AIRHEADG-Force Inflatable Towable Tube | 2-4 Rider Models | Dual Tow Points | Full Nylon Cover | Kwik-Connect | Patented Speed Valve | Boat Tubes and Towables

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.

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.

Good product

The grandkids loved it!!

Great fun, inflated it and strapped it to the roof of my center console boat. Had a fun few hours with it, but my riders complained of how hard it was to hold on, their arms were very tired and only wanted to go on a single ride. Was I going too fast, turning too sharply? Probably. I think I shoulda bought the seated type of towable, which I debated on... younger/stronger people would have an easier time with this type of flat float, but for our middle age group, it was fun but not spectacular.

I echo other reviews... The tube submarines when you get started, so this tube is fine for adults and teenage children, but I would not use it for children age ten and under unless there was an adult or teenager riding with them to help get the tube out of the water and onto a plane.The tube is great, we didn't try with 3 riders but we did use the tube with two riders... Tube is great for either 2 teens, 1 teen and 1 adult, or 2 adults. Its a little big for a solo rider, and much more fun with two riders. I love the fact that I can kneel on this tube and go tubing without actually holding onto the handles. Next time we go out we are going to try to ride this tube surfboard style... while standing! This tube does not like slow speeds... get a different tube if you wanna go slower... we were going about 40 mph and it was so awesome!Tube is great for flying around corners... I really like the fins on each side, gives you some leverage to try and stay on.