diff --git a/promql/engine.go b/promql/engine.go
index ddfb26b13..a93bd4fc9 100644
--- a/promql/engine.go
+++ b/promql/engine.go
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/storage"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/chunkenc"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/util/stats"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/util/zeropool"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -1794,18 +1795,16 @@ func (ev *evaluator) vectorSelectorSingle(it *storage.MemoizedSeriesIterator, no
 	return t, v, h, true
 }
 
-var pointPool = sync.Pool{}
+var pointPool zeropool.Pool[[]Point]
 
 func getPointSlice(sz int) []Point {
-	p := pointPool.Get()
-	if p != nil {
-		return p.([]Point)
+	if p := pointPool.Get(); p != nil {
+		return p
 	}
 	return make([]Point, 0, sz)
 }
 
 func putPointSlice(p []Point) {
-	//nolint:staticcheck // Ignore SA6002 relax staticcheck verification.
 	pointPool.Put(p[:0])
 }
 
diff --git a/tsdb/head.go b/tsdb/head.go
index b5239bdf8..0ee161277 100644
--- a/tsdb/head.go
+++ b/tsdb/head.go
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/tombstones"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/tsdbutil"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/wlog"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/util/zeropool"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -83,13 +84,13 @@ type Head struct {
 	exemplarMetrics     *ExemplarMetrics
 	exemplars           ExemplarStorage
 	logger              log.Logger
-	appendPool          sync.Pool
-	exemplarsPool       sync.Pool
-	histogramsPool      sync.Pool
-	floatHistogramsPool sync.Pool
-	metadataPool        sync.Pool
-	seriesPool          sync.Pool
-	bytesPool           sync.Pool
+	appendPool          zeropool.Pool[[]record.RefSample]
+	exemplarsPool       zeropool.Pool[[]exemplarWithSeriesRef]
+	histogramsPool      zeropool.Pool[[]record.RefHistogramSample]
+	floatHistogramsPool zeropool.Pool[[]record.RefFloatHistogramSample]
+	metadataPool        zeropool.Pool[[]record.RefMetadata]
+	seriesPool          zeropool.Pool[[]*memSeries]
+	bytesPool           zeropool.Pool[[]byte]
 	memChunkPool        sync.Pool
 
 	// All series addressable by their ID or hash.
diff --git a/tsdb/head_append.go b/tsdb/head_append.go
index e3beaae17..14e343f74 100644
--- a/tsdb/head_append.go
+++ b/tsdb/head_append.go
@@ -199,11 +199,10 @@ func (h *Head) getAppendBuffer() []record.RefSample {
 	if b == nil {
 		return make([]record.RefSample, 0, 512)
 	}
-	return b.([]record.RefSample)
+	return b
 }
 
 func (h *Head) putAppendBuffer(b []record.RefSample) {
-	//nolint:staticcheck // Ignore SA6002 safe to ignore and actually fixing it has some performance penalty.
 	h.appendPool.Put(b[:0])
 }
 
@@ -212,7 +211,7 @@ func (h *Head) getExemplarBuffer() []exemplarWithSeriesRef {
 	if b == nil {
 		return make([]exemplarWithSeriesRef, 0, 512)
 	}
-	return b.([]exemplarWithSeriesRef)
+	return b
 }
 
 func (h *Head) putExemplarBuffer(b []exemplarWithSeriesRef) {
@@ -220,7 +219,6 @@ func (h *Head) putExemplarBuffer(b []exemplarWithSeriesRef) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	//nolint:staticcheck // Ignore SA6002 safe to ignore and actually fixing it has some performance penalty.
 	h.exemplarsPool.Put(b[:0])
 }
 
@@ -229,11 +227,10 @@ func (h *Head) getHistogramBuffer() []record.RefHistogramSample {
 	if b == nil {
 		return make([]record.RefHistogramSample, 0, 512)
 	}
-	return b.([]record.RefHistogramSample)
+	return b
 }
 
 func (h *Head) putHistogramBuffer(b []record.RefHistogramSample) {
-	//nolint:staticcheck // Ignore SA6002 safe to ignore and actually fixing it has some performance penalty.
 	h.histogramsPool.Put(b[:0])
 }
 
