Rhode Island Novelty Inflatable Globe Replica 16-inch

Magnification is very good and the glass is clear. The light works well, it has 3 levels and the third light is very bright. I like that you can adjust the handle in different positions. It is very easy to use. I'm satisfied.

I am appalled at all of the misinformation, misspellings, and incorrect information on the map. My 10 year old son was laughing at how unreliable and awful it was… even he knows better! I am embarrassed to give this as a gift to my little nephew. The product should not be sold with as many inaccuracies as it has. It has country names that haven’t existed in 30 years, and many countries that are misspelled. Greenland is the size of Rhode Island on this map… it truly is laughable. Do not waste your money.

Anzania, Commonwealth of Independent States, misshapen Central America, Czechoslovakia, no Ukraine, no Congo, and a tiny Greenland are some of the more memorable mistakes with this globe. I guess that’s what happens when you get the Made in Khina model.

I read some reviews below about the ball looking different to the picture displayed. Mine is just like the picture with the blue background. My only complaint is that in some parts the seam lines don’t meet up correctly so parts of Australia are cut off for example. All in all it’s a nice little globe and great for the price, my kids have played with it a lot and it’s sturdy.

A couple of errors but this will be perfect to teach the kids while having fun.Fairly big, quality expected from a blowup ball, good colors.

Perfect!

This globe is going to have to do because I couldn’t get another one in time. Size is fine, no holes, easy to blow up. But this globe cuts Greenland in half, cuts Alaska in half, hardly has ANY Antarctica, does not differentiate properly between Russia and Ukraine, and has countries and cities completely mislabeled. It shows Mobile, AL and Savannah, GA are in Florida and has the Czech Republic and Slovakia listed as Czechoslovakia (those countries have been separated for over 30 years) for example. This is not a good globe for teaching kids their country locations. The countries are totally warped and the seams on it completely cut out certain countries. Would not buy again for even a dollar.

This globe is not very useful as a map.First, it is not 16" wide as described, it has a diameter of 10-12 inches. It's about 16" when deflated and stretched out in one direction.Second, the map has many defects. I'll give a lot of examples (I could give more), just to assure you that I'm not exaggerating.* out of date: It shows Yugoslavia, Chechoslovakia, Zaire, Upper Volta, Burma, Kampuchea, names that are 20 to 30 years out of date.* spelling errors: Ireiand, Grenda, Mauritalia, Egipt, Buruni, Eqguinea, Cybrus, Ukrainaia, Geopgian, Azerbrajan, Brune, Indoneisa* distortion at seams: an extra 400 to 500 miles is inserted around each of the six seams, giving the U.S. for example a very unfamiliar shape due to the seam running up the middle of it.* coloring: adjacent countries frequently have the same color with no clear boundary between, like Mexico-Belize, Guatemala-Nicaragua, Moldova-Romania-Yugoslavia, Syria-Lebanon-Israel-Jordan, Burma-Laos-Vietnam, Zaire-Rwanda-Burundi and many others.* coloring: a country may change color at a seam: Bangladesh is green and orange, Tanzania is pink and blue.* letters missing near seams: (C)ybrus (L)ebanon, (E)gipt!, (U)ganda, Rwand(a), (T)anzania, (M)alawi, (S)waziland* countries missing, like Puerto Rico, Switzerland, Eritrea, Cape Verde, Sao Tome & Principe.* The border and coastline of the U.S. is so inaccurate it's almost cartoonish. Natives of other countries would probably say the same about their borders. Central America, according to this map, is Northern Mexico and South Texas.If you want an accurate map, try the Jet Creations Political Globe (true 16" diameter), $9.23 at Amazon.