Bestway Hydro-Force Rapid Rider 4 Person Inflatable River Tube Water Float Lounger with Built-in Backrests, Cupholders, Coolers, and Handles, Blue

I bought this for a chill day on the lake. It's perfect for friends or family to just hang out, get some sun, and stay cool. The mesh bottoms of the chair allow for the water to come through enough to keep you wet minimally. It's a bit of a challenge to get in and out of, so it's not graceful. But that's to be expected. It has cup holders, trash bin, and two ice chest. I used one of the inflatable ice chest to throw my belongings in, with my phone and waterproof speaker. It has a rope around the outside and you can tie up other floaties or an anchor to keep yourself in place. The hole in the center isn't huge, so it can get kind of awkward playing feetsies with everyone. I just flipped sideways and rested my legs off the side. It takes a while to inflate, but we ordered a heavy duty pump to assist with that. We all had a great time, and I'm super happy I got this inflatable.

Picture yourself listening to some great music (not included), drinking delicious ice-cold Shandy beer (not included) with a group of your closest friends (also not included) floating on your preferred body of water. Sounds great? That's why I bought this float and that's exactly what I got out of it. The good: Durable - I'm a worrier and kept telling my friends not to step on the seats but they did it anyway. All seats held up to this abuse just fine. I was also able to slowly tow this behind a pontoon with people in it just by tying a rope to the rope that is attached to this float. The two built in storage compartments give a great spot to hold ice/drinks or phones/keys. This thing is massive and floats well. Says it holds 4 people but we had 7 adults and a toddler comfortably for a while. Compact - fits into a decent size box for shipping. Didn't try getting it back in the box but we have plenty of storage space available at the lake so this wasn't a concern for us. The bad: The orientation of the seats and shape of the float mean that all riders have their feet touching in the small center hole. Not horrible, but for people like my brother-in-law who have a big problem with feet this will definitely not not go over well. Simple solution - cross your legs to keep your feet to yourself. It's yellow. Not a big deal but I would have preferred another color. Maybe white or orange? This float was great, we had and will continue to have a great time using it. If we somehow manage to pop it (unlikely since it seems pretty thick and durable) I would definitely buy again as summers will never be the same again without this!

This is a really cool river tube and we were super super super excited to try it out with our grandson this week. However, as you will see from the photo, one of the pillows has a leak and is not usable. The mattress takes some time to blow up but is huge and looks like it would be tons of fun for 4 people. Everyone who has seen this thinks it's really cool. I will write more after I see how the seller responds to this issue I have with one of the pillows having a leak. I also wonder why the seller doesn't include any patches with their product like most do. I may take it out in the water this week to attempt to see why the pillow is leaking. It doesn't appear to make a sound when pressed on it, so we can't tell where the leak is. Maybe if I put it in water, bubbles will identify the source of leak. I plan to return the product after I hear from the seller or see if they have other options to remedy this defective tube. However, if the pillow wasn't defective, I would have given it a 5 star rating because it appears to be a really cool raft that our family would be enjoying this week. I will post again after I hear from the seller. Update: I reached out to customer service and they immediately offered remedies to repair, replace or refund my purchase item. They even went so far as to mail me patches if I decided to keep it. My preference was to return and refund me for said purchase. I live in the Upper peninsula of the USA and our swimming time is coming to an end in a few weeks, so I decided to return it for a refund and will consider repurchasing next summer. Customer service immediately gave me a return label and I brought it to our authorized UPS dealer in town on Friday. Much to my amazement, my refund was put back upon my credit card today (Sunday). Throughout the entire experience, this seller worked hard to meet our needs and acted promptly. I would never hesitate to purchase anything from this vendor/seller.

Our family enjoyed used this item often this past summer. Suitable for small kids with adult supervision, teens, and millennial adults, and those 50 years old and up. This held up well in the lagoon waters near our shore home. We tied it up to a boat (separate, additional rope) and just floated and lied there peacefully. The product withstood being dragged out of the lagoon, up onto composite decking, and left resting on a concrete yard surface (and then back into the waters when put to use), without developing a hole or tear. Based on what we invested in this (the cost), we deflated it when it wasn't going to be used for awhile and kept it in a plastic tub away from extreme heat and weather, until we used it again. You need an electronic (or similar) air compressor to inflate this item, since it's large and takes a LOT of air. The drink coolers are inflated separately than the main raft (four other openings to connect the air compressor to, but that goes quickly). This is a LARGE item once inflated, and at least two people are needed to move it into and out of water safely, or one strong person 6 feet tall or so. If someone wants to take this to the beach, it needs to be deflated in transport, and you need to take your air compressor with you, to then inflate it at the beach (and that also probably means a power source brought also to power the compressor). The mesh backing that's under the seats (the part where a person puts their rear end) is much appreciated when floating in waters with jelly fish, such as those waters where we used this product. So, when one sits in this, there is really only one way to do it - your back against the back rest, and feet dangling into the center hole. It does get a little tight in that regard if four people are using the seats.

