I BOUGHT THESE FOR MY DOGS...THEY LOVE PLAYING WITH THEM.....AND THEY DON'T HURT THEIR TEETH WHEN THEY CATCH THEM....I AM VERY PLEASED AND WILL PROBABLY ORDER MORE WHEN THESE ARE ALL USED UP.............SUSAN

I ordered 300 of these. Only ONE was "deflated" which wasn't even an issue for us since you can blow it back up again (at least temporarily if you must). Ball pit balls are supposed to be soft and a little squishy. That's what makes them A)Fun, and B)SAFE. I simply filled a 5 foot, three ringed inflatable swimming pool with all of them and let my kids aged 1, 8 and 11 go to town! My kids can be pretty rough but none of these suckers suffered any damage. They come in every color of the rainbow and the colors are nice and bright. They are large enough to not present a hazard but just the right size for grabbing and tossing around and such. My only complaint is that it isn't so easy to get them all to fit into the duffel bags when I want my living room floor space back for an evening.

Cumplio con mis expectativas, lo unico malo fue el bolso transparente para trasnportar las pelotas, es malo y tiende a romperse

I always wanted these when I was a kid! I bought these for my daughter (6 mos.) to use in an inflatable pool during the winter when we couldn't use water! Now she can use it year round! And it's really fun to bat around the balls with her and teach her colors and numbers! The price is real reasonable too! I would definitely recommend this product!

The bag of balls was great for my daughter's ball pit. They are large enough that she can't get them in her mouth and soft enough to sit on or throw without injury. One bag is enough to cover the bottom of the pit and I added another to make it extra fun.

My only real gripe about this product is that these balls are inconsistent in quality - some are made of thicker material than others. But that's not really a problem, for me anyway.

These are, whichever way you look at them, thin plastic balls. They will crush, ding, dent or otherwise loose their perfect roundness if you let anything heavier than say, another plastic ball, collide with them. I mean, would you expect an egg to be able to cope with a three year old child jumping on it? No. It's an egg.

However!

If this distresses you greatly, you can resurrect them by warming them very gently with a hairdryer. Or as I did, leave them next to a heating vent.

I placed an order for 1000 of these, they arrived in bags of 100, some rectangular bags, some cylindrical bags. The last 300 arrived loose in two boxes (150 balls a piece). I called the manufacturer and they explained why this may happen... They ship bulk. If a box can be filled with 150 balls, it will cost the same as shipping with a bag of 100 balls and the box 1/3 empty. They use common sense - ship more in a box for the same price and SAVE YOU MONEY.

The bags these things ship in are meant to hold plastic balls. They will not hold up well if you choose to constantly pack and unpack them. They will not hold up well if you use them for anything other than storage. I'm thinking I will not want to repack 1000 balls into 10 bags anyway.

I used the balls to fill a kids pool for my son's first birthday. They worked great, my son and the other kids loved it. I had to get 3 bags to fill the pool (5ft round, a few inches deep). Some of the balls did dent but I expected it. Overall a good product at a really good price.

Great fun-was perfect for a 2 year old Birthday "toss". And even more fun when we poured them in the baby pool (2 bags) for the kids to jump into.

Good thing you get so many - a lot of them ended up squashed under foot or furniture. These are not hard plastic, but very thin-walled and easy to destroy. Fun to throw around until you have to throw them away!!

I was extremely disappointed in the quality of the balls. Out of the 100 balls, only 19 were in good condition. The other 81 were soft and dented. The balls actually seemed to be made of two different types of plastics. Most of them were a soft, thin plastic. A few, mostly the ones in good condition, seemed to be made of a harder plastic.

I contacted the manufacturer about my disappointment. A representative called me the same day she received my letter! She said I should send some balls to their warehouse and they would replace them. I'm about to do that now. I'm curious to see what the quality of those balls are.

Even though the balls are dented and soft, both my 1 and 3 1/2 year olds love playing with them in their tent! They don't care at all about the shape of the balls.

great toys for varied ages of children...Creative...and fun...throwing outside... or jumping on inside a small pool that is devoid of water...
My grandchildren love them.....only wish they were a little less expensisve.

These balls are great. They are high quality plastic and very well made. These will last for a long time.

