Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This was perhaps the tenth mini-trampoline I have purchased for my home. In the past I used them for exercise but eventually found I got a better work-out from a treadmill. However, my children love jumping on these and will do so for possibly an hour a day each. I have purchased these from Sears, Academy Sports, other sporting good stores under various names, including Weider, and in various sizes from 36-48" diameter. The common ground these share is that they all break. Maybe after one month, and maybe after four, but generally the nylon straps that attach the springs to the frame begin to snap and once it starts to happen the trampoline becomes rapidly unusable. No retailers now carry these locally so I ordered the pure fun one listed here. It lasted less than two months, but this one is different. Instead of breaking at the nylon strap, this one has springs breaking apart at high velocity and flying through the air. My son had a cut on his shin from this happening. The potential for energy expenditure is so great with this sort of device and the footprint is so small that we want to continue to have one for our children. We are tired of accumulating useless pieces of metal from the many frames we have discarded and are now awaiting the arrival of a very expensive Bellicon model that promises to be highly durable with warranties on the parts and replaceable straps. My children are 90# and 150#. I imagine a 30# child might jump on this trampoline for a long time without breakage but I'm afraid that a spring that breaks before the strap holding it in place is very poor quality indeed.