We love camping at Peace River Campground. It's a great place to camp with friends, and the campground offers buddy sites that can accommodate up to four campers, which makes group trips easy and fun. You can bring your four-wheelers and ride the trails, and the campground is located right on the Peace River, where you can search for shark's teeth. There's a nice country store on site, and on Saturdays they host a dollar ice cream social, which we always enjoy. Sometimes they even bring in food trucks. The kids love visiting the animals--a donkey, a tortoise, and a goat--and there's also a playground for them to enjoy. The campground also features a really nice swimming pool and swimming area. Peace River Campground offers convenient amenities as well, including laundry facilities and clean bathrooms with showers. Overall, it has a laid-back, low-key atmosphere where you can truly relax while still having plenty of fun. We try to camp here at least once a year, and we especially love spending time here during the holidays. read more

We had an unforgettable weekend camping with friends and family. Peace River is definitely one of those places you must visit if you enjoy camping. We chose to camp along the riverbank, on the sandy area, although they also offer RV camping. The campground has hot showers, restrooms, and a small store where you can grab last-minute essentials like firewood, bug repellent, and more. The staff was incredibly friendly. We made our reservation through their website and simply checked in upon arrival. The weather that weekend was perfect--cool at night, which was great for sleeping in tents, and sunny during the day. As always, the river water was refreshingly cold. Everyone around us was super friendly, and the kids had a blast! It was a great opportunity to disconnect from technology and enjoy nature. We've camped here several times before and always had a great experience. One important note: if you plan to camp by the river, make sure to arrive in a 4x4 vehicle, as regular cars may get stuck in the sand. Hope this helps! read more

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came camping this weekend at peace River they have many different set ups from RVs to primitive camping to even camping with full hook up. It's also really great for four wheelers and side-by-side. The bathrooms and showers were immaculate and if you find a good spot, it could be peaceful the only thing that I found negative was a group of people that were really inconsiderate and loud and rocked their music all night long., however. The establishment did a really good job at de-escalating the situation. read more

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My family and I have stayed here 4 different times thinking it would be better each time. Saldy, it has gotten worse.Once you arrive, you have to check in the front, where the stuff isn't so friendly. The guys with the red shirts on the golf carts are the WORST!! My stepson was heading back to our campsite from the restroom right at dusk when he was stopped but the other riders on the ATVs continued to ride around.They need to enforce the rules to all not just pick and choose. The ATV riders have zero respect for the speed limit or quiet hours. There were vehicles full of teenagers blasting obcene music at all hours of the night. The worst part was the drunk drivers driving side by side on the trails at high speed. We camped in the wilderness area which is somewhat disconnected from the main RV site.The roads that lead to the wilderness camping area are very soft sand where someone can easily get stuck if don't have off road tires. Also, there's no bathrooms or showers in there, only some porter johns so you'll have to drive out to use the RV showers. If you are looking for a peaceful place to go to relax with family, don't come here. read more

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Beautiful camp sites, very nice grounds. Know going in here this is also a ATV park as well so your sharing the back roads to those and yes they are loud especially with music. That being said it's still a really cool and fun vibe .. People were respectful I think at 9ish they pretty much were done with the wilderness rides. Let kids be kids it's good clean fun for family dogs and kids.. pick a secluded spot by the water and you'll be just fine. No need to worry about safety! read more

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The most ghetto campground I've ever spent good money on. Noisy atvs way after quiet time with music blasting and vehicles just parking on any site, including mine. Never again! read more

Came here with some friends who have ATVs. Basically this is a place to come if you want to run your ATVs... that's it. The sites are small and cramped. They have the sites setup so if you have a large group your RVs basically make a square with a large fire pit and what not in the center. It's cool if you come with a bunch of friends and can manage to reserve all the sites in the square. Otherwise like us you end up on the side of a square and have to listen to drunk people all night and ATVs screaming back and forth until like sundown basically. If that's your thing then this might be your place. Also it's very expensive and they nickel and dime you for EVERYTHING. Want to ride your ATV well that's an extra charge (even though it's the ONLY reason to come here) and it's per person even if they are just a passenger. Have more than 2 people in your group... you know like children... um that will be extra also. That's for a full hookup site that costs OVER $80/night before all the add-on fees. We have stayed at parks all over the country, we have never paid $80/night anywhere. The only positive I can think of is they have trails to ride your ATVs. That's really about it. If you don't have ATVs there is absolutely no reason to even consider this place. There isn't a whole lot to do in the surrounding area either. I doubt we would ever come back. Even if our friends come we would look at staying somewhere else nearby and just pay a day fee or what not to join our friends during the day. read more

