Superstar Bounce House
[BZ-INF-SUPERSTAR]

I was looking for a larger bounce house for our basement for my, at that time, not even 1 year old and her two year old brother. Since playgroup at my house can be crazy, I also wanted to make sure that any bouncer we had could handle quite a few toddlers. Commercial grade bouncers were just out of the question due to cost (usually in the thousands) but this appeared to be at the upper end of the residential grade bouncers and as the company also makes a commercial grade of this same bouncer, I felt they likely knew what they were doing....I was right!

We have had this product now for 4 months and its used EVERY day by at least my children if not a dozen others. No problems, no complaints and it works like a dream. We just leave it out in the basement and leave the quick deflate valve tied off. This lets my 2 year old go down and turn it on himself. My now 1 year old daughter climbs right into the middle and waits patiently as the bounce house inflates around her and then they both go crazy! My 2 year old even turns it off himself when he is done. With the quick deflate tube tied off all the time it just takes a bit longer to completely deflate but that isn't an issue and allows my 2 year old to feel the independence to do it himself.

One review said the bounce house was too firm. No way. It is a larger bouncy and it can handle quite a few toddlers and young children without deflating (the max we have had in it at once was one supervising adult...just sitting in the middle, 7 toddlers, 2 infants and 2 older children). Any softer and the bouncy couldn't handle the volume. Shoot, if my at the time 10 month old can bounce on her knees all over it, its not too firm. Speaking of which, yes a full-sized 200 pound adult can get in...you just can't bounce. There is almost always an adult inside our bouncer because most of the children using it are 2 and under. Toddlers have this tendency to knock over the infants if somebody isn't supervising just because they are toddlers!

In four months of everyday use, many parties and playgroups, we have no leaks or other issues. I am very strict about no toys other than balls in the bouncer to protect it. Do watch if you have it in a basement unless you tie it down somehow as it will drift (as any bouncer on carpet would with that many children bouncing) and it just needs to be moved back into place now and then so the air supply line doesn't get crimped (no big deal). The air supply line and pump does take up some space so coming off the back you need at least a few feet of clearance. I have never put it back in its bag so I can't comment there but it is heavy so not something you would want to pack and unpack on a daily basis but it would certainly be reasonable to drag it outside now and then without issues. It does come with stakes for tying it down outside.

In general, when compared to my friend's bouncers, this far exceeds them all. It handles the volume of children for a party, is a reasonable price for the amount of bouncer you get, is easy to inflate and deflate (if a 2 year old can do it on his own you know its easy), is durable, gets to the point by not wasting space on small useless ball pit attachments and for its size is actually pretty low profile making it reasonable for a basement (unlike some of the larger castle varieties).

Highly recommend!