Great White Wild Slide

Got this slide for my son's 11th birthday (August 2009). Awesome fun!!! I was able to set this up myself without running for help from my husband. The included blower inflates this gigantic shark slide within just a couple of minutes. I had a party during which eight kids absolutely punished this thing for several hours. Normally anything I get for my sons gets pretty well destroyed the first day. Not this time! If I could have a wish for improvement, it would be for a longer cord for the blower. I would prefer more flexibility in choosing a spot for the slide on my lawn. I had planned to use an outlet on my deck, but the cord was not long enough to use from there. I had to use an outlet in my basement (via a window) and set up the slide a bit closer to the house than I would've liked. Also, more flexibility would allow me to move it around my yard more during these weeks of summer when the slide will get a lot of use. It would be nice if I could move it off of a single area of grass. As for the slide itself, I have only happy thoughts. The enlclosed booklet gives an age range of 3 - 10 for this slide. I had a yard filled with 6 - 11 years olds who couldn't get enough of it. And even when they were ingoring my commands of "exit to the left" (non blower side) and "up the ladder, down the slide", they just went ahead and behaved like 6 - 11 year old boys. So I should also add that this mom Loves the "catch net" which kept my beastly six year old from taking a bad spill.