How much sand would be needed to fill the base?
1346307
After running over the base with my car I can tell you that I used Gorilla tape and added 2 50# bags of sand with room for more.
2266088
I ordered 300 to fill it and that was most definitely not enough. I would say 600 even though it's not a big bouncy.
448289
We recommend starting with about 500 lbs of sand and then adding more as needed.
1189518
Yes if you put sand in the bottom you should be able to fit that many coming out of the top ! That will look good !!
611890
Probably depends on who is using it. My 7&8 year old girls get by with about 200lbs of sand bags on top of the base. If I had teen boys playing on it. I would probably have sand in the base and sand bags on top too.
1253
The base isn't big . How much space do you have ? Because you do need some wiggle room
79874
Went with water and antifreeze. Easier and cheaper to fill with water and on the off chance you needed to take it out of the base, would be easier to drain the water than the sand.
902862
As a matter of fact, I purchased this originally as a ball pit for my son. 200 balls fills it up about half way. 300 may be a little more than what you need, but it should fill it up near the top if you do. I didn't go higher than 200 because of the nature of what kids will do in it, displacement is inevitable.
1615880
You have to fill it up yourself with either water or sand I believe - it was purchased for my daughter.
982424
Should be able to move it without too much difficulty. It depends how much water or sand you put in the base.
1781384
We put water in the base, but you could use sand if you prefer. We haven't had any issues with it deflating.
466851
The base is not metal. It is heavy but very well could be plastic with sand.
1985055
10 50lb bags of play sand was enough to fill it 3/4 of the way. The directions say it can hold 17 bags and I'm assuming that amount would fill it very close to the top.
448290
I'm not sure by pounds but we filled ours with two outdoor garbage cans of sand- we are estimating about 250 pounds- it could use a little more but they just dump it over the side if it's too full.
1463018
I used 2 bags of sand I believe were about 50lb bags. But 1 bag would be fine.
1759627
I used water. Filled it up completely. I don't know that sand would be better, but the water held it in place just fine.
79871
It depends on location. If indoors I recommend water but be sure the seams of the base are totally sealed. Do not let anyone step on the base full or not. It will bust. If outdoors I prefer sand because of the heat. I have four if these 2in 2 out filled as I said. No problems at all. The water if used outside will evaporate and wind can blow the system over causing lots if damage.