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

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.

Few things to consider, it’s only $200, it’s heavy, and it’s pandoras box, once it’s out it’s not going back in. It’s a float, so not indestructible, we bought it thinking we’d get one, maybe two uses out of it. We’re up to three with no holes so fingers crossed it keeps this trend up🤞🏽. The soft cooler that come with the raft is good for garbage, that’s about it, but the shade topper is surprisingly solid. Cooler insert fits a small yeti or a large playmate. Raft can fit 20+ large adults, tested and done, but recommend for comfort and longevity of the float keep it to 10 or less. Also…… yes it’s a huge chick magnet, but don’t blame me or be surprised if you find yourself with a raft full of dudes, because Saturday is for the bois and the bois loved the raft.

I bought this float to take to my friend's lake house in Maine and we had so much fun with it! It was a bit of a project to inflate, but our battery-operated air mattress pump managed just fine - we got it up and running and in the water within about 20 minutes.We had soo much fun with it! We comfortably fit 6 adults and I feel like we could have even added a few more. Everyone found it to be really comfortable (even enough to nap on), and the cup holders and cooler section were perfect for our summer Coronas. We also loved the mesh soaking area to cool off. As someone who is very cautious about sun exposure, I was a big fan of the canopy. It's a really nice, sturdy canopy but it didn't fare too well in the wind so we had to take it down several times. It has neat little turn-locking pieces to hold the canopy in place, but it still didn't stay secure for us in the wind.We blew it up and housed it on a large tarp when not in use. No holes or puncture issues. It was super heavy and you'll definitly need a large container to house it in (it'll never fit back in the box). I consider it a very worthy purchase though, it was a ton of fun!

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!