My brother and I had one growing up. I guess we had it for about 6-7 years. It was so much fun. All the neighborhood kids would come over and we'd all play on it. Sure some of us got hurt sometimes, but nothing too terrible. Just part of being a kid is how I look at it. We'd jump off the house onto it and have wrestling matches. My friends and I were all in gymnastics so we'd practice our flips and stuff on it. Lots of fun.