Bought this for Father’s Day because my husband just had to have one. We have used twice. Fairly easy to inflate, but it does take some work to deflate. Pinching the valves during deflate helps it along. The kids really like it. It absorbs a lot of rough water from passing boats. A little clunky on corners and it can submarine if the kids put too much weight on the front (sometimes they do it on purpose). Overall they say it’s relaxing after knee boarding.