HONEY JOYInflatable Water Slide, Shark Theme Blow Up Water Park Bounce House for Backyard, Climbing Wall, Indoor Outdoor Waterslides Inflatables for Kids and Adults(Without Blower)

My graanddaughters (1-7) are the perfect size for this blowup slide. A 10 year old may not enjoy it as much. The 3, 4, and 7 year olds fly up and down the steps/slide, while the one year old plays in the shallow attached pool. It’s perfect! The design is really smart: the pool area between the slide and steps means the kids aren’t tromping through the grass—they walk through the water instead and the water stays clean (with no grass). The steps are also well designed. I was originally concerned that they might slip on the wet steps climbing up, but they are recessed holes that keep the kids secure. There is also netting around the top area. Another concern I had was that the plastic might het too hot during 90-100 degree days, but the water spray above the slide keeps that from happening.

We bought this for my daughters birthday party and for random summer fun in our backyard and it is so good! Easy to operate and really good quality.

We had another slide which we did not take proper care of that lasted an entire season under what I would consider extreme duress. We babied this one a lot more, aka doing the stuff you’re supposed to do like letting it dry and putting it away, and it still got a big hole in it. Now, it’s entirely likely my kids did it, only God and Santa know for sure, but all I know is this thing had a massive hole and they can still jump on it no problem. Which is crazy to me. Eventually I will sew it back together since we still have the patch kit from the first one but for now I’m just letting them play on giant hole junk castle.

I bought this for my five grandchildren, ages 3-9. They have played on it everyday and it is holding up great. It comes with glue and extra patches in case a repair is needed. But a month in for us and it is holding up great. It is so easy to deflate so we can mow or move it to a new location. Then it inflates quickly with the blower.

Love the 2 availability of 2 slides! This water slide held up well after the initial rip! Be VERY CAREFUL REMOVING Water sprayer tubing from the Velcro when taking this slide down. Very first day A small rip occurred on Velcro #1 right above the crabs eyes when I was pulling the tubing from the Velcro attachment taking it down. I put a piece of red piece of duct tape over it and you can’t even notice it! This slide is awesome! It served a classroom of 10 very happy small children. I do not suggest kids over 10 or adults go on this. It is not industrial quality. It is for home use. Be careful attacking the clear tubing to the Velcro holders. I liked that the inflatable was numbered so I knew where to attach the water tubing. After the initial set up (which was a learning curve) I noticed that if you attach number 1 & 2 first (top of crabs head) THEN inflate it, this makes it easier to attach the tubing to the correct numbers. If you need to adjust water sprayers - at the top that are hard to reach when fully inflated, turn the blower off for a few seconds so you can reach the top of the crabs head, readjust then re-inflate. It’s helpful!I suggest adding a little water by hose to the pool area before letting the kids play and go down the slides. The water in the pool area (which was a great size for multiple kids) weighs the inflatable down so I never had to use the stakes. It’s enough work attaching all the water tubing. The kids absolutely loved the little tunnel and I was surprised they also loved the little water cannons. They would twist the inflatable and let the water spray on their faces.IMPORTANT! When ready to pack this inflatable up (in my classroom we used it every Friday) we learned to leave the inflatable inflated and step on the pool walls to let the water out of the pools and have another person use a small dish bucket to help push the water on the opposite side over to the person stepping on the pool wall. Be very careful about tugging on this inflatable, remember it is NOT industrial quality and I was so nervous about getting another rip. When most of the pool water is out the inflatable will be light, have another person pick up one side so all the pool area water gets completely emptied out! Don’t inflate yet! If you have space move it to a dry part of the yard and let the inflatable sit a d dry out in the sun for an hour before deflating it. It drys fast in the sun! We also were able to lift one side up for a bit to help dry the bottom! You DO NOT WANT TO PACK THIS UP WET! It WILL get moldy if you don’t dry it COMPLETELY! When it is completely dry, turn the blower off for a few seconds and remove the tubing GENTLY! Open up each Velcro attachment that secures the tubing! DO NOT PULL the tubing out without opening the Velcro first! It WILL rip. The inflatable material. After the tubing was removed I tried to hang it to get all the water droplets out.. don’t worry about that, they never came completely out and I never saw mold. Sometimes when you unpack the tubing you will have to use your fingers to squeeze it open. It’s not thick and develops kinks that will stop the water flow when the tubing is on the inflatable. So try to keep the tubing loosely wrapped so as not to have to deal with too many kinks. Next deflate the inflatable. We had to roll around (lol, like the kids learn in school Stop, Drop, & Roll, over the entire inflatable to completely get all the air out. Once the air is completely out, we found it worked the best to make sure the slide/crab piece is laying in the middle, then with 2 people (it’s easier with two) fold the inflatable in half and flatten, fold it in half again flatten until you have it in a 1/4 piece. Next we rolled it as tight as we could and secured it with VELCRO one wrap (Velcro that can be attached on both sides) the company provides cheap cloth ties which would do the same thing. Don’t expect the inflatable to fit in the blue bag that came with the inflatable! That bag was only big enough for the blower and the stakes. This inflatable is heavy when it’s wrapped up. I purchased a big rubber maid container with wheels and a handle and stored the inflatable, blower, and tubing all together.One more FYI. Be careful when handling the clear tubing. I did not realize that when it was moved or wrapped up the little round circle “washer” (that attaches to the main water hose) fell out so the tubing was leaking and spraying all over the place when I attached it to the main hose. This will cause the sprayer to lose presser and the cannons won’t spray. When I noticed I took a washer from an old hose we had a d replaced it in the clear inflatable tubing. It did the trick, but that week I purchased for 3$ some extra hose washers at Home Depo to replace from the hose I borrowed it from and to have on hand if that happens again.I hope this was helpful! Ultimately! This was 500$ well spent! The amount of fun my 10 students (all elementary age) had every Friday of summer school, was priceless! To care for this inflatable and keep it in good condition will require some time and work but it’s SO WORTH it TO SEE THE SMILES on KIDS faces as they slide down the two water slides! :)

When the Grand kids come over, ages 5 and 2, they love the thing. They live a mile away and just call when coming over and we have it all set up. It takes a while for the pool to fill but the blow up is instant.Also it comes with a nice nylon storage bag and I must say it fits no problem in the bag and its not too heavy to carry.Highly recommend.

We used once and it has holes everywhere! We noticed there was a hole in netting but didn’t worry about that! When 2 and 3 year old only was on this it popped holes everywhere! The seller will also not return. Save your money and buy something else!

I’ve had this Hippo water slide for 3 months, my son is an only child but 2 neighborhood kids usually play with him when we have it up. It has held up phenomenally. No tears no rips and easy to put up. The kids have an absolute blast. My son and his one friend or five the other child is six.