I've been coming to Peace River for the past two years and although I love the location I'm only giving it three stars for a few reasons which I will mention later. First, the good stuff. The scenery is beautiful. Primitive camping is right on the river. You drive around till you find a spot you love and you claim it. Get there early morning Friday if you want a prime spot because they go quickly. They are dog and four wheeler/golf cart friendly and it's actually recommended for ease of getting around. The sand in the primitive area is soft so if you have anything other than 4 wheel drive you very well could get stuck. They have activities on the weekends. Bingo Saturday and Sunday night is always crowded and there was karaoke too. The snack bar is great when you are tired of cooking over the fire. They serve breakfast and lunch. The food is simple (pancakes, sausage and gravy, corn dogs, chicken fingers, etc.) but good. The town of Arcadia is great for a quick trip to antique shop or try one of the local restaurants. They also have all the regular fast food joints and grocery stores if you need something. Now for the bad: 1. The staff in the office can be rude and it's disorganized. I was buying a soda one night and was waiting behind someone buying firewood. There is a minimum $10 charge for cards so the person in front of me said she would go get a few other things. I stepped up to pay and the woman gave me a look and said "You have to wait. I have the register open." I'm pretty sure she could have cancelled the transaction and let me pay for my one soda but instead she made me wait for the other person to come back. Then she didn't say sorry for the wait or anything. Just looked at me, rang up my soda and handed me my change. They also had a huge line checking in Friday night since it was a long weekend. Several people, including us, were waiting in line to simply buy firewood or something from the store. Instead of having a check in line and a separate purchase line they had us wait all in one. The wait was seriously 20 minutes or longer when it could have been so much quicker. 2. The bathroom and shower facilities are old and usually dirty. Now I know we're camping but if you offer bathroom facilities at least have them clean and somewhat up to date. Cleaning them in the morning does nothing when people are tracking in dirt all throughout the day. They need to be mopped frequently or there is just a muddy, wet mess in there all the time. The bathrooms by the office probably haven't been updated in 20 years. The ones in the middle of the campground offer newer showers but the bathrooms are usually disgusting. All in all it's a fun, beautiful campground as long as you go into it knowing what to expect. If you're primitive camping it is truly primitive but always a good time for us. read more

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Don't come here if you are afraid of spiders or rude, aggressive employees. So let's start off. I wanted to ride our dirt bike and thought about renting a canoe. Figured this place would be perfect. Read some reviews that weren't very nice, but tried it anyway. The lady up front was polite, and an older gentleman in the office was nice as well. $90 for one night, ouch. Especially after I spent $22 each night to stay in ocala national forest. Granted, I was able to plug our small camper in so saved a few bucks on fuel for the generator. No sites where you could run your generator, sad. So we went riding the Minibike and the trails were very sandy and hard to maneuver. My fat tire bile couldn't be used on the trails either. Its more for side by sides and 4 wheelers. I was told otherwise. You Can only rent 2 canoes at a time, but i only needed one. So That didn't happen. So my son was riding around near the campground on the only place he could ride. An employee surprised him by yelling and threatening to kick us out. Not once did the guy speak to him like a normal human being. He scared my son, poor kid came back shook up. He thought he may have to fight this grown man. All the guy had to do was tell him he wasn't allowed to ride on the grass. The guy lives in the campground on unit no 176 or 177. Ruined our afternoon, so we got out early. The bathrooms are disgusting. At least the mens was. There were at least 10 spiders , and I'm being conservative here. There could have been as many as 20. Didn't count. Got some good pictures too. The showers were gross as well. Mobs of rats were running around the chicken coop/ rabbit pen at night. We will never be back to this place. read more

