Imperial Toy Kaos Portable Pumping Station, (colors may vary)

This is our second purchase of the Kaos pumping stations because the first one broke. The little peg that helps you tie the balloons broke off, probably because I was using it as a lever to help unscrew the top rather than it not being built well. I have used the adapters to your garden houses to fill up water balloons and they never seem to work well. This thing pumps up the balloons fast and saves the skin on your fingers after having to tie off lots of balloons. It's a great design although it will take you a couple of tries to master the tying assist piece as it's not completely intuitive...but once you get it it's easy. We have three kids and I can't tie the balloons fast enough by hand to satisfy their grabby little paws so this toy definitely helps me out. The balloons themselves are good, pretty good size, hold up well, and are biodegradable. One word of warning, the balloons will degrade quickly if left in the sun so when you are done playing with them bring them inside or put them under cover. I left some of ours outside in a jar for a couple of days and they were so degraded you couldn't fill them anymore, they just fell apart. A second word of warning, don't use the tie assist peg to help you open the jar, it wasn't designed to do that and it will break eventually.I try to make my reviews engaging and useful. Please click the helpful button if you thought this review was worthwhile. Thanks!

The media could not be loaded. We LOVE the pumping station!!!! The item is basically a plastic jug with a pump-type dispenser. How to do it:1. Place your balloon on the nozzle (you can see on the video that you don't have to hold it, but sometimes they pop off...that is part of the fun!!)and pump until the balloon is as full as you like it2. wrap the balloon around the tying stick once3. slip the end of the balloon through the pincer-end4. just pull the balloon!! It is tied!!!The pumping station comes with 250 balloons, which are on the small side, but we had fun with them playing catch! It works with other balloons too. I (as the mom) LOVE LOVE that the kids can tie their own now. I remember them filling many balloons on the faucet and running (with water squirting everywhere) for me to tie balloon after balloon. Either that or my fingers would get sore from tying a bucket full. No more!!!The jug itself is just clear plastic. I don't think it could take a whole lot of dropping while full, but it works as intended. My kids know to just fill it up and set it down. It does have a handle.Just a fantastic invention!!!

I would have not gave this item a one star, but I had to in order to write a review. My personal experience wasn't great. The balloons are extremely cheap. Many broke when pumping and a few as we tried to tied them. I will say the idea is great, but I would have loved it if it actually did what they advertise. Of course my husband warmed me and told me not to buy it. Sure enough I didn't listen. (Always listen to you hubby) lolAnyway After many tries I thought I give this item another chance. So we put it to the test. I had to tried to fill up a balloon and tie it under 3 minutes. My sister did it the old school way by using the kitchen sink and tiying it the old school way (by hand) it took me literally 57.0 seconds with the imperial toy kaos. My sister did it under 2 seconds. Anyway hope this helps.

As an easy way to tie the water balloons, the stick on the top of the bottle is pretty good. But as a water pump to fill the balloons, the bottle is very poor, I would only give 1 star if not 0... Think about the design concept for a moment, the goal is to make the water flow into the balloon as you pump, and *NOT* let the water in the balloon flow back into the bottle. So this requires an one-way valve. Without a good quality valve, there is no seal, water just goes back and forth between the balloon and the bottle. Well, that's exactly what happens to Kaos Pumping Station. The one-way valve is just a rigid plastic coin, whereas a good valve should be made of rubber. Luckily, the fix is easy, I uploaded photos to illustrate.1) Disassemble the pump by holding A) the tube under the pump handle and B) the part that the straw goes into, then twist to unscrew.2) There is a white cover on the straw assembly, pry it off carefully (I used my fingernails). There is a penny-size disc inside. This is the one-way valve.3) Stuff the disc into a water balloon, then cut off the excess balloon. Essentially, you have rubberized the disc/valve.4) put everything back again.The one-way valve now has very good seal, Easy to fill the balloons. 5 star quality now.Update 2018.I bought another Kaos Pumping Station, but this time it didn't come with the no-tie stick on the top. Reading other reviews, this seems to be a problem others have encountered as well. I filed for a replacement, and the new one came with the no-tie stick.

Me and my kids (5 and 3 year olds)love this product. it is THE EASIEST WAY TO INFLATE WATER BALLOONS i have ever experienced. the stem to tie the balloons on is SUPER USEFUL, makes it a breeze to tie the ends of the balloons shut. My 5 year old can run this all by himself, from attaching the balloon to filling to tie.the balloons that come with it literally dissolve, melt, deteriorate rather rapidly, that is when the balloons are left in a separate bucket outside under the porch in the shade where temps ranged 70-85 degrees, the balloons literally melted together in about 2 weeks. this is okay for me, since it means they will likely break down rapidly in the environment.my big compliant comes from the pump. it broke after maybe a week of use. but, we liked it so much i bought an identical one.