Airhead G-Force Rider Towable Tube for Boating

Update 9 June 2014: It's season 3 for this tube and it's been working great. I raised my rating to 5 stars as we've had no problems once we figured out how to position to avoid submarining and we've had a ton of fun. I would buy this tube again. UPDATE 6 August, 2012: Have used this tube several more days for multiple hours each time. All my previous comments still apply. We're having a blast with this tube. Original Review: I bought this tube last week and used it last weekend. So, disclaimer... I've only used it a couple of days on a lake. I would give this tube 5 stars if it didn't submarine a few times. Yes, I found that this tube would occasionally submarine if the people on it were not positioned well. But, with just a few such incidents, we used this tube for hours over two days and had great success. We had kids as small as 75 lbs up to 150 lbs. and it worked well 95% of our runs. I find the exterior skin to be a good quality, thick nylon, and the inner bladder appears to be a good quality, thick, rubberized plastic. Sizing is a lot like rafts. That is, they say it holds 3 persons, but that's true only if they're small or medium sized. For me, three kids worked as did two larger kids (teenagers roughly equivalent to adults). You'd have a tough time using this tube with three adults. If you want to haul a large number of and/or larger people, look at bigger tubes. This one is, from what I've seen, a medium-sized tube. Side note: Amazon suggested various tow ropes to purchase with my tube. I did buy the Kwik Tek Airhead 4 Rider Tube Rope ( Kwik Tek Airhead 4 Rider Tube Rope ). Amazon also suggested I buy some additional connection components. I did not need these. My boat has a quick connect hook and this tube has a quick connect. The rope is looped at both ends and connected to the boat and tube directly. No need for additional connecting components. Conclusion: After one use I am pleased. I would recommend this tube to others. I would buy it again. I will be using this tube several times more this summer, so if you see no update to this review, then I'm still happy and my conclusions are still valid.

I weighed this against the 3 rider version and decided, along with the kids' input to go with the larger 4 person one. I was not disappointed as the kids, including my 6'2 270lb 16 year old, had a great time. It allowed for several to ride at one time, and still had enough bounce on wakes to create some fun, and very photograpic, moments. I'd definitely recommend this and/or the 3 person version. These are well built tubes that should last a long time. The only downside it that it is large, but that is what you're buying.

Definitely fun easy to tow the size is good for 2 adults. Comfort and sickness is great. We love ours!!

Used this on vacation everyday for a week. It took a beating and still looks new. Fits 3 people. Everyone loved it.

We have purchased probably a dozen of these tubes over the last many years. Kids have loved them in the water. The used to make very good products, and to stand behind them. The only other time we have had a defective product issue several years ago they quickly responded and replaced it. BUT BOTH THE QUALITY AND CUSTOMER SUPPORT HAS CHANGED FOR THE WORSE, AND THEY HAVE LOST A GOOD CUSTOMERS BECAUSE OF IT. Over the last few years they have replaced the Boston valve using a screw-on cap with a two-piece connection that incorporated the Boston valve. While seemingly a good idea, it makes separating the Boston valve to inflate much harder. EVEN WORSE, THIS HAS LED TO A PRODUCT DEFECT THAT AIRHEAD REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE. We had only used our tube a couple of time when it developed a significant leak around the valve stem, where due to shoddy design and/or workmanship the valve stem seam separate along nearly half of the neck, making the $180 product unusable. Any engineer would know that this should not happen, particularly after just a few uses, and is clearly due to a design and/or manufacturing defect as it split and separated uniformly around the neck; it did not tear unevenly as would be expected if the product was misused. And it certainly was not misused. We have been filling these tubes exactly the same way hundreds of time previously without ever encountering this issue. Apparently Airhead does not employ any engineers, and just resells Chinese products, because when confronted with the facts and asked to replace the new, defective tube, and after weeks delay in response, Airhead denied any responsibility and blamed the customer: “So looking at the photos of the damage in question from the area where you pointed out the damage isn’t a manufacture defect. That damage is usually caused from the valve area being pulled with too much force. If this was a manufacture defect you may have noticed when you first inflated the tube.” Whether a design defect (which I tend to believe) or a bad product manufacture in the one we ordered, we are left with a piece of junk and a commitment to (1) help others avoid Airhead's poor quality products and horrible customer support and (2) look for and support Airhead's competitors. STAY AWAY FROM AIRHEAD THE COMPANY AND ITS PRODUCTS AT ALL COSTS!

We’ve gone through a few different brands of rafts. We pull this behind a wave runner with smaller teenagers and it works well. The girls have to move back on the raft to keep the front from going down when starting up - after that it’s fine. I gave it four stars for the more comfortable and durable handles. All other rafts have had to be replaced after one summer of hard use because the handles ripped apart. It didn’t get 5 stars only because this is not big enough for more than 2 teenagers and one 5 year old child. Even with that, it’s a little tight.

This item was such a good price. It arrived on time and was ready to go out of the box. Very reliable on the water and stacks of fun.

Excellent

The product is pricy but these water sport toys don't come cheap. I was hesitant at first with this product, as it was flat and was thinking the kids might be falling off a lot. And was also hesitant about the amount of space. To my surprise as long as you inflate it fully (it has to be rock solid), it is a fun ride and cake take up to three even though it's meant for two. Love it., most of all the kids love it.

la confezione di cartone e'arrivata danneggiata,il prodotto pero'era perfetto

Good