Bestway CoolerZ Tropical Breeze III Inflatable 8-Person Floating Island with UV Sun Shade and Connecting Lounge Rafts

I received this product about a week ago and love it so far. It inflated easily, I actually bought an Intex high flow inflator specifically for this, it takes about 10 minutes to inflate the float and accessories. One of the lounge floats does have a small leak, it deflated overnight, I have some urethane patch coming hopefully I can find the leak.I inflate the float on the grass, then two of us carry the float into the water, we paddle it out to about 10 feet of water and drop a small boat anchor that I have. It comes with an anchor bag, but since I have the anchor I don't have to bother with filling the bag up with sand or stones.We have had four adults on this float so far and there is room for at least 3 or 4 more comfortably. The float is well designed with a mesh screen in the middle where you can put your feet, a seating area and a back on either side that is firm enough to lean against when sitting. I find it very comfortable to sit on it, we had a bottle of wine and sat for a few hours last time we used it.It comes with a sun shade, that works well. It can block your view in two directions, but the shade part is easily slid out of the way if you want. The shade attaches to float via clever screw attachment devices in 4 locations. The devices are easy to use, they attach and detach easily. The shade is securely attached to the float via reinforced gussets and worked well in the 10 to 12 mph winds that day. (An anchor is a must as the wind will blow this float away).The detachable floats are useful for those who wish to paddle to and from shore. They attach securely to the float via another clip/short rope device. They also add capacity to the float.On the end opposite the float there is what I call a boarding pad, which is a thin inflatable float that allows you to slide easily on the float after swimming. Boarding is aided by 2 strong hand sized handles that are well attached to the main float. You slide up on to the boarding pad, then pull yourself up onto the float. It's really quite easy and fun.I highly recommend this float and this company.

We bought this float in 2020 but didn’t end up having the chance to use it until this year. It didn’t come with a pump so we bought an electric one that plugged into my car to blow it up. It was pretty easy to blow up and all the pieces worked as expected! It took about 40 minutes to blow everything up since the two rafts we used a manual pump instead of the car one so we wouldn’t accidentally pop it.The raft itself was awesome for the 108 degree heat we sat in. The center of the float is mesh so we could sit down and have our feet in the water while relaxing to stay cool comfortably.We anchored one side with the rock bag and then the other side with a different anchor we had bought since we were in the river. Later on in the day the boat was moving more since the river flow increased. The boat withstood it all! I had thought the shade cover might have some issue staying put, but it only did minor bending when it got really windy and then fixed itself when it stopped.There were only two of us this time so I can’t say for how much weight it held, but it seems like it could definitely hold the 8-people it says it’ll hold.

I will update further when I have this in the water but my initial thoughts on build quality and design are below:The main float and even the platform off the back (barely visible in most of the pictures, so much so I was confused when I unpacked it), are made of very thick vinyl with large inflation ports. The two rafts / floating lounge chairs on the other hand appear to have vinyl that is 50-70% thinner than the other pieces. There is no quick inflation port on these mini rafts and 2 ports to fill so it was quite frustrating to inflate (and likely just as frustrating to deflate). Keep in mind the platform off the back is actually smaller by volume than the mini rafts, yet it has thicker material and a large 1" quick inflation hole. For reference it took me about 5-10 seconds to inflate the small platform and about 2 minutes to inflate each small raft/lounge chair. It does come with a 2" square patch (nice touch I thought). No its not enough IMO so I bought more patches, because... kids...I will likely modify the sunshade to make it larger when desired. I think other reviewers found it to be too small and I would tend to agree. Will try to remember to post pictures of a final solution.Using this in a small lake / pond that is shared by the neighborhood and using a 20lb river anchor to keep it in place. Will update this review again mid-summer as needed.Update #1: 1x 20lb anchor was not enough, now using 2x. One of the mini rafts back rests will not hold pressure for 48 hours since first inflation, haven't contacted manufacturer yet.Update #2: The section of the raft that inflates to form the seating area developed a leak (or always had it and never noticed) shortly after its first use. There was a gap in usage of about a week or 2 so its hard to know how fast the leak developed. Contacting seller/supplier to resolve issue.

Bought an quick fill pump and this thing inflated fast. As other have said the floating loungers are thinner plastic and one of ours did pop soon after moving them to the beach. The main island is thick and well supported , we even had our dog with claws out on it with us and had no problems.

We took in on the Madison River for the first time and it was PERFECT. The shade we ended up removing because it kept blowing us to the shoreline. We definitely needed oars. We were in the river for about 4 hours and it was fine, 3 adults and two children.