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Need to keep her active during this period. Any suggestions which one?
Would be nice if an adult could fit on with her.
Inground ones are ace.. but you'll need to spend 3 days digging a rather large hole. But seeing as you may now welcome some extra excerise... Get a rectangular inground one
how old is she?
in my experience, you spend days getting the hole ready, putting the damn thing up (16 foot one here...), and then they use it twice.
I've told them if it's not used this year, I'm taking it out and putting a pond in. Still didn't get them out on it
How old?
We got a 2m one (total) which is fine for our toddler and next door neighbor 7 y/o. Not good enough for an adult unless being gentle.
Just bought one, Zero Gravity Ultima 4 off Amazon. It's a budget one, but at the functional / quality end of budget.
It can take up to 75kg. I was pleasantly surprised by the quality building it up. Very clear instructions, all parts fit and it doesn't feel cheap.
Be carefull with sizing - an "8ft" trampoline may only have a 6ft jumping space - the rest is the springs and covered but around the outside.
If you just want to jump up and down then 6ft of jumping space is enough to have a good nosey in your neighbours garden.
Stupidly we took ours to the tip 2 weeks ago. It was falling apart but still safe enough. Regret doing that now.
In terms of which one - whichever one Asda have got in store that you can grab on one of your essential food runs.
Yeah I got an 8ft one, kids are only small though and it's adequate. If you've got bigger kids get as big a one as you can fit without giving over all your garden.
We brought a Jump King one in 2011 and our son still uses it. Spares available too. I'd recommend one.
Where are you?
I have a large one in the garden not getting used as the kids have all grown up (east midlands)
We have a plum one, it's been good, son dives and daughter trampolines so it's had a lot of use for about 7 years. We replaced the net 2 or 3 years ago. Also know of a TP trampoline thats been really good and has been through two families.
She is 5.
It would need to be easy to erect because I am incapacitated.
Near Stoke
We got a capital play inground 14ft one, its brillant used loads to by adults and the kids! 🙂
If I remember correctly the last few springs are a struggle.
We have a 10ft one and it will comfortably fit an adult + two 10 yr olds on it.
Don't get one that's too small - they are less springy as they get smaller. Our neighbours have an 8ft one but their girls come (at least they used to until Saturday) round to play on ours as it is much more bouncy.
If we end up buying another (ours is on its last legs after 5 years and the extra use it is going to get this year may see it die), I would get at least a 12ft one, maybe 14ft.
Prepare for a long wait at A&E when you inevitably end up there with a break / sprain / dislocation.
The last conversation I had with an orthopaedic surgeon (as he prepared to remove the titanium screws from my sons elbow after a non trampoline related accident) was taht he would likely be unemployed if it wasn't for garden trampolines and alcohol, the two main sources of his customers (sometimes the same customers)
Still not managed to get one because they were out of stock everywhere.
Has anyone got a decent one recently?
Cheers,
Mick
Well aware of the dangers, with a big house/family move, one of the selling points for the kids was that we would finally get one so we really had to.
As per your investigations, limited supply everywhere! Landed on a rectangular one from trampolines.co.uk
It's waiting in a series of huge boxes for us when we arrive at the house on Wednesday. Bugger the removal stuff, let's get it built!
I got a 12' above ground one in 2011. Best toy ever. Still in use with eldest at age 14.
No one's hurt themselves on it - yet.
As an ex-PE teacher with specialism in trampolining I hate them! Well, I don't, I hate that people don't learn to jump on them properly, learn poor habits then rock up to PE lessons and go, "Look miss, I can do a front flip."
They then proceed to do an approximation of a front somersault with their arms at their sides and leading with their head downwards straight onto the bed. It's quite hard to stop a kid who wants to "front flip" when they're taking their turn and are mid way through the bounce!
We had a list of skills they HAD to have ticked off before they could do any somersaults because they were they "boring" skills that helped to ensure they don't break their neck, back, arm, legs other body parts. The good kids flew through them, the kids who didn't listen - didn't.
However, used properly they are awesome.
Get a net around it and make sure you actually close the door bit as I've seen kids go through that too!
Not that it helps if you're having problems sourcing anything, but we've had a Zero Gravity one up for nearly 3 years and it's been great. Bed and spring covers all in perfect condition and not ripped. Easy to put up even in the rain.
Weighted down with a few of the big £1 bags of sand from B&Q etc. so it doesn't fly away.
Just taken out 8ft Telstar trampoline down.
Glad to get my patio back.
It's been good for the 10 plus year's we've had it. Currently on ebay. Telstar, Jumpking etc are quite sturdy and heavy - our's has never 'taken off'. We originally bought it with a 'circus tent' cover that fitted on top of the safety net.
It's served it's purpose and my daughter is 17 and won't be seen dead near it now.
Got a Decathlon one and would recommend. Bought the Domyos 240 but would recommend the size up for larger children / adults. Perfect for the our boys under 4 though.
geomickb
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Still not managed to get one because they were out of stock everywhere.Has anyone got a decent one recently?
We got an 8ft one from Smyth's toys about 2 months ago. They seem to go out of stock as soon as they get new stock in, but I think my Wife pre-ordered on, or set up an e-mail notification.
It's fine for our daughter (4.5yrs old) and one adult at the same time. it's got 100kg weight limit. She has two friends round the other day & they seemed happy enough on it - perhaps in a few years time it will be too small, but we wanted one that fitted onto a bit of decking we have & this fits perfectly without taking over the garden.
Putting it together was a bit of a battle - the main ring pieces were supposed to slot together, but some were very tight - I ended up employing the services of a large rubber mallet & some wood to bash them together.
It also took ages to attach all the springs, thread the apron onto the springs for security & also get the fibreglass poles in at the top of the net.
It does seem well made though & my daughter loves playing on it.
I bought some rubber coated pipe clamps that are large enough to fit around the frame to screw it down with. Not got round to doing that yet....
One of the leading causes of admissions to A&E, enjoy! 😛
Rectangular ones are the best for an even bounce. The Berg ones are great.