Safe and Affordable, but Frustrating To Assemble the Netting
I bought this trampoline to replace a Skywalker trampoline I bought a few years ago that rusted and fell apart. The kids love it, compared to the safety hard that was in the yard previously. They say its not as bouncy as the previous one, but I told them it will probably get there in time, given the age.
Although I had only two issues during assembly, these issues took an additional three hours to correct. The issues could be easily addressed by the manufacturer, which hopefully they do.
One of the washers I received did not have a hole punched through it, requiring me to drill it out myself. Thankfully I did have a drill, though the curved shape made it very challenging. This could have been avoided had the manufacturer included one extra of each hardware piece.
The other issue, which took me over two hours to get past, was the vague instructions surrounding the attachment of the netting. The upper portion of the netting took quite some time to put together, but only because it requires quite a bit of upper body strength. It was the bottom part that I really struggled with. To attach the bottom netting, you have to weave a rope though holes that line the bottom of the netting, and every few holes go through the hook where the spring attaches. The problem is, they do not tell you how often you should do it, leading me to either have too much slack after going 360 degrees around, or not enough slack, and have to undo it all and start over. This could have been avoided if the manufacturer had either marked the holes that then attach to the spring; or just used grommets through canvas at the bottom of the netting which align with the springs, and attach through those.
By the way, I counted the holes in the netting and the springs to calculate how often to attach to the spring // the answer is every 3.5 holes. So youll have to do: three holes, attach, 4 holes, attach, and repeat. Not exactly foolproof instructions. Mind you, the part of the instructions detailing the attachment of the netting is barely one page, with only two or three sentences detailing the vague steps.
Had they corrected these two oversights, I would give five stars. Being a person who assembled RTA furniture for five years and still struggling with this, Im deducting one for all of the people I know will spend an entire day with these two issues. That being said, definitely not the worst thing Ive put together by far, just as long as you know the pattern for the netting in advance.
Safe and Affordable, but Frustrating To Assemble the Netting
I bought this trampoline to replace a Skywalker trampoline I bought a few years ago that rusted and fell apart. The kids love it, compared to the safety hard that was in the yard previously. They say its not as bouncy as the previous one, but I told them it will probably get there in time, given the age. Although I had only two issues during assembly, these issues took an additional three hours to correct. The issues could be easily addressed by the manufacturer, which hopefully they do. One of the washers I received did not have a hole punched through it, requiring me to drill it out myself. Thankfully I did have a drill, though the curved shape made it very challenging. This could have been avoided had the manufacturer included one extra of each hardware piece. The other issue, which took me over two hours to get past, was the vague instructions surrounding the attachment of the netting. The upper portion of the netting took quite some time to put together, but only because it requires quite a bit of upper body strength. It was the bottom part that I really struggled with. To attach the bottom netting, you have to weave a rope though holes that line the bottom of the netting, and every few holes go through the hook where the spring attaches. The problem is, they do not tell you how often you should do it, leading me to either have too much slack after going 360 degrees around, or not enough slack, and have to undo it all and start over. This could have been avoided if the manufacturer had either marked the holes that then attach to the spring; or just used grommets through canvas at the bottom of the netting which align with the springs, and attach through those. By the way, I counted the holes in the netting and the springs to calculate how often to attach to the spring // the answer is every 3.5 holes. So youll have to do: three holes, attach, 4 holes, attach, and repeat. Not exactly foolproof instructions. Mind you, the part of the instructions detailing the attachment of the netting is barely one page, with only two or three sentences detailing the vague steps. Had they corrected these two oversights, I would give five stars. Being a person who assembled RTA furniture for five years and still struggling with this, Im deducting one for all of the people I know will spend an entire day with these two issues. That being said, definitely not the worst thing Ive put together by far, just as long as you know the pattern for the netting in advance.