This thing is amazing! I go on river floats basically every other weekend in the summer and this is used as the beer barge where we keep our shoes, coolers, keys etc. Not only does it admirably hold all the weight loaded into it, it has so far remained completely damaged even though people repeatedly throw crushed beer cans and bottle caps in it. I've only used it a couple times as a person floater but it had ample space for me (6'2" -185lbs) and I didn't feel like it was going to sink. I've also not used the oars yet. If I were going to make this purchase again, I probably would look at getting something that could hold two people for me and a friend to go play around in the creeks etc but I'm not sure that they make anything as cheap as I want that does all that. I highly recommend this boat and the full Intex line to anyone looking for river float craft.