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It is a cool camping grounds I have stayed there many times this last time that I was there the 10:00 quiet time did not quite work out I had parties going screaming loud till 3:00 in the morning and those bigger quad four wheelers blaring music as he came by multiple times throughout the night read more

Went tent camping for the first time this weekend. We had so much fun! We spent most of our time looking for shark teeth in the river and found quite a few! read more

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My review is based on the rv lots. I never got a chance to even see the primitive sites. It's sad because I have heard such good things about this place! We didn't stay, and ended up leaving. Sites are dirt, no privacy, and we didn't feel safe. If you have small kids you can't have them walk around because they will get run over by a ATV. The person next to our camp site looks like they lived on the site. Not a family friendly site. They should change the name from peace river to loud river! If you have a ATV and smoke Marlboro reds methyl then this is the RV site for you. read more

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UPDATE: Initially I gave 3 stars to this place, but I am downgrading to 2. We came back up our campsite after a day trip yesterday to find that the park had been overrun by ATVs flying confederate and Trump flags and racing all the back paths at top speed. This really should be marketed as an ATV park with camping, not the other way around. We bailed out a day early because it was SO loud at our site. The only thing keeping that second star is the beautiful view of the river. ORIGINAL: First time camping in 30 years, but decided on a whim to do it with adult kiddo. The campground looked great online, and it was centrally located to the areas we wanted to explore, with primitive sites right on the river. Amenities are fine, but it is PRIMITIVE. Community bathrooms and showers in the RV area of the camp are better than using a bush, but not by much. Nonetheless, I was willing to deal with that for some scenic getaway time. Now here is why I'm demoting to 3 stars: LOUD. Oh my goodness, people riding ATVs and golf carts all hours of the day and night, spinning through MY campsite, blaring music, kids yelling, etc. If you want quiet camping, this is NOT it. The roads got so torn up by these ATVs that my car couldn't even make it out one night. They really should specify that you need 4WD to navigate....we would have chosen the nearby state park! If you don't mind chaos, then you will be fine. If you want quiet and privacy, choose a different read more

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Was very nice. Lots of beach sand everywhere. They could use a few more signs to help get to the beach. We were there during slow time I'd imagine it gets very dusty in the summer. Also found a bunch of sharks teeth read more

My 6th year in a row camping in the primitive section. My kids & I love this place. They have a pool, showers, laundry facilities and a general store. I camp here every November with roughly 600 friends so we pretty much set up a small city back in the primitive area and canoe on Saturday. I'll be back next year for our 7th year. Two thumbs up. read more

We just hot back from our first camping trip to peace river campground. I read alot of reviews before we left for our 3 day weekend. I mist say we did not experience any rude employees, the bathrooms and showers were very clean! Our kids had a blast! Rented a golf cart along with our friends 4 wheeler, dirt bike and golf carts! We had an amazing time and are counting the days until we go back!! Our campsite was great, we had 2 tents and 3 rvs with picnic tables and a large brick patio! read more

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I just got back from camping here. The camp grounds were pretty clean and the office staff was helpful. The biggest issue was the shower stalls. The 2x i took a shower it lacked water pressure and in the middle of my shower i lost water completely. For 15 bucks a night per person the water should be working read more

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I will NEVER be back here. Local friends came by to introduce me to the new baby for. 30 minute visit. Met with a belligerent staff and owner who wouldn't let us even speak in the parking lot. What a greedy establishment. Owner on down completely rude. Screaming at my friend who was putting the baby carrier back in the car, "Why are you still here??" Tells me , a PAYING camper with a class A bus purchased specifically to join my family on these outings, "You just need to go to their house to visit!!!" read more

This place is amazing for families to come and enjoy them self, very beautiful, activities for all ages and very safe for families to really enjoy each other, hiking, jogging, swimming at the river or pool or just sitting together in a nice fire at nights. read more

