Customer Reviews

Giga Ball: Life-Size Inflatable Fun Center

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(6)
1 star:		(6)

 

 

What a waste of time to air this up. It developed leaks in less time to it took to enter the credit card info to order it. This was the worst gift because it had such a high expectation but turned into the biggest disappointment. The vinyl was so thin that rolling it over normal bermuda grass created holes from small seed pods and sticks. Save your money...

This toy looks great in the ad but it took us 2 hours to blow the dozen or so chambers up. The instructions were terrible. You have to force too much air into one chamber so that it will go into the next. The chambers do not stay inflated and some don't work at all. My son does still have fun with it but I wouldn't buy it again.

My daughter was so excited to use this toy with her friend on the first warm day of spring, but was sorely disappointed. It took nearly three hours to fill each individual chamber with air, and by the time I was done, her friend had to go home. If you leave it outside, it gets very grungy and it is a pain to clean all of the grass and dirt and bug carcasses out of the crevices. And since you can't fit in through a regular door without deflating it a bit, ours wound up mostly outdoors. Some chambers leaked and went flat.

It was somewhat fun, although I was worried that the kids would roll over too hard and break an arm. It's hard for the younger kids to push around. My older daughter did have fun in it during a raging hurricane, sitting inside with a hose running.

Too labor intensive. Looked like a good idea, but in reality was a pain in the neck.

This was a great idea for my 2 kids for Christmas, I thought. Unfortunately the Giga was a hassle to inflate with about 15 air chambers took close to an hour to fill. Then our first time pushing the kids around with 2 friends (only one child in at a time. Each kids weight was under 80lbs. It is rated up to 150lbs.) the one air chamber ripped at the seams. I now have a giga ball that was used 1 time with duct tape holding one panel together. It ripped on 3 of the four sides holding it together. Most of the chambers are held by 5 seams. This chamber was right by one of the two openings. So my Giga Ball experience was pretty flat.

My kids loved this toy! They can sit in it, roll around in it, climb on it...it's great! I even find them occasionally sitting inside the Giga ball with a book. The only drawback is that it seems to attract a lot of insects (the bright yellow color perhaps???).

Got it for my 6 year and she has fun in it but there has to be several others to push the ball......she had fun but it is alot of work to roll the ball around.

My 7 year old son received the Giga Ball for Christmas. It was a big hit. He and all of his cousins had a great time with it for several hours. Unfortunately, the very next day, it pretty much fell apart. I didn't expect it would last very long, but had hoped that it would last more than one day.

I see that one reviewer's gigaball came with instructions. How nice - mind didn't. It took four hours to fill up with a pretty good air compressor because the air leaked out faster than it would fill up. I kept patching holes and new ones kept appearing. It was like the twilight zone. The worst part about it was how disappointed my children were. I will not be purchasing another product from this company. Quality is obviously an alien concept to them.

My 8 year old has wanted one of these things since Christmas but they were sold out. When her birthday rolled around a few months ago, I saw where the GB had become available again and ordered one.

First of all, the exterior "honeycombs" consist of individual air chambers that must be inflated individually. What a pain. Then some of the chambers had holes in them and would not remian inflated. Now you have what amounts to a flat tire on the thing which prevents it from rolling freely.

Second, the exterior is not ridgid enough for the GB to retian it's shape as it "rolls' down a hill. It's hard to keep it going. So it stops frequently, which lowers the fun factor.

Lastly, this thing is big, make sure you have someplace to put it when it's not in use.

Quality problems aside, this could be fun for a smaller child but my kids just think it is so so.

My daughter has been wanting this item for quite some time, but every time I try to order it, it's never in stock. She completely forgot she even asked for it, because I told her it was impossible to get. At any rate, when she saw what was in the box on Christmas, she was totally surprised and very happy. They've had the ball outside once, and had a fantastic time in it. Due to lots of rain lately they haven't been out again, but love hanging out inside the ball when in the house. So far, indoor or out, this really seems like a great toy. And, since it holds up to 150 lbs, I plan to get in it ASAP.