I have had a whole lot of fun with my Air Shark. It is a clever design, and as sturdy as it can be considering that all of its features are trying to save weight. I have used it for over a month now, and have put it through its paces well enough that I feel confident writing a review for it.
It was a little tricky to get it put together, not very intuitive, so walk through the instructions once or twice before you start on it and take your time. It also helps to have another person help hold on to it. And definitely, definitely tie a string to it and lash it to something heavy before you start to fill the balloon! I had to figure out how to get it down from the ceiling a couple of times. You can take the string off later when you're balancing out the ballast to give it neutral buoyancy. The fins and tail are very lightweight, as they need to be to enable to balloon to float. They are springy and very flexible. They have bounced off of my textured ceiling, walls, light fixtures, blinds, cabinets, and various other things numerous times and still look pretty good. They also seem to function as bumpers between the skin of the balloon and other objects. The balloon itself seems rather sturdy. My shark was still floating (adjusting for buoyancy by removing clay from the Remora / Pilot Fish pod as needed) TWO WEEKS after initially filling it. I have never had a balloon retain helium that well before. I filled it back up again this weekend and it was back ready to go just like day one. The shark is surprisingly maneuverable, and able to turn in a much tighter radius than I ever would have thought. With a little practice with the remote, you can get it to dive and climb and make some pretty impressive turns. Not at high speed mind you, but much more energetically that you would expect a helium balloon to be able to do.
A couple of caveats should be mentioned. When unattended, even though seemingly happy floating in the corner of the ceiling, the shark tends to wander around. You just don't appreciate how much air flow you have in your house until you have a balloon floating around it. Mine has a tendency to wander into the kitchen. Perhaps I should increase his meals... At any rate, it may wander into areas with sharp pointy things that you'd rather have it avoid, so when not using it, tie the shark down or confine it somewhere without a lot of airflow. Secondly, over time the balloon will gradually deflate. This causes the stickers holding things onto it to have gaps between the adhesive and the balloon body and come lose. This was easily remedied with Scotch tape. Also, when less inflated, the rubber bands holding on the tail tended to slip off. This is not a problem when fully inflated, but I did have to hunt a couple of them down on occasion. Lastly, my dog does not like the Air Shark. She generally just leaves the room or avoids it, but more aggressive pets could easily damage the balloon.
All in all, I think this is a great toy and I highly recommend it, for small and big kids alike.
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