@@ -242,11 +239,10 @@ func (h *Head) getFloatHistogramBuffer() []record.RefFloatHistogramSample {
 	if b == nil {
 		return make([]record.RefFloatHistogramSample, 0, 512)
 	}
-	return b.([]record.RefFloatHistogramSample)
+	return b
 }
 
 func (h *Head) putFloatHistogramBuffer(b []record.RefFloatHistogramSample) {
-	//nolint:staticcheck // Ignore SA6002 safe to ignore and actually fixing it has some performance penalty.
 	h.floatHistogramsPool.Put(b[:0])
 }
 
@@ -255,11 +251,10 @@ func (h *Head) getMetadataBuffer() []record.RefMetadata {
 	if b == nil {
 		return make([]record.RefMetadata, 0, 512)
 	}
-	return b.([]record.RefMetadata)
+	return b
 }
 
 func (h *Head) putMetadataBuffer(b []record.RefMetadata) {
-	//nolint:staticcheck // Ignore SA6002 safe to ignore and actually fixing it has some performance penalty.
 	h.metadataPool.Put(b[:0])
 }
 
@@ -268,11 +263,10 @@ func (h *Head) getSeriesBuffer() []*memSeries {
 	if b == nil {
 		return make([]*memSeries, 0, 512)
 	}
-	return b.([]*memSeries)
+	return b
 }
 
 func (h *Head) putSeriesBuffer(b []*memSeries) {
-	//nolint:staticcheck // Ignore SA6002 safe to ignore and actually fixing it has some performance penalty.
 	h.seriesPool.Put(b[:0])
 }
 
@@ -281,11 +275,10 @@ func (h *Head) getBytesBuffer() []byte {
 	if b == nil {
 		return make([]byte, 0, 1024)
 	}
-	return b.([]byte)
+	return b
 }
 
 func (h *Head) putBytesBuffer(b []byte) {
-	//nolint:staticcheck // Ignore SA6002 safe to ignore and actually fixing it has some performance penalty.
 	h.bytesPool.Put(b[:0])
 }
 
diff --git a/tsdb/head_test.go b/tsdb/head_test.go
index 1a0558cce..0a2a2ee6f 100644
--- a/tsdb/head_test.go
+++ b/tsdb/head_test.go
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ func newTestHead(t testing.TB, chunkRange int64, compressWAL, oooEnabled bool) (
 func BenchmarkCreateSeries(b *testing.B) {
 	series := genSeries(b.N, 10, 0, 0)
 	h, _ := newTestHead(b, 10000, false, false)
-	defer func() {
+	b.Cleanup(func() {
 		require.NoError(b, h.Close())
-	}()
+	})
 
 	b.ReportAllocs()
 	b.ResetTimer()
@@ -91,6 +91,49 @@ func BenchmarkCreateSeries(b *testing.B) {
 	}
 }
 
