Can you blow this up yourself or do you need an air pump of some sort?
458743
With a good pair of lungs and taking your time you can do it yourself, but we used a bicycle pump, much faster. Be careful not to over inflate. It is a great little item for my Granddaughter she loves it.
458744
you can blow it up yourself, its just time consuming... there are about 3 valves; One for the bottom where they sit, One for the surrounding ring and head, and one for the shade. It takes a couple of minutes to inflate.
458745
An air pump would make the job a little faster, but you can blow it up yourself fairly easily.
458746
My mom blew it up originally because we couldn't find our air pump. It didn't take her long. I also use a bike pump when necessary.
902621
We did it by mouth. It's really big but honestly it didn't take too long to blow it up this way, maybe 5 minutes of breath so there is no need to buy something special if you don't have an air pump.
688851
No you need a high pressure pump like Crossman sales or a scuba tank with a adapter to air the gun up.
1190262
You need to buy an air pump. I have an electric one, but they do offer battery operated ones. The battery operated ones eat batteries though so if you will have electricity access, that's what I recommend. (They have some that work on car voltage.) It doesn't need to be a real expensive one. But I use mine to blow up floats and have even blown up balloons with it.
939443
No, Only when blown up, also get that pump. Makes it much much easier when you have to blow it up and de-flat for storage, I bought this for my GrandChildren and they Love it!
17601
Not sure about this. perhaps a can of compressed air will blow it out. Good luck
189812
Hi, on the side there is air piece that you pull out like on a inflatable raft or a beach ball. I used an air compressor as it will take a very long time to blow it up by mouth.
1644603
You really need a pump. My friend had one at the lake house where I left this. I'm talking about an electric pump. There are some that plug into the cigarette lighter on a boat that are ideal. It doesn't take terribly long. I cannot comment on using your lungs to blow it up. It would take a long while.
34846
Absolutely not necessary to bother with a pump....it IS very easy/quick to just blow it up with your own lung power.
62738
You have to have your own pump to blow the jump-o-lene up I used a air mattress pump
1682133
Very easily blown up by hand. No pump necessary -- in fact, I think it would be over-kill and probably quickly pop it, LOL. My daughter loved this float last summer and will probably be bitterly disappointed that she's too big for it now.
2259050
Actually...I think we took turns at manually blowing it up. We didn't have a pump. Totally worth it though....my granddaughter had a blast!
159185
Comes with an interior pump you plug in. Has a dial you turn to inflate and deflate, you can suck all the air out aswell as blow it up in about a minute maybe two, very slick system.
576839
Yes you can deflate it when done using or to travel. Blows up with tube and then you can let air out when you want to.
1190265
I bought an electric pump to pump it up, but with enough time and lung power the one-way valve would allow you to blow it up manually. It does not have a tire valve for attaching a tire pump.
521567
You blow it up. Easier with an air pump, but you can do it the conventional way. My concern is with the quality of the plastic. In my opinion, it can't withstand young boys for very long. And, it used to.
1744120
It requires an air compressor. I suggest something that has a larger volume tank so your particulate expels at a consistent rate.