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WOW. This place is amazing. GORGEOUS. In a small town of Arcadia, tucked away along the Peace River. Wildlife is plentiful and the people are super friendly. I just left and I am already dying to go back. SO very peaceful and rejuvenating read more

Peace River Campground is a great camping facility, especially if you have an ATV. ATV friendly campgrounds are hard to come by. I visited toward the end of June. The campground was about 30-40% occupied. I was pleasantly impressed with the people on ATV's they were courteous and not obnoxiously riding around all hours of the night. I truly believe this had allot to do with the staff. Campground staff was constantly patrolling the area, at least three - six employees were visibly driving around the facility. Now about the facility itself; first of all it is located on the peace river and they have everything from river primitive camping sites to full hook up RV sites. My rate on 6/30/2013 was $52.00 per night. This was a full hook up site. (Beware you will pay extra if you have or plan to use an air conditioner). The campground is pretty strict on its rules. I had to rent two sites for a small 10 foot camper and a tent, so my total was $104.00 per night. The campground does have shade however you will need to call a few days prior to arrival if your tent camping and request a shady area. The really cool thing about this campground are the padded patio areas. Allot of the sites had a paved/stoned area, a majority of the sites had nice grass areas as well. The campground has a camp store with you basic essentials with an attached game room. The store is nothing fancy; your basic older model camp store with you older antiquated games and a few pool tables. Restroom & shower facilities are somewhat out dated. They have one area for all campers. The facility is individual cells, men/women private little stalls. The shower area is rather small. There was roughly 7 showers and toilets. Three of the toilets did not work during my visit and two of the showers were out of commission. Showering or using the ca mode during the day was like walking into a sauna! There is no AC and no ventilation. The pool area appeared clean, I personally did not use it just walked by a few times. For a June day it was not very busy. Overall I had a pleasant visit. My likes: 1. Park was clean 2. Camp sites were moderately spacious 3. Camp store was stocked with basics 4. Park security was out in force 5. Individual paved sitting areas My dislikes: 1. The value was low for price paid 2. Bathrooms were out dated 3. High number of permanent RV's in park. read more

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Good and bad. River is gorgeous. Way too overpriced for what you get. Staff was cool but lacked urgency in the front office. 35 minutes to check in with only three people in front of me? One staff member was eager to help when a quad took on some water so that was cool. Trails are small and extremely sandy. 4x4 truck with mud tires easily sinking so if tent camping be careful. River is really cool but overall if looking for "peace" you might encounter anxiety and accommodations are lacking. Bathrooms are dead accurate to the review of the spider guy, so nasty as well as the showers. We tent camped and actually chose not to shower prior to leaving (even after riding atv's the entire night prior) so gross. Didn't use the pool but it that looked fine. It's cool to drive around on the golf cart and check out everything. Love the wash station for the toys as well as the little diner area. Those people cooking/serving were so nice and friendly!! I feel like this place used to be awesome but something just seems a little off. Staff 2/5 Upkeep -2/5 Location 5/5 Pricing 0/5 - Ridiculous for what you get. Seriously. read more

We stayed at the primitive area and it was amazing ! Very quiet and peaceful ! We had the best view from our tent ! You can rent a golf cart since the restroom is not so close ! read more

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Family friendly, ATV camping along peace river. Had a great time, set up camp with a group of friends and spent the weekend on the trails and in the river. read more

Ok place to stay for camping and so on but only half of the showers worked and half of those had no hot water, not fun with a high temperature of 60 degrees. Camp grounds were spacious but they were not very clean(cups, beer and coke cans, food, etc) and there were a lot of kids on 4 wheelers and golf carts running around unsupervised. However the canoe outpost and the trip down peace river was a blast and highly recomend it, they have nothing to do with the campgraounds. read more

Primitive my ass peaceful my ass there is nothing family friendly and wholesome about the place everyone is crammed into tiny spots all hours of the night people were riding and racing ATVs people drove right through our campsite the neighborring campers almost got into a fight and were screaming and yelling at 2 am because the spot two rows over was riding atvs radically around the sites all night until well past midnight the grounds keepers do not enforce anything people do what they want litter as they please and absolutely tear up every single camping spot on the atvs there is nothing primitive about camping in a atv park where i cant even walk without almost getting hit by someone going 30+ even though the limit is 10 mph this place is an absolute shit hole with no standards or respect for what they actually advertise read more

