Great trampoline - kids went up from a 12 foot round to this one and it is great. All reviews mentioned the difficulty in putting it up. There is a couple with a Youtube video where they put it together and give explciit instructions which is necessary because the shape is OVAL and not round so it is important that the bottom bouncy bottom is installed correctly - not as easy as with round. Follow the Youtube video. We did and it only took about 45 minutes to put together - do not try to do it without the video or you will be pulling your hair out.

The trampoline was pretty easy to assemble. The only reason I give it 4 stars is that we had to remove the surround as it would block our views at the lake. We do watch to make sure the kids are not being dangerous. That being said it made it very difficult to place the mat as the trampoline is oval and not round. I did go on YouTube and found a video tutorial and we are 98% sure its where it should be. So, I guess its not the kids being dangerous we need to worry about.

I have been buying SAM's club trampolines for over 10 years as it is something that get my boys out of the house exercising. I have had the round, the square and now the oval. I love the integrated safety net and the post installation on this model. My only issue is that it came without directions and required me to look online to put together...a little more challenging then a round one and square as there is a sequence to how it goes together.

Save yourself the headache and buy a round trampoline! The directions kind of suck. circle trampolines are super easy. This was a headache. And you cant even tell that it's an oval. It does not look like an oval! It looks like a circle. Yes it looks good assembled. But No I wouldn't buy again.

In general it is an excellent trampoline that will probably provide years of enjoyment.. However the assembly instructions are greatly lacking. They have insufficient detail are cryptic and difficult to interpret. Obviously written by someone who does NOT speak English as a primary language. There a no markings on the mat to indicate which is the 17 foot versus the 15 foot dimension -- a very critical oversight -- so assembly is made extremely difficult and pretty much trial and error. The instructions for installing and orienting the safety net are even more lacking and difficult to follow.

Make sure you line-up the safety-net pole attachment straps with the safety-net pole holes BEFORE you begin attaching the springs. BEFORE BEFORE BEFORE!!!!!!!!!! - Also, you can find construction videos online. - Use one spring as a puller or the tool to attach springs. - The 2's are the more sharply curved sections. - It took us an afternoon. My daughter and her friends love it. I am happy we bought it.

We purchased this trampoline a few months ago to replace our old one. Although our old one had seen better days (8 years old) we wish we kept it now. It was way better quality. The old one was also a skywalker from Walmart (15'). The mat on the new one is very poor quality. When I was putting it together I didn't feel comfortable even standing on it to do the netting. I am under 200lbs and i felt like i was going to go through it it sagged so much. The metal posts and springs are also lower quality (compared to the old one). We still had the old one when I put the new one together and i knew we made a bad purchase when i tried bending both the old and new springs. The only good thing is that I don't have to worry about them doing flips any more. If your kids are younger (<8) then it will be fine. If they are older than 8 then they will get bored pretty quick.

We love it...it’s huge...really great bounceability...NOT oval...perfectly round! Read ENTIRE directions prior to starting assembly. It’s easy but you get almost done and they throw an assembly curve ball. Again...even though it’s round it is still large enough for our 6 grandkids...we love it.

I would never buy another oval trampoline ever again. The directions are not the greatest and the start point of the trampoline could be more clear or at least marked. You have the round sides that are marked 1 and 2 you need to keep three 1s together and 3 2s together this is key. fold the trampoline in half to find out where your center is. being close to it it is very hard to tell where the longest part of the trampoline is. after you put in a few springs lift the netting to make sure your post holes line up correct with the net, don't do all the springs and then realize that the posts don't line up correct. if you get to this point and you notice that the post holes are off, you either have the trampoline centered wrong or the legs have backwards fixtures (as in my case), we had to take apart all of the legs and switch the connections. So if you are lucky to get the thing lined up correct and all springs in great, if not take it apart and start again. next you will put the padding around, the part that annoyed me was that this spring cover also must be threaded through some of the springs so once again you need to remove a few and slide it through the spring cover. Putting up the net polls. Make sure you have the two holes at the top and not at the middle, you will need to put the pole covers on through both holes at the top and now it is finished. in my case 4 attempts later and two days... The directions leave much to be desired but after its said and done I could have done this in one attempt if the directions were more clear, or if the legs were not fastened with the wrong hardware, or if the numbers were all on the legs, some legs were missing the number one and two, but if you look at them they are slightly different shaped. Or best case, just walk away and buy a round one! Good luck!

This was purchased for my grandkids. They are always on it and love it! The enclosure keeps them safely on the trampoline and they find different games to play on it. The first day it was installed they were made to rest and take in water to hydrate. They sleep very good at night after a session on this one! Money well spent.