Four Popular Rebounders Compared
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Al Carter's Half-Fold ReboundAIR™ Rebounder 24 years of innovation |
Half-Fold Needak brand Rebounder |
Half-Folding Urban Rebounder |
Jump King and Sporting Goods Store Brands |
Sale Price, Standard Rebounder |
$269.95 |
NA |
$29. to 69. |
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Sale Price, Half-Fold Rebounder |
$329.95 |
NA |
N/A |
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Sale Price, Quarter-Fold Rebounder |
$349.95 |
N/A |
N/A |
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Lifetime All-Component Warranty |
Included. Our Lifetime Warranty covers ALL components, plus Wear and Tear Replacement (if ever needed) for the life of your ReboundAIR™ |
Not included. 2 years on the springs, leg tips, and spring cover. 5 years on the mat, cleats and spring pins. Lifetime only on the frame. |
Not included. Urban warranty: 1 year replaced parts + shipping / handling |
Perhaps a 90 day warranty. Most, warranty not included. |
Hinges |
ReboundAIR™: Continuous with frame, internally bolted |
Needak and their design copies: Externally welded.( Bulky, jaw-like, may injure fingers, commonly pinches carpet or tears spring cover. Outdated design from 1985. )Al Carter brought this "first generation" hinge back from Hong Kong and the engineers he was working with at that time. |
Urban also has a Needak-type, externally welded hinge. Outdated jaw design from the mid 80's. |
Store Brands: |
Frame paint |
Baked on enamel coat |
Spray painted |
Spray Painted |
Spray |
Permatron mat |
Y produced by the very talented Ten Cate Nicolon Co., Pendergrass, GA, USA New "X within the Box" addition to industrial strength stitch rows. |
Y |
N Our 180 lb test user stretched the mat within the first week. |
N |
High resilience, soft bounce springs according to composition and pre-load tests by BYU, Dept. of Engineering and Geneva Steel Corp. |
Y |
Y Life-Tec's unit, under mild product testing, depressed too far resulting in abrupt "bottoming out". Our 160 lb participant could hit the floor at will. |
Y 36 springs, bounce started out very resilient and enjoyable... |
N |
The Bounce 1 G-Force = pressure of your body weight 3 G-Force = weight x 3, measured at the instantaneous bottom of the bounce just as momentum changes direction |
The ReboundAIRTM: At the same time, perfect firmness while stepping onto or simply standing on the mat. ("static weight-and-loading accommodation at 1 G") Your body will look forward to the ReboundAIR™. 10 years down the road, your body will still look forward to "The Bounce"... and the same balanced resilience will still be there on a ReboundAIR™. |
Needak: However, the ideal balance between dynamic resilience and static firmness is yet to be achieved |
Urban: We noticed a decrease in resilience as the mat began to sag around the stitch perimeter and after the 36 springs slightly stretched over time. Springs could not return to "original conformation", or shape & coil tightness after 10 to 14 days. |
Sporting Goods Brand: Can be quite noisy! |
Double-sided mat circumference bands |
Y |
Y |
(We are in the process of testing) |
N |
Spring cover |
ReboundAIR™: Leather-like, superior thickness, superior appearance, black |
Needak and their design copies: Plastic-like, thin nylon, black, tears are common (Life-Tec's spring cover, under mild product testing, had an unacceptable rate of failure. We removed it for the remaining tests.) |
Leather-like Vinyl that seems to be too thin on the home use Urban model; tears are common |
Plastic-like, assorted colors |
Leg length |
10" |
9" |
9" |
7" or shorter |
Spring loaded folding legs |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
Quarter-Fold portable Rebounder |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
Spring cover designed to allow folding without tearing |
Y |
N Spring cover tears, common complaint |
N Spring cover tears, common complaint |
N/A |
Rubber leg tips |
ReboundAIR™: |
Needak and their design copies: |
(We are in the process of testing) |
No. |
Endorsed by Al Carter, the Pioneer and Innovator of the World Rebound Exercise Industry |
Y
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N |
N (Al can't figure out why Urban has different gym and home models. Why not offer the same to all clients?) |
N |
Accessories: Carrying Case Stabilizing Bar Weights |
Y Y |
Y
N |
N
Y |
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Supporting educational materials |
Unlimited. |
Some. |
None |
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