Hydro Rush

My almost 12 year old twin boys LOVE this so much! One twin has autism and is awkward on his feet (toe walks ALOT and hand flaps) but loves water and slides. They can't accommodate to children with disabilities at our nearby Aquatic park where my hubby takes our other twin son that does not have autism. So this year, I brought something home for our autistic twin son's birthday that HE CAN enjoy and in a safe private way. AND he loves to share this with his twin brother as well (his only best friend). They both love it tremendously! One is 102 pounds, the other 98 pounds - each takes a turn down the slide one at a time. It took a bit for our autistic son to learn how to climb up and go down but once he learned (after watching his twin brother) they were unstoppable and had an absolute blast for over 4 hours the first day I put this up! They do have a 12 foot diameter by 36 inch high pool but this breaks up the fun over summer so they both are entertained and getting fun without getting bored doing the same thing. I bought this through Amazon Prime Warehouse deals (new, unopened boxes) but they forgot to include the 9 stakes that hold this down and the patch kit so I am on the hunt for what to do. Water holds this down but when you turn off the blower that inflates this wonderful pool/ slide , things can get blown around even here in Portland, Oregon. Other than the problem of finding where to obtain the stakes for the inflatable item (2 stakes were included for the blower in the sealed box) and the patch kit that I hope we will never need, this is one of the most awesome Birthday Presents that I could ever buy for our autistic twin son. AND he can share this with his twin brother too! They had such a blast with this today! UPDATE: I called the company that manufactures this awesome item and they quickly sent out the missing stakes and patch kit! Such excellent customer service! BIG NOTE: USE Pipe wrap where the garden hose connects to the sprinkler AND on the spray gun. This helps prevents leaks and puts water where you need it most, in the pool area. ALSO I found a way to empty the pool without wasting the water. First I turned off the water to the Hydro Blast. I have a 1/6 HP Submersible Utility Pump 1350 GPH (bought from Harbor Freight) that I have hooked up to our home made Solar heater panel for our pool. I just disconnected it from the solar panel/ pool and put it inside the Hydro Blast pool area. I then attached a garden hose to the utility pump, plugged in the utility pump and used the Hydro Blasts pool water to water my flower/ vegetable garden around our entire front and side yard. It worked like a charm and watered where I needed it, not all over the grass as we usually let go brown in the summer. It only took about 15 minutes to empty the Hydro Blast. I then unplugged the air blower and covered the Hydro Blast with a tarp topped with a few bricks to hold down the tarp. So easy to put up and take down and found a great way to make use of the water!

I'll keep the praise brief: If you have kids or grandkids in your family, BUY THIS. The only caveat to that is, you- or SOMEONE- must be physically able to manage the breakdown and storage the next day. We bought this in 2018 and it never fails to provide hours and hours of joy for our grandkids. The best part is, they stay out of our hair and don't whine and complain during summer family backyard parties! Ok, that should describe my satisfaction with this product. The only reason I'm even writing this is because I was searching through old orders to repurchase a computer monitor arm, saw this and wanted to share my thoughts. Now on to some friendly advice: 1. BUY THIS! 2. Get a large plastic tub to store it in. 3. When the kids are finished using it, get it off the grass ASAP! Can't stress this enough. If you leave it in the yard overnight, your grass will die. Unplug it, drag it onto the driveway/deck/porch/patio, and let it sit overnight deflated. Your grass will be fine if you do this. 4. Inflate it the next day somewhere off the grass, sweep down the grass and dirt, rinse with water, then with blower running just let it dry for several hours. We tilt it up and clean the underside too. Get ALL of the water off the surfaces and out of the nooks and crannies. 5. Once dry, deflate, fold carefully and store in the tub. 6. BUY THIS! The above steps will prevent mold. We've ALWAYS made sure to store it dry, and NEVER had one SPEC of mold or any other issues whatsoever. Just don't be LAZY! Breakdown and storage is the hard part, but absolutely worth it! Even our older grandkids are still using it and loving it. We've owned this for five years and never had one minute of trouble with this unit, very well built and tons of fun. Definitely would buy again. Finally... did I say BUY IT!!? :-)

We are very happy with this inflatable. I was easily able to set alone in just a short amount of time without watching the video. I should add that we previously had a smaller bounce house from this company that we also loved - the family I sold it to is happy with it too. We could not stake ours as I set it up on the flat rooftop of our apartment in Korea. We have high enough walls to have some privacy from most of the neighborhood and no worries of kids falling off. I did place it in the center by a 12 foot wall to reduce concerns of flying away or falling off over a side wall...but I can tell you, once there is water in it, this thing isnt going anywhere!! Our Korean hose did not fit into the connector but it did easily run in the velcro to the top of the slide and with a rigged spayer, it performed the smae function. I found that I didnt need to keep the water on. My sons splashing and wet swim suit kept the slide wet enough. Note, he went down the slide once after I had removed his suit for us to go in. It seemed an unpleasant suprise to him and I doubt he will try that again. Im not thrilled that if I turn off the blower, we lose all the water. I actually left the blower on all night to save the water. Especially sice it was already warmed up. You cant get more than about six inches of water befre it overflows from a lower portion of the wall designed for smaller kids to climb in. The weight limit is real. At 200 lb, I found the slide was not good for me. I had climbed up to hook up the sprayer and had to try the slide. Yeah, not so much lol. This is an amazing amou t of fun for my 4 year old son who loves the water. Its also much more convienient AND economical for us that a watet park where he cant go on much more than slides anyway. We pitched a shade tent and set up our bbq on the roof and now we are having loads of fun!! Update: I found after a few uses that it took me longer to set up than my son would play in it. For one small kid it was a lot of work to dry out and roll up. I donated it to my sons preschool so more kids could play with him and someone else could dry it out. Huge win for everyone!!

