We bought our trampoline from Pitchers over ten years ago and it's been great and still going strong but a year ago we decided to replace the net, poles, pads and bumpers because they were looking faded although they still worked and were intact. Today I was restringing the net to make it tighter and noticed that the bumpers that go on the poles were flaking all over the trampoline and basically disintegrating after a year of use. Hadn't noticed before now because my daughter doesn't use the tramp much anymore. When I called to let them know that the bumpers were falling apart after only a year, they told me they are only meant to last a max of 2 years. Again, I told him it had been a year and the last ones we bought with the original trampoline lasted ten years with no flaking or disintegrating. The guy I talked to seemed put out that I was letting him know that the bumpers were falling apart. He tried to tell me that the little holes/pits were from abuse and that extreme temps were the cause of the flaking even though their other bumpers lasted over 10 years. Disappointed. Won't be going back. read more