Cannot beat the price on this product. We received the 4 person float as a gift from my mom. It's a huge hit when we take it to the sandbar on the weekends. We purchased a pump to use when on the boat, so it stores nicely inside on of the storage cubbies on the boat until we are ready to use it, then we just blow it up with the pump and toss it in the water! Over the weekend we even had neighboring boats coming over to ask to sit in it. We have the 4 seater and this 2 seater now so that we have extra room for more friends. Both the 4 seater and 2 seaters come with coolers and cup holders. Hello?! What more could you need?! The inner part where you sit is made of VERY STURDY mesh. I say very sturdy, because kids jump on the seats and they don't rip! It's a perfect well made float. There are a lot of others we looked at that cost sooooo much more money but I couldn't justify the extra money for those other floats. We love the CoolerZ Rapid Rider 4 person and 2 person tubes. Not one complaint. Always a hit when we go out on the weekends with the boat.

we purchased this for the lake and love it! We have had adults on it and children. With 4 adults we had roughly 1000 pounds. This raft endured 5 young kids and teenagers over 5 days. The raft was then left on the dock for 8 days. Then 4 adults came and used it for a long weekend. Additional air was not required, it stayed inflated. And we should state that this raft inflated very quickly. Since it didn't come with a pump, we bought a $10 small pump that had 3 different attachments included. We decided to use the larger attachment and place it on the end of a vacuum hose. It took seconds to inflate the large chamber. Then used the smaller attachments for the backrest and coolers. it only took a couple minutes and we were on the lake. The cup holders held red solo cups perfectly. The only suggestion about the cup holders, to the manufacture, is to have them moved up a bit higher on the raft because for the adults the cup holders tilted in towards their legs slightly once they were sitting in the raft. If the cups/drinks were full it would have spilt on them. So they drank 1/2 their drink prior to placing the cup in the raft. Maybe they cup holders would hold a bottled beverage without spilling? We didn't try that. Minor complaint, just a suggestion if the manufacture wants to make an improvement. Overall our group has loved this raft and would definitely purchase it again!

Absolute trash! This item is trash and this seller is trash! I purchased this float as a Christmas gift for my children in November. We live in New Jersey so obviously we had to wait for warm weather to use this. We took it to the Jersey Shore for the 4th of July weekend and how nice that it has a big fat hole in it right out of the box. We tried to patch it and the patch won’t hold. We also think there may be another hole somewhere because it loses air so quickly. I contacted the seller and was told there is NOTHING they can do for me. So now I have a busted float, lost $100 and 3 very upset kids. Awful! Shame on you guys!

We purchased this float for a trip with family to Ginnie Springs in Florida. I know it only seats 4 but we squeezed 5 onto it. We had SO much fun on this float. The built in coolers are small but come in super handy for bottled water and beer. Of course we stuck an extra cooler in the center because the small built in ones were not holding enough alcohol for 5 adults. The little built in pockets you see between the seats are good for holding waterproof cameras/phones/cigarettes/dry boxes. The material is really durable on this float and I would imagine it would be rather difficult to put a hole in this float unless you were really trying. We had a blast and this float made our trip so much fun. I would highly recommend it! Well worth the money!

Nice and big. We loved it

Product is very durable and easy to get in and out of. We had so much fun this summer and had kids as young as three and as old at 80 lounging in it. This is the only party Island that we could find with 2 coolers. Great purchase for the price!

great size, and good quality for the price. stayed inflated for a week of vacation.

This is a great product. We are very happy with it with the exception of the colour. It shows as yellow but we received orange & turquoise. Inflating is easy once you find the main inflating button things ( they are on the bottom and the floater is quite heavy when not inflated. Even so it is really nice and very relaxing!

Great raft used for a river float, we fit 4 adults and two kids comfortably with room for beverages!!