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The trampoline calendar runs backwards from what people expect, which is the single most useful thing to know before buying one. Almost everybody shops for a backyard trampoline in April and May, when the weather turns and the kids start asking, and that is exactly when prices are highest and the good sizes are back-ordered. Right now the season is ending, and retailers would rather sell a boxed 14-footer than warehouse it until March. Over Labor Day Weekend that makes this genuinely one of the best weeks of the year for this category. Prices below are live.
Quick sale picks
The enclosed backyard trampolines carrying the largest markdowns today. Buy the enclosure with the trampoline rather than as an upgrade later, because retrofitting a net to a frame it was not designed for rarely fits properly.
What the pediatric guidance actually says
Worth stating plainly rather than burying, because a lot of parents buy one without ever having read it. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends against home trampoline use, and advises that children under six should not jump at all. Their position is that trampolines belong in settings with coaching and specialized equipment. That is the guidance, and it is stronger than most people assume.
Plenty of families buy one anyway, and if you are going to, the specific practices matter far more than the model you pick. One jumper at a time is the big one, because when two children of different sizes jump together the smaller one absorbs energy from the larger one and lands harder than they ever could alone. No flips or somersaults, which are what cause the most serious head, neck and back injuries. The net stays zipped while anyone is on it. And the pads over the springs, hooks and frame get checked before use rather than once a season. None of that costs money. All of it does more than any feature on a box.
When trampolines actually go on sale
A strongly seasonal category with an unusually clean pattern, because these are bulky items that retailers genuinely do not want to store. The swing between the best and worst weeks is larger here than in most of what we track.
| When | What to expect |
|---|---|
| Right now, late August into September | End of season clearance, and one of the two best windows in the year. The full-size enclosed models are the ones that move, because a boxed 14-footer takes real warehouse space through the winter and nobody wants to pay for that. |
| Black Friday and Cyber Monday | The other real low, driven by gifting rather than clearance. Slightly better on the smaller kids’ models and on mini trampolines; slightly worse on the big enclosed frames, which are awkward to ship in December. |
| October into November | Still good, and the last of the clearance before the gifting pricing takes over. Selection thins noticeably, so the size you want may simply be gone. |
| January | Only for mini trampolines and rebounders, which get pulled into the new year fitness promotions and are cheap. No effect at all on backyard models. |
| April through June | The worst possible time, and the time almost everyone buys. Demand peaks with the weather, promotions disappear, and the popular sizes go on back-order with delivery dates that miss the summer entirely. |
| Any time, for nets and pads | Barely move on price, and they are the parts that fail. UV exposure degrades the net and the spring pad long before the frame goes, so budget for replacing both every few seasons regardless of what the trampoline cost. |
What actually counts as a good price
Work out the size your yard can take before comparing anything, because that is the constraint that decides the purchase and it is not negotiable once the box arrives.
Mini trampoline or rebounder
A fitness item rather than a children’s one, and a completely different product from everything else here. Folds away, needs no yard, and is what the marketplace actually sells most of.
Small kids’ trampoline, 48 to 55 inch
Low frame, handlebar instead of a net on some models, and meant for one small child. Easier to supervise and far less to assemble than a full-size frame.
10 to 12 foot with enclosure
The size that fits a normal suburban yard with clearance around it. Enough mat for one child to jump properly and small enough that assembly is a single afternoon.
14 to 15 foot with enclosure
The one everyone pictures, and the one that needs a genuinely large yard with nothing overhead. Budget a full day and a second pair of hands for assembly.
Kids trampolines on sale
The smaller frames, and the ones most families should start with. A 48 to 55 inch trampoline with a handlebar or a low net is easier to supervise, sits low enough that a fall off it is a short one, assembles in under an hour rather than most of a day, and can be moved by one adult. The trade is that it is genuinely for one small child, and it gets outgrown. That is worth knowing rather than discovering: if you have a six-year-old and a ten-year-old, the small frame will only ever serve one of them, and the temptation to let both on at once is exactly the thing the one-jumper rule exists to prevent.