So this review has two points- first how much the kids loved the waterslide- and the second what went wrong and Amazon rocks. We got this slide for my son's birthday gift and for his party this Summer. We set it up and it looked great, the kids went down it dry, and a few days later was a weekend so we hooked up the water and let them test it out- the day before the party. My 11 year old (very light 75lbs) told me it seemed to be squishing down by the climbing area, more than it had when they tried it dry. We found that the seam at the bottom had just come apart. This slide appears to be very sturdy, good stitching and good materials, it just looks like the material got in the stitcher wrong. We had a party the next day, so I was able to roll the fabric over at the area of the 9" opening and clamped it with strong plastic clamps. The area must have unraveled further once the kids went up and down a few times during that dry run because it was next to the climbing area. We made it work for the party and since it was the end of summer, decided not to risk with a replacement. We wouldn't have had much time to try it out before the weather changed and I want to make sure. Amazon gave us a refund and we will repurchase this very same slide next Summer unless there is a new model that is affordable. The kids had a blast on the slide- ages 5-11, and it is 18" long in the water area, so it is big. The slide is about 2' longer than one we used to have from Little Tikes, and I think for the price this is a good deal. Amazon will handle it if you have a problem. I had actually contacted the manufacturer before purchase asking about the warranty since this is the most expensive item I've ever bought on Amazon (a little foreshadowing?) -they said that they have a 1 year full warranty and the second year they will replace it for half price. That's a company standing behind their product.

I purchased this inflatable slide about a month ago. We have set it up and used it about 5 times since. We have a small yard and the commercial inflatables that you rent are just too large for us to enjoy having back there. For just a bit more I was able to purchase this inflatable and enjoy it all summer. I researched these and really contemplated this purchase for quite a while and so far I am really pleased with it. The material is excellent and it is so easy to set up and use. We did purchase some tarps from Lowe's to place underneath to protect the bottom, and I would recommend that. It is helpful to have more than one person to carry the inflatable because although it's not particularly heavy when deflated and rolled it, it is a bit cumbersome to carry by yourself. My husband can carry it alone more easily than I can though. It inflates super quickly. I wanted to purchase something that both my 18 month old and six year old son could enjoy playing on for several years. So many of the slides I looked at weren't very tall and I was afraid my older son would get bored of them quickly. I was a little concerned that my 18 month old would be too young to really enjoy it this year, but he loves it. He doesn't climb to the top and slide down yet, but he loves running through the spraying cannon and splashing in the pool. Sometimes he climbs about halfway up the slide and slides back down. We actually put his little tikes slide in the pool area and he enjoys sliding and climbing on that. We have had lots of friends over to play and my friend's 3 year old daughter was able to easily navigate the climbing area and slide down. Another friend has an 8 year old boy that enjoyed it just as much as my 6 year old. I thought we might be able to use this slide without water in the colder months, but it is too difficult to slide on without the water making it slick. With two energetic little boys, I would consider purchasing one of the Blast Zone bounce houses for them to burn off some energy in the winter.

UPDATE: I have recieved a second motor from Blast Zone, it was overnighted after a couple of back and forth emails with the company. New motor came with a heavier gauge power cord. Plugged it in and it ran like a champ. Slide stayed inflated for over 5 hours. the slide is large enough for 3-4 medium sized kids to play in/on at the same time. Inflation is good and the slide remains very sturdy even when an adult went down it. Water cannon is a blast for my 2 year old. I recomend starting the slide up an hour before playing to fill the pool area with water. Package was shipped lightining fast by Amazon, got it next day. Opened the box and everything was there, very easy set up. Got it in the yard, staked it down, tested the motor, hooked up all the hoses and started inflating. 3 kids standing around like maniacs chomping to get on this thing. It inflates like a magestic city, the hose gets turned on and we are all breathless with anticipation. Water is flying, no holes in the slide and the kids are literally jumping up and down. Kids climb in the pool and.... BAM the motor freezes up. Everyone out of the pool. Unplug the motor and let it rest, starts back up and BAM, freezes again. @#*$*@*@$*@* right up your @$*@$@$(@). Go inside and call Blast Zone, very nice lady answers and proceeds to tell me I have to email the warranty department. I can talk to her but have to email the actual department I need. Now I am passed livid. Fire off the required email and get a response within an hour. More information needed, so I provide the needed information. 2 hours later they respond and tell me a new motor is being overnighted. I am hoping to recieve it today and I am truly hoping it works. If it does work with no problems this will probably get changed to 5 stars.

We purchased this for our grandchildren, ages 8, 5 and 18 months, as a gift when their new little sister was born! We looked into buying a pool, but chose this instead for safety reasons. It has been the best gift we have ever given. All three kids are able to play on it! The slide is perfect for the two older kids and the youngest loves the pool and the sprayer!! A pool would have been too deep for the little ones, but this depth is perfect for the under two crowd. The older kids LOVE the slide and spend hours running up and down the slide. They have given it a workout in the last two months, using it almost everyday, and it shows no sighs of wear and tear! The only thing the buyer should know is that it has to have running water on it at all times. The pump, also, must be running and when it is turn off, the whole slide comes down. It is easy to put up, just turn on the pump, but the buyer should know that the air comes out each night when you stop the pump.

My kids have been having a blast with this slide, I'm happy with the quality of the material and the blower has an extra long cord to eliminate the need of an extension cord.