+func BenchmarkHeadAppender_Append_Commit_ExistingSeries(b *testing.B) {
+	seriesCounts := []int{100, 1000, 10000}
+	series := genSeries(10000, 10, 0, 0)
+
+	for _, seriesCount := range seriesCounts {
+		b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d series", seriesCount), func(b *testing.B) {
+			for _, samplesPerAppend := range []int64{1, 2, 5, 100} {
+				b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d samples per append", samplesPerAppend), func(b *testing.B) {
+					h, _ := newTestHead(b, 10000, false, false)
+					b.Cleanup(func() { require.NoError(b, h.Close()) })
+
+					ts := int64(1000)
+					append := func() error {
+						var err error
+						app := h.Appender(context.Background())
+						for _, s := range series[:seriesCount] {
+							var ref storage.SeriesRef
+							for sampleIndex := int64(0); sampleIndex < samplesPerAppend; sampleIndex++ {
+								ref, err = app.Append(ref, s.Labels(), ts+sampleIndex, float64(ts+sampleIndex))
+								if err != nil {
+									return err
+								}
+							}
+						}
+						ts += 1000 // should increment more than highest samplesPerAppend
+						return app.Commit()
+					}
+
+					// Init series, that's not what we're benchmarking here.
+					require.NoError(b, append())
+
+					b.ReportAllocs()
+					b.ResetTimer()
+
+					for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+						require.NoError(b, append())
+					}
+				})
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func populateTestWAL(t testing.TB, w *wlog.WL, recs []interface{}) {
 	var enc record.Encoder
 	for _, r := range recs {
diff --git a/tsdb/head_wal.go b/tsdb/head_wal.go
index dd55f438d..6a8a30d5a 100644
--- a/tsdb/head_wal.go
+++ b/tsdb/head_wal.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/record"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/tombstones"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/wlog"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/util/zeropool"
 )
 
 // histogramRecord combines both RefHistogramSample and RefFloatHistogramSample
@@ -74,41 +75,14 @@ func (h *Head) loadWAL(r *wlog.Reader, multiRef map[chunks.HeadSeriesRef]chunks.
 
 		decoded                      = make(chan interface{}, 10)
 		decodeErr, seriesCreationErr error
-		seriesPool                   = sync.Pool{
-			New: func() interface{} {
-				return []record.RefSeries{}
-			},
-		}
-		samplesPool = sync.Pool{
-			New: func() interface{} {
-				return []record.RefSample{}
-			},
-		}
-		tstonesPool = sync.Pool{
-			New: func() interface{} {
-				return []tombstones.Stone{}
-			},
-		}
-		exemplarsPool = sync.Pool{
-			New: func() interface{} {
-				return []record.RefExemplar{}
-			},
-		}
-		histogramsPool = sync.Pool{
-			New: func() interface{} {
-				return []record.RefHistogramSample{}
-			},
-		}
-		floatHistogramsPool = sync.Pool{
-			New: func() interface{} {
-				return []record.RefFloatHistogramSample{}
-			},
-		}
-		metadataPool = sync.Pool{
-			New: func() interface{} {
-				return []record.RefMetadata{}
-			},
-		}
+
+		seriesPool          zeropool.Pool[[]record.RefSeries]
+		samplesPool         zeropool.Pool[[]record.RefSample]
+		tstonesPool         zeropool.Pool[[]tombstones.Stone]
+		exemplarsPool       zeropool.Pool[[]record.RefExemplar]
+		histogramsPool      zeropool.Pool[[]record.RefHistogramSample]
+		floatHistogramsPool zeropool.Pool[[]record.RefFloatHistogramSample]
+		metadataPool        zeropool.Pool[[]record.RefMetadata]
 	)
 
