Trampoline advice

Darcy Baldwin

Darcy Baldwin

Just a Scrapper
We're buying a trampoline for the boys. We have a pretty small yard (well, very small) and it's already got a full-sized picnic table, swing set and clothes line plus a small grove of trees and garden area. So we're looking at putting in an 8' tramp. (we still need to save space for the blow up pool for the summer).

Do any of you have an 8' tramp - and what's your expreience like with it? Are the adults able to jump on it as well?
 
Is your backyard fenced? I know nothing about the actual trampoline, but from a work standpoint, call your insurance agent. :)
 
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See that fat lip on D?? That's what I think of trampolines. :thumbdown::thumbdown:
 
Ours is 12 feet I think, and the weight limit is 250 pounds. So an adult can jump on ours, but I don't have any experience with 8 foot ones. Ours is a good size, but I'd think an 8 foot one might be too small for an adult (trying to picture one 4 feet smaller than ours...)
 
Leila said:
See that fat lip on D?? That's what I think of trampolines. :thumbdown::thumbdown:
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We've had a broken leg and a broken hand from tramps (neither fell off the tramp, but got double-bounced, so be careful of that). Doctor said the only kind of people who should own one are the really rich and the really poor - one can afford to be sued, and the other doesn't have any money when they get sued. So yeah :thumbdown:
 
maryinaz said:
We've had a broken leg and a broken hand from tramps (neither fell off the tramp, but got double-bounced, so be careful of that). Doctor said the only kind of people who should own one are the really rich and the really poor - one can afford to be sued, and the other doesn't have any money when they get sued. So yeah :thumbdown:
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What about if only your kids jump on it and you have really good health insurance? ;)
 
Darcy Baldwin said:
We're buying a trampoline for the boys. We have a pretty small yard (well, very small) and it's already got a full-sized picnic table, swing set and clothes line plus a small grove of trees and garden area. So we're looking at putting in an 8' tramp. (we still need to save space for the blow up pool for the summer).

Do any of you have an 8' tramp - and what's your expreience like with it? Are the adults able to jump on it as well?
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Well, I love trampolines! However, I got my first broken arm on one when I was 8. I was jumping on it with my shoes on (like I was told not to) and went to jump off...when I did, my untied shoelaces got caught in the springs and I smashed my elbow into the bar. Broke it in 8 different places.

About 9 years later I fell off a chair while trying to get onto a trampoline. I didn't break anything but had to have the fluid in my right elbow drained with a huge needle for the next 2 months.

I'd still get on one I'm sure. :blink:
 
We have a 12-foot one and adults can jump on it with no problems. I'm not sure about an 8-foot one as I've never actually seen one. lol

I'd just check out the weight limit on it - if it can accomodate an adult with regard to the weight limit, I think you'd be okay. :)

Oh, and we love ours but have pretty strict rules about who/what can happen on there. No more than 2 people on at a time, no big kids on with little kids, etc. And don't forget your safety net and spring covers too. :)
 
maryinaz said:
We've had a broken leg and a broken hand from tramps (neither fell off the tramp, but got double-bounced, so be careful of that). Doctor said the only kind of people who should own one are the really rich and the really poor - one can afford to be sued, and the other doesn't have any money when they get sued. So yeah :thumbdown:
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D actually fell and bit nearly clean through his lip. I didn't see it happen, but Andrew says that he hit the springs (which weren't covered in any way).

That said, we have a small indoor trampoline in the basement. It's only allowed to be used with supervision and only one kid at a time.
 
A cousin of DH's has one for the kids, what they did was dig a large hole for the trampoline to sit it (so it is at ground level). They haven't had any problems!
 
I would love to have a trampoline for myself! (My son is only 3 yo and way too small!), but I would never get one because of liability. As far as I know, once you have one (even fenced in), a neighborhood kid could sneak in and if they get hurt- watch out! I don't want to take that chance in getting sued! :blink:

When we bought our house and got the insurance, they asked if we have or would soon get one, and the reason being was that insurance costs are way higher if you have one...
 
I remember as a kid there was a local swimming pool we used to go to. They had a trampoline set in the ground that you could jump on. Oh boy was it fun!! Oh yes, it was in the ground, with springs all around it and you could see through the springs down into the hole in the ground. The outside edge of the trampoline was hard metal (and painted green, no doubt, with lead paint). Oh, and even safer was the fact that to get off the trampoline, you had to jump from the tramp out onto the ground. Oh, no worries friends, the concrete surrounding the trampoline was covered with astroturf. Very cushiony for your head should you trip or flip onto your head. Yep, those were the good-ole days.

How did we live through childhood????
 
Hey Darcy, a boy in my son's class JUST broke his leg on one of those things. They had all the safety features set up and everything. But it still happened. He is 5 years old and has fractures in two places in his leg. It is so sad to see this preschooler in a full leg cast (almost up to his hip). Anywho, please be careful if you do decide to get one.

Susan
 
My kid broke his leg jumping on the floor in his bedroom, so I think anything can happen anywhere, if they fall the wrong way.

