We owned one of these and had it for a couple of years before it developed a hole. This one, however, had a hole in it when we took it out of the box! And because we didn't use it as soon as we bought it we are stuck with it. The hole is where a patch just will not fix it so total waste of $$. If you buy one test the mattress as soon as you get it! I thought I still had some time since other things on that order can still be returned, but there are different policies in place for air mattresses.