FunWater Ultra-Light Inflatable Stand Up Paddle Board

This is a lightweight yet durable paddle board – it was a great price and a very fun addition to our lake days. Definitely recommend!

Good: The board itself is great! It’s easy to use, stable in the water, and above all fun! It’s also a great value for what you get. I got a decent quality board for less than half the price from the stores around here. The board comes in it’s own carrying bag and includes everything you need to get out on the water and have fun. There are extra goodies in the bag like some patches for holes, a water bag for your phone, etc.

Okay: The fins are hard to attach, I got two boards and the molding of the plastic is very difficult on this board to attach the fins (easy on the other board I got). Not the end of the world, but an annoyance. These do take some considerable work to blow up with the pump that comes with it. This is no harder than any other paddle board, but if you’ve never blown up a paddleboard before you should know it’s not exactly quick/easy. About 15 min of hand pumping to get this blown up, and I’m in decent shape.

The bad: The pump is as cheap as it gets. I used this pump and the handle snapped off on the first use! I got the board to about 13 PSI and it was too much resistance for the pump’s handle to manage and just snapped right off.

So while I love the board itself and the price was great, they obviously had to cut some costs somewhere, the pump was certainly one of those efforts. Order this knowing you’re going to have to buy a better pump (I’m going electric).

**After a few times using it, I’ve added some updates**

I recently met up with some friends who were here on vacation staying in a lakeside cabin. We wanted to go kayaking, but I don’t have racks on my car right now, so I couldn’t take mine with me and ended up having to spend $$ on rentals for a few hours over the course of the weekend. A couple of them had SUP’s and one just used hers to sit on and paddle around the lake, and I thought that would be a perfect alternative, so I ordered this one the next day!

I got to try it out lastnight (which was the first time I’ve EVER been on a paddleboard), and it is perfect! It is VERY stable and VERY fun! I both sat and kneeled on it (I even went to the kneeling position in the middle of the lake with wind and choppy waves and felt completely stable moving around on it), It seems to be of good quality, it’s very pretty and for the money was a perfect choice for me! I love the versatility… I can sit, kneel or stand. Can’t do that in my kayak.

A few things:
-** So far the only thing I’ve found that I wish it had was D-rings along the side. I bring both my SUP and Kayak paddles for sitting, standing or kneeling, and found clips to hold the extra paddle. I’d love to put them along the side of the board, but there are no D-rings.

– This thing SMELLS when you first open it and for a little while after. If strong smells bother you, I’d suggest opening it outside. **The smell dissipates quickly after the first use.

-The design (I got the pink) is super cute! Way more so than the pictures show!

-The clips for the fins were just randomly laying throughout the box. I actually found one by chance wedged under a box flap, so be careful! I didn’t know what they were until I went to put the fins on lastnight and saw the channels for the clips. Thank goodness I keep EVERYTHING until I know it’s going to work. The fins were also a little difficult to get on… hopefully this gets easier with time, or maybe putting them on before inflating will help. **The fins slide in super easy after the first couple of uses. The clips however, do not. One of them is actually bent and cracked, I don’t think these will hold up long at all.

-When you let the air out, it goes hard and fast! Don’t put your face right over it! This thing made my fan spin in my living room and it wasn’t even under it!

-The inflation valve has a stem in it, like a lot of valves. What I didn’t know is that if you turn it, it opens and closes the valve to keep the air in or let it out. I found this out the hard way when I took my pump off and my board immediately flattened and I had to start all over again (oops!)

– The paddle seems very sturdy and made of good material. It doesn’t feel cheep in your hands and is easy to hold on to. We’ll see how it holds up since many reviews say it’s not great. **It’s cumbersome to use if you are sitting. I bring my kayak paddle with me for that.

-The pump… There is a lot of discussion about this in the reviews. It takes A LOT of pumps to get this thing inflated to the proper PSI. You will be pumping a LOT before it even starts to register on the gauge. Keep going. It’ll get there. It’s not broken, it does work. Just keep pumping. I did buy an adapter so I could use my battery operated compressor. I pumped it by hand until the gauge started registering and then set my compressor to the proper PSI and let it go the rest of the way. It also made getting ready easy, because I could get the rest of my stuff together while it was finishing inflating.

– The bag… It’s quite big. I can fit everything that came in it with lots of room to spare. I could throw towels, clothes and more in with it. It’s a good size. I do wish it had pockets along the side (inside) or elastic to hold the paddle and pump so they don’t bang together, but overall it does it’s job. It is also a backpack style bag for easier carrying. I haven’t used this feature yet, but I can see it coming in handy when you need to walk a little ways to get to the water.

Overall it’s super fun to use and a great buy. Next time I am going to take my kayak paddle with me for sitting. But overall I would 100% recommend.

This is a very pretty paddle boad. It pumps up easily, and deflates well.
Upon unboxing it, I immediately thought it seemed smaller than my other board (different brand), though I was sure they were to be the same length. Once inflated, it still looked smaller, though when placed side by side they are indeed the same length. I think this one is a little thinner, and therefore, I find it to be a little less stable despite the 3 bottom fins.
Overall, this is a good little board. I like the carry bag, but would like it more if it had a mesh hole for sand/water.to come out of.

We are beginner paddle boarders, but have had kayaks for years. I find it fun to use this like a kayak, either kneeling and paddling, or sitting with my feet in front of me. Regardless, purchased for well below $200, this is a gem. It all works well. The pump is good and delivers high volume. I think there’s no need for a cordless inflator. We have used this several days in a row, so we just deflate it enough so that it folds in half and goes in our SUV. After that, it’s 2-3 minutes to pump back up. One thing, this is somewhat narrow at 31″, so if you’re bigger, or taller, you might consider the next wider sizes.