My kids were so excited to get this last Christmas. I read the reviews,but purchased anyway hoping that if we were really careful, things would be different for us. My kids are small (20, 30 and 35 pounds, when we purchased this) and they were super careful in the ballpit. (All shoes, hair clips, and accessories came off before going in) They treated it as gently as they possibly could. Unfortunately, it ripped along a seam within the first month. We made several attempts to fix it, but it continued to get small rips in different places along the seam and never held air again. So disappointing. It's seriously just a poorly made product.