Review: Aquablast Volleyball Water Toy with Limbo Stick - Looks like Fun, but Looks Are Deceiving

One of the new water toys out on the market this spring is the Aquablast Volleyball Water Toy with Limbo Stick. This was one that the kids in our family wanted as soon as they saw it. It looks great from the pictures on the box that they saw on the store. It looks like you have a pole that hooks up to the hose and shoots out streams of water to indicate the height of a volleyball net. Knowing I love to play volleyball, the kids knew that I would buy the Aquablast Volleyball Water Toy with Limbo Stick for them when they asked.

Honestly, this Aquablast Volleyball Water Toy with Limbo Stick really was a huge disappointment as soon as we took it out of the box. The first thing we noticed was that the "volleyball" was just slightly larger than a softball. This was even before we set the toy up. After setting up the Aquablast Volleyball Water Toy with Limbo Stick up we found that it tipped over very easily. This was even before we turned the water on after hooking it up to the hose.

Once we turned on the garden hose to supply water to the Aquablast Volleyball Water Toy with Limbo Stick, the disappointments continued. The advertisements show the water shooting up in streams to show you the height of what would be the volleyball net. In reality, they only go up a couple feet, and it's not consistent across the entire length of the pole that makes up the base of the toy. With the small volleyball and the lack of height of the streams, this really doesn't work as a volleyball toy.

As far as a limbo stick, the Aquablast Volleyball Water Toy with Limbo Stick is ok, but not great. You will want to set up the stick with the holes facing down so your children can enjoy getting wet. The problem is if the kids hit the stick the entire toy topples over very easily. This resulted in us having to keep setting back up and trying to balance it on a regular basis as it is not sturdy even before the kids start bumping into it when doing the limbo. It will get them wet though when they go under the bar.

Overall, for a $12 toy, the Aquablast Volleyball Water Toy gives you what you pay for or maybe a little less. If your kids insist on you purchasing it for the, at least it is relatively inexpensive when compared with other water toys on the market. Just be prepared for the children in your family to get bored with the Aquablast Volleyball Water Toy With Limbo Stick very quickly.