Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This monster is awesome. It took surprisingly little time to initially assemble and blow up. We bought this for a music festival on a reservoir and needless to say we were the envy on all other water goers. If you're debating between this model and the version without the shade, spend the extra few buck and go for shade. It allowed us to stay out on the water for much longer without frying. I do wish the floating island came with paddles. The shade acts as a sail and will take you in whatever direction the wind is blowing. After ending up in a shallow bank over and over again someone had to get out and slowly paddle is in the opposite direction. I'll be buying paddles for our next excursion. In case it isn't obvious by the pictures the seat under the shade has a mesh bottom which was great since it kept us cool and prevents you from taking on water. We had 10 adults on at one time and we probably could have fit at least 2 more comfortable.