I bought these balls for my daughters first birthday party. I filled a baby pool, an inflatable submarine and a blow-up castle. they held up really well from TONS of kids from age 1 to 13. I bought 300 and it was plenty to go around. They arrived in great condition and and have held up fine since. my 1 and 3 year old children play with them daily and LOVE them. They learn from them as well through the colors and physical activities we do with them!
Great Buy!!!

These balls arrive dented and they continue to lose air as children play with them. I had thought they were the squishy kind that I could reinflate with a bicycle pump, but they are sealed plastic. The plastic is hard, although thin, which allows for the "squish." Won't last long. Intex claimed to have fixed this problem, but it is not fixed.

My dad got these to go with the Playhut Megaland set, as recommended by other reviewers, and they're great. Unlike some people's reviews, none of our balls were squashed or deflated. They're in perfect shape, came in the clear duffel shown, and 100 balls (along with the 50 smalls ones that came with the set) fills up the ball area perfectly. He sent another 100 today (I guess you can never have too many balls!) and they look perfect as well. My daughter has jumped all over them, she loves them, and they're holding up great. Very satisfied!

I bought 200 Fun Ballz in 2 separate transactions from Intex in May of 2007. The first set was great; round duffle bag and perfect balls. The second set came in a square duffle bag and most of the balls felt thinner and were dented. There doesn't seem to be a set standard for making and packaging these balls so just beware, you may get great ones, or dented ones. Honestly, I believe they are over priced. I have the Intex inflatable baby pool with the inflatable attached sunshade, (blue and white) and I need 200 balls to fill it. That may give you an idea of how many you need to fill a pool or pit.

I ordered 200 of these for my son's 1st birthday party. They arrived in perfect shape (no smushed balls). 200 was enough to fill 2 small kiddie pools (each about 3 or 4' diameter). The toddlers LOVED it!

100 balls turned out to be a smaller volume than I expected, and I feel like $[...] is a bit steep for what you get. They come in a plastic carrying bag with a handle, which is nice, but it's hard to get all the balls back in there. Also, the bag is not very durable; we're already having zipper problems.

Overall, a decent value, and great fun.

I ordered 200 hundred of these and half of them were squashed by the time I received the shipment and you can't get the shape back. If you want good quality balls spend your money on the Playhut version.

We recieved the balls but they came in a box, no tote bag as pictured , I was disapointed and the balls are somewhat squashed ,not all of them but most of them.other than that my son loves them.

My daughter loves to lay on her ball pool...We have 300 of them

A definite must if you are purchasing a ball pit. The number of balls they come with isn't enough to really have fun. When the pit is full, the kids can dive into it without getting hurt. Just know that you'll be picking up balls for days! A small price to pay though when you see how happy it makes them!

I haven't had any problems with these ball pit balls. They are very soft, which I like for safety reasons. Very brightly colored and seem to hold there shape very well. We haven't had any of them crush or dent. The instructions say if they do dent, place them in hot water and they should return to their original shape. We're glad we purchased these. The only reason they only got 4 STARS is because of the price. $19.99 is too steep a price, expecially considering that 100 balls doesn't go very far. We bought 200 balls and it doesn't even cover the bottom of our small ball pit. You will definitely need a lot of balls to make for fun play. 100 seems like a lot, but don't be fooled. It's not as many as you think... Toys r us has 100 balls for $9.99, which is a MUCH more reasonable price, but I haven't purchased any yet, so don't know what they are like...

I bought 400 balls and none of them came crushed! I am so disappointed that these are out of stock, now I know why. I really liked the bag that they came in; I use it for other things. These are the only plastic balls that I like that are big, colorful and so durable! I have had them for 3 years now, and they are hard to deflate. These balls are really made well.
I really recommend these balls!

Combined with the jump-o-line this toy is great. They do not maintain thier shape very well but that's fine because they are soft and safe. Younger kids can use them for games to learn colors. As soon as they have more in stock I'm buying another two to three hundred.

I wasn't going to spend a fortune on balls for a ball pit for a one year old, so these fit the bill perfectly. If they get smooshed a little, the kids don't really care, since they are sitting on them, right?

These balls did not retain there "round" shape from the minute my 2 1/2 year old daughter played with them. The balls have that "smashed in" appearance and you cannot get them back to the original shape. I purchased these balls to add to the ball playland made by the Moose Mountain Toymakers, Ltd that I purchased for my daughter for Christmas. The balls that were included with the ball playland have retained their shape, unlike the balls I purchased separately.