My husband wanted this blowup to add to our collection of Halloween decorations. We are the neighborhood entertainment (decorators) at Halloween and Christmas for the children and love seeing the enjoyment in their eyes. This is biggest blowup we have ever bought and we have over 25 as of 2019 season (we add more every year). You definitely want to use more than 2 or 3 strings to tie it down and a big spot to put it. We love it!