Here's a review: 1) Pumping them up was pretty good. We were "scared" by some reviews that said 5-10+ minutes to pump & that people were so tired to do the manual pump. But my wife and I did all right and just the last few pounds of pressure were tough to pump, (when we got to about 8 pounds). Then, "extra effort" was needed to get to at least 12 lbs psi. 2) Pretty easy & light to carry 3) On the Water: No problems, performed well, stability was good. I would say a solid board is very stable for me, but after a little "break-in" period, I adjusted my stance and would say I got used to the board. My wife's 30"w x 10ft long is the minimum you should have for a one-person board. And many people that I asked advice about inflatables were that you should go for 6" thick. 4) Deflate: Didn't take too long (another 5 minutes) and it was fairly easy to do. Just got to start "rolling" up the board & lean on it to get the last little bit air out. 5) My wife says that it was a great idea to buy these boards. We were out there for almost 3 hours and t's nice to have a board that you don't have to rush back to the boathouse because you have a rental. Hope this review helps. Started using the boards in early July, and now have used them 3 times. Even entered a race on the shores of Lake Erie in Cleveland and the boards are performing very well. In terms of racing... I was not really competitive because the board is so light and there was a very strong breeze coming from the shores, so I was slowed up by that. But my wife and I really bought these boards for "working out", enjoyment, relaxation and not having to rush back to the rental place after an hour! Also bought them for the ease of transporting them and storage. You don't have to have a big rack on your car/SUV and you don't have to have a huge garage to store them. My wife and I love our 2 Go Plus Inflatables that we bought! Would recommend them!UPDATE 8/19/18: We bought an electric pump specifically for SUPs (SereneLife Premium Compact Digital Air Pump Compressor 12V DC Car Connection (SLPUMP10) and it has performed fine. Funny... we bought the electric pump thinking we will not have to use the hand pump anymore. Well, I guess the only downside to the e-pump is that it does take about 10 minutes to fully inflate the board. My wife and I can hand pump up the boards faster than the electric pump. The tough thing is when you get to about 8psi, then it is hard to hand pump to get it to 12-13psi. So, what we've done now... is hook up the e-pump to one board while we hand pump the other board... then when the hand pumped board gets to that tough 8psi pressure... we switch the e-pump to that board and get it to 13psi. Then back to board #1 to with the e-pump to "top it off" to 13psi. So, we are still actually using the hand pump, but we are not "killing ourselves" with extreme pumping at the end. Doing it this way, we feel that we are giving ourselves a break instead of pumping the whole board by hand. So, the funny thing we say is... that we can pump the board faster than the electric pump but glad that we don't have to do it all now with the electric pump. Hope this helps!