14ft and larger trampolines on sale
Where the clearance discounting is deepest right now, for the straightforward reason that these are the hardest things to store. Before buying one, measure twice: a 14 foot trampoline wants several feet of clear ground on every side and clear sky above it, which rules out branches, power lines and the corner of a garage roof. Level ground matters too, since a frame on a slope loads unevenly. Then budget for assembly honestly. A full-size frame is a three to four hour job for two people, the springs need the hooking tool that comes in the box, and the parts arrive heavy. Add ground anchors to the order while you are at it, because an unanchored trampoline in a storm becomes a very large object moving through a fence.
Mini trampolines and rebounders on sale
Heavily discounted, and a different product from everything above despite sharing the name. A rebounder is a piece of fitness equipment: a low, taut, roughly three-foot frame for adults doing low-impact cardio in a living room. It is not a scaled-down backyard trampoline and it is not intended for children to play on. It is also, quietly, what the marketplace mostly sells. Searching for the bare word trampoline returns rebounders ahead of backyard models, which is worth knowing when you are comparing prices, because a fifty dollar trampoline and a four hundred dollar trampoline are usually not the same category of object at all.
Replacement nets and pads on sale
The unglamorous purchase, and the one that keeps an existing trampoline usable. Nets and spring pads are the first things to fail on any trampoline, because they sit in direct sun all year and the material degrades long before the frame or the springs do. A net with a split seam or a pad that has cracked and slid off the springs turns a working trampoline into a hazard, and replacing both costs a fraction of a new frame. Measure the frame diameter and count the poles before ordering, since nets are sold by both and the two do not always go together the way you would guess. If your net attaches outside the frame, replacing it with one that attaches inside the springs is a real upgrade.
Where else to check today
Worth checking beyond the marketplaces, because delivery on something this bulky is where the real difference sits, and because the sporting goods retailers run their own end-of-season clearance on a different schedule. These are the ones worth opening in another tab.
DICK’S Sporting GoodsBest for the end-of-season clearance
WalmartBest for the lowest prices
WayfairBest for filtering by size
Academy SportsBest for buying it this weekend
SpringfreeBest for the springless design
How to buy a trampoline
One jumper at a time is the rule that matters most. When two children of different sizes jump together, the smaller one takes energy transferred from the larger one and comes down far harder than their own jump could produce. This is the mechanism behind a large share of serious trampoline injuries, and it happens on the mat rather than from falling off. No feature you can buy substitutes for the rule, and it is the one families abandon first.
Buy the net with the trampoline, and get one that mounts inside the springs. An enclosure attached to the inside of the frame means a child never contacts the springs or the frame edge at all. One that wraps the outside leaves the spring gap exposed underneath. Retrofitting a net later to a frame that was not designed for one almost never fits properly, so pay for it once, at the start.
Measure the yard, not the children. A full-size frame needs several feet of clear ground on every side and open sky above it, on level ground. Branches, wires, fences and the corner of a shed all count against you. The most common regret in this category is a 14 foot trampoline in a yard that had room for a 10 foot one.
Anchor it, and do it the day it goes up. A trampoline is a large light structure with a fabric surface, which is to say a sail. Wind kits and ground stakes cost very little and are the single most skipped accessory in the category. Storms move unanchored trampolines into fences, cars and neighbors’ yards every year.
Treat the net and the spring pad as consumables. Both sit in sunlight all year and degrade well before the frame does, and a split net or a cracked pad is worse than useless because it looks like protection. Check the seams and the pad coverage at the start of every season and replace them when they go, which is roughly every few years rather than every decade.
Budget the assembly, not just the price. A full-size enclosed trampoline is a three to four hour job for two people with the spring tool from the box, and the parts are heavy enough that doing it alone is genuinely difficult. Factor that in before choosing between a delivered box and a retailer that will assemble it, because the price gap is often smaller than the afternoon is worth.
Trampoline questions, answered
The bottom line
If you are buying a trampoline, buying it this week rather than next spring is worth a meaningful amount of money, because the season is ending and nobody wants to store these. Measure the yard first and buy the size that fits with clearance rather than the size you pictured, get the enclosure with it and make sure the net mounts inside the springs, and anchor it the day it goes up. Then keep to one jumper at a time and no flips, which costs nothing and matters more than everything on the box. And read the pediatric guidance above before you order, because it is stronger than most parents realize and you should make this decision knowing it.
