Bestway Rapid Rider 53" Inflatable Raft Tube with Handles/Cup Holders

They are great! The size was GREAT!! Comfortable, Large, well built, held air nicely. We had a wonderful time floating the river in our new tubes.Held up nicely floating down the river with stood the rocks and objects 3 days in a row! The rubber does stretch with the sun and heat so I suggested blowing them up FULL and allowing them to sit in the sun for an hour or so them blowing them up more.I also suggest if your floating a river with Sticks and Rocks you buy the tube covers they will protect and ensure the longevity of your tube because something's on the river just can't be helped.One of our tube was popped on day 2 buy a tree I got pushed into going down the rapids and the tube still floated me down the river (like a taco) enough to get to a safe spot 👏🏻Very happy with our tube purchase and last night my BF bought the protective covers we found on Amazon so we can continue to use our new tubes with more protection for future trips.

Tough tubes. Went down a shallow river full of rocks for approximately 3 hours ride on 6 tubes, a few adults with the kids shared the single tube. I am 217lbs and tube was handling myself just great. None of the tubes got punctured sliding in-between and on top of underwater rocks. The only thing got ripped off some tubes in the first ride was the fabric mesh fixed at the bottom of the tube. I wish the fabric would be more durable composition material.You will also want to use a more powerful air pump to inflate the tubes (if it's an electric pump). We had a total of three different pumps, one with 4 D-size batteries, one rechargeable with car plug, and one rechargeable 120V Coleman Electric Quick Pump -this one was able to fully (firmly) inflate all 6 tubes, the other small pumps just too weak to handle the job.

We bought these tubes for a lazy drift with friends down a Vermont river. As it turned out, the water was low enough that river boulders were just a few inches below the surface and the river was running swifter than expected due to overnight rain. Our tubes along with similar ones were tied together such that we were in groups of six or more (sometimes up to twelve). As a result, on several occasions, one or two tubes would get hung up on rocks and the pull of all the rest put tremendous strains on the ropes and tie downs on the stalled tubes. On one occasion, one large tube which had the rope tied to the handle was tugged on so hard the entire handle pulled out of the tube (resulting, of course, with very sudden and complete deflation).Our tubes came out of the trip unscathed, ready for the next challenge.

Love these tubes. My family and friends and I use these to float the Weber and Provo rivers in Utah. They hold up way better than the similarly priced blue competitor. I got 4-5 years out of this tube. Sadly it floated off while I wasn't paying attention. So yes I would recommend/buy again.

Ordered these for a tubing trip down the river. We live in Central Florida. Plenty of room, comfortable and the rope around meant we could tether two together no problem. Not to mention hook the dry bag and water bottles on as well. Rugged, and the mesh bottom was great. Blew these up with a car plug air pump in about 3 minutes. Customer service with the seller was stellar as well.

I love these tubes for the river. These are so great the mesh bottom water helps cool you off and it's great to have two cup holdeds my only complaint would be that the cup holders could be bigger and better positioned. With the tube inflated the cup holders tilt inward so if you stick a full can inside it will spill. And the cup holder could be bigger so a coozie or average size cup could fit, it will basically only hold a bare can.

Since I suffer from MS and have a bit of trouble getting around sometimes, I bought a set of these tubes for our annual floating trip with the family. It was easy for me to get in and was big enough (53") that i could sit comfortably after kind of "plopping" in when starting. I love that it has a mesh bottom that helps keep you from falling through. The headrest helped me a lot. I even fell asleep on the river. Yes, it was that comfortable for me! Seems to be of good quality strenth and nice looking. Oh, did I mention the (2) cup holders?! The second tube we used for our 11 year old granddaughter and since she is a skinny thing, glad it had the mesh bottom, again! They worked great for the river. I do recommend these.

Great for floating (we also used it as a tow behind and it held up great!) We did get extra cushions for the center (kids/small booty people) will appreciate the boost, we got 30" tubes from the dollar store.