Huffy portable basketball goal - any good?
We're looking for a good but inexpensive basketball hoop/system for our
two kids. They're mildly interested in basketball, though not particularly good, and would probably use the thing just a few hours per week. http://tinyurl.com/d97dm is a Target ad for a $65 Huffy system. Can't beat the price. But... $65 is less than half what I've seen asked for any other portable hoop system. Is this thing a piece of junk? And I don't understand the physics. You have a ten-foot pole sticking into the air, and a tiny base on the ground. I can't figure out how it could ever be stable, unless it comes with an elephant to sit on the base. And reading the amazon.com reviews of a different (and more expensive) Huffy portable hoop system, there were lots of references to it being hard to assemble, rife with missing or misfitting parts, often with comments like "typical for Huffy." I don't expect anyone reading this has this particular system, but if so, I'd really like to read your impressions. And I'd also like to hear from anyone who has an inexpensive portable basketball hoop, about how easily the thing was assembled, and how stable the hoop and pole were once the thing was installed. |
punctuation wrote: We're looking for a good but inexpensive basketball hoop/system for our two kids. They're mildly interested in basketball, though not particularly good, and would probably use the thing just a few hours per week. http://tinyurl.com/d97dm is a Target ad for a $65 Huffy system. Can't beat the price. But... $65 is less than half what I've seen asked for any other portable hoop system. Is this thing a piece of junk? And I don't understand the physics. You have a ten-foot pole sticking into the air, and a tiny base on the ground. I can't figure out how it could ever be stable, unless it comes with an elephant to sit on the base. And reading the amazon.com reviews of a different (and more expensive) Huffy portable hoop system, there were lots of references to it being hard to assemble, rife with missing or misfitting parts, often with comments like "typical for Huffy." You got me curious, so I read a bit on the Huffy site. You provide your own elephant -- or more specifically, you fill the base with sand or water so that it (supposedly) won't move. The Huffy site discusses 200 pounds as the minimum required to hold these things, so I'm guessing that's what this thing will hold. I have no more information, but I do have a young basketball player, so my thoughts ... Even weighted down to 200 pounds, I don't think I'd trust this with older (heavier) kids, or in windy areas. And remember that it won't just be your kids playing with it -- its sure to attract their friends from around the neighborhood. Barbara |
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