10 Best Inflatable Towable Water Tubes for Kids and Adults

These popular inflatable towable tubes have been designed with a number of features such as backrest and air-cushioned side walls to help keep you safely aboard through even the most powerful turns. Most towable inflatables allow towing from different points for unique riding experiences, either forward or in reverse. These tubes to pull behind boat or jet ski are excellent for sea or lake tubing. You can ride kneeling, prone, or seated for most models of boat towables. Grab handles usually have double webbing foam and knuckle guards, while EVA foam seating pads further enhance comfort. Speed safety valves provide rapid inflation and deflation of water towables. And a unique and durable aluminum quick connect tow point is made for quick and easy rope connection, which saves your time.

TOP Towable Tubes Comparison Table

1. The Best Big Mable Towable Tube for Boating (1-2 person)

Back rest. Nylon knuckle straps. Multiple straps for added security. Dual tow points.

2. The Best Hot Dog Towable Tube for Boating (up to 5 person) [Airhead]

3. The Best 2-Person Inflatable Towable Water Tube for Jet Ski or Pontoon Boat

4. The Best 1-3 Rider Towable Tube for Boating Airhead (up to 3 person) [Airhead]

5. The Best Steerable Towable inflatable Cockpit Tube for Jet Ski or Boat (1-2 person) [Airhead]

6. The Best Secure Cockpit Inflatable Towable Tube for Kids and Adults (1-4 person) [WOW Sports]

7. The Best Inflatable Towable Tube for Pontoon Boat or Jet Ski [Airhead]

8. The Best Steerable Super Slice Inflatable Towable Water Tube for Boating [Airhead]

9. The Best Towable Inflatable Towable Water Tube for Boating 1-3 person [Airhead]

10. The Best 2-Rider Inflatable Towable Tube for experienced kids or adults

How to Choose the Best Inflatable Towable Water Tubes for Pontoon Boat or Jet Ski - Some Tips

Boston Valve

Today we're going to be giving you some tube tips. First of all, I'm going to start by explaining, 90 plus percent of our tubes are going to be inflated using what is called a boston valve. A boston valve is a two port, one way valve that will actually screw directly into your tube. Here's the boston valve already here on this airhead tube. The good thing about the boston valve is that when you take it completely out of the tube, there's nothing to hinder the flow of air going into the tube. So usually when I'm first pumping up a tube, I'll stick the nozzle of the inflator straight up to the open hole and start pumping the air in right away, just because it goes a little bit faster. Step two with your boston valve is you take the inside, thread it in, and you're just going to twist that right into your tube with the cap still off, and you're going to use that to inflate your tube to the maximum fill that you can. This tube is way underinflated. You want your tube to be as full as you can possibly get it, and as long as you're not using a high pressure air compressor, you're not going to pop your tube.

How to Attach Your Tube to Your Tube Rope

The next thing we're going to talk about tubes, is how to attach your tube to your tube rope. Most of the tubes that are manufactured these days, are going to come with what they call a quick connect, and most of your tube ropes are going to have a loop on both ends. Every brand's, the quick connect is a little bit different, but this is a pretty standard version. All you do and you take your loop from your tube rope, feed it through your the eye of the quick connect, pull the loop open and over the top and pull your rope tight over the forks of the quick connect.

How to Increase the Life of Your Tube

Now we're going to talk about a couple of things that will help increase the life of your tube. Obviously, the nature of these towables, you're going to get some wear and tear on these things, because they're being dragged behind a boat. A couple of things that are going to help your tube last longer.

One, make sure that your tube is completely inflated. More air that you have inside the bladder, the stronger the bladder is going to be, and also it's going to fill up the cover more, so there's less pulling on the cover as well.

The second thing that's going to help you keep your tube lasting longer, keep it out of the sun as much as possible.

Obviously we understand that water sports, there's not a whole lot of shade out in the middle of a lake. If you're not using your tube as a towable or as a raft, get it off your peer, get it off the water, pull it under a tree, put it in a shed. UV rays will eat this canvas and your tube is not going to last much there.

The third thing that you want to be sure to do, is tow your tube from the correct point on your boat. Most boats are going to give you either a ski pylon or ski eyelet that'll say that it's weighted to pull a tube. We do not recommend that you pull a tube from any after market pylons or towers, because they are not the weighted to be strong enough to pull tubers.

Another thing you want to be sure to do is not use your tubes to pull more people than what the manufacturer says. Most tube is going to have a rider capacity or a weight capacity. Obviously, if you have a little one person tube, putting three people on that thing is going to put a lot more stress on it than what the manufacturer intended.

Don’t buy cheap towable water tube

If you buy cheap products, you will end up buying twice. There are some very cheap towable tubes on the market, but these are the ones made from poor quality material and components, and they can break down after a few months. Buy more quality model as it will be worth price that you pay.

FAQ

Let's go over some frequently asked questions about towable tubes.