Diggin Active - Black Max Football

Like another reviewer I've been looking for another "Black Bomb" for years since my old ones have worn out. This appears to be the same product, but with a different name. The only difference I can see is that the mold release agent used in manufacturing the Black Max has the feel of silicone spray and is a bit slippery. I don't seem to remember that feature in the original but it's no big deal as it will probably transfer off the ball during use.This ball is a fantastic outdoor toy for the 8 - 14 year old kid and the adults who care for them. It is smaller than an "official NFL" football but who cares? It fits better in smaller hands and is a pleasure to throw and catch. It's soft (but not nerf ball soft) material is easier on the hands and other body parts that it might impact by accident. Kids that shy away from leather footballs warm up to this one and have a lot of fun with it. It can be thrown a long distance and is easy to throw a nice spiral.The downside is that it will degrade over time and with use. It's best not to bounce it off of bricks and driveways as the abrasion that results will cause the dense foam material to wear away more quickly than play in a grass yard. But, hey, it's only $10 so buy a few and put them in a closet for later. Best $10 I've ever spent on a yard toy.

I love this football and its easy to get a real nice spiral with it. I use it primarily to play toss with my 13 yr old daughter - she loves it too. It's super easy to grip and get a nice spiral. Its also pretty soft - so its easy to catch. I saw the reviews about durability, but bought it anyway. That said, if your kids are using it to play rough-house football or they use it on pavement, I can see this ball getting torn up easily. For me, I understand the trade-offs and I like the size and weight. It has really helped to boost my daughter's confidence in throwing and catching a football. She can throw and catch a regular K2, but definitely prefers to play with this one. Hope that helps. And if and when this ball gets torn up, I will buy another one. BTW, my daughter and I have used the regular nerf football, plastic/rubber footballs, and the leather K2 football. This is my daughters preferencen ow.

I bought this for my son and I to toss around. It has held up nicely as we play mainly in the yard or grassy areas. The ball is soft and easy to catch both for myself and my son, who is 9. He doesn't really throw spirals with the regulation little league footballs, but every throw on this thing is nice and tight. The only downside is the durability. While we take care to be careful with the ball, there's inevitably going to be times when it hits a tree, driveway, or house. It really doesn't take too many of those impacts to split or knock chunks out of the ball. Still, for $10, I can't NOT recommend it. Great toy for the money...just be careful with it!

Great starter football for a kid and a lot of fun to take to the park. Its small, easy to hold, throw and catch. Soft like most foam footballs but firm enough. The plastic ring helps you put a nice spiral on it and the dimpled face gives a lot more travel to the ball. Not really good for your ONLY football, but who has just one?Edit: Can't explain the complaints about durability. I've had one of these for 19 months and just bought another one, both are in as new condition and we use them on grass, concrete, and asphalt. They've gotten a LOT of use. One ended up lost under a bush and was out in the weather for several months. When we found it, we just wiped it off and went back to using it. I'm guessing some of them have a manufacturing problem?

I'me the childish immature 45yr old dad writing this review of what has to be the best foam football I have ever played with! Long tight spirals that just cut through the wind like its on a rope. Back in my day, we used to have to age the nerf foam footballs before they were usable. We had to leave it outside for a few months to get soaked by rain and frozen a few times in the winter just so it would be usable like the black max is right out of the box. We even used to soak the old nerfs and then put in the freezer to try to speed the process along :) That never worked as my mom always removed it saying something about the freezer being for food and needing to eat and all that. The price is awesome and with amazon prime, it comes right to your door in 2 days. We have three of them around the house and my son and I throw it around almost every day weather permitting and even indoors when the wife is out.ONLY CAVEOT - younger kids may have a hard time throwing spirals at first. It takes a little practice to get those wind piercing tight spirals. Not for me of course, but my 14 yr old needed about 20 min of practice before he started zipping in spirals.* we (me) even stuff one in the suitcase when we go away on vacation! Never a shortage of other dads/kids on the beach in mexico ready for a pickup game.Nerf also makes a soft foam curving baseball that we also have a ton of fun throwing. check em out...[...]What can I say ?I love this football!!!

We've had a couple of these and they're super comfortable to throw and have enough weight that you can really chuck them, despite their relatively small size.Super fun ball to play catch with. The foam is soft and does get torn up if you throw it into concrete a lot the way we do, but we haven't had one split in half over hundreds of drops so no issues there.We did destroy one by letting it get really wet, it ended up falling apart afterwards, so I wouldn't recommend it as a beach or pool toy, but otherwise these are great, especially for smaller hands or folks that aren't great at catching yet.

Bought this to play catch with my son, the fact that it makes a spiral so easy is a huge plus because if my son has trouble throwing the ball then ima have trouble catching it and keeping the tempo going.. its no fun chasing a bouncing football .. ever tried? trust me . buy. the weight is also a huge bonus.

9 year old got this for Christmas. Huge hit

EL producto es bueno, un poco delicado ya que es de esponja, el primer día que lo utilice de la parte donde esta el arillo verde la esponja se empezó a partir, no creo que dure mucho se partirá por la mitad y adiós a mi dinero.