I got my order 2 days ago, took about 3 weeks to ship from Amsterdam to Texas. Here's a comprehensive review beginning with the ordering process and ending with the Ride Roll RR-700 (79"x27") and 72" rainbow party beach ball.
Ordering process - Very straightforward. Website shows how much stock is remaining for each product. Multiple forms of payment are accepted, including PayPal (I believe PayPal is the only way for Americans to pay by credit card). Only gripe is that the currency is only EUR and you must convert prices to USD with an exchange rate calculator.
Shipping - I ordered the RR-700 prior to it being officially available, as did several others. There was a delay in SHOSU receiving the initial shipment, so my order was not shipped until December 22nd, 2.5 weeks after ordering. The cost was about $55 to ship to the US. Accurate tracking was provided through the carrier, PostNL. Once it cleared customs, it took 5 days to deliver, which is reasonable. Only complaint is the customs declaration on the outside of the box - it had the official product names and sizes/colors listed. I don't know if this is a legal requirement or just bad judgement by SHOSU.
Packaging - Everything arrived in a large cardboard box with "do not use boxcutter" illustrations. The 72" beach ball was wrapped in cellophane with a paper label containing typical safety nonsense and product description. The RR-700 came in its own box. Inside was the inflatable itself, and an envelope containing a 10% off coupon, a SHOSU "smiling beach ball" sticker, and 4 printed photos of their model and the Ride Roll, which many of you have seen on their facebook page.
72" beach ball - It's 72" end-to-end, and about 55" inflated. Seems to be made of a decent-quality material, certainly better than something you buy at WalMart. I have yet to do much with it, but so far it looks legit.
Ride Roll RR-700 - WOW! This is one of my best fetish-related purchases ever! Everything said by MegaInflator is spot on, so I'll quote him here:
Originally Posted by MegaInflator
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I've just gotten mine (RR-700) and did a test inflate on it (not fully -- yet).
This thing is HUGE. The indicated sizes on the website are on the small side; even this RR-700 (nominal size 180x70) soft-inflated to >190cm long and I didn't even fully fill it!!!
the material feels pretty heavy and sturdy; seams all look well-finished and solid.
I had intended to shower-stretch it but now I'm not so sure ... mostly because I don't think I'll have the shower space to do so! (small shower, ride roll much bigger than expected)
tl;dr: if you're looking for an affordable large inflateto play with, recommended.
EDIT:
So I just **fullly** inflated mine and lordy did they underrate the size. 180x70 ? More like 200x80 for an RR-700. (I just inflated to "no wrinkles" not "drum-taut" like I like to do)
One part of me is exultant at its size and slow deflate rate (if you're into deflating, yanking the valve and letting it whoosh gets you quite some "air time") ... part of me is also concerned because it'll definitely NOT fit in the shower for stretch work as intended!
Still a good deal at what they cost though.
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It takes several minutes to inflate with a high volume pump, and I couldn't imagine ever doing it by mouth. I calculated the volume at approximately 30 cubic feet.
Plenty of fun things to do with it, so many positions to try out! The seams appear to be very durable.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THE RIDE ROLL! The RR-700 is great, I wonder what the RR-1200 is like.
Several photos of both products
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