Buying Guide
Before purchasing your new trampoline, please take a few minutes to read our Trampoline Buyers Guide as this will provide you with some invaluable information which could save you problems in years to come.
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Which Shape?
There are now many different shapes available to consider when buying a trampoline.
Round - Octagonal - Rectangular - Oval
The choice of which trampoline to buy is really going to be determined by the size and shape of your garden in which you are looking to put the trampoline.
Octagonal Trampolines:
Octagonal trampolines are a combination of a circular and rectangular trampoline and have been designed with safety foremost. Apart from the safety aspect, they also combine the joy of a circular one with the power of a better bounce from a rectangular one.
Octagonal Trampolines are much safer than the circular design. The springs on an Octagonal trampoline offset the centre because of the eight straight rails, so they end up criss-crossing each other to some extent. This results in less pressure behind you and you are less likely to be thrown forward off balance and into one another.
There also is more vertical travel in the mat because of eight straight sides. The reason for this is because the springs in the centre of the rails stretch more than the springs toward the end of the rails. This produces a softer, better and more controlled bounce then the round design.
Round Trampolines:
Round trampolines were designed for all the family to have fun on. This was the original design of trampoline and still remains to be one of the most popular shape of trampoline to be brought. Because of the round shape and the configuration of springs on a round trampoline it means that all the springs work together in unison which makes for a slower and more controlled bounce, it also works that the user of the trampoline will bounce back into the middle of the trampoline.
On round trampolines every spring points right into the centre and makes the centre of a trampoline soft. When you move out from the centre, the bounce gets harder behind you. If you lose your balance or concentration you may be thrown forward off balance.
Rectangular Trampolines:
Rectangular trampolines are built to provide a better bounce - A Rectangular trampoline because of the shape and spring configuration causes the springs to work at a different rate, this allows for a more powerful bounce, these trampolines are better for experienced children who are members of a trampoline club, these clubs are where you will find rectangular trampolines.
All trampolines have their benefits and downsides, but generally a trampoline is brought for the amount of available space there is in the garden.
Remember you can always sink your trampoline down to ground level, which will increase the safety. If your children are thinking of becoming gymnasts, then a rectangular trampoline is better suited to gaining more height in order to do a summersault etc
