How to Store a Towable Inflatable

When the warm weather is starting to disappear and you’re ready to start getting ready for the coming winter it’s time to start thinking about how to store a towable inflatable. This is actually very simple with just a few basic precautions to take into consideration before you go to put it away for the winter.

The first thing you want to do is make sure that your tube is very dry, both inside and out. If the tube is moist at all you’ll have mildew and mold problems, which will cause you a world of trouble that you do not want to deal with. No matter how clean you get it after having a mold problem, it will smell awful when you take it out next spring. The mold could rot your tube, causing permanent damage. To avoid all this, just make sure that tube is very dry-and that wherever you’ll be storing it is also dry.

The inner lining of the towable inflatable is where the air is stored. You need to make sure there is no air in there before storing it. The reason for this is that the air can get warm and expand over time, causing some damage to your tube.

Make sure that wherever you are going to store it there is no direct sunlight. Over time this exposure will cause damage to your tube, making the material thinner and the whole thing weak.

So, find an unlit, dry, place to your store your tube and make sure there is no air inside and you should be fine. It’s a good idea to make sure that it’s in a box or is in someway protected from getting scratched–don’t put it up on a wooden shelf unprotected where it could get splinters, or where a stray animal (or pet) may climb up and scratch it with it’s nails.

Thinking these things through will ensure that you’ve stored your towable inflatable in a way that it’ll be ready to use next summer for more fun on the water.