Buy SPORTSSTUFF 53-2160 Half Pipe Frantic TowableSPORTSSTUFF 53-2160 Half Pipe Frantic Towable Product Description:
- Heavy-Gauge PVC Bladder, Heavy-Duty Full Nylon Cover
- Reinforced Heavy-Duty Tow System
- Patented Speed Safety Valve for Fast Inflation & Deflation
- Double-Webbing Foam Handles with Knuckle Pads
- Bright Watersports Safety Graphics
Product Description
This half-pipe shaped towable gives the tube a more exciting reaction to steep wakes and also allows the riders to stay on when the ride gets frantic!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Sportstuff Half Pipe Frantic
By Kelly Hansen
We were replacing an O'Brien U-Tube which we had for eight years. First off, this is a big tube. I initially was going to purchase the two person version, but my children wanted to ride three abreast with their friends. It's like having a full size air mattress behind the boat. It appears to be very well constructed with handles everywhere. It has one air chamber so inflating is pretty quick. Another nice aspect is that you can carry plenty of riders since its rated for 510 pounds (3 adults at 170 pounds apiece). After a cautious first outing, I was a little disappointed as the ride was pretty tame, very flat ride and somewhat hard to swing the tube outside the wake. That all changed after riding the tube myself and seeing what it could do. You can steer the tube outside of the wake with the boat on a straight course by leaning on either wing. It takes a fair bit of speed to swing the tube outside of the wake. Whenever the tube is outside of the wake, the tube gets pretty good air when crossing another wake. With the flat ride, a good bit of speed, and zig zagging across the wake, the riders experience a pretty good thrill without much chance of tipping over. For a more benign ride, just stay behind the boat and you can sit back relax. We've had 5 or 6 smaller kids on the tube without any problem. I read reviews of this tube (and others) and worried about seam failure. I typically deflate after use, dry and fold it for the next use...the same way I cared for the U-Tube. So far so good after four outings and pretty serious tubing. I keep a box Tear-Aid® Repair Kit B on board just in case. Bottom line: this is a great tube for the entire family. The kids think it was a worthy successor to their old tube.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.FUN to ride and pull
By Roy Chacon
We took this out last weekend and the kids had a blast. This worked really well for small children (pulling them slow of course). It was nice that 3 teens can fit without hurting themselves (too much lol)It has a lot of hand grips and it even was a challenge for the boat to try to knock them off!The kids laid on it, sat on it and even stood on it and it held up really well
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Great for little kids and grownups alike
By H. Rivers
How is it?For kids ages 6 to age 12, sweet! It's so big and cushy, and has high sides that make it feel safe for the littles, and maneuverable enough for the bigger kids that they still have fun at higher speeds and outside the wake. I reliably get this towable outside the wake at 24 kts. In fact, with two or three adults, it's difficult to get riders back inside the wake once they get out, as their momentum swings them off the other side of the wake. Even with two or three adults (600 lbs), I've towed at 25 kts and they can clear 2 feet of air on a 1-2 foot wake. With just one kid, I'd keep the speed below 22 kts for fear of staying airborne, particularly on a windy day. While towing it empty at 30 kts, a wake will send it up in the air and it can flip, riding very stable upside down - a condition you don't want with a kid onboard.For adults who want to join in the fun but don't want to get beaten up, this is the towable for you. You can ride with your little one and make sure they're safe without losing your balance or throwing off the handling. If you're looking for on-the-edge thrill rides or a towable that you can use to throw your riders off, this is not the tube for you - but it's still a blast, and a safer one at that!How does it hold up?After three years of using ours in a saltwater environment, we finally had to perform our first repair: a shell got in between the cover and the inner tube and wore a hole in it. The repair kit that came with it included two 2" x 3" patches and a little tube of goo. One half of a patch and half of the tube did a nice job fixing the hole (so the tube of goo is only half of what I think is needed for all of the patch material). After going back out, another hole cropped up where the shell had been previously lodged. Repaired that one too, and after a thorough search for other potential holes, we were confident we had the problem solved. We let the patch cure overnight, as the directions state, only to discover the following morning that the dog chewed gigantic holes in the tube.What about the manufacturer?The original company, Sportsstuff was purchased by another company, Kwik Tek, whose phone never picked up, and whose website only offered a fax-in form for replacement tubes, and the replacement tube for this model costs $162, with no mention of shipping costs or turnaround time. Given that this product is made in China by no doubt the same factory that originally made it (a contractor for Sevylor), I'll assume that the quality continues to be good. The lack of good support is what knocks of one star.Since I don't know if there are other shells lurking in my cover, I'm going to take the safe route and get another one. This time, from Amazon Prime (this sucker is heavy - plan on having two people to carry it). Sorry, landfill.
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