SportsStuffFiesta Island

Ours takes a beating with all the crazies at our lake, and it has held up great...pretty expensive, but if you want to add alot of people, you gotta spend the money, we have been very please with the quality and how it has held up!!!

I was hesitant to purchase because of the price, but you get what you pay for. I am confident this float will hold up. The first week on it we had 8 full size adults on the raft, and it gave us no problems. We use it in the bay in Galveston so time will tell what kind of effect the salt water will have. We make sure to wash it off before putting it away. It has cup holders for every seat which is convenient. It came with a floating cooler as well. The mesh liner that comprises the "floor" of the island seems sturdy and durable enough to walk around on it and not worry about punching a hole through. It only took 5 minutes to blow up with a small pump.My only wish is that it came with some sort of attachable rope ladder to get in and out of the water with. We use it tied to the dock so it is rarely a problem, but it could be in the middle of the lake for someone with minimal upper body strength.UPDATE: I have had it for a year and it still holds up to some rough day drinking with 10 people on board. See other comments below. Never drag the float while it is filled with air. This will make it easier to rip.

I'd give it a 5 star but the raft broke after 2 months of use. The weak link is the mesh netting. It tore from the seam and punctured a hole in it. I was able to repair the hole with a type B patch kit. I've yet to test it out, but the leak seemed to have stopped and it's holding air. Other than that I will say that this is a beast of a raft. I've had 14 adults on it and it holds up just fine. I believe that the rip is due to people constantly stepping on the mesh when they walk in. If you can be discipline enough to distribute your body weight it should last longer. Be gentle with it, and it should last many summers. Mine is now a 7 seater as I had to cut the mesh out to repair the hole. I will be more careful from here on out and see if we can make it last long enough to purchase another one in a month or so.**Edit 5/20/15** Their warranty department stood by their word and replaced my raft. Words cannot explain how great I feel to know that companies still care about customers. Great experience, great product. feel good about making a big purchase. I will make sure to go out of my way to buy from sportsstuff going forward.

Very disappointed! The float arrived without the patch kit that was supposed to be included. Hoping that I would never need it, I called to request one any way. I was told that they would send one to me. They never did. I inflated the float and was careful to not over-inflate it and checked my dock to make sure there were no sharp edges that could puncture it. Two of us enjoyed it for about an hour. A few days later I found that it had a large stress tear (~2 inches across) in the lower section. I patch it but obviously the patch did not work or there is another leak somewhere else. The overall material is just too thin to hold up. I should have expected it. The cardboard box (from China) was also of such a poor quality that it was torn in shipment and was easy to tear apart. I have never written a negative review on any product until now. Save your money and disappointment.

We left it in the water all summer and it started collecting algae in the netting on the bottom. A bit of a pain to clean when we pulled it out but that's kind of expected, leaving it in fresh water on a river I guess!

We had 5 full summers of using this float, in the bay. After attaching our boat to a mooring in the bay, we would attach the fiesta island with a rope and just relax. We had the maximum number of people in it most of the time, and never had a problem until the end of the 5th summer when there was a small leak, so it would slowly deflate. We had adults in it and kids in it. It was a great purchase. So great, that I’m thinking of replacing the old one with another one! The only issue I had with it at all was that it was challenging get get into unless you jumped into it from the boat. A ladder of some sort on the outside would be a great addition. But overall, we loved this float and had many good times in it :)

I knew this was going to be a job to use and store. It weighs 80 pounds! I used the Coleman air pump to blow it up and that worked fine.The float is vinyl and stains easily. The sand turned several areas on the bottom orange. Other stains also appeared after the first use.Not sure of the longevity of vinyl so using caution when laying it out and folding it up.It was a chore to clean and to make sure it was dry before I stored it. I did not want mold from folding it damp.Takes 2 people or an hour or more for 1 person the deal with it.

The Fiesta Private Island is the best inflateable I’ve ever owned. We have had ours since 2013, and it’s gone from long drunken days on the Lake, to now being used as an aqua playpen for our 2 year old daughter. The mesh floor at the bottomed of this float is incredibly strong, and the float sits firm in the water- I’ve had over 1,000 lbs of humanity in it, and it didn’t have any issues. If I had to have one gripe, I guess it would be the only one corner tie up option. Besides that, this raft has been up to the challenge since day 1. Now, onto the price- it’s a bit pricier than others, but it’s lasted me 5 summers, and I don’t think you would get 5 summers out of the $100 range of options. Using the recommended pump, I am able to fill it up in less than 10 minutes.