Safety issue: Kids can bounce over the side of the slide
Overall we LOVE this slide! We have had it on our artificial turf for almost 3 months now, and our very tall 4 and almost 7 year olds have gotten so much fun out of it. Its a sanity saver for the adults on a hot day.
There is one significant safety issue though. Our kids like to jump onto the slide, and then they have a rebound bounce about 1/3 of the way down. Well, our 4 year old bounced so high, that he bounced himself OVER THE SIDE of the slide and fell onto his back, hitting his head on the ground.
We know our kids are little humpty dumptys, so wed installed an extra 1inch layer of foam under the turf for extra safety padding, are are so glad we did. It could have been very different if hed fallen on harder ground. Thank goodness he was ok, but he was out of commission for over 20 minute after, and had us worried about a concussion.
We set a NO JUMPING ONTO THE SLIDE rule for our kids right after, and havent had any issues since, except for the occasional 5 minute timeout for kids who forget the rule.
Safety issue: Kids can bounce over the side of the slide
Overall we LOVE this slide! We have had it on our artificial turf for almost 3 months now, and our very tall 4 and almost 7 year olds have gotten so much fun out of it. Its a sanity saver for the adults on a hot day. There is one significant safety issue though. Our kids like to jump onto the slide, and then they have a rebound bounce about 1/3 of the way down. Well, our 4 year old bounced so high, that he bounced himself OVER THE SIDE of the slide and fell onto his back, hitting his head on the ground. We know our kids are little humpty dumptys, so wed installed an extra 1inch layer of foam under the turf for extra safety padding, are are so glad we did. It could have been very different if hed fallen on harder ground. Thank goodness he was ok, but he was out of commission for over 20 minute after, and had us worried about a concussion. We set a NO JUMPING ONTO THE SLIDE rule for our kids right after, and havent had any issues since, except for the occasional 5 minute timeout for kids who forget the rule.