Customer Reviews

Lifetime 1301 Pool Side Basketball System with Backboard (White/Blue, 44-Inch)

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

Nice hoop, on lowest setting standing in pool I can barely touch the rim, Im 6' 1" . Would be nice to be able to adjust it a little lower for small kids. besides that it is great.

The overall construction of the item is good upon first impressions. I have had the BAsketball set for a few years now and it is garaged when not in use in the Winter. The metal pole and actual steel basketball hoop are rusting horribly. You have to be careful for staining on pool deck because of the large abmounts of dripping rust. The powdercoating finish not a lifetime poroduct. This is occuring in a regular pool and not caused by a salt based pool.

I would not purchase this product again for the money and would look for something else.

I purchased this last spring, and it held up wonderfully through the summer, and through the tough winter weather. As long as you drain the base water when you close your pool, this should work great for you. I am ready for another fun-filled summer using this guy. I'm replacing the net for this year though. The net it comes with is a little on the "cheap" side. I ordered a better quality net from Amazon for only $5.

As far as the assembly, be careful to follow instructions exactly or you will find yourself frustrated. I assembled this goal with 2 assistants in about 20 minutes. I would not recommend trying to complete the assembly without help.

this is a very nice product, instructions to put together get a little confusing b/c they make it sound like there is 3 tubes, but there is only 2...it will take 2 people to put together, very nice product, metal hoop, big backboard, though the backboard is a little dead b/c not alot of support behind it, but overall a very nice product, now the test will be how it stands up to the florida sun and a salt system pool, i bought it b/c it says 5 year warrantee on everything, so as soon as it all starts rusting in 3 years i will send all those parts back...time will tell, but right now this is a much better product then anything that doesnt come w/a true sized metal rim

this is a f/up...well the hardware is already starting to rust, guess i need to go buy galvanized hardware...

My three sons and husband spend hours on this thing...I get hours in the house where it's peaceful. Who could ask for more.

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I've had it for a year, used daily throughout the summer, no rust, no problems, net is holding up nicely. It's been poolside with the water in base the whole time.

For the first year hoop was excellent. After year one though product went down hill. started to rust horribly. rim started leaning and left a stain on the concrete. If you plan to only use it for a year I would get it anything over a year I would get another hoop.

Love the final product but directions were not well written and it was a bear to put together.

It is also very heavy so I needed another person to help toward the end when securing the rim and backboard.

I had relatives stay with us from out of town, they had three boys and they played with it all day long. Very sturdy, great for around the pool. A little tough to put together but well worth the end result.