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Bungee cord rebounders can vary in quality from one brand to another in that some last for a lifetime while others use such low gauge frames they warp and fall apart in a much shorter time. The cords vary the most in quality and grade of material. Globally, about 99% of the bungee rebounders have a petrochemical smell and are sold cheaper than 200 bucks.

Many of these cheap bungee rebounders that look and feel similar to the high end models at first have a high rate of deterioration. The rubber ribbons in many of these are broken during manufacturing. One of the reasons that the high end bungees cost so much is because they are tested for tensile strength. Bands that have broken ribbon strands and have braiding defects when the cords are woven can mess up the bounce making that cord wear out sooner and puts more stress on all the other bands making it so you have to change bands much quicker.

The synthetic (non latex) bungee rebounders might not undergo the highest stretch before breaking but their tensile strength is more "full spectrum" of a bounce. You don't get that bottom out feel at the highest stretch point at the bottom of the bounce. When we had people doing high bouncing every single person at the park said they prefer the latex type over the synthetic type. It is more costly as the bands have to be replaced more often unless you do the bungee hack (putting double bands) to cut the stretch on each band in nearly half. For very heavy people, I would strongly recommend using dual bands on each bungee attachment.

The synthetic bungee bands have a higher breaking point. At 100 elongation on a synthetic band it should break at about 500 pounds based on the average rebounder bungee size. I have taken rebounder bungee bands to several industries who use bungees for different applications and each company said for a rebounder they wouldn't use synthetic bungees. Based on the height of a bungee rebounder, it should only use 70% of the maximum stretch length of the bungees breaking point. This is when the rebounder mat bottoms out to the floor.

With the 500 pound breaking point per cord, some are rated at 200,000 flex flex cycles while the latex type for that same 500 pound breaking point might be rated for only 60,000 cycles before it breaks.

Other things to consider when looking at the frame of a bungee rebounder.

Make sure you know the gauge of the steel. The lower the number the better. 18 gauge frames are really weak and flimsy while 11 gauge is super strong and durable and more expensive.

Solid vs "pieced" frames:

The really cheap ones are sold in pieces that you screw in together. These are very weak. The stability of a high gauge single mold such as the Bellicon 49 inch Premium is an example of the best construction you can get in bungee rebounding.

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