water vs. sand: Can the slam man be filled with perhaps water instead of sand?
617540
Both, the hole is about the size of of a silver dollar though, so it will take longer than dropping a water hose and filling.
345814
I don't thinkt hey are waterproof, so no, water wouldn't be a viable fill material.
67185
The problem with "play sand" is that, although it's perfect for filling the Slam Man, it's VERY expensive!
266497
Yes. We filled our 's with water just in case we wanted to move it later. But they suggest filling it with either sand or water.
987101
Yes. I haven't used it yet because my Aquabot vacuum is running in pool for that reason. Sand doesn't seem to settle in corner like the leaves and such.
1783532
Yes! Absolutely! That is how ours is! Little guy loves water more than sand! You just have to tip it over to dump it out of that side! Its a great table!
367243
As picture shows, you can see an air pump next to it. It will arrive in the box flat and deflated. You will have to pump it yourself. So it's air. If it was sand you wouldn't be able to lift it, it's pretty big to be filled with sand
439841
IMHO sand packs better and thus creats more mass, I used sand and have no problem at all unit stays put and the sand stays inside as well.
1781383
Air is obviously easier. Some people have recommended sand, and that would work too. It has a filling port on the bottom that you can hook air thingy up to, or unscrew it to pour water or sand in it. Actually it has 2 ports, one for air in the main part, and another on the bottom if you want to put sand or water in bottom. You don't want want to fill it up with water, it would probably weigh 100 pounds if you did that! The port on the bottom screws on tight and is in-set so small children absolutely cannot get at it and get it off. My 2 year old has enjoyed it.
1451323
The sand side has a lid, but not the water side. By the way, my grandson loves it....until he puts the sand into the water side& dad has to "fix" it and then the fun starts again
1351252
If you mean putting water in the jump area - the water would pour out the door opening. I don't see way you could fill it with water instead of air either.
616650
I don't believe so. I asked my husband and he said he didn't read it on anything and that it has a container at the bottom that you fill with sand or water that makes it pretty stable.
349814
Yes. You need to fill the base with water or sand. We bought ours in September and it's the same exact style and brand from my son's Tae Kwon Do school where there are many amazing black belts who practice on this equipment every day.
2228097
I think so, you have to keep it very wet though. The sand might be a problem.
1637069
I really do not know, but I used sand because I thought it'd make it more stable. The plastic seems thick enough for water though.
1746938
I have water in mine, and a good, solid wind up, full force punch (I'm male 5'8, 185 pounds) will rock it back and forth almost on it's end but not tip over - I would recommend sand - again, depending on size and strength regardless of what you put in it, it will rock back and forth. Hope this helps..:-)
471656
Water works just fine no need to use messy sand. In my opinion it is too small it's like playing musical chairs moving around when entering and exiting with multiple people .