Awesome. My 6 year old son lived in this raft for 8 days at the lake, last summer. We tied it to the dock, but he rowed around easily, had no problems with it deflating. We could get in it with him (my husband or myself, one at a time). We left it in the lake overnight, every night, it held up well even with thunderstorms. We got it out this summer and it is still in great condition.