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Oval Trampoline - Jumpking Oval Pod or Springfree one?

40 replies

barbamama · 25/04/2008 22:43

Have waited so long and procrastinated so much have decided to look at getting one of these new-fangled oval trampolines.

www.springfreetrampoline.co.uk/sf60e

or

www.outdoortoysdirect.co.uk/Other-Shaped-Trampolines/JumpKing-OvalPOD-Trampoline

Does anyone have one? Any good? Jumpking or Springfree?

It's for a 3.5 year old who goes to trampolining classes and hopefully to last a while.

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soph28 · 25/04/2008 22:48

We have a 14ft round JumpKing one with the net that is 'sewn' in all around the bottom. I got it a year ago for my 2yo ds (and me!) and it's fab. Has been in the garden all year with no cover and looks as good as new still. Has a great bounce and is really safe as there is no way the dc's can fall out or get caught in the springs. Ds (now 3) has used it loads and absolutely loves it.

soph28 · 25/04/2008 22:53

Just had a look at your links. I remember I looked at the springfree one but I didn't like it very much. I did a lot of research. The oval Jumpking looks great, I would def go for that.

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barbamama · 25/04/2008 23:05

thanks for the recomendation - the jumpking one is calling to me too!

Where did you get yours? Everywhere online seems to have the new oval one for £399 just wondering if it is worth waiting a bit to see if the price comes down.

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soph28 · 26/04/2008 13:24

I think I got it from the website you had looked at. £399 seems like a good price, I think our was about £500. Depends how desperate you are to have a go on it . I wouldn't have thought the price will change that much.

One word of warning- the instructions that came with it were absolutely hopeless- they didn't explain how to assemble the frame properly at all. However, I called JumpKing and they talked me through it and it was actually fairly straightforward, just that the instructions were so basic they missed out vital info!

friendly · 18/05/2008 20:40

another trampoline question...after loads of putting off and research etc think (oh help) we are going to go for the jumpking rather than the springfree, but is it worth going for the deluxe model or is the regular jumpking pod going to be okay for my troupe aged 10 down to 2?

Also how strict are you with your trampoline? Quite shocked the other day at friends house her children were on their trampoline doing somersaults (10 and 12) my ds was dying to have a go and I said definitely not. Of course he thought I was being a real spoilsport as usual. Also lots of people I know let their kids pile onto the trampoline and I was thinking of trying to enforce a one at a time policy. What do you do?

ScienceTeacher · 18/05/2008 20:50

We have a Spring Free and it is fab. I would never get anything else. We've had ours coming up 3 years and it is very well used (5 kids, all year round) - it is still in perfect condition.

It has the best safety record, and it is silent. No sounds screech/scraw sounds at all.

ScienceTeacher · 18/05/2008 20:54

Just clicked on the links. The JumpKing looks like any other trampoline, with horizontal springs. That means that it will be very noisy. It also means that it will take up more space in the garden than you get for jumping area.

With the Spring Free, the spring comes from vertical carbon fibre rods. This makes it both silent, and also means that you have no wasted space. A 12 foot trampoline means 12 foot jumping space.

CurrantBM · 18/05/2008 20:59

We have the jumpking oval, and it's not noisy.

DD's 5 and 2.5.

On lots of the time, if more than one child on it we tend to group them in ages, so babies first etc, but no more than 3 at a time.

ljc7 · 28/05/2009 15:28

Just the debate I'm having. I saw a youtube clip showing how if a small child put a finger in the fibre rods of the springfree, it would be sliced clean off. They did it with a carrot and it looked really nasty. BUT, am concerned about the possiblity of hitting head on outer metal rail with Jumppod oval, or is this really a pretty remote possibilty?

Any advice/experience would be helpful.

Thanks,

Lucy

KathyBrown · 28/05/2009 16:54

I think if a small child was left unsupervised on a trampoline they could do terrible damage to themselves, the point is you would leave them alone would you ?
We have the spring free and I am happy it was the best choice.

Pennies · 28/05/2009 17:06

ljc7 - can you link to the you tube clip you referred to pls?

scienceteacher · 28/05/2009 17:09

We have a Springfree - wouldn't have anything else.

scienceteacher · 28/05/2009 17:09

Oops - old thread that I have already answered!

scienceteacher · 28/05/2009 17:10

The fibre rods don't come together so I can't see how anyone could chop off their finger in them.

snigger · 28/05/2009 19:55

We have the springfree and we're delighted with it - unless it's overloaded I can't foresee circumstances under which it could sever fingers of onlookers - it's remarkably safe, and I find the combination of zip and velcro means I can lock myself in there with a glass of wine and a book on a sunny day and the oiks can't get to me.

