Floating Trampoline

Product Description

WATER BOUNCER / SWIM PLATFORM: RAVE Sports Bongo Bouncers are inflatable water bouncer / swimming platforms offered in four sizes created as an alternative to our Aqua Jump Eclipse Water Trampolines for easier set-up and take down. NOTE: Bongo Bouncers are perfect for playing, lounging, and using as a swim platform but do not provide the same jumping experience as a water trampoline. EASY SET-UP & TAKEDOWN: The black nylon webbing jump surface is attached directly to the inflatable tube with an interlaced nylon rope for easy set up and take down, unlike water trampolines which are attached with metal springs. The Bongo 13 weighs 50 pounds, so two adults can easily carry it to the water. READY IN MINUTES: Inflates in a few minutes (we recommend inflating with a RAVE Sports high speed inflator / deflator sold separately). To keep your Bongo Bouncer in place, we recommend an anchor weight of 35-45 pounds attached to the included anchor connector rope (instructions included). DURABLE & PERFECT SIZE FOR 4 KIDS: With a jump surface area of 66 square feet, the Bongo 13 is the ideal size for 2 adults or 4 children. Fully inflated, the Bongo 13 Water Bouncer is 12. 6’ in diameter and 26’ tall. LADDER INCLUDED: A 3-step ladder is included for climbing from the water onto the Bongo Bouncer. Constructed of durable nylon webbing covered with PVC tubes for grab handles and sturdy durable plastic steps separated by aluminum sides. Metal D-rings on the top of the webbing easily attach onto the Bongo Bouncer’s lacing rope between the inflatable tube and the jump surface.

Features

• This product is made of a heavy-duty commercial-grade material, and most of our customers anchor them for the season on their lakeshore | Treated with a UV treatment to prevent sun fading
• Product dimensions – 150” Diameter x 26” H | Jump mat area – 66 sq. ft. | Jump mat size – 107” | Product weight – 50 lbs. | Required water depth – 8’ | Weight capacity – 700 lbs. (2 adults or 4 children)
• The black nylon webbing jump surface is attached directly to the inflatable tube with an interlaced nylon rope for easy setup, unlike water trampolines that are attached with metal springs
• Inflates in a few minutes, and to keep your Bongo Bouncer in place, we recommend an anchor weight of 35-45 pounds attached to the included anchor connector rope included (instructions included). 3-step ladder also included
• The RAVE Sports Bongo should be inflated with air as per manufacturer manual | Bongo Bouncers are perfect for playing, lounging, and using as a swim platform but do not provide the same jumping experience as a water trampoline

Top Reviews

This is not a trampoline!
by T. Dunlap (2 out of 5 stars)
June 14, 2016

My own fault for lack of research but this is a bouncer and not a trampoline which I thought I was replacing. I had no idea there were two completely different products. This is good for small kids and not too many of them at once. The bounce is small and if you have too many ppl on the bouncer it becomes concave and everyone slides to the center.
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The kids enjoy it, they like swimming under it and hiding
by Geoffrey G. Graham (1 out of 5 stars)
May 17, 2018

UPDATE- It lasted 4 months outside before the material failed.

As expected it's heavy and cumbersome. I opted to fill it with air in my shop before transporting to the pond.

As the other reviews state, it does not bounce well. The kids enjoy it, they like swimming under it and hiding. Adults will like laying on it like a giant raft.

Don't purchase this if you're expecting a trampoline experience. For me, a giant expensive raft is fine. It's too much of a hassle to figure out how to disassemble and return. I'm not looking forward to winter storage and fear the summer sun will destroy it's integrity. Until it's trash I'll lounge on it when I have a chance and will not replace it when that happens.
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We would inflate it nice and hard
by Mary Ann Lynch (1 out of 5 stars)
August 31, 2017

We had to return this. We would inflate it nice and hard, and as soon as it was pot in the cold water of our northern Maine lake, the air would condense or contract, leaving the bongo too soft to be able to use the ladder. So, hopefully it will perform better in warmer bodies of water. I will say the seller pretty quickly authorized the return, so no quarrel with the seller.
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The kids loved it!!!
by JD (5 out of 5 stars)
December 6, 2015

The kids had a ball with this! We even flipped it over as a "floating, self-filling pool" for the little one. Best water toy investment in a long time. Very thick and durable material.
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A blast, great fun for the whole family!
by Adam C. Germaine (5 out of 5 stars)
September 6, 2019

We actually got this as a platform to shoot fireworks off of, but once the show was over I attached it to my Dad's dock and it has been out there ever since, the kids love it, and it is surprisingly durable so far. Great value for how large it is, highly recommend.
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Bounces good, but not good for sunning
by JAH-Just a Handyman (4 out of 5 stars)
July 21, 2008

We bought this swim platform for our home on a lake for our 12 and 8 year old boys.

I unwrapped and inflated the platform in the garage using an air compressor. It comes with couplings for an air pump and vaccuum for inflation, but as I don't have an air pump and access to the vaccuum as a blower was not convenient, I wanted to use the air compressor.

There is not a fitting that works with an air compressor included. I ended up using a fitting I use to blow out the sprinkler system and some duct tape to create a fitting. It worked OK as the raft is only supposed to be inflated to 5 lbs of pressure and for the vast majority of the inflation there was only a pound or two of pressure.

This is when I hit my first glitch. I had no way to measure 5 lbs of pressure. So I inflated it until it seemed tight and then moved it to the lake for launch. In the end I had under inflated it. I sent my boys our for a test run and when they climbed the ladder the tube collapsed excessively. I would say that watching kids use the ladder is the best test of how much pressure to add. Of course this is not practical unless you are in the water, but I figured out I could float it out into 4 feet of water and test it. We had to add air one more time too as after a week of play the tube stretch a little I think.

