Great birthday gift for the big kid! This tank is hefty and can easily hold over 200 pounds. The water gun can shoot pretty far,especially after you get the hang of loading it. As you can see in the pictures, it's a big tank. My husband had to blow it up himself, luckily he's got a lot of hot air so it took around 20 minutes. At first he didn't think that he would fit in it, 6ft tall, but had no problem. I'm 5'3" and filling the gun was harder for me, but I figured it out. In no time I was pounding anyone in my sites! Everything is expensive, but I got it on sale. Hopefully it will last a few summers.