Spalding 8839S Adjustable Basketball Lift System

by Huffy

Product Features

• Conversion kit designed for backboards and hoops
• Lets you install backboard on 3.5-inch round pole, roof, or wall
• Supports All Huffy Sports and Most Spalding Residential Backboards Up to 54-Inch
• Height adjustable to 6 different positions (3 feet total)
• Backboard and hoop are sold separately

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Have a good backboard and hoop but no place to install it? Turn to the Huffy 8839S Converter, which adapts your backboard to a 3.5-inch round pole, roof, or wall. The Converter includes a universal mount that fits on round, flat, or slanted surfaces. In addition, the Converter is height adjustable, with six different positions in 6-inch increments (3 feet total). Note: the Converter is sold without a backboard.

Product Description

Adapts backboards to 3.5-Inch round poles, roof or wall; offers a 3-Inch height adjustment in 6-Inch increments; backboard not included

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 31 x 8 x 4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 32.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000N5U1CO
• Item model number: 8839S
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,800 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
  • #14 in Sports & Outdoors > Team Sports > Basketball > Backboards > Portable Boards

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Decent product. Requires moderately hard assembly. Good for younger kids and light/recreational play., July 7, 2008

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artknows (Chicago, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spalding 8839S Adjustable Basketball Lift System (Sports)

Santa brought a backboard, but no bracket to attach it. We wanted one that was adjustable for our small kids and found this. It can be raised and lowered with some degree of ease using a broomstick handle. The instructions are detailed and not too hard to follow.

Assembly is not easy. I would not recommend this product if you don't know how to assemble nuts and bolts or have a hard time following diagrams and such. Ultimately it takes two adults to finish the assembly as one has to lift the backboard and bracket to the base while the other attaches it to the base. Better yet, just find a handyman and pay him to install it. Note that if you intend to attach it to your roof, you will need to buy about 6 bolts, washers and nuts as they are not included.

I would give the bracket 5 stars (not judging on the assembly though, it is moderately hard), but the bracket tends to wobble a little bit when hit hard on the side. This seems to be because of the bracket design and the fact that it is fully adjustable.

For my small kids, it's fine. They won't be doing any slam dunks for a long time. But I would not want anyone trying to hang on the rim. For grown ups, get a fixed bracket that won't budge and will withstand a slam dunk or two.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not so difficult once you get into it, March 8, 2009

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M. Aiyub (San Fran, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spalding 8839S Adjustable Basketball Lift System (Sports)

I purchased this product along with 'Spalding 79351 Backboard/Rim Combo with 44-Inch PolyCarbonate Backboard' and when I opened the 'converter' box I thought it would take a long time before I got this kit installed. The manual looked complicated and there were tons of parts. It took a little longer to get started on the first step as I had to get used to the parts and illustrations but once I got past the first couple of steps, the rest started to fall into place. I was able to complete this in probably 3 hrs to my surprise. I did the wall mount option which was pretty simple but I needed 2 more people to help lift it (attached to backboard) for mounting on the wall bracket. Overall its a good system for home use and works great with the Spalding Backboards. Product longevity is TBD but seems like a solid product.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nice Product but be careful with installation, May 20, 2011

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RelativeMotion - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Spalding 8839S Adjustable Basketball Lift System (Sports)

We installed this on my garage roof, and overall I think it is a very good product but I have 2 concerns.

1. Installation takes two adults. I am a fairly young man who is not Hulk Hogan but a fairly average strength and my neighbor helped me with this and he is bigger than me and we nearly killed ourselves trying to get this installed on the garage. The last step is very difficult and ideally would have used 4 adult males.

2. After getting the product installed we realized that due to the height of the garage roof and ability to secure it properly, the lowest it could go was 9 feet 6 inches. Now that is fine for me but the point in purchasing this was for practice for my children who play on 8 and 9 foot goals. Very disappointing!

Still, I use the goal regularly and it is a strong, well built product and I have enjoyed it. I will also say that once it is installed it is quite easy to adjust the height, although I have no need to go very much higher with it.