Kelsyus Floating Hammock

Why I bought this: I work near the beach and have an hour lunch break. I wanted something where I can head over on my lunch break, float around and get all tranquil and crap, and keep in my car. I wanted to be in the water, but not have to keep myself afloat. Basically, I wanted to be immersed in water and look at the clouds.How this works: It takes a few breaths to blow up, much like a balloon. That's it, though. Very minimalistic effort. You put it in the water and sit in the mesh seat. It's much bigger than I thought it would be. I'm 5 foot 2 and 180 pounds, and it could have fit a whole lot more of me. When I laid back in it, I had inflatable ring under my neck, lower than my knees, and around my elbows as I starfish laid out in the ocean. I didn't reach the bottom of the seat laying like this. In this position, as I laid fully back, only the top of my body surface was out of the water (it covered my head up to the middle of my forehead and almost to the corners of my eyes, my chest and fronts of my legs were exposed to 'not water', everything else was in the cool 82 degree ocean).Why I like it: I can lay in it perfectly, just like I wanted. It's plenty big enough for me. It's super easy to inflate and deflate, and it stores in a flat, tiny space.What I don't like about it: Not sure I can find a single thing I don't like at this point.Ending note: I love this thing, and I am about to buy a second one to keep in my trunk in case anyone wants to lunch with me. I'm really impressed with this seat, and so glad I found it!

This floatie was by far the best thing we took on our trip to Aruba. We lounged in these papasan style chairs every single day. I would most definitely recommend this for any beach vacation. It was lightweight, easy to pack, and blow up. I'm really glad we got this instead of the floating hammock style. Another reviewer had mentioned that this was hard for adults to sit in. That's not accurate. If you look at the photo, you can see where the seat is. While sitting the the chair, the Kelsyus logo should be next to your left leg/knee. These were super cool because you could sit upright in them or lounge. We also used them while snorkeling. You won't regret buying one of these. For reference I'm 5'2 and my boyfriend is 6'1.

Neat idea. It works great if you want to float while being submerged. My husband of 230lbs was looking for a chair for the water like this one but I think this needs a bit of a lighter person. That being said, the kids like it. The baby's can stand in it and still be in the water (with supervision of course) it's a good pool float. It doesn't seem to have a air plug when blowing up so when you stop blowing and try to push the plug in you lose a lot of air. That's the only downfall I can tell.

I just opened mine. Calling this "fabric," is very generous. The outer ring is the same fabric used in tents, so if you consider that fabric, there ya go. The mesh part is similar to that you would find on a laundry bag. It's pretty soft. The "tether hooks" are a joke. They are made of thin flimsy plastic and sewn onto the edge using a "fabric" ribbon. The picture on the front of the product shows that the tethering strap is thick and sewn into a grey edging which isn't even on the product. Just compare the pictures. The directions that came with the product tells you how to inflate "both chambers" using the dual valves. This really confuses me. There is only one valve and one chamber. (note that the product description did not claim it had dual chambers.)Product is able to keep me afloat, but not on the surface as in the product picture. The float ends up almost perpendicular to the water. sitting upright with the feet end submerged and the head end at almost 90 degrees from the water. It is comfortable this way as the head is supported. It was like this for my 100 lb child, too, so is not because i'm too heavy.

These "float-a-round chairs" (sometimes called "papasan floats") win for best pool floats--they're a comfortable way to float in the pool and have a good vantage point to watch the kids or have a conversation (all while leaving hands free for a beverage). This model supports an over six foot male that weighs around 230 quite comfortably--so the 250 weight limit advertised is probably accurate. My one complaint is with the netting on this model. We always take ours out of the pool when not in use (we don't rinse them off, but who rinses pool floats?), but netting is already beginning to break down in some spots after just one season. Not enough to compromise use yet, but I didn't expect the float to break down so fast.

This has become my favorite float. At first I wasn't crazy about this because I was expecting it to sit as a chair while floating in the lake. I ended up using a chair float with this as a foot rest. But as time has gone by, this is my go-to float because of all the different positions I can sit in it. I can actually sit cross-legged in it! Only time I have trouble is if I have a drink in my hand, but that's what the floating cooler is for!

I purchased two of these floats and have had them since mid-May this year. My wife and I have used them in our community pool about 5 or so times since receiving them. We were very happy with them initially as they provided good support and are small enough to transport easily. Today at the pool I noticed that one of the floats had a tear in the stitching about two inches wide. My wife and I are retired and I promise that we are not using them to do cannon balls in. LOL. We just lounge in the water on these hot Florida summer days.These are not inexpensive and I paid more for this item as I thought it was a quality float and would, in time, be a better value but unfortunately that was not the case. I would recommend not purchasing these and just get a cheap one.