 	defer func() {
@@ -167,7 +141,7 @@ func (h *Head) loadWAL(r *wlog.Reader, multiRef map[chunks.HeadSeriesRef]chunks.
 			rec := r.Record()
 			switch dec.Type(rec) {
 			case record.Series:
-				series := seriesPool.Get().([]record.RefSeries)[:0]
+				series := seriesPool.Get()[:0]
 				series, err = dec.Series(rec, series)
 				if err != nil {
 					decodeErr = &wlog.CorruptionErr{
@@ -179,7 +153,7 @@ func (h *Head) loadWAL(r *wlog.Reader, multiRef map[chunks.HeadSeriesRef]chunks.
 				}
 				decoded <- series
 			case record.Samples:
-				samples := samplesPool.Get().([]record.RefSample)[:0]
+				samples := samplesPool.Get()[:0]
 				samples, err = dec.Samples(rec, samples)
 				if err != nil {
 					decodeErr = &wlog.CorruptionErr{
@@ -191,7 +165,7 @@ func (h *Head) loadWAL(r *wlog.Reader, multiRef map[chunks.HeadSeriesRef]chunks.
 				}
 				decoded <- samples
 			case record.Tombstones:
-				tstones := tstonesPool.Get().([]tombstones.Stone)[:0]
+				tstones := tstonesPool.Get()[:0]
 				tstones, err = dec.Tombstones(rec, tstones)
 				if err != nil {
 					decodeErr = &wlog.CorruptionErr{
@@ -203,7 +177,7 @@ func (h *Head) loadWAL(r *wlog.Reader, multiRef map[chunks.HeadSeriesRef]chunks.
 				}
 				decoded <- tstones
 			case record.Exemplars:
-				exemplars := exemplarsPool.Get().([]record.RefExemplar)[:0]
+				exemplars := exemplarsPool.Get()[:0]
 				exemplars, err = dec.Exemplars(rec, exemplars)
 				if err != nil {
 					decodeErr = &wlog.CorruptionErr{
@@ -215,7 +189,7 @@ func (h *Head) loadWAL(r *wlog.Reader, multiRef map[chunks.HeadSeriesRef]chunks.
 				}
 				decoded <- exemplars
 			case record.HistogramSamples:
-				hists := histogramsPool.Get().([]record.RefHistogramSample)[:0]
+				hists := histogramsPool.Get()[:0]
 				hists, err = dec.HistogramSamples(rec, hists)
 				if err != nil {
 					decodeErr = &wlog.CorruptionErr{
@@ -227,7 +201,7 @@ func (h *Head) loadWAL(r *wlog.Reader, multiRef map[chunks.HeadSeriesRef]chunks.
 				}
 				decoded <- hists
 			case record.FloatHistogramSamples:
-				hists := floatHistogramsPool.Get().([]record.RefFloatHistogramSample)[:0]
+				hists := floatHistogramsPool.Get()[:0]
 				hists, err = dec.FloatHistogramSamples(rec, hists)
 				if err != nil {
 					decodeErr = &wlog.CorruptionErr{
@@ -239,7 +213,7 @@ func (h *Head) loadWAL(r *wlog.Reader, multiRef map[chunks.HeadSeriesRef]chunks.
 				}
 				decoded <- hists
 			case record.Metadata:
-				meta := metadataPool.Get().([]record.RefMetadata)[:0]
+				meta := metadataPool.Get()[:0]
 				meta, err := dec.Metadata(rec, meta)
 				if err != nil {
 					decodeErr = &wlog.CorruptionErr{
@@ -278,7 +252,6 @@ Outer:
 				idx := uint64(mSeries.ref) % uint64(concurrency)
 				processors[idx].input <- walSubsetProcessorInputItem{walSeriesRef: walSeries.Ref, existingSeries: mSeries}
 			}
-			//nolint:staticcheck // Ignore SA6002 relax staticcheck verification.
 			seriesPool.Put(v)
 		case []record.RefSample:
 			samples := v
@@ -315,7 +288,6 @@ Outer:
 				}
 				samples = samples[m:]
 			}
-			//nolint:staticcheck // Ignore SA6002 relax staticcheck verification.
 			samplesPool.Put(v)
 		case []tombstones.Stone:
 			for _, s := range v {
@@ -330,13 +302,11 @@ Outer:
 					h.tombstones.AddInterval(storage.SeriesRef(s.Ref), itv)
 				}
 			}
-			//nolint:staticcheck // Ignore SA6002 relax staticcheck verification.
 			tstonesPool.Put(v)
 		case []record.RefExemplar:
 			for _, e := range v {
 				exemplarsInput <- e
 			}
-			//nolint:staticcheck // Ignore SA6002 relax staticcheck verification.
 			exemplarsPool.Put(v)
 		case []record.RefHistogramSample:
 			samples := v
@@ -373,7 +343,6 @@ Outer:
 				}
 				samples = samples[m:]
 			}
-			//nolint:staticcheck // Ignore SA6002 relax staticcheck verification.
 			histogramsPool.Put(v)
 		case []record.RefFloatHistogramSample:
 			samples := v
@@ -410,7 +379,6 @@ Outer:
 				}
 				samples = samples[m:]
 			}
-			//nolint:staticcheck // Ignore SA6002 relax staticcheck verification.
 			floatHistogramsPool.Put(v)
 		case []record.RefMetadata:
 			for _, m := range v {
@@ -425,7 +393,6 @@ Outer:
 					Help: m.Help,
 				}
 			}
-			//nolint:staticcheck // Ignore SA6002 relax staticcheck verification.
 			metadataPool.Put(v)
 		default:
 			panic(fmt.Errorf("unexpected decoded type: %T", d))
@@ -793,7 +760,6 @@ func (h *Head) loadWBL(r *wlog.Reader, multiRef map[chunks.HeadSeriesRef]chunks.
 				}
 				samples = samples[m:]
 			}
-			//nolint:staticcheck // Ignore SA6002 relax staticcheck verification.
 			samplesPool.Put(d)
 		case []record.RefMmapMarker:
 			markers := v
diff --git a/tsdb/wal.go b/tsdb/wal.go
index 38584847e..e0bc1ec69 100644
--- a/tsdb/wal.go
+++ b/tsdb/wal.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/record"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/tombstones"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/wlog"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/util/zeropool"
 )
 
