Taylor Made Tuff End Buoy, White (18") – Flexible, Strong, Marine-Grade Vinyl Buoy for 25-40 Foot Boats – Easy-to-use, Trivalve™ Inflates with Standard Ball Pump – 2020108082

Have been using taylor fenders without issue.All 4 are holding air and protecting our boat and they are great..no issues. Will be ordering 8 more for a friend's 43 ft yacht

Couldn't wait for the spout I ordered. Removed the nozzle/plug. Careful with this little plug, it come apart to two pieces. Screwing it back in the two pieces separated and I almost lost the inner core inside the buoy. Put it back together tightly. Ordered a 5/8" shackle as well. I barely filled any water(due to lack of load bearing attachment points here) at all it's still a ton of fun. Just used a small funnel and filled carefully. I would add small amounts of water till you get the bag doing what you expect from it. Also, in filling, compress buoy every so often to make room for more water. I punched it without the plug and when it gets hit it coughs up spray all of the place. Plugged it back up now and that's fine too. This thing is super tough vinyl that does not look like it will tear anytime soon. I'd recommend adding an eye to eye swivel on your chain.

I measured my hull and thought I needed an 18” ball. But after getting this device I found it much larger than expected. I made it work, but it looks kinda silly on the aft hull of my Bristol 34. Aside from that, it’s a very well made fender that should last a long time.

I just set this up in my work out room next to my heavy bag. WORKS GREAT! I found it is less abusive to my hands and arms compared to the regular heavy bag. (in my 50's training for my first amateur sanctioned fight ---there are worse hobbies). I have been doing Nate Bowers Heavy bag work outs for condition. Try them if you have not (you tube). I switch between bags depending on combinations. The heavy bag is better for High -/Low combinations, the buoy for straights, hooks and uppercuts. Great addition to training routine. Keep moving and stay healthy all.

Put two on my boat, never have to worry about dock damage from wakes.

This is a great product but you won't think so unless you understand the inflation mechanism. A needle attached to an air tank compressor is the only way to do it unless you enjoy wasting time and effort. With that said, the needle does not insert through the valve like a typical valve in a sports ball. It only inserts into the hole. The air comes out of the side of the needle and increases pressure in that very small space. It then escapes through the side of the valve past a rubber sleeve that prevents deflation. A hand pump is not going to be the tool of choice. Nor is a 12v compressor type pump. You will need a lot more extra volume than is required to fill the buoy. I would estimate 20-30x. I have a 13 gallon compressor and it dropped from 150 psi to 100 psi filling a buoy to 8#.

In the first week of February, I have purchased three of these fenders. I took each one out of the shipping box and prior to placing it in service inflated it overnight. The next morning two were deflated with similar leaks at the seam. A call to Taylormade customer service was less than helpful as they only suggested I purchase new valves or send pictures of leaks and they would consider honoring the warranty. They also refused to allow the call to be escalated to management. Over my forty plus years of boating, I have always preferred Taylormade products, but no more as the quality is poor and the customer service is even worse.

Product arrived quickly. Came uninflated which was fine but I just didn't expect it since I've always purchased fenders at a boating store. Filling was easy but time consuming and probably not appreciated by the 2 cars behind me waiting to fill their tires on their lunch hour. Oh well. You will need an inflating needle adapter to fill it up (same as what you would use to inflate sporting equipment). For an order of three of these tuna balls, you think they'd throw one in the box.I've mounted mine permanently on the dock to make docking easier, espectially for those times when I can play hooky in the afternoon on a nice day and sneak off to boat alone. Having these in between my boat and the dock makes backing into the slip, which is perpendicular to the river current, pretty easy--even after several Jack and Gingers. I do wish I would have gotten the 16" instead of the 18" for my application, but I look at it as additional insurance. My boat is 26'.

Makes an excellent aqua bag for martial arts/boxing. Weighs about 120 lbs when filled. I hung it from a tree in the yard as I have a heavy bag, etc., indoors. This allows me to work on things you can't do too well on a heavy bag, such as uppercuts. The feel of hitting this is quite different and satisfying in a way. I hung it on a pulley system so I can easily lower or raise it for body shots or head level. I would say that it is not great for round kicks if you don't wear shin guards. In fact it's really best suited to working on your boxing skills and power. It doesn't move around much with heavy shots. The white bag was priced well below the other colors, so it was a deal. Especially a deal compared to buying an aqua bag from a boxing supply outlet. I used rubber tiedown straps to hook it to the pulley system. A great 'extra' bag to have some fun with.

Me encantó el producto lo usé como saco de box lo llene con agua y hasta la fecha ni una grieta ni nada, llevo bastante tiempo usandolo y está al 100 lo recomiendo ampliamente

This is a great alternative to the Aqua bag for one third of the price !!!!!!

Las marcas de box reconocidas me van a odiar por decirles pero el aqua bag training es literalmente una boya de la misma marca (taylormade) sólo que pintada para dar una mejor apariencia. No me creen? Vayan a buscar fotos o videos en hd de las aqua bag training y ahí verán el logo de taylormade en el mismo lugar que siempre.

This was bought to be used as a boxing heavy bag. Good quality, not the easiest to fill up, but does the job.