Big Time Toys Socker Bopper Power Bag Standing Inflatable Punching Bag for Kids, Box, Bop, Punch, Great Tool for Agility-Balance-Coordination-Athletic Development, in or Outdoor Active Play

This has exceeded my expectations. I seriously bought this for my son (3) expecting it to pop or at best slowly leak after a week of play. It has now been three months, which I know isn't long, but I'm still impressed because it is a blow up toy and I have had many last not nearly that long! It's been great for his imagination. It's been Zurg, Tai Lung, Dragons, football players, and just general bad guys (I really like that it is generic and not character specific for this reason). It also seems to focus this type of energy. Then, when the mood is less defensive, it's flopped on its side and it becomes a rocket, a horse, or a bed. That's another thing that surprises me. It's been punched, kicked, tackled, sat on, and laid on and it's still intact. Now, my kids are generally pretty gentle on toys but they still can exploit a bad toys weaknesses. I mean honestly, the kid is three and he is a boy. Also, I have a punching bag for fitness and I like that he will sometimes mimic what he has seen me do. One thing I do want to note, we filled it up with two pounds of rice. It would have fit more but this has been adequate for a sufficient back bounce and still light enough for him to easily manuver it. The height is great for him. It's taller than he is. So all in all,this is a fun toy and worthy foe.

The only problem that I have with it is that the repair patch is so hard to manipulate. It is next to impossible to separate the plastic from the paper. It needs a change in design that would make it easier to peel the paper backing from the plastic patch.

Multiple Holes on opening and inflating. Repaired them with heavy duty repair tape and still deflates within a few hours. Had to puncture holes in valve to even inflate. Missed return window due to not opening right away. Damaged when opening.

This has been a great toy for our two boys (5 and 2). It hold air really well and is really tough. In addition to hitting and kicking it, my kids have jumped on it and thrown it. The only issue we've had is that it developed a small leak between the air chamber and the bottom weighted chamber. We had water in it, and that water eventually leaked it's way into the air chamber which made the unit unusable because it would no longer pop back up when knocked over because the water was in the top chamber and would just flow to the top. We solved the issue by draining all the water (it took a while) and then filling the weighted chamber with sand instead of water. I figure that since the hole is probably very small, we shouldn't have any issues with sand getting into the air chamber. I also no longer have to worry about the bag rupturing and leaking all over the floor.

I bought a couple of these for my very active boys. The plan was to have them punch these instead of each other. We filled the bottom with water...one pretty full and the other a little less. After the water was filled we attempted to air them up. We thought using our handy air pump would make a quick fill up...but boy were we wrong. Either our little stem adapter was not long enough or the air pump was not strong enough but it took us a good thirty minutes to fill up one bag. In the attempt to fill up the second, it broke our little pump (which has yet to come back to life). To fill up the rest of the bag we had to do it the old fashioned way. The best way we found to blow it up is to bite down on the opening and blow into it. After they were ready we released the boys to play with them. They really enjoyed them and spent a good part of the morning and afternoons whacking them around. The level of water we put in them was great to keep them upright. However after a few days they finally succumbed to the constant use and beatings. We noticed that one of them was leaking water and although there is a patch included, the hole was right at the seam and could not be fixed. Unfortunately the same thing happened to the other bag we purchased a couple of days later. So while they were intact and working, they were great. However they did not last even a week so I would suggest looking for another brand or possible fill the bottom portion with something other than water (if possible).

So much fun! My granddaughters enjoy it so much. Surprisingly they don't use it the way I've imagined they would. I bought it to make them more "aggressive", more "physical". As a Jew and an Israeli, I've always felt that one can suffer from violence. Throughout my life I've dabbled in martial arts. And now that I have granddaughters, I don't want them to be at risk from the extra layer of violence sometimes directed towards women. I want them to know how to hit and how to kick - when needed. Not to freeze.So I imagined how I would teach them how to hit and how to kick using this bag. But, instead, what they mostly do is jump on it! But, they are having so much fun, who can complain? :)And, it's sturdier that one could believe based on some reviews here. To tell you the truth, I though I'm buying a single use product. I thought bringing it to my granddaughter' s birthday and having it last for a few days would be enough and worth the purchase price. But - so far - it's holding its own against two girls jumping on it together.I can only wish my son would allow me to upload some videos to show you how much fun it is...