I got these as a funny gag gift for my child's 6th birthday. They work great and I was very pleased to see that 2 metal straws to blow air into the whoopee cushions were included. The straws make them so much easier and more sanitary to blow up. This also included a pipe cleaner for the straws. He got these on May 22 and since then, one of the whoopee cushions has some how popped a hole in the seam so we had to discard that one. The other 2 are still holding up fine after daily use these past 14 days.