Easy inflation?

The guy in the video made it look so easy. Open the flaps, a quick swing of the arms to fill the tubes with air and a swift twist to seal it in. Voila! Presto, couch-o! Although I had, once before this review, enjoyed the finished product of this seemingly simple procedure — indeed, I fell asleep nestled into some other iteration of an inflatable couch — I was unable to replicate the fully air-puffed effect. Nor was my campmate able to achieve full inflation. The slightly flaccid lounger we ended up settling for was not uncomfortable, but it certainly wasn’t the cozy sleep nook I’d experienced before. Perhaps my partner and I were just too feeble. But considering this is not an adjective commonly used to describe either of us, I’d simply caution that inflating the hangout chair is not as foolproof as the marketing makes it out to be. [Editor’s note: Two other Can Geo editors tried and mostly failed to inflate this thing in order to photograph it. Dear reader, what’s the secret?]