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Binding: Sports
Brand: Lifetime
EAN: 0081483015293
Item Dimensions: 1500520030003000
Label: Lifetime
Manufacturer: Lifetime
Model: 1529
Publisher: Lifetime
Studio: Lifetime
Features:- Portable, height-adjustable basketball goal system
- 50-inch shatterproof polycarbonate backboard
- 27-gallon portable base
- Slam-It rim with spring-back action
- Powder-coated rust-resistant finish
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Product Description:
The Lifetime 1529 Adjustable Portable Basketball Hoop with 50 Inch Shatter Guard Fusion Backboard is perfect for recreational home use. The Lifetime 1529 portable basketball system features a 50 inch shatter guard fusion backboard, Slam-It basketball rim and a 27 gallon base. The basketball system also features a Speed Shift adjustment system which allows you to easily adjust the basketball goal from 8 - 10 feet. Simply squeeze the handle and the counter balance springs help to raise or lower the basketball hoop height so that players of any age can the game at their level.
Product Description:
Lifetime 1529 Portable Basketball Goal System features a large 50-inch Shatter Guard fusion backboard that is made of Makrolon polycarbonate, making it virtually unbreakable and many times stronger than acrylic. The black hammertone steel, three piece, three inch round quick-adjust pole system allows you to lower the rim height from eight to ten feet in six inch increments. Players of any age or skill can enjoy the game at their level. The orange Slam-It rim features double compression springs that provide spring-back action. This system is built for competitive play with welded-steel net hooks and an all-weather nylon net. And the 27-gallon portable base fills easily with water or sand to provide a stable foundation, and rolls easily on its own wheels to your desired location.
Portable basketball systems depend on a base filled with sand or water for stability. Although it will take up more space than an in-ground system, the portable base rolls on wheels, allowing players to position the basketball system in the desired location (and also allowing storage in a garage). Simply assemble, fill the base and play today. There is no fussing with concrete.
What's in the Box?
50-inch polycarbonate backboard with rim, 3.5-inch round pole, nylon basketball net, 27-gallon portable base
Manufacturer's Warranty
Five-year limited warranty
Average Rating: 
Rating: -
I just set it up so I cannot speak yet to its durability. I like its size and stability and it is a good system.
HOWEVER, please be prepared to invest some time assembling this. I enlisted the help of a mechanic and it still required 4 hours and both of us to assemble. You will need a good set of tools, mainly socket wrenches of the right size and someone strong to set the pole into the base with the basketball hoop attached.
Rating:  -
I bought this sytem couple of weeks ago. It looks cheap when it arrived, especially the plastic base. I re-enforced with some iron rod. Still, two weeks after its erection. it was blown down by a gust of wind. The base folded. I live in Philly, it is not a high wind area.
My advise will be: Don't buy Lifetime. Period.
Their product looks nice on Amazon. They are actually cheaply designed.
They should first reenforce their base with better quality plastics. They also need to enforce the boards better and specify how much wind could it stand. If they tell me they system can not stand 50mph wind, I will never buy it.
I was misled by hte reviews. I am wondering, how many people really bought the system and it is still standing?
Worst of all, they don't cover it at all if it is action of Nature...
My advise is don't buy, don't buy, don't buy... Double think it if you want buy something like this on-line.
It could be worse, if the board fall to the other direction, it could have smashed my car.
Rating:  -
This system is very sylish and easy to use (the height adjustment). It took some time to put together and at times the instructions took a second or third glance. Luckily some of the diagrams for the hardware is drawn in "atcual size" so it makes it easier to match up. I had all the tools required already in my toolbox. Being a portable, it is very sturdy when the weight is added. The backboard shake was more than I expected. It is, however, much better than the portable Huffy system that I previously owned (no height adjustment). The Huffy backboard was so dead you would almost have to throw the ball at the backboard to bank it in. This was better, but don't expect to hit a Tim Duncan style banker with ease. This isn't a big deal though as IT IS a portable. Another issue is that the top pole slides out after a brick is shot (when it goes hard off the front of the rim). The top pole slides up a little making the hoop lean forward. It cannot come off becasue of a screw, but because there is a slot instead of a hole there is some movement. This was after following intructions and pounding it in. It also only comes loose with those types of shots only and not when dunking at 8 feet. This could be just mine and I have to pull it down every once in a while -- its not that big of a deal to me but could be for others. I remember having simlar problems of pole movement with the Huffy too. Some of the poles arrived with minor scratches on it. You also need a lot of patience putting in sand instead of water. It may take a while, but it