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15 of 18 found the following review helpful:
 Cheaply made and overpriced. Aug 26, 2010
By Y S W
We...(adult male and female, 19 yr. old male and female) all tried using this product with little success. The accompanying video makes it look so easy, but it is far from that. However my biggest complaint is with how cheaply it is made. Nearly every yellow piece of plastic has cracked and/or broken off. I even spoke with someone at "[...]" who claimed to be the inventor of this thing. He said originally it was all aluminum however people were having to replace major aluminum pcs. when they bent. So they put these cheap (his words) plastic pcs. on so that people would only have to replace the plastic when THEY broke. He said they will break when, for example, the aquaskipper hits the bottom of the lake with rocks/stones, or it hits the dock. He said it is very hard to use so people are in fact going to sink to the bottom when learning to use it. He said the plastic pcs are inexpensive ($7.20 plus S&H for the little front yellow piece - a broken one makes this product inoperable.) He also said they have sent out "hundreds" of yellow pcs to replace broken ones. My comment to him was that when someone pays hundreds of dollars for an item, they expect it to hold up through normal use. These plastic pcs are breaking off during normal use. They are cheaply made and do not hold up. His response was that they made them cheap on purpose, so that they'd cost "a few dollars" to replace. So if you plan on investing in one of these contraptions, plan on replacing most if not all of your plastic pcs. regularly. Guaranteed they will break. I heartily agree with the previous post. Save your money.
7 of 8 found the following review helpful:
 Fun, but a true workout Jan 08, 2011
By JJohnson
Yes, it took about 1/2 a day to learn how to use the AquaSkipper. You have to jump - really hard on the platform. But then it was a lot of fun, and a great whole body and cardio workout. I like that it doesn't use any noxious gas that pollutes the water. My Uncle has one too and since boats and jet skis are banned in the lake near his house, the AquaSkipper is perfect for him. After one summer of almost daily use by kids and adults, none of the plastic is broken. I don't use the tips on the end; they're not needed, and the box came with an extra skimmer, that's still sitting there. We're using a dock that is about 4 feet deeper than the recommended 6 feet. That probably helps. Looking forward to more fun with it once all this snow melts!
14 of 19 found the following review helpful:
Don't waste your money May 27, 2010
By Mark E. McGovern
I bought 2 of these since they looked so cool and also like a lot of fun. I am a big fan of watersports. However, a friend of mine and I spent many hours over 2-3 days trying to get it to go, but all it did was sink every time. The blade is extremely sharp so getting it back to the dock to try again, after it sinks, can be a challenge to avoid cutting yourself. I sent one of them back, and the other one sits in the shed until we have the ambition to try again. It fell to the bottom of the lake so many times that the front blade is nicked and dented, one thing they warn about as interfering with the operation, so we've been reluctant to try again.
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