We love the size and durability of this tube . Great for the kids and very safe with lots of grab handles . Easy to get on in the water . Inflated and deflates quickly if your limited on space on your boat . Great for adult fun also . Will hold 3adults also . Rides great . Not hard on the back at all . Money well spent !

We purchased this item for Christmas as a Santa gift for our 10 and 13 year old. Upon taking it out of the package to use in June, it absolutely will not hold air. We attempted to fin a leak and checked the valves and were unable to solve the problem. I called Amazon to return and was unable to return it due to it being past the return date. She told me to go through the manufacturer.
Update:
I submitted the form in the manufacturer's website and was contacted about the problem. After 19 emails back and forth, the manufacturer sent us a new one and followed up to be sure that we received it. We have used it both behind our boat and our kids have enjoyed just playing on it. This one seems to hold air well. Much better!

The whole family absolutely loves this 3 person towable tube!! It actually fits 4 small adults/ kids comfortably. This couch tube has a higher back than the competitors tubes- bubba, Bertha, big mble. This makes it more stable and comfortable. It is also less expensive than similar competitors tubes. It holds air great and doesn't need to be reinflated much between rides. I expect it will last many years.

This tube is family favorite and a must have every summer, as it is pretty much impossible to fall off and is great for all ages toddler to grandparent.

It is easy to sit and hold onto and doesn't take much skill to ride. However, for the more adventurous riders the rube can be ridden the the opposite direction so the rider can tall kneel or stand up and ride. Its very versatile!!

I HIGHLY recommend you buy this huge, heavy, sturdy, and well built tube. It will be surely be a family favorite that you won't regret. I give it all stars 100 percent score.

This is a great towable tube for our 5 grandkids which range from 3 years old to 12 years old. All of them enjoy riding the tube. I read previous reviews about the front dipping into the water when starting off. That happened to us one time, but we realized if we started off a little faster, the front of the tube never dips in the water. This is a durable product that our grandkids love riding.

I found lots of reviews with mixed stories on the tube's durability and construction, but I couldn't tell if half the reviewers actually owned a boat to tow it behind, and even those that did said nothing about whether or not this style of tube is any FUN.

I was worried that the couch style tube would only be fun for the little kids who want a nice slow smooth ride, and for the parents who don't want their 5-year-old traumatized. It is definitely good for those purposes.

But what no one else seemed to mention is how fun it is for the big kids! I'm coming from years of the Airhead G-Force 3, which is known for great air and stable fast turns, but not great durability (I've been through 3 or 4 of them!). This tube is even more fun! The air and bounce is extreme! And as a middle aged man getting weaker by the day, I found this tube much less exhausting to hold on to, meaning more bumps, tight turns, and longer play time with less pain the next day. This tube is a little easier to flip, might be a good or bad thing depending on your style :-)

One thing to note, and I suppose this is at least partly true with any tube but more pronounced with this one, if there isn't enough weight on it, the surface friction wins and the tube won't leave the wake. My skinny 12-year-old likes to ride alone, but it's a pretty boring ride no matter how hard I try.

And for reference, I tow with a wakeboarding boat - high wake and built to tow. A pontoon boat will not see the same results.