I purchased this air mattress to replace a 2-year-old different brand of air mattress that sprang a leak and I had no luck patching it. It seems to me that the material that the Intex is made out of is thicker/heavier and hopefully more durable, but only time will tell. I have inflated it and deflated the mattress and so far so good. But no one has slept on it yet. One mild annoyance--the compartment for storing the power cord for the built-in air pump is a bit annoying--you have to make a concerted effort to fold it up exactly right so that it will fit in the compartment space and allow you to shut the compartment door. On my old one, all you had to do was bunch up the cord and push it in the holder. It would stay in even though the holder didn't have a door.