Even when they stand outside, the safety screen makes their mewling faces pleasantly fuzzy.

scienceteacher · 28/05/2009 20:21

It is amazingly comfy to lie on - better than any lounger.

And if you spill your wine, it goes through the mesh

ljc7 · 28/05/2009 21:23

Hmmmm quite a bit of difference in opinions. Here is the Youtube clip that put me off....

Let me know what you think. I'm just not sure with good supervision how dangerous or not the Jumppod is.

Lucy

snigger · 28/05/2009 22:16

To be honest, I think although obviously rigourous, the test video on youtube was not representative of standard use - few trampolines within normal budgets would withstand such extreme jumps - I noticed in the pinch test the tester jumped on the yellow striped area, which is a strict no-go in the instructions (hence the yellow stripes) - I guess if adults or children of similar weights were using you'd have to supervise small children, but the average child just wouldn't be able to produce adequate 'oomph' to pressurise the rods to that extent.

(I didn't watch the vid with sound btw, so sorry if the commentary had additional information I've missed)

We've had our springfree 18 months, DDs were 7 & 5 at the time of purchase.

Scienceteacher's right, too - wine does just disappear through the mesh

scienceteacher · 28/05/2009 22:26

We've had 20 adults on our trampoline at one time and the rods stayed parallel.

scienceteacher · 28/05/2009 22:43

Gosh, what a stupid video.

If you are strong enough to move this trampoline from the boot of your car to the back garden, you are strong enough to put in the rods. It is only that last 2 or 3 rods that are tricky, but perfectly manageable.

As for the man launching himself onto the ground, taking the net with him, I can only say that my son has not been able to do that in over three years of abuse playing football on it. I don't think it is possible unless you are trying to set it up - even then, I am still skeptical.

ljc7 · 31/05/2009 16:23

sorry but don't shoot the messenger! I just saw this and wondered if it was of interest or help (hmm)

mykidsarecute · 11/06/2009 00:34

Quote: From Science teacher.

"We have a Spring Free and it is fab. I would never get anything else. We've had ours coming up 3 years and it is very well used (5 kids, all year round) - it is still in perfect condition.

It has the best safety record, and it is silent. No sounds screech/scraw sounds at all. "

[SHOCK]

Gee.. absolutely no screeching/ scrawing sounds.... I just bought one and was hoping the kids would screech/scraw/ scream/laugh and giggle to annoy the neighbours.... I thought this trampoline was meant to be FUN!

jeneroo · 05/07/2009 18:09

Interesting debate. We just want to find a fab trampoline for a good price.

The Springfree are extortionate!!

JumpKing Oval Pod for me I think!

psbcycle · 10/07/2009 09:49

I trampolined for the first time the other day, only for a couple of minutes, but loved it so much that I immediately changed from thinking that a trampoline is just too big/high for the garden to researching them on-line (this forum helped) and our Ovalpod arrives today! (In pieces though!) The biggest one, too! Instead of buying an item that will only take kids, we've gone for this, which takes a massive 22 stones (I'm not quite there yet, but have been well on the way!), and we can ALL have years of fun, keeping fit all year round. I already knew that rectangular trampolines have more responsive bounce, and rather than a round one keeping you in the middle, this has THREE optimal bounce points, so should hopefully be great fun. Husband grumbled a little at the cost, but as I'm the only earner at present, I rule!! And it's really only a year's Gym membership ... not that I could find the time to go. Go for it!

JennieNewby · 17/07/2009 11:13

Can anyone help me, I have visited Rainbow play systems website who sell the spring free trampolines, i looked at the video and the graph thats compares the springfree trampolines with a traditional trampoline, but the traditional trampoline has in the video;

A) A safety Enclosure
B) The net on the inside of the springs and pad

So I am very confused with their statistics, surely they are refering to a trampoline without a safety enclosure? does anyone know? this is very missleading and confussing...arggghhh, so I was delighted to find that they have a showe room and have the springfree trampoline on display, so we visited Rainbow play systems to see "the safest trampoline in the world" they would not let my daughter bounce on it and the gentleman even said " this is purely for health and safety reasons, if your daughter was bouncing on the trampoline and another child came along and put their fingers inbetween the fibre rods, they would be sliced off" i looked at the gentleman in shock and decided against "the safest trampoline in the world" as i know there is every possibility that this would happen,so now what do we do? i have never really wanted a trampoline anyway, but would rather have a child with a bump on her head than no fingers....Help??? I have tried to persuede her that a bouncy castle is a better present, but she desperately wants a trampoline???? sorry need advice (over protective mother).

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