Banzai Cannonball Splash Water Slide
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Toys and Games Reviews of Banzai Cannonball Splash Water Slide
Customer Review: Great idea POOR DESIGN!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
ok. I am going to start with the bad stuff first and then I will mention the two good things. This was an impulse buy that I most definitely should have researched. I would have never bought this product had I read the reviews here and at other online locations.
1. If you don't have an air compressor stay away from this thing; it will likely take you over an hour to fill this thing up with air. I have an air compressor and it still took me over 20 minutes to inflate this thing.
2. The water that is supposed to shoot up and onto the slide just shoots horizontally across the slide. Expect to get a puddle of muddy water about 5 feet off the left hand side of the slide and minimal water on this slide.
3. If you are familiar with blow-up toys, you know that the well made products have both a two-way intake/exhaust valve and a large exhaust valve. The two-way intake/exhuast valve is the small valve that you either blow into or attach a compressor hose to fill the toy. The large exhaust valve is just as the name describes; a large valve that makes emptying the toy oh so much easier. THIS UNIT ONLY HAS THE SMALL TWO-WAY INTAKE/EXHAUST VALVES. It took me in the neighborhood of 1 hour to empty the air out of this toy. That is about as long as my kids played with it. This is the show stopper for me. If you value your time then stay away from this toy. The manufacturer could very well have included large exhaust valves in this toy design but I am betting that profit margin beat out quality product.
4. Product picture on the box is very deceiving if not close to false advertising. The actual water slide is about half the size as the picture would lead you to believe.
Good things.
1. Slide speed is as advertised: VERY FAST
2. Price: I paid [...] for the water slide at Toys R Us compared to the roughly $70-$80 at other online retailers.
Customer Review: What a great time!
Summary: 5 Stars
We bought the Splash Bomb Water Slide locally last Spring. The 7 year old and 14 year old had such a great time with it, we kind of splurged and got 3 slip `n slides to replace it when it finally tore after about 10 hours of hard use.
The first one we put up was the Aqua Leisure Spray and Slide Family Pool. The design looked great, and if it could have only held air, it might have been really fun. But the air plugs wouldn't hold and we were forever adding air to all the bladders, and it tore quickly. Nice design, horrible fabrication.
Shark's Revenge Water Slide was our next slide to assemble. The slide is long, but didn't have the comfort advantage of an inflated slide. Plus, it had this odd shark head part that 1) had an odd sized port for adding water, and 2) wasn't stable enough to stand up so the kids could slide through it. Bottom line was that while it looked fun in the pics, it wasn't worth the money for just a long piece of vinyl.
Our third replacement took us back to the Splash Bomb, and it was the hit of the birthday party last weekend for the now-8-year-old. We had kids from 3 to 30 jumping in and loving it. And it was sturdy enough to go through that without getting torn. Splash Bomb gets my heartiest endorsement.
Customer Review: Dangerous - Returned the same day
Summary: 1 Stars
We bought this water slide thinking it would be perfect for our two kids. Great for our six-year-old and his friends to play on the slide part, and a nice pool area for our one-year-old when the big kids are done.
My older son's first two trips down the slide were great, then we had him try it without the included body board. His arm got stuck between the slide in the pool and the wall, causing him to get flipped around. Not horrible, but could potentially be dangerous. My husband checked the instructions. It said to hold arms out straight if going down the slide without the body board. So my son tried it - he got tangled up again and this time he ended up doing a forward somersault on his NECK.
We both ran over to him hoping he wasn't seriously hurt. He was fine but we weren't about to let him on it again. He was really disappointed of course, but we couldn't risk something happening to him or one of his friends.
This slide/pool combo is a great idea, but the design flaws are too dangerous. If the portion of the slide that is located in the pool was moved closer to the pool wall, this product would work much better and be safer.
With all the choices available, I would pick something else and avoid this product.
Customer Review: Terrible Let Down
Summary: 1 Stars
I am a mother of 3 little girls and thought I found the perfect slide/pool combination for them to have hours of fun. WRONG!! Straight out of the box one of the seams had and inch long opening in it making it impossible to inflate part of the slide. I called the 800 number on the box hoping to exchange it. Ammee had me fax in the packing slip (receipt) and explain the PROBLEM! After doing that she said she would exchange it out. HOWEVER a message came from her the next day that they didn't have any to exchange it out with. She suggested exchange at Toys r us or online. Called Toys r us and they will not in any way accept a return from Amazon.com (my box has Toys r us orange price sticker on it). I simply want an exchange but online that is not an option. So called toyquest again they said return it online and repurchase. What a great solution YAH RIGHT!! Price online 29.99 + Tax 2.74 + shipping (standard rate) 15.72 = 48.45. So if I return it I'll have to pay another 15.72 for shipping a new one that may be as big of a disappointment as the one I have now. Buy the way tried to patch it but since the rip is in the seam it would not hold!! The hold time to speak to a real person at toyquest was a lest 30 minutes each time I called.Customer Review: Where is the slide water plug???
Summary: 3 Stars
We bought this at a sale at Toys R Us a few days ago. My four year old had a blast - she laughed like never before!!!! The slide is a little too tall for small children so I set up a little step stool (like the ones used to potty train/reach the faucet for hand washing/brushing teeth),right at the entrance of the slide, and problem solved.
It seems the manufacturer tried to solve the slide tipping problem by designing two water bags on the bottom of the slide to provide stability. Well, you're supposed to fill these bags with water through a water plug located on or about the corner of the slide, but..... there is no water plug there or anywhere on the slide!!!!!! (except the one used to squirt water from the side rail - and no, this one is not connected to the water bags!) Even the instructions have a diagram in step 3 and this is not present on the toy! The water bags are there, with their respective drain plugs, but how can a manufacturer release a product for sale without inspecting this defect!!!!!! I've sent them a note and see what they say. Tipping could potentially be dangerous...so put some padding next to the slide. I still want to keep it if possible, but I guess I'm annoyed by this lack of quality control.