Bestway CoolerZ Tropical Breeze 6 Person Inflatable Party Island Large Relaxing Water Float with Detachable Sunshade and Cooler Bag

I absolutely love this. It’s easy to set up and it’s fun. Note that the attachments for the flexible canopy poles can be a little tricky. We lost an attachment when it popped out. However, a quick trip to an Ace Hardware store for a washer and a bolt (brought one of the other attachment screws for sizing) and we were up and running. I highly recommend a rechargeable air pump. One charge does the trick for this. If you let it dry and fold it carefully, you can get several uses out of it.

We named it the Floatchilla, and decided that there would be semi-regular Floatchilla parties.It’s 9x13’ (3x4m); if you live in an apartment, it’s as big as your living room. It’s strong, too; even that net part in the bottom of the couch area that doesn’t look strong; it held two adults sitting down directly on the net, and it held when someone decided to swim underneath for a surprise shark attack, causing those on the net to flail in surprise. The Floatchilla held up to the abuse of an adult flopping around on it like a cross between a fish out of water and a sea lion, and it didn’t care when adults tried to climb over the couch side to board it, where it was clearly not meant to be boarded. The mighty Floatchilla just chilled and took all the abuse hurled at it. Even on a very windy day, with parasailers and hang gliders taking advantage overhead, that reportedly flimsy sunshade held up perfectly, and even functioned as a sail at times.You might be wondering if you need a Floatchilla in your life. Designed for six adults, we have seven crazy people on board, and it could probably manage ten. It’s easier to board than it looks, and has handholds on either side to assist, plus a ramp on one side. (But the truly determined will find that it is possible to bellyflop on board directly from the water.) It has six cup holders built into the sofa section, and a small built-in cooler.What’s the downside, you ask? The cooler’s not large enough to fill seven adults with food and drink for five hours, so you may find that you have to supplement. Also, you may never get all the air out afterwards, which makes putting it back in the original box challenging. The box itself is larger and heavier than you’re expecting.Tips? Get those really cheap Intex air pumps that everybody buys with it. I read reports that they were crap and ran trough batteries before filling half a mattress, but I had three and filled the Floatchilla within 15 minutes without anything overheating or breaking, and even after deflating, they still run on their first set of batteries. (Get those Amazon batteries, too; they’re cheap and good quality.) While you’re at it, get that small collapsible anchor that everyone gets, too. It held the Floatchilla and all its inhabitants even on a day with pretty decent waves. Don’t float out to sea and die a tourist’s death on the Floatchilla — chill responsibly with an anchor.We’ll probably invest in a big rolling plastic container from Home Depot for storage and transport in the future, just to make things easier. I bought this for my husband’s birthday, but my friends loved this so much that we’re planning to have many more Floatchilla parties, and you should, too.

I got this to take on my 3 family week long camping trip. I was so impressed at this float! Aired it up the first morning threw it on the lake and tied a long rope to the dock and about 10 kids 4yrs to 14yrs hop on and it floats out and they are all moving trying different spots. Loving the open water space with the netJumping in and getting back on. The fact it was NOT sinking in on parts when the weight was shifting so drastically by the kids was AMAZING! Later my 2 sisters and I grab the little dry cooler a speaker and snacks we go get on it and float out into the lake and it was amazing there to cause we aren't small girls! About 620 lbs between us and I'm tall. Still no issue with the balance or nothing we hung out for awhile before realizing one of the kids must have untied the rope! We were kinda far out but my husband had a brilliant idea and had tied a kayak paddle to the side. So I leaned over very comfortably i might add the back and was able to get us back in in no time the sun cover was awesome for the cover from the hotsun and to tie the speaker to!We only had to put air in it the one time the whole trip and it was used every day multiple people.GREAT PRODUCTGREAT MATERIALSO COMFYSOOOOOWORTH IT!

Update: 3 years after we bought a 2nd one.The first one lasted less than a year due to some terrible abuse. But we didn't blame Floatchilla (name stolen from another review) because we don't believe it was intended to endure that. So we bought a replacement.3 years and at least 20 lake trips later - with as many as 8 people on it - we've enjoyed it a lot. The winds need to be really calm or you need a really solid anchor or the canopy acts as a sail.Only thing I find annoying is the location of the cooler. Right in the middle of everything. Would have been much better if it were closer to the seating area.----We have used this one time now, in a lake by our house. We tested it in our pool and promptly put a hole in it by scraping it against super sharp aluminium from our lanai, but we fixed it and got it together in a hurry.Plusses:- really, really fun- comparatively cheap- relatively tough. We could pull it (slowly) with our jet skis out into the lake and drop anchor. Canopy held on (but flexed a lot) in the breeze. Handle held on when people hoisted themselves out of the water. Survived inflation and deflation in an asphalt parking lot. People can and did stand on the netting with no problems.- fairly big. 4 adults and 2 way too energetic children fit just fine. Perhaps 8 rather sedate adults would fit, but 6 was good.- space for the cooler- numerous cupholdersMinuses:- not fully marine rubber, like the kind from a tube you'd pull with a boat. Pretty good, but not the toughest anywhere- the cooler than comes with it is completely porous and leaks everywhere. Soon that opening where the cooler fits is full of freezing cold meltwater, and it melts fast.- it can be difficult for people without a lot of upper body strength (compared to their weight) to hoist themselves out by pulling on the handles.A few solutions we implemented:- we bought a vinyl type B patch kit with lots of extra. We figure holes WILL happen, so we'll be prepared if they do- We have similar sized cooler with a hard plastic interior that we will use. The one that comes with it will be made into a trash container- we bought a 3.5 lb anchor to hold it still in the lake- we have added a 3 foot rope ladder to the side to help people get in out of the water- we brought numerous small ropes to tie assorted things to it, such as a bluetooth radio, bag for flip flops and sunglasses, the jet skis, etc.Not sure how long it will last, but so far it's been great!

Great gift. He loves it.