 // WALEntryType indicates what data a WAL entry contains.
@@ -870,9 +871,9 @@ func (r *walReader) Read(
 	// Historically, the processing is the bottleneck with reading and decoding using only
 	// 15% of the CPU.
 	var (
-		seriesPool sync.Pool
-		samplePool sync.Pool
-		deletePool sync.Pool
+		seriesPool zeropool.Pool[[]record.RefSeries]
+		samplePool zeropool.Pool[[]record.RefSample]
+		deletePool zeropool.Pool[[]tombstones.Stone]
 	)
 	donec := make(chan struct{})
 	datac := make(chan interface{}, 100)
@@ -886,19 +887,16 @@ func (r *walReader) Read(
 				if seriesf != nil {
 					seriesf(v)
 				}
-				//nolint:staticcheck // Ignore SA6002 safe to ignore and actually fixing it has some performance penalty.
 				seriesPool.Put(v[:0])
 			case []record.RefSample:
 				if samplesf != nil {
 					samplesf(v)
 				}
-				//nolint:staticcheck // Ignore SA6002 safe to ignore and actually fixing it has some performance penalty.
 				samplePool.Put(v[:0])
 			case []tombstones.Stone:
 				if deletesf != nil {
 					deletesf(v)
 				}
-				//nolint:staticcheck // Ignore SA6002 safe to ignore and actually fixing it has some performance penalty.
 				deletePool.Put(v[:0])
 			default:
 				level.Error(r.logger).Log("msg", "unexpected data type")
@@ -915,11 +913,9 @@ func (r *walReader) Read(
 		// Those should generally be caught by entry decoding before.
 		switch et {
 		case WALEntrySeries:
-			var series []record.RefSeries
-			if v := seriesPool.Get(); v == nil {
+			series := seriesPool.Get()
+			if series == nil {
 				series = make([]record.RefSeries, 0, 512)
-			} else {
-				series = v.([]record.RefSeries)
 			}
 
 			err = r.decodeSeries(flag, b, &series)
@@ -936,11 +932,9 @@ func (r *walReader) Read(
 				}
 			}
 		case WALEntrySamples:
-			var samples []record.RefSample
-			if v := samplePool.Get(); v == nil {
+			samples := samplePool.Get()
+			if samples == nil {
 				samples = make([]record.RefSample, 0, 512)
-			} else {
-				samples = v.([]record.RefSample)
 			}
 
