Good toy but I didn't realise how difficult this would be to put together. The frame was easy to bolt together with the allen key & spanner provided but stretching the elastic cord around the frame to attach the mat took ages & gave me a couple of blisters (it does recommend 2 adults do this part) but with an excited 4 yr old wanting to bounce & my husband at work I persevered.
We wanted a swingball to go in the ground as it would need to take a hard hit or two. It could do with a longer point to go in deeper but just needs checking before use. It's really good fun, if you're not too quick maybe a helmet and goggles for safety, get hit with the ball and it hurts. Will give an A but not A* as not perfect just close.
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The "all-surface" swingball has proved a great hit with our 5 year old, who'll play for hours, but is not up to adult use. Ours does not have the extra poles mentioned by a previous reviewer and is too low down even for me at 5' 4". Also it doesn't take much of a whack before it tips over even with the base filled to the brim with water. Ours does not have the pole coming out of the base - the whole thing goes. The ball attachment is not up to the standards of the 1980s one I remember as a child but we wish we'd gone for the stake in the ground type.
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I love the idea of this toy - we have a ban on all ball games in our garden for the sake of the shed windows & the neighbours patience, so what better solution than a ball on a string?!
Sadly 4 hours after first playing the elastic section is already breaking apart - possibly due to an over-enthusiastic 10 year old, but not a geat first day all the same! (What's he supposed to do - stroke it gently?)
I think the base also needs a method of pegging it down as it doesn't hold that much water so wanders around the garden pretty easily.
I can't be bothered with returning this so will be bodging something with bungees because the concept is so successful!
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I love the idea of this toy - we have a ban on all ball games in our garden for the sake of the shed windows & the neighbours patience, so what better solution than a ball on a string?!
Sadly 4 hours after first playing the elastic section is already breaking apart - possibly due to an over-enthusiastic 10 year old, but not a geat first day all the same! (What's he supposed to do - stroke it gently?)
I think the base also needs a method of pegging it down as it doesn't hold that much water so wanders around the garden pretty easily.
I can't be bothered with returning this so will be bodging something with bungees because the concept is so successful!
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I love the idea of this toy - we have a ban on all ball games in our garden for the sake of the shed windows & the neighbours patience, so what better solution than a ball on a string?!
Sadly 4 hours after first playing the elastic section is already breaking apart - possibly due to an over-enthusiastic 10 year old, but not a geat first day all the same! (What's he supposed to do - stroke it gently?)
I think the base also needs a method of pegging it down as it doesn't hold that much water so wanders around the garden pretty easily.
I can't be bothered with returning this so will be bodging something with bungees because the concept is so successful!
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I was one of the unfortunates to be attracted to this item because of the low price and - at the time - the generally positive reviews. I can now see I wasn't the only one.
This is a shocking piece of tat. It took HOURS to put together, not just because the instructions are awful but because none of the components seemed quite right. I've put together a lot of flat-pack items over the years and I can honestly say I've encountered nothing as frustrating as this. And then, when it was done, I discovered the ludicrous design flaw - the bump in the slide is so pronounced, and positioned in such an awful place, that my daughter (at 3 and a half) flies up in the air and lands painfully on her bottom no matter how she tries to slide down ... Read More:
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I was one of the unfortunates to be attracted to this item because of the low price and - at the time - the generally positive reviews. I can now see I wasn't the only one.
This is a shocking piece of tat. It took HOURS to put together, not just because the instructions are awful but because none of the components seemed quite right. I've put together a lot of flat-pack items over the years and I can honestly say I've encountered nothing as frustrating as this. And then, when it was done, I discovered the ludicrous design flaw - the bump in the slide is so pronounced, and positioned in such an awful place, that my daughter (at 3 and a half) flies up in the air and lands painfully on her bottom no matter how she tries to slide down ... Read More:
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I was one of the unfortunates to be attracted to this item because of the low price and - at the time - the generally positive reviews. I can now see I wasn't the only one.
This is a shocking piece of tat. It took HOURS to put together, not just because the instructions are awful but because none of the components seemed quite right. I've put together a lot of flat-pack items over the years and I can honestly say I've encountered nothing as frustrating as this. And then, when it was done, I discovered the ludicrous design flaw - the bump in the slide is so pronounced, and positioned in such an awful place, that my daughter (at 3 and a half) flies up in the air and lands painfully on her bottom no matter how she tries to slide down ... Read More:
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I was one of the unfortunates to be attracted to this item because of the low price and - at the time - the generally positive reviews. I can now see I wasn't the only one.
This is a shocking piece of tat. It took HOURS to put together, not just because the instructions are awful but because none of the components seemed quite right. I've put together a lot of flat-pack items over the years and I can honestly say I've encountered nothing as frustrating as this. And then, when it was done, I discovered the ludicrous design flaw - the bump in the slide is so pronounced, and positioned in such an awful place, that my daughter (at 3 and a half) flies up in the air and lands painfully on her bottom no matter how she tries to slide down ... Read More:
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