Swimline Labyrinth Island Inflatable Pool Toy

We've only had it for a couple days so far, but the kids have absolutely loved it . . . and so has their dad . It took a while to blow up all 6 sides, each with it's own compartment, but there were no apparent holes or leaks. our 7 and 8 year old kids tumbled and wrestled in it for hours, both fitting comfortably inside. My kids like to rough house in it, so it does tumble a little from side to side, which makes it more fun. However, it is more stable than a typical raft if they just decide to lie in it. It seems pretty durable, but I'm only expecting it to stand up for one season, and, if it does, I will be satisfied that it is worth it's value. We have having several kids over next week, and I think close supervision will be in store and probably limiting it to two or three kids playing in it at a time to avoid any injuries from playing rough or from tumbling into the side of the pool. Also, for what it's worth, as an adult, I can dive off the diving board into the top hole and out the bottom, rubbing only lightly against the sides of the openings. Alternatively, I can dive through the side hole and land in the middle. Definitely a fun one that might become a repeat purchase.

I don’t mind buying open box products when it’s stating: used-like new but, this one has been a nightmare. I opened it up to use in my pool for my grandchild’s birthday party and when I did sand went everywhere! Obviously the previous owner used it in sand for an occasion and then just boxed it back up and sent it back to receive a refund not taking time to even wipe it off. Unfortunately since it had not been wiped down or cleaned AT ALL and even after I blew it up and started wiping it down this was a little of the sand in the first pic left that had went all over my porch going into my pool. So I snapped a quick picture after the fact and then washed it with soap and water and still because it was folded and boxed back up with sand and dirt on it even after being cleaned how it’s still stained like that all over all of the pieces and I already patched 1 small leak I found, hope there’s no more! I took the other pics after I did all of that and you can’t tell from the pics like you can in person how bad it’s been stained all over. And after unboxing, inflating, wiping down then washing it the last thing I want to do is deflate to fold and box back up then try to go through the process to get it returned. This has been a very disappointing open box purchase and I don’t know why it was resold in this condition full of sand and stained, that is not like new or acceptable on a blow-up pool toy. * Update: Castle deflating only after 8 hrs, pic attached.

Design:for outdoor pool

This was a gift for my sons 5th birthday also perfect for his pirate pool party !! Is pretty big we have a 20 foot above ground Intex pool so their was still plenty of room if you have a smaller pool the size might be a concern for you took a while to inflate since very large recommend filing the bottom first and the top half way so it is easier to clip into the bottom after a full day of play with 15 kids the pirate island was still standing and pretty full as well would recommend the makers to make the whole in the middle a little bigger all the kids where fine in and out the float my concern goes for a kid getting stuck with floaties in the whole or a older child maybe a little chubbier to get stuck also while the kids are climbing on the island some times it leans witch is a little nerve wrecking if it is close to the edge of the pool had kids 3-13 on the float with no problems wouldn’t allow more then 3 10 years and older in at the same time and could fit about 4 or 5 little kids on it at once the ledge is also big enough for the kids to sit and stand on just like the picture seems put together very well wish the door of the pirate island/ ship was also able to clip on in some way since the string does come undone a lot and isn’t long enough to double tie also can’t really knot it because then it takes awhile to get off witch was also hard for the kids cute concept with the windows also being shields ! A little bonus of the float. Being so big is at the end of the Night all the floats fit right in the pirate ship and makes the pool a quick easy clean up !!

I fancy myself a bit of a pool float connoisseur at this point. I live in a climate that we have 12 months of pool weather and I have a very active 8 and 11 year old that use the pool almost daily. Our floats get very heavy usage with anywhere from my two kids to upwards of 10 kids at a time. We had a giant round raft for several years that we loved that held up great that they no longer manufacture. We have tried a number of different rafts to replace the first one with terrible results and many amazon returns after instant deflating, etc....Then I saw the Ice Cube and decided to try it. I have waited several weeks to write my review to see watch the durability. The fun factor was off the charts from the first usage. My children are strong swimmers which I think makes a difference. This is definitely a work out. It is constantly moving and turning and the kids love to dive through from top to bottom and climb back in and use it like a hamster wheel. They fight to pull each other out of it. They put my husband in and laugh and laugh as they try and oust him from the cube, they have yet to get him out. This is the best family fun money can buy. We have had the cube for about three weeks now and so far so good. It has not lost any air and we have kids and adults alike bouncing off of the sides, dragging it on the pool deck (even with me telling them not to) and living on this through spring break. In fact as I am writing this I realize when I finish I will log on and order a couple more for future use. LOVE IT.I will say to the other comments it does take quite a while to inflate in comparison to some other rafts even with an electric pump. All of the nozzels are the smallest size and so they don't allow for very fast air flow but since we haven't lost any air this is a one time detail.