Darcy, ours have some kind of cover over the springs, and we have the safety nets also. I also have strict rules on neighbourhood kids on it too. They are not allowed. LOL
 
I think ours is 8ft and I have been on it loads of times and put bluntly I am not exactly a lightweight. We don't have any nets around ours but the only one who has come close to any sort of injury is my cousin Conor and that's because he's an idiot and doesn't listen at all. I have to admit I think they get a lot of unfair bad press. Kids have the possibility of injuring themselves on anything and everything. I don't even want to think about how many everyday things me and Lukas have been hurt by and Conor's little sister broke her foot after getting up wrong from a slide at the park. I know nothing about insurance because I don't live in the US. Hugs Crystal xx
 
When I was a kid, I wanted a trampoline SO bad! But now that I am an adult and a mommy, they scare the crap out of me! I have really weak knees that can dislocate by themselves when I'm just standing doing nothing... I'd hate to be bouncing and have it happen!! **SHUDDER**
 
I've never seen an 8 ft one before - I remember all my friends in elementary school had one, and my parents wouldn't get me one :( Of course, all my friends had broken arms, etc at varoius points...and I've never broken anything & got stitches once (because of an oyster shell when I was 10, ha!)

It was just like those Barbie car things that had just come out that you could drive around...my mom told me those were against her religion or something and wouldn't get one for me, hahahah. They're still popular now, I think.
 
When my son broke his leg, he was in a cast from hip to toe. The ER guy who admitted him called tramps "evil" and said we wouldn't believe the injuries they see from them.

All my kids' friends have them and after the broken leg, my boys weren't allowed on them. When my son broke his hand on a tramp 3 years later, it took him 2 days to tell us why it was hurting. *Ahem* After the 2nd break, my kids no longer whine about not being allowed on them.

And yes, if a child other than your own is injured on your tramp, they can take it to your homeowners insurance. We didn't do this, even though both breaks happened at other houses, but my BIL came right over with his insurance paperwork when the first break happened since it was at his house. That kind of claim will make your insurance go up.
 
Not sure which one you are getting, but they really are only for little kids. Our neighbor had one, and only one was allowed to jump at a time. The weight limit I can find for most is only 100lbs for the 8ft ones. Plus they are a little "shorter" so this may be why they have a much smaller weight limit.

We're military and after living on base it seemed EVERYONE had one there but us LOL! DS was always jealous and most of our neighbors ones were old and falling apart, so I NEVER let him jump on them. I must have seemed snotty or something to them, but what can you do! Now when our good friends got one new and it was just him and Evan, then we let Evan jump with supervision, but they were super security minded as well!

So to answer your question, no I don't think an adult would be able to jump on the 8ft ones. Sorry!
 
Darcy, both of my sisters and at one time, my parent's, had trampolines....I absolutely, as crazy as I must have looked, loved jumping on a trampoline....LOL I would have one here for my Grandchildren, except that our Home Owners Insurance will NOT cover us if we get one....My suggestion to you if your boys are young and you worry about them getting hurt is to get one of those net enclosures for yours 'til you can see they will be safe....Happy bouncing!:)
 
DawnMarch said:
I saw an ad recently for springfree trampolines, and wonder if they are safer? They claim they are.

http://www.springfreetrampoline.com.au/comparison
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These trampolines are Australian made and I'm in Australia! I've seen them at parenting expos and my daughter has been on them - they are awesome and way safer but very expensive!!! From memory they start at around $1000 for the small one - we've bought a traditional 10ft round trampoline with pads and net enclosure for about $350, the springfree tramp would be my choice if money was no object but we couldn't justify the cost.

In Australia we don't have the insurance issue - didn't even realize what you were talking about at first!! LOL We have rules about what is acceptable behaviour for the trampoline and my 5 & 2 yo understand this. As others mentioned children can get injured anywhere, doing anything - I think as parents we need to take the necessay precautions to try and avoid accidents but at the end of the day we need to let kids be kids and let them take risks! We all survived our childhoods and there weren't half the rules and regulations there are now! Maybe that's easy for me to say, as we don't have the litigation problems here - yet!!

To answer your question about the weight. Our 10ft is rated to 100 kgs (sorry don't know what that is in pounds!) but that means most adult men or a couple of children can jump on it. I know in Australia the 8ft one is rated to 60 or 70 kg - which in my opinion would only cover the light to average woman and probably very few men, it also wouldn't allow for a couple of kids once they were above 6 or 7yo. We bought the 10 ft trampoline (even though our yard would have been better with the 8 ft) so that we could jump on it as well if we wanted too.

Hope this helps you decide what to do.
 
I really want a Springfree trampoline! I know they can be dangerous, but my little guy has Autism and the vestibular input is so important for him.

That doesn't answer your question...
 
gerich said:
To answer your question about the weight. Our 10ft is rated to 100 kgs (sorry don't know what that is in pounds!) but that means most adult men or a couple of children can jump on it. I know in Australia the 8ft one is rated to 60 or 70 kg - which in my opinion would only cover the light to average woman and probably very few men, it also wouldn't allow for a couple of kids once they were above 6 or 7yo. We bought the 10 ft trampoline (even though our yard would have been better with the 8 ft) so that we could jump on it as well if we wanted too.

Hope this helps you decide what to do.
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A kg equals 2.2 pounds. So 100 kg would be 220 lbs, 60-70 kg would be 132-154 lbs. :)
 
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