The negative reviews scared me a little but so far we are happy with our purchase. We bought three of these for our daughters to use for outdoor movie nights (with a projector and screen purchased around the same time). So far they've held up great, we use a shop vac to inflate them and our kids are able to do that on their own. Our kids are small enough to not need the ottoman so they don't usually bother with it. They are wide enough that they have room for a friend to sit beside them too. We put foam mats down underneath them as extra protection from popping when used outdoors. They aren't left inflated for very long, just a couple days at a time before being deflated for storage so I can't vouche for how long they hold air. We are very happy with them and thinking of buying more as Christmas gifts for additional outdoor movie night seating. We've had these for 6 months now.