Purchased these to convert our office into a ball pit for our twitch stream. It comes exactly as pictured, but of course, also in a giant box. We've unloaded and loaded them back into the bags three (3) times now and the zippers haven't broken, which is nice. Also, HIGHLY recommend this if you have cats that likes to chase balls around. 10/10. Two of our cats don't like it that are generally playful, but for the other two, it's a damn theme park for them. The balls themselves have taken a bit of abuse. Be mindful, I'm an fat and somewhat muscular adult and my partner is a stocky, muscular adult so we aren't exactly lightweight. We've rolled around in these things a few times as per our viewers requests and only accidentally crushed like five (5) of these balls at most. So, I'd wager if you have like a kiddie swimming pool filled with these, an average toddler might crush one or two. That's a guess, though. When they were crushed, they didn't exactly tear open like some might. They more so kind of collapsed in on itself. I don't know how else to describe it, but basically, if a kid crushes it, I wouldn't worry as much about it tearing and slicing the kid. (Wish I hadn't thrown them away, I'd show a picture. Can't pull them out and crush one right now thanks to home renovations.) The only ball that "tore" open was because it was crushed already and got caught up under one of the dressers when I was moving furniture around. When it is torn open, the ball is a bit sharp, so I don't recommend letting dogs getting access to these or letting children play with it once it's torn open. These are shockingly very bouncy. A few escaped our office and the cats bat them around. Not quite as bouncy as a ping pong ball, but you can definitely play fetch with a couple of cats that wanna be dogs. They definitely get kicked around and bounce off the walls/baseboards even better than paper balls. They're lightweight enough that when my partner and I chuck them at each other, they don't hurt, unless you get hit in the eye. 0/10 - Do not recommend hitting someone in the eye. Honestly, if I can find the time and the right size PVC pipe, I'll likely be making a home made potato gun with these. So, I guess that makes it a pit ball gun. Anyway, totally better than frozen marshmallows. Definitely better hitting people with these than frozen marshmallows.