The anchor is kind of underplayed in the whole description of this product, but it recommends an 80 anchor. I used 6 cement blocks as I felt that that was well over 80 pounds and would sink into the lake bottom enough to guarentee the raft didn't go anywhere. I purchased 30 feet of stainless steel chain to attach the raft to the block. I knew this was excessive, but as I didn't have exact measurements for the depth of the water, I felt I would just cut off the excess. In the end, this was an excellent move. The excess chain made working this much easier. I moved the blocks one at a time into about 11ft of water. This is much more challenging then it sounds as 11ft is a long way down when you repeat it over and over. I am not sure you can move an 80 lb anchor in a boat, so I didn't try, I stacked the blocks by walking on the bottom and bobbing up and down. This look like 30 minutes including rests after every couple of blocks.

Next I hooked an empty laundry jug to one end of the chain so I would be able to get to it from the surface using a stainless steel carabiner. Then I fed the chain thru the blocks and clasped using a stainless steel carabiner. Feeding the chain thru was several trips to the bottom and requires one to be a pretty strong swimmer. I wanted to use something I could quickly clasp and unclasp if I wanted to as this was 11 ft under.

Then I unclasped the laundry jug and reclasped it about 3 ft under water so I had access to the chain from the surface, but the jug was not in the way to attach the platform. I swam the platform out and clasped the chain to it with another stainless steel carabiner. Then I removed the laundry jug. I plan on using the laundry jug in the winter to keep the chain off the bottom so I saved it.

That process took a about 90 min as I had to rest several times from all the swimming. Long story short, there may be better ways to attach the anchor, but to establish a perminent anchor is a task you should think about before hand. I have seen several platforms blow into the neighbors swim area because of inadequate anchors so make sure you use something heavy enough and will sink into the lake bottom.

USE:

As far as use, the platform works well with a single person on it. They can jump and lots of stuff. We had a birthday with 12 kids and the platform was a huge problem. First, it collapses in the middle with 3 or more kids on it. They just end up in a big pile in the center.

The only way to sun is to lay near the edge on the tube. The kids dont really get this and try to lay in the middle. I would not consider this a good platform for sunning yourself.

King of the raft, which was the most common game when I was a kid does not work well, though is probably safer then any other raft. The Bongo is VERY HARD to get on. The raft is very tall and the edge is rounded and slippery. So the only way and I mean ONLY WAY on the raft is the ladder. Even then after you are at the top of the ladder, it is a lot of work to get fully onto the raft. There is simple nothing to hang onto. The upside of this is there is nothing to get hurt on either.

Nightmare for poor swimmers. On a normal platform, swimmers come up to the edge and just hang on. Especially while waiting for someone else to use the ladder. On the Bongo, there are 2 hand holds, one on each side. These and the ladder are the only thing to hang onto. The sides are round and slipper and there is no way to hang on them. It is too tall to reach the top. My 8 year old, is an OK swimmer and we worry all the time that he will not find a handle in time. The old son helps him a lot to make sure a handle is accessable and is almost required. I could not recommend this platform for children who can not swim and tread water for a minute or two while they get to a handhold or the ladder. I am considering adding some ropes draped off the sides for additional handholds. Unfortuntely, they could become problems to entangle the kids, so I dont know. The platform should have a handhold on every section really. I am going to add a second ladder as the circumference of a 13" platform is like 40' which is a long way for some to swim in a lake.

SAFETY:

The lack of anything hard on the raft make scrapes, cuts, ... from the platform almost impossible. The safety concerns come in a couple of areas:

Underneath - If someone is bouncing and someone goes underneath, they will literally have someone jumping on their head. As the person is underneath no one can see them if they became injured. There has to be a strictly enforced policy against going underneath. Unfortunately, the kids love the cave underneath.

Few Handholds - There are only 2 handholds and the ladder to hang onto (tho underneath there is also the anchor line). Poor swimmers can tire trying to find a place to hang on.

Collapsing - When the platform is loaded with 3 or more kids, they tend to get hurt being thrown into each other in the middle. These are usually very minor injuries.

Difficult to get on - It takes a lot of work to get on and people tend to have to rest a little while to make it up.

Jumping on people - Seems like this would be a problem, but I think it is no worse then any platform. This platform is taller, so maybe they would hurts someone more, but we did not see this. The energy of bouncing is absorbed by the water so the kids don't really bounce very high and it is far enough to the edge that they don't really jump high and into the water. To jump high they are in the center and don't go high enough to land in the water.

SUMMARY:

The kids have a lot of fun bouncing on the Bongo and playing, but have to be watched due to the dangers of going underneath. If your kids are good about following safety rules, this can be a great entertainment in the summer on those hot days.

Rave Sports Bongo Bounce Platform (13-Foot)
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Great Bouncer
by J. hain (5 out of 5 stars)
August 3, 2014

Huge. Bouncy, but not a trampoline. Solid construction but we'll see how long it lasts. Kids LOVE it. Everyone wants to get on it as soon as they see it.

It's windy here so it requires about 3-4 cinder blocks to keep it in place.
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One person can fill or drain air
by Kris Leiby (5 out of 5 stars)
September 3, 2019

Big and loads of fun for children
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Thank goodness find and patch. When you spend $900 I do not want to patch
by Amazon Customer (3 out of 5 stars)
August 4, 2019

Came defective. Would not hold air. Sent back.
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bongo
by Sandy (5 out of 5 stars)
July 21, 2017

kids love it. easy to blow up and put on the water

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