So I have decided against the powerwheel for my son. I am now thinking of buying him a bounce house. I thought it would be a perfect gift for his birthday, and it would work out really good because I could set it up for his birthday part for the kids to play with. Can anyone tell me which would be a good one to buy and where I can get a good price? Thanks!!

We Bought One At Pamida Which Is A Discount Store In Smaller Towns In Iowa For $150. We Bought It 2yrs Ago And Our Daughters Just Love It. They Keep Asking If Is Warm Enough To Get It Out Aleady This Spring!!! We Too Used It For Entertainment At Birthday Parties. I Have Seen Them On Ebay But Shipping Is A Killer.
I Just Got A Catalog From Step 2 And They Are Now Making Bouncy Houses And They Look Nice Because They Have A Top On Them To Keep The Sun Out. We Don't Have To Worry About That Because We Set Ours Up Under Our Trees. They Are Very Fast To Blow Up And Deflate. We Deflate Ours Every Night And Put It Away Because We Don't Want Stray Cats To Climb In And Make Holes In It!

I don't know when your son's bday is but they are always on clearance towards the end of the summer at Toys R Us.

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i have been researching these for over a year, have "studied" my friends inflatables and here is what i discovered:

1. dont get just a bounce thing. after a little while they grow bored of "just bouncing"

2. bouncelandfun.com they have some good ones there and good prices!


3. my neighbor has the little tikes one with the spiral slide. she doesnt like it as much because the kids that want to bounce get the kids wanting to slide always cutting into their "bounce area" to get to the climbing wall. also, the slide really doesnt slide - they have to "bounce down" if you get what im saying.

4. after over a year of research i bought the little tykes ultimate obstacle course. its HUGE and i love it. why? because the kids run run run and they all go in one direction and chase each other. its great. my girls are exhausted after playing in it!

5. the best thing about a bouncer ive found - we have a non level yard so i cant have a swing get. im glad! my neighbor has the usual wooden fort swingset thing thats permanent in the ground - the kids are already bored of it and its only april. my bouncer gets packed away each night and comes out every few days - so the kids are always begging to go on it, always excitied to be on it since it gets packed away they miss it.

so thats my story. i didnt know about TRU and clearance at the end of the season - i'll have to watch for that. we bought ours with our cc points so it was free for us.

good luck!

I would check walmart... they sometimes offer them with 97 cent shipping..
http://www.mommysavers.com/deals/walmart.htm

Thanks everyone. I went with the little tikes bouncer. It has an attachable slide. It goes for 200 but it was sale at Toys R Us last week for 170.