Banzai Vortex Spin Slide and Pool - Review

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"Every year for my son's birthday we buy a waterslide and a pool. My son is almost 7 and my daughter almost 4. We've had two other banzai slides in the past- the original which was great, but had some design flaws and the one for the easy set pool. This is by far the best. The design is great since it has an area separate from the big slide, it prevents the big kids from sliding into the little ones in the pool. It also has a separate little slide into the pool for the little ones. My husband who is about 180 pounds has even used the slide. We've had about 6 kids on it at once so far, ranging in age from 3 to 11 and it has held up pretty well. Needless to say the kids love it. On the other hand, it is hard to dry and we actually had to purchase the little tikes storage bag with wheels from tru in order to store it. The slide will not (once used) fit bag into the storage bag provided, so alternative storage is essential. Considering the price (we paid [$]and the protection plan), better and bigger storage should have come with the slide. This slide is by far the best made slide we've purchased. My only other disappointment is that the blower is not more powerful and if myself or my husband slides down, the slide goes right to the ground once we reach the end, and the platform at the end of the climbing wall similarly goes right to the ground if we step on it even if we're the only ones on the thing. I am only 140 lbs and considering the slide has a weight limit of 400 lbs, we really shouldn't have this problem. Notwithstanding that issue, the slide is great and I would recommend to others."