Customer Reviews

Intex 117-by-76-by-53-Inch Rainbow Ring Pool Play Center

5 star:		(26)
4 star:		(15)
3 star:		(6)
2 star:		(8)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

Unlike many pools you see, this one is actually about the size as you'd expect from the box. It has several activities such as the ball ramps, the slide and the rings that seem like they might be fun for a younger child. It is rated 3 years+, but the activities seem like they'd be enjoyed best by someone between 1 and 3.

The little pillows on the larger ring make a squeaking noise when squeezed, which would no doubt bring squeals of giggles from the tots. The most fun part, however is the shower, which when the hose is turned up high whips around and showers everything! This has been found to be hysterical, if best done near a flower bed that needs the water anyway. At lower pressure it showers down one pool or the other, depending on which direction the rainbow arch is drooping.

Unfortunately our boys are a bit out of this age range (3 & 5 now) and while they enjoy it as a pool, its clear the activities are a bit beneath them. It is made of light weight PVC, such as you might expect from a drug store inflatable raft. The larger rings have both large holes for an air pump, as well as smaller ones to be inflated directly by a person. The ramps, rainbow and other accessories are all person inflatable only. The air-pump holes are also not valved, so be quick about getting the caps on! I suspect it will prove not be as durable and easy to use as our previous pool, which was better constructed, though also made by Intex.

In short, a toddler would love this pool, and if it didn't survive more than one season it is probably still a value. For larger kids prone to running jumps onto the tubes, there may be a better choice. At this point I expect to be looking again next year.

My two year old loved this, he and three of the neighborhood kids, ranging in age from 2-6 years old had a blast in this pool and put it through the ringer. I am completely satisified with this pools entertainment value but there is a huge catch for the parents... there's no drain for it and it holds about 110 gallons of water! Which means 1) you must keep it covered when not in use, 2) will have to bail out this pool one bucket at a time to clean it!!! And trust me its no small task, I have it down to about a 45 minute process. I also tried using a hose with negative pressure to try and siphon-drain it and it took about three hours to move only a few gallons of it. Seriously unless you want this for infrequent use and you intend to just deflate it every time, don't bother. Its allot of work for something that would have been such an easy fix for the company to install! Just one little drain!

This is a great pool! It has so many activites, my two-year-old would play in it for hours all by herself, and really had a great time when a couple of friends joined her. They loved climbing from the shallow end to the deep end, going down the slide and tossing the balls around. The rainbow always leaned one way or another, which is annoying, and the slide did not line up quite right with the deeper end. But that didn't slow the kids down one bit. It is well worth the money.

I purchased this product for my daughters 2nd birthday. She LOVED it once it was up. The problem was taking it down/emptying it. There is no drain plug. The other review that stated it had 2 holes is referring to the air holes. Unless you wish to deflate and inflate each time its not worth your time. A pool cover will only delay the inevitable and increase chances of bacteria with the sitting water. I'm returning it and going with the intex pool that is shaped like a star and has an inflatable bottom with a drain plug. Doesn't look as toddler/kid appealing but kids just like pools. So I hope it will work. Returning this pool has also been a hassle....Don't do it. I think your little one will be just as happy in a more practical pool...and you will too!

I bought this for my two year old daughter for her birthday, and she loves it. As others have said, it's actually the size you would expect coming out of the box. I actually inflated it myself without a pump, and it didn't seem to take that long. I used the larger valves to blow most of the air and once it was close to inflated, I used the smaller valves to finish.

It seems durable enough so far. I will echo one other person's comment about there not being drains. While they would be nice, it wasn't that big of a deal to drain this morning. I just stepped on the sides and let a lot of the water drain out that way.

I highly recommend.

This is a very cute, large kiddie pool that we enjoyed all summer long. The age on the box states 3 and up, but we purchased it for our 1 year old and it worked well for her and her friends that were up to about 4 or so. Older kids would probably rather have something else, though, as the slide and activities on this one were almost too "babyish" for my 4 year old nephew. It is lareg enough to accomodate several kids (and adults! I got in myself on some of those 90 degree + days!) I only gave this 4 stars because the rainbow sprinkler never stood up like it should and by the end of the summer the one ball roller side panel had deflated to the point that it wouldn't hold air. (to be fair my daughter had used that side to climb in and out, sitting on it as she went, and more than once I caught her bouncing on it like a rocking horse) Overall worth the price we paid (which was around 35, I believe)

We purchased this pool for my son's 2nd birthday party. It was easy to set up (we used an electric air pump for the majority of it). I wish we could of gotten the rainbow to stand up more, it kept flopping over no matter how much or where we put additional air. That was really the only downside to the pool. My son loved the balls and being able to roll them into the water. The slide is perfect for the little ones (a little short for bigger kids). It was nice to put the littlest ones in one section of the pool while the bigger kids splashed in the other section. The durability of the pool was good. We'll see how many more uses we get out of it. Draining it was okay - fairly quick. I would recommend this pool to someone with small children.

I bought this for my 5 yr old, and she absolutely LOVES it! The only problem I've had with it is the rainbow leans a bit, but it's not that big of a deal. There is a lot of stuff on it to entertain a munchkin which is important, in fact it's the only pool I've seen that has games on it. Most important are the six balls that provide endless entertainment for my kid. It's a great size, just what I expected. Overall it exceeded my expectations! Someone said there was no drain, mine has a drain in both sections. The sprayer I don't use,though it looks like fun. I would definitely recommend this product!

We bought this for our 19-month-old and his 3 and 4 year old cousins, and it is a tremendous hit. The little one loves the squeakers and the older one loves throwing balls through the rings. When you hook the hose up to the top of the rainbow and turn the pressure up, the shower goes crazy.

We blew up the two pools with the shop vac on reverse, and the rest with an air compressor hooked up to the car battery. We had no problem getting that rainbow upright but still, the whole thing took over 30 minutes to inflate so you'd have to be crazy to attempt it with a bike pump (or your lungs). We have yet to find the elusive pool drain valves that people talk about (and it makes me think there are different, but similar models because the directions were only general and made for several models), but we deflate the 2 pools and drain the water each night before storing it upside-down so that mosquitoes don't make their home in it anyway. I've posted two pictures in the "share your own" gallery at the top of the page.

Don't bother. We purchased this unit in May 2008. After the weather warmed up in our area,(CT) we blew it up one Saturday afternoon for my then 2 year old. After a couple of hours of use, it was fine, then everything deflated on it's own. The "Ranibow" deflated, the ball slides on the side of the lower pool, and then eventually, the upper ring on the deeper pool. I tried blowing it all up again....and once again, it deflated. I tried finding holes...I could not. I'm only writng this review now as I just saw one of the bouncers and was thinking about purchasing. Now knowing what I went through a year ago, I will not buy another Intex item. Buyer beware.