Trampoline - Bands or Springs?

Deb M · by **Deb M** on Wed Apr 11, 2007 2:07 pm

What is best for a trampoline.

Bands or springs?

by **Guest** on Wed Apr 11, 2007 3:40 pm

If your a professional gymnast bands all the way but if it for everyday use springs the springs are much bouncer.
And you can replace the springs very easy, but I've heard that the band are very hard if not impossible to replace (I could be totally wrong on this point) but again it's just what I've heard!

We have a spring trampoline with full enclosure and my kids love it!

Deb M · by **Deb M** on Wed Apr 11, 2007 3:51 pm

Where did you buy yours from?

Shawna C. · by **Shawna C.** on Wed Apr 11, 2007 4:02 pm

We were going to buy a trampoline this summer and were the most interested in this one..

http://www.costco.ca/en-CA/Browse/Produ ... v=&browse=

Alas, we have heard too many horror stories of injuries, so my DH refuses to buy one now...Rats! (I'm going to see if he'll budge when our kids are older 'cause I really want one!)

by **Guest** on Wed Apr 11, 2007 4:18 pm

I got mine on usedvictoria last summer for 100 bucks awesome deal.

If I see anything I will let you know! You can find some great deals!

Sunnygirl · by **Sunnygirl** on Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:24 pm

Springs really hurt when you land on them :cry:

keepingsafe · by **keepingsafe** on Wed Apr 11, 2007 9:54 pm

I heard the same thing as Gin & Tonic, if you're a gymnast bands are better, but I agree I think you get more bounce with the springs!

We bought ours from Sawyer Tampoline's (they are apart of Sawyer Sewing Centre I think?) and we love it. It is a really good quality one and was more expensive but well worth the money. You can leave it out all year long doesn't rust (even though we took it down this winter!), the padding is good quality, the bouncing mat area is nice and thick and most importantly the frame is superior to that of the cheaper ones.

Just my personal experiences are...

We bought one years ago from Canadian Tire and it was terrible quality we actually returned it after four/five months no questions asked!
We then bought one second hand that the original owners bought from Costco in Nanaimo, we thought it looked like a tougher frame but same thing the quality just wasn't there with the padding and frame. Now maybe these products have improved in recent years, I don't know.

Finally we just bought a second hand one, the smaller 8-9 footer, from Sawyer's and we loved it! We sold it last year and bought a 12-13 foot and the kids (adults too, at those back yard barbque parties!) spend endless hours on it.

We've been lucky in the seven years we've had trampolines and had no accidents.

Happy shopping :-D