I'm very sad to say that the staff at this campground is making this special place not welcoming anymore. I encountered moments with staff not just to myself but to other patrons of the campground and the way how they treat people is just down right mean. Such a nice family place and beautiful to enjoy. Wish the staff would leave if they don't like people because they sure do treat people terribly. I've been going here yearly for 5 years now and never has it been as terrible as this year. I truly hope someone makes them change for the sake of their campground. read more

If you are NOT into kids, quads and dirt bikes only stay here during weekdays in the winter and not when the kids are off during the summer. Big spots, okay store and nice pads. read more

So let me start by saying this. Do. Not. Come. Here!!!! We've been coming here for years. Every year the staff gets more rude!!! Do not. I repeat. Do not come here!!! Do. Not. Come. Here. The staff makes it an ugly experience that you cannot enjoy. They make it so you cannot enjoy anything. They are camped out at every corner stopping everyone for every little thing. The staff are grumpy old people that are combative and attack everyone!!!! Do. Not. Come. Here!!!! If you want to have a good time go somewhere else. Instead of approaching you in a nice calm way, the staff attacks you. Later! You all suck!!!! Be nicer to your patrons. read more

We come up here often because our RV is up here. The beach is fun, the trails are fun, especially if you have kids. The lots are big and you can share the lots with friends but here we go. The staff, besides a couple of them, are extremely rude. I know they deal with a lot of people but not everyone is the same. We come here with our son, we don't even drink and every time we check in, I cringe. Not only do they nickel and dime you, the staff checking you in can be SO rude. Our RV sleeps 10 people and if it's more than 2 adults, they charge $7 a day for an extra adult, being my brother. I know this place has been around forever but the staff just needs to step down a little. Make everyone follow the rules, keep it clean but also treat your people with kindness. read more

The employees are so rude, just stopped by to drop of some food and they wanted to charge a $7.00 parking fee to only be here for 10 minutes, and a visitors fee because I was going to be on the property... Will never recommend this place to anyone. I told them i was going to leave a bad review they said we don't care we are booked up solid...wouldn't post without one star that they don't deserve. read more

Wilderness Camp site: Beautiful, big oak trees, river view Bathrooms: OK Check in: Easy Relaxing: so so Security: needs more at time to keep down loud music and parting Marketing: Would have like to known that this is more of an ATV campground. Noise and DUST all day ( wilderness camp site) Really was not what we were expecting Will not be back for a relaxing wilderness kayaking weekend. HOWEVER when we purchase a few ATV we will be back ( looks like alot of fun) read more

Its so so. We stayed on the primitive area for our campsite. It's difficult to make out what and where the camp sites are in this area due to lack of signage and markers. There are no bathrooms on this side as the title primitive entails but you can always drive over to the main area. The roads are sugar sandy and four wheel drive is necessary for your vehicles. It's a nice camping area and it's right along the peace river. During the day there are a lot of ATVs zooming around and they start early blowing past your campsite, there are kids driving around on ATVS starting once the sun comes up. Everyone seemed nice enough and the office is open late. The grounds are a bit of a circus with animals, pool, playground, kids and tons of people for the most part . At night it's nice and quiet, with random fireworks going off, not to mention the troves of children riding around on golf carts, there is a huge lack of supervision of children here. I've stayed here a couple times and it's always a similar experience, it's a decent camping site and gets the job done. read more

