Tubes for kids on the lake.

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RIVERDAZE

Discussion Starter · Jul 15, 2009

I am looking to get a tube to tow the kids around the lake.
What do you have/would you recommend it.
Looking for a 3-4 person one I think.

No, I will not tow my kids on the weekend on the river or in the lake!!!

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Bohica

· #2 · Jul 15, 2009

Our kids have a great time on the Molecule, thing is massive though.

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DMOORE

· #3 · Jul 15, 2009

I see a lot of the Big Mommas, and Big Berthas out there.

Darrell.

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YOPENGO

· #4 · Jul 15, 2009

Costco had a nice one. Im not sure of the brand but it was a 3-4 seater.

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skyskier

· #5 · Jul 15, 2009

How old are the kids ? This is really the best I've seen for the little ones

http://www.riverdavesplace.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11325

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Amm

· #6 · Jul 15, 2009

The Hot dog has worked well for us. Stable and fun and not too large. Although, unlike a tube you can't whip it around.
http://www.jetlogic.com/airhead/hotdog.php

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oldschool

· #7 · Jul 15, 2009

We have a "Rock N Roll" made by HO and the kids love it. We tried the one from Costco, but they thought it was boring. Also, certain places, or counties I guess, only allow 2 riders maximum on towables.

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RIVERDAZE

Discussion Starter · #8 · Jul 15, 2009

skyskier said:
How old are the kids ? This is really the best I've seen for the little ones
http://www.riverdavesplace.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11325

They are 6-8.
That thing looks cool

devil but i think they would out grow it quick.

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TPC

· #9 · Jul 15, 2009

Big Mable.

They will eventually want a one person stearable.
Go with Conally.

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Hardly Satisfied

· #10 · Jul 15, 2009

Amm said:
The Hot dog has worked well for us. Stable and fun and not too large. Although, unlike a tube you can't whip it around.
http://www.jetlogic.com/airhead/hotdog.php

I think I am going to get one for our kids

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LB247XS

· #11 · Jul 15, 2009

Tubes

we have the HO APOLLO 3 and that thing is awesome,. hard to flip 3 seater and you can whip that thing pretty hard.the kids sit down inside with backrests and each rider has their own set of grab handles.

devil

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HWLaser23

· #12 · Jul 15, 2009

we have the black ice by HO it has 3 bladders that makes the bottom kind of convex shaped it s 78 inches across and round i can get 3 15 year old on it comfortably very stable i have never flipped it. it almost wont flip on its own. so you are only limited to how strong your kids are. its a lot of fun. sometimes the adults have more fun on it than the kids do

sphss

http://www.waterskis.com/HO-Black-Ice-Tube-p/ho_black_ice_tube.htm

make sure you watch the youtube vid

devil

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RIVERDAZE

Discussion Starter · #13 · Jul 15, 2009

HWLaser23 said:
we have the black ice by HO it has 3 bladders that makes the bottom kind of convex shaped it s 78 inches across and round i can get 3 15 year old on it comfortably very stable i have never flipped it. it almost wont flip on its own. so you are only limited to how strong your kids are. its a lot of fun. sometimes the adults have more fun on it than the kids dosphss

http://www.waterskis.com/HO-Black-Ice-Tube-p/ho_black_ice_tube.htm

make sure you watch the youtube viddevil

Thats cool! I like it my kids may not but...

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lalhc

· #14 · Jul 16, 2009

TPC said:
Big Mable.

They will eventually want a one person stearable.
Go with Conally.

This is what I pull.

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Phil in SoCal

· #15 · Jul 16, 2009

YOPENGO said:
Costco had a nice one. Im not sure of the brand but it was a 3-4 seater.

I second this one. Our friends had one and let us borrow it while they went back to Cali and to work. Its great, they are picking us up one when they come back next week. We had the Hot Dog 3 seater and didnt like it as much.

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hkunz

· #16 · Jul 16, 2009

We have an Airhead we got from West Marine on sale.

We learned from the first tube we bought to make sure it is completely enclosed. The ones with an open top will fill with water quickly, then the line parts, and the kids are sitting there with no boat hooked to them.

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RIVERDAZE

Discussion Starter · #17 · Jul 16, 2009

Phil in SoCal said:
I second this one. Our friends had one and let us borrow it while they went back to Cali and to work. Its great, they are picking us up one when they come back next week. We had the Hot Dog 3 seater and didnt like it as much.

Our friends have the sitting one if thats the one from Costso. We want a different one so they don't get bored. We are probably going to barrow one for the next trip.

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TPC

· #18 · Jul 16, 2009

The best tow rope is the "Line Mans conduit rope" you can buy at the big box home improvement stores in the electrical section.
Buy at least 80' and it's cheap.

The 3/8" stuff is brutal and will never let ya down, the 5/8 colossal.
Hold a match to the ends or the rope where ya cut to melt it like ya did with your army men so it doesn't unravel.
I dip the ends in Sprinkler pipe glue too.