 			err = r.decodeSamples(flag, b, &samples)
@@ -958,11 +952,9 @@ func (r *walReader) Read(
 				}
 			}
 		case WALEntryDeletes:
-			var deletes []tombstones.Stone
-			if v := deletePool.Get(); v == nil {
+			deletes := deletePool.Get()
+			if deletes == nil {
 				deletes = make([]tombstones.Stone, 0, 512)
-			} else {
-				deletes = v.([]tombstones.Stone)
 			}
 
 			err = r.decodeDeletes(flag, b, &deletes)
diff --git a/util/zeropool/pool.go b/util/zeropool/pool.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f6deddfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/zeropool/pool.go
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+// Copyright 2023 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+//
+// Package zeropool provides a zero-allocation type-safe alternative for sync.Pool, used to workaround staticheck SA6002.
+// The contents of this package are brought from https://github.com/colega/zeropool because "little copying is better than little dependency".
+
+package zeropool
+
+import "sync"
+
+// Pool is a type-safe pool of items that does not allocate pointers to items.
+// That is not entirely true, it does allocate sometimes, but not most of the time,
+// just like the usual sync.Pool pools items most of the time, except when they're evicted.
+// It does that by storing the allocated pointers in a secondary pool instead of letting them go,
+// so they can be used later to store the items again.
+//
+// Zero value of Pool[T] is valid, and it will return zero values of T if nothing is pooled.
+type Pool[T any] struct {
+	// items holds pointers to the pooled items, which are valid to be used.
+	items sync.Pool
+	// pointers holds just pointers to the pooled item types.
+	// The values referenced by pointers are not valid to be used (as they're used by some other caller)
+	// and it is safe to overwrite these pointers.
+	pointers sync.Pool
+}
+
+// New creates a new Pool[T] with the given function to create new items.
+// A Pool must not be copied after first use.
+func New[T any](item func() T) Pool[T] {
+	return Pool[T]{
+		items: sync.Pool{
+			New: func() interface{} {
+				val := item()
+				return &val
+			},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+// Get returns an item from the pool, creating a new one if necessary.
+// Get may be called concurrently from multiple goroutines.
+func (p *Pool[T]) Get() T {
+	pooled := p.items.Get()
+	if pooled == nil {
+		// The only way this can happen is when someone is using the zero-value of zeropool.Pool, and items pool is empty.
+		// We don't have a pointer to store in p.pointers, so just return the empty value.
+		var zero T
+		return zero
+	}
+
+	ptr := pooled.(*T)
+	item := *ptr // ptr still holds a reference to a copy of item, but nobody will use it.
+	p.pointers.Put(ptr)
+	return item
+}
+
+// Put adds an item to the pool.
+func (p *Pool[T]) Put(item T) {
+	var ptr *T
+	if pooled := p.pointers.Get(); pooled != nil {
+		ptr = pooled.(*T)
+	} else {
+		ptr = new(T)
+	}
+	*ptr = item
+	p.items.Put(ptr)
+}
diff --git a/util/zeropool/pool_test.go b/util/zeropool/pool_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..507687886
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/zeropool/pool_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+// Copyright 2023 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package zeropool_test
+
+import (
+	"math"
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"go.uber.org/atomic"
+
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/util/zeropool"
+)
+
+func TestPool(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("provides correct values", func(t *testing.T) {
+		pool := zeropool.New(func() []byte { return make([]byte, 1024) })
+		item1 := pool.Get()
+		require.Equal(t, 1024, len(item1))
+
+		item2 := pool.Get()
