, as that makes it hard for a child to grip and handle. The website also contains broken links and no online instructions anywhere including but not limited to company site: www.wubbleball.com/instructions or www.waterwubble.com , no refund policy information, and no information to report a product or injury complaint.
There is no legible manufacture date or date code on the box. There is an imprinted number that may be a manufacture date/code but it is not legible, as it’s in white font making it not legible on white box.

Model
72720
UPC
4240972720
Serial number
N35016T
Bought from
Target
Bought
Apr 15, 2017, about then
Where
Danville, California: Home/Apartment/Condominium
Who was involved
Age 9, Female
The reporter’s relation to them
My Friend / Neighbor / Co-worker
As this report names them
Brand Water Wubble Waterballoon Balls, made or sold by NSI International, Inc.
How badly, in CPSC’s words
Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional

The company’s comments, in its own words

(6/22/2017) NSI International, Inc.: NSI International, Inc. takes the safety of our products and our consumers seriously. We encourage our customers to provide additional information about incidents to our customer service department by email at custserv@nsi-int.com or by calling us at 888-425-9113. Thank you for notifying NSI International, Inc. of this incident –Report 20170424-AAE75-2147404080.
NSI International, Inc. has sold over 4,000,000 patented Wubble Balls worldwide, with Water Wubble waterballoon balls introduced in 2016. This is the first report of a consumer “safety incident” received regarding Water Wubble waterballoon balls, and only the fourth inquiry in four years regarding safety of Wubble brand balls. Given the physical play of the product and the user base, we are certain you would agree that these are excellent statistics.
All our products are tested to and in compliance with all applicable safety standards and are labeled in accordance to US regulations. Copies of all these reports have been supplied under separate cover to the CPSC. Our product, when used as instructed – and even when abused far beyond the thresholds which we advise – are safe, durable, and fun. Water Wubbles are reusable and refillable to variable sizes. They will not pop unless they are deliberately punctured by the user, come in contact with very sharp objects, or are dramatically abused beyond foreseeable use and abuse. .
The injury sustained appears to be skinned knees. The incident reported by the consumer states that “NSI encourages children to “Fill ‘Em Big” and that such suggestion caused a child to sustain “injury to both knees while running with the product, as it was not easy to grip.” In fact, nowhere on the packaging, instructions or NSI’s television advertising does it deliberately state or encourage the user to “Fill ‘Em Big” – it is actually another manufacturer (Zuru) that makes that statement for its competitive product “Bunch O Balloons”. The included instruction sheet for NSI’s Water Wubble product clearly states “We recommend filling to a size that is comfortable in your hand” and nowhere in NSI-sponsored advertising is the product shown being filled/handled by a user to a size larger than a baseball. It is also important to note that NSII cannot control the physical dexterity of our users.
The consumer goes on to state that the product is shown, in her opinion, being used in an unsafe manner i.e. – on a pool deck, on a concrete patio and that the age grading at 6+ should indicate that the product should only be played with on a grassy surface. It is the natural and historical play pattern of the product as a WATER balloonball that it should be played with in a myriad of outdoor warm weather venues – pools, decks, patios, beaches, parks, etc. Children of all ages have played with water-filled balloons since their invention in the 1950’s. The tripping and falling safety concerns expressed by the consumer could occur with any toy or misplaced object, not just a waterballoon ball or common water balloon, therefore, parental common sense must dictate as to supervising children at play in their specific environments, be it outdoors or indoors.
In a telephone call between NSI personnel and the consumer, nothing was stated by the consumer about the “smell” of the product which she mentions in her complaint. Any scent from the material is caused by the material itself, which is tested as part of NSI’s safety testing protocol, has been reviewed and approved for use in toys by an independent board-certified registered toxicologist, and is in full compliance with all US toy and children’s products regulations
The report supplied to NSI International states that the consumer has not contacted us but plans to do so. The consumer has reached out to NSI via telephone and has spoken with our consumer service department, our Wubble “brand ambassador” and finally the President of NSI International. This complaint appears to be based not the product itself, but on the consumer’s personal parental belief that childhood play is inherently dangerous. To reiterate, it cannot be stressed enough that parental common sense must dictate as to supervising children at play in their specific environments, be it outdoors or indoors.
Again, NSI International, Inc. takes the safety of our products and our consumers seriously (We’re all concerned parents too!) and it is our goal to provide 100% safe products and consumer satisfaction. NSI may be reached at the contact information supplied in the first paragraph of this response.

CPSC report 20170424-AAE75-2147404080. Submitter: Consumer Search for it on SaferProducts.gov

CPSC’s disclaimer

Disclaimer: CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of the Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database on SaferProducts.gov, particularly with respect to information submitted by people outside of CPSC.

Word for word, from the disclaimer in CPSC’s export.

Sources

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.

Released Oct 25, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.

Reports of harm are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record.

Water wubble water toys

At a glance

By month

How badly anyone was hurt

The reports, as CPSC published them

CPSC’s disclaimer

Sources

How to read a record

Every fact names its source.

A number never stands alone.

What needs attention is marked.

The public record comes first.