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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.

The kids have so much fun in this cube! Great addition to the pool

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.

I bought this for my 12 year old for his birthday. I also have an 8 year old daughter. It arrive on time. Very well packaged. I used a small portable electric air compressor to inflate it. There are six sections to inflate. Only took about 20 mins., but wouldn't have wanted to inflate it manually, ie lung power. Very well constructed. Seams are very solid.Kids absolutely loved it. They had some friends over and they were in it all day long. I have never seen them have so much fun with any other toy, pool or otherwise. Only problem we had was them fighting about who got to use it the most. May have to buy another one.If you have younger kids, 7-13, this is a great pool toy.Update to my review from 5/26/12 after a years worth of use. Still think this is a really cool pool toy. Kids do love it. However, with all the use, it has developed several leaks that are unable to be patched at this point. So it lasted a year. Now for the price I am sure there will be reviews expecting this toy should last a lot longer than a year. My opinion, however, is that it costs about the same amount to take your child to a water park once. This can be played with the whole summer. If it doesn't make it to the next summer, I am sure your kids will have gotten $40 worth of fun out of it. So I changed my rating for durability to 4 stars and overall to 4 stars. Kids definitely want a new one. I'll probably cave in and get them another one.

I wanted to give this "No Stars" because my grandson almost drowned, but stars were required. Three little 8 yr olds were playing with it and it was stressful to watch because it kept rolling over, tipping. There are holes on all sides so if one tried to look out the top hole, it would tip over. If one went out a side window hole, it would tip over. If one one child was sitting inside on one side and one on the other side it would tip over when one child left. If a child would try to climb in from a side window hole it would tip over. The size of the Cube is smaller than I imagined because we used to own a much larger one - that had a solid bottom and solid top. It was almost impossible to tip it over. This one is so small that when all the sides are blown up it was more like a ball, and it rolled and tipped over all the time. I changed the 'rules' so that only one child could play in it at a time. That helped, but it still rolled and tipped. My grandson was looking out a side window when it tipped over. His head went under the water but his arms were inside, not sticking out as they would have been had he planned to go out. He panicked, as I did, and struggled as he was half in and half under the cube until he found his way out, just as I was ready to jump into the pool. He cried really hard when he got out because he was so scared. I just don't want to have to be so stressed watching children play in this. No amount of fun would justify one tragic accident. PLEASE don't buy this.