+		require.Equal(t, 1024, len(item2))
+
+		pool.Put(item1)
+		pool.Put(item2)
+
+		item1 = pool.Get()
+		require.Equal(t, 1024, len(item1))
+
+		item2 = pool.Get()
+		require.Equal(t, 1024, len(item2))
+	})
+
+	t.Run("is not racy", func(t *testing.T) {
+		pool := zeropool.New(func() []byte { return make([]byte, 1024) })
+
+		const iterations = 1e6
+		const concurrency = math.MaxUint8
+		var counter atomic.Int64
+
+		do := make(chan struct{}, 1e6)
+		for i := 0; i < iterations; i++ {
+			do <- struct{}{}
+		}
+		close(do)
+
+		run := make(chan struct{})
+		done := sync.WaitGroup{}
+		done.Add(concurrency)
+		for i := 0; i < concurrency; i++ {
+			go func(worker int) {
+				<-run
+				for range do {
+					item := pool.Get()
+					item[0] = byte(worker)
+					counter.Add(1) // Counts and also adds some delay to add raciness.
+					if item[0] != byte(worker) {
+						panic("wrong value")
+					}
+					pool.Put(item)
+				}
+				done.Done()
+			}(i)
+		}
+		close(run)
+		done.Wait()
+		t.Logf("Done %d iterations", counter.Load())
+	})
+
+	t.Run("does not allocate", func(t *testing.T) {
+		pool := zeropool.New(func() []byte { return make([]byte, 1024) })
+		// Warm up, this will alloate one slice.
+		slice := pool.Get()
+		pool.Put(slice)
+
+		allocs := testing.AllocsPerRun(1000, func() {
+			slice := pool.Get()
+			pool.Put(slice)
+		})
+		// Don't compare to 0, as when passing all the tests the GC could flush the pools during this test and we would allocate.
+		// Just check that it's less than 1 on average, which is mostly the same thing.
+		require.Less(t, allocs, 1., "Should not allocate.")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("zero value is valid", func(t *testing.T) {
+		var pool zeropool.Pool[[]byte]
+		slice := pool.Get()
+		pool.Put(slice)
+
+		allocs := testing.AllocsPerRun(1000, func() {
+			slice := pool.Get()
+			pool.Put(slice)
+		})
+		// Don't compare to 0, as when passing all the tests the GC could flush the pools during this test and we would allocate.
+		// Just check that it's less than 1 on average, which is mostly the same thing.
+		require.Less(t, allocs, 1., "Should not allocate.")
+	})
+}
+
+func BenchmarkZeropoolPool(b *testing.B) {
+	pool := zeropool.New(func() []byte { return make([]byte, 1024) })
+
+	// Warmup
+	item := pool.Get()
+	pool.Put(item)
+
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		item := pool.Get()
+		pool.Put(item)
+	}
+}
+
+// BenchmarkSyncPoolValue uses sync.Pool to store values, which makes an allocation on each Put call.
+func BenchmarkSyncPoolValue(b *testing.B) {
+	pool := sync.Pool{New: func() any {
+		return make([]byte, 1024)
+	}}
+
+	// Warmup
+	item := pool.Get().([]byte)
+	pool.Put(item) //nolint:staticcheck // This allocates.
+
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		item := pool.Get().([]byte)
+		pool.Put(item) //nolint:staticcheck // This allocates.
+	}
+}
+
+// BenchmarkSyncPoolNewPointer uses sync.Pool to store pointers, but it calls Put with a new pointer every time.
+func BenchmarkSyncPoolNewPointer(b *testing.B) {
+	pool := sync.Pool{New: func() any {
+		v := make([]byte, 1024)
+		return &v
+	}}
+
+	// Warmup
+	item := pool.Get().(*[]byte)
+	pool.Put(item) //nolint:staticcheck // This allocates.
+
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		item := pool.Get().(*[]byte)
+		buf := *item
+		pool.Put(&buf) //nolint:staticcheck  // New pointer.
+	}
+}
+
+// BenchmarkSyncPoolPointer illustrates the optimal usage of sync.Pool, not always possible.
+func BenchmarkSyncPoolPointer(b *testing.B) {
+	pool := sync.Pool{New: func() any {
+		v := make([]byte, 1024)
+		return &v
+	}}
+
+	// Warmup
+	item := pool.Get().(*[]byte)
+	pool.Put(item)
+
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		item := pool.Get().(*[]byte)
+		pool.Put(item)
+	}
+}