Max Fitness 65cm Exercise Ball with Foot Pump (Pearl White)

I ordered this ball because I didn't like the bright colors at my local stores. I wanted something neutral that wouldn't stick out like a sore thumb in my home. The shipping from Max Ltd. was super fast and the ball was pretty quick and easy to inflate.I actually bought this as a "birth ball". I'm 8 months pregnant and sitting on the ball helps relieve back pain/pressure, hip rocks feel great on it. Gently bouncing on it has gotten my baby down into position! I'll be using the ball during labor and after I have my baby. Babies love to be bounced on it and it's a comfortable seat to nurse on. I'll also be using it a few months after the birth to work out on and drop my pregnancy weight.

I bought this when I was very pregnant with my first son, over 3 years ago. I bounced on it to relieve some back and hip pain. Then after my son was born, he fell asleep whenever I would bounce with him on this ball. I kinda created a monster, because then he would ONLY fall asleep when I would bounce him on the ball. Needless to say, this exercise ball has been bounced on for MANY hours over the past 3 years, and is still going strong! I've used the pump to blow up other things as well, and it works ok. My leg does get tired after a few minutes of pumping, though.

The fitness ball itself is fine - although it gradually loses air over time.The main problem is the pump. The pump is complete crap. While pumping the hose will detach from the pump, you'll lose a bunch of air, you'll reattach the hose, and then the valve will pop off the other side causing you to lose even more air. Basically, it will take 5 times longer to pump up the ball than it should.It's a good ball, but the pump will test your patience (and your ability to find small objects (the valve) that have shot off the pump half-way through use).

The important part of this item (the ball) seems to be good quality. Rubber seems to be average or better thickness, and I expect it will hold up better than a couple flimsy ones I've seen/tried in the past. The pump is mostly a joke. Pump/tube/connections kept falling apart, probably faster to blow up manually, (but that would put some water in the ball then.) Luckily, after abandoning the joke of a pump I was able to inflate it in seconds with spray nozzle on my air compressor, nice!No instructions included, so no indication of how much air to put in or any other use guidelines. Fill nozzle just comes with a plastic plug that goes in hard and comes out much harder (almost felt like I might damage the ball when I opened it to add more air.) In short, the total package is junk. Still as it was near the lowest price out their, it gets 4 out of 5 as a solid value and because the actual ball seems to be fine quality.

This company provides lousy customer service. I originally ordered the ball with basically no problems at the time; however, when I moved recently, the plastic "pin" got lost (that holds the air in).I left two voice mails and sent two emails over a one month period, asking them if they sell replacements, and how can I buy another pin. But I've received absolutely no reply from them, whatsoever.When you call their company, it's one of those automatic, electronic voice mails without any business message, etc. This does not bode well for customers if you have a problem order. The feeling I got was that there was no "there" there.Given this vendor's complete lack of customer responsiveness, I DO NOT recommend buying from them. I suggest you order a different ball from another vendor.

If you want to leave your exercise ball out anywhere in your home this is a good color choice! The pearly white looks decorative.P.S. I'm noticing that someone else has mentioned a strong chemical smell coming from the ball. I, too, am sensitive to these smells. The first ball I ordered arrived in early January (and was given away as a gift) and did not have any problematic odors. A second ball which came more recently is very smelly. We're putting it outside to air out and hope it will get better. The odor is quite strong -- can't be too "green" an item.

I bought this item to use as a birth ball for my pregnancy & labor. The pump it comes with seems cheap but it works really well. I just got the ball today but have been using it all day and I'm really happy with it so far. It seems very durable and perfectly suited for what I intend to use it for. It has a weird plastic/chemical smell to it but I imagine it's just because it's brand new & will fade away pretty quickly. Just sitting on this ball instead of a chair feels SO much better on my back. I highly recommend this product!

Ok I must admit I ordered this specifically for the white color as I am a black and white nut. Everything in my house is colored black or white with accents of silver but I would stand for nothing less than black and white going in my home gym so this was perfect. Now as for actual use, it works great and it doesn't get dirty quick as I thougth it may but so far I've only wiped it down once and that's just from me knowing you should wipe your equipment off to keep germs down. I'm loving it.