Great trampoline hampered by one big gotcha in assembly
I found only one major flaw (which is why I deducted the one star) from this otherwise pretty great trampoline.
Practically the first thing you do during assembly is attach the net to the jumping surface by sliding the tabs through 20/30 holes. Everything else comes after this, including the springs, etc. Its really, really important you get this step right/perfect, or youll have to undo all your work and start over. Seriously, important.
So I did it the right way, or so I thought. I found out after my trampoline was nearly complete that there was a mistake made at this point. But was that my fault? The mistake is that the net was shipped inside out. I know thats hard to imagine, and seems like it would have been totally obvious, but its completely not obvious. Think of a sock thats turned inside out, but that theres no obvious difference in color/texture on the inside/outside. How would you really know?
I spread the net out, lined up the slots, and began assembly. At that point, you have no idea what youre really looking at its one big jumble of net.
And did the instructions call anything out like make sure the net is right side out, the safety label should face out, etc? NOPE. Not a single word. I scoured the instructions later looking for what I missed. Nothing. So, they shipped me a product that was setup for me to fail, and gave me no clue to watch out. Ouch.
Did I disassemble the whole thing literally to step 1 and restart? Nope. Too much work (assembly took me about 60/90 minutes with a friend, Id estimate). I wasnt going to more than double my time spent. The way I could tell it was backwards was that the attaching of the net to the tops of the poles is literally backwards Duh! So I had to sort of twist them around to install, which felt weird // obviously. THEN I noticed that the safety label was facing inward instead of outward. And the safety snap clips over the zipper door were on the inside, meaning jumpers would run into them all too easily. Ugh. So I just cut those safety straps off the net, and the twisted attachment of the net to the poles is fine (only awkward, not flawed) and cant be seen. With the safety straps removed, the only way you can tell my mistake is that the label is on the inside. But my kids dont care.
So, there ya go. Fun trampoline that the kids love. Assembly was actually pretty decent, except for this one tiny huge gotcha. Beware. Make sure your net is correctly oriented before you start.
Great trampoline hampered by one big gotcha in assembly
I found only one major flaw (which is why I deducted the one star) from this otherwise pretty great trampoline. Practically the first thing you do during assembly is attach the net to the jumping surface by sliding the tabs through 20/30 holes. Everything else comes after this, including the springs, etc. Its really, really important you get this step right/perfect, or youll have to undo all your work and start over. Seriously, important. So I did it the right way, or so I thought. I found out after my trampoline was nearly complete that there was a mistake made at this point. But was that my fault? The mistake is that the net was shipped inside out. I know thats hard to imagine, and seems like it would have been totally obvious, but its completely not obvious. Think of a sock thats turned inside out, but that theres no obvious difference in color/texture on the inside/outside. How would you really know? I spread the net out, lined up the slots, and began assembly. At that point, you have no idea what youre really looking at its one big jumble of net. And did the instructions call anything out like make sure the net is right side out, the safety label should face out, etc? NOPE. Not a single word. I scoured the instructions later looking for what I missed. Nothing. So, they shipped me a product that was setup for me to fail, and gave me no clue to watch out. Ouch. Did I disassemble the whole thing literally to step 1 and restart? Nope. Too much work (assembly took me about 60/90 minutes with a friend, Id estimate). I wasnt going to more than double my time spent. The way I could tell it was backwards was that the attaching of the net to the tops of the poles is literally backwards Duh! So I had to sort of twist them around to install, which felt weird // obviously. THEN I noticed that the safety label was facing inward instead of outward. And the safety snap clips over the zipper door were on the inside, meaning jumpers would run into them all too easily. Ugh. So I just cut those safety straps off the net, and the twisted attachment of the net to the poles is fine (only awkward, not flawed) and cant be seen. With the safety straps removed, the only way you can tell my mistake is that the label is on the inside. But my kids dont care. So, there ya go. Fun trampoline that the kids love. Assembly was actually pretty decent, except for this one tiny huge gotcha. Beware. Make sure your net is correctly oriented before you start.