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Kids and I went camping the weekend of Jan 9th. What an awesome experience. This is our 3rd camping trip and each time it's a new spot. It was a scheduled camp trip with the Cub Scouts and we got there much later than we intended (9pm). There were 2 adults and 3 boys and 1 girl (ages ranging from 5 to 8). It was easy to find with GPS. And it was about a 3 hr drive from Pompano Beach. As soon as we arrived we checked in at the little store and the lady was very friendly and gave us a map and told us our camp site, right across Racoon Restaurant (I will explain later). We were one of the lasts to arrive, and some of the other people in our group came over and helped us set up our tent. In the meantime, the kids all dispersed and ran off to hang with their friends by the camp fires that was already burning, and swinging off a rope tied to a tree. Once the tent was set up and we got situated we sat around the camp fire and enjoyed some wine and conversations with the other people there. Lights out for the kids was at 10pm. So, we got them to bed and went back to chatting and listening to music and just flat out relaxing. Saturday morning we had breakfast and went on a hike along side the beautiful Peace River. What a great way to get a workout and get the little bambinos wore out. This is a great place to also go fossiling/panning for shark teeth. I saw people canoeing down the river, snorkeling, fishing and panning. The river was lined with kids and adults (boys and girls) wading in the river and just being kids, mostly from our group. The water was pretty shallow in that area. The campground has a little store with basic supplies & the store is pretty well stocked. There are showers and coin washer & dryers. Oh, there were pretty He & She portapotties on our campsite. There is a Walmart about 20 minutes away. It took me a day and half to figure out what the Racoon Restaurant really was. It's a trash bin and the ground around it has been elevated so you can drive up and dump your trash. They have it decorated pretty nice to. Nicest cleanest looking trash bin I've seen. It is so peaceful there. and the pavilions have running power. On Saturday after the kids were down for the night, I sat in the dark in the pavilion (charging my phone) and heard twigs snapping behind me. It was pitch black and I could see nothing. So I aimed my camera in the area of the sound and was rewarded by the image of a pretty big raccoon sneaking around behind me. I will have to post pictures later. It was a relaxing and rewarding trip. The kids were always off doing something and never together. One was by the river, the other playing ball, one swinging on the rope and the other playing with the other boys. Of course, we did smores and told stories by the campfire. Can't break tradition. It was rewarding just watching the kids enjoying life and nature. They did not want to go home. read more

My family and I come camping here every year, and it's great, save for the "ATV" friendly part. While you can bring your toys (ATVs, motor bikes, golf carts, etc), there is a 9 mph speed limit that is strictly enforced and you have to buy a wristband to ride. The staff are very strict and a bit ridiculous when it comes to taking the wrist bands and this is the main downside to this place e. Besides that if you are more concerned about kayaking or tent or RV camping then this place is great. If you want somewhere to ride your toys, look somewhere else. read more

very rude staff!!!!!!!!!!!!! My advice find a different camp ground!!!!!! They are not welcoming and are very unfriendly.

If you like the sound of ATVs roaming the countryside at all hours, or people shouting obscenities and singing and laughing loudly, oblivious to other people until 4am, camp in the wilderness area. Because, it is obvious that the management does NOTHING to maintain their posted "quiet time". It may be a very nice place if you are in an RV or camp in the sites with electricity and water. But if you want a quiet place to camp with anything like privacy, this is NOT the place. They do have a pool that appears to be well maintained and the staff in the store were all very helpful and friendly. read more

We stayed at Peace River Campground for the 1st time 2 weeks ago with another family that frequents this place. Both families rented the Campers that were on their campground. One was larger than the other but both were perfect accommodations for both families. The staff was very nice and when our friends had an issue with their a/c the staff came right away to assist. We had 4-wheelers and it couldn't be a better set-up there for riding right from your camp spot. A lot of the trails were flooded at the time but it didn't stop us from having such a wonderful time there. We will definitely be back!! read more

I have never stayed in a campground where they nickel and dime you to death! They are very rude you can't drop anyone off and the lady in the office and the man at the ground need to go back north! Definitely not from around here will NEVER go back! I have traveled around the US and never have been treated like this! Would not even give this a 1 read more

We just spent 2 nights here and had a great time! Very clean, staff was very friendly as well as the campers. The atv's were no problem and we plan on bringing ours next time! They offer a $5 breakfast, where does that happen! The nightly charge for a full hook-up was a bit expensive ($58) similar to disney. They charge extra to use the a/c also. We will be back to camp! I've read mixed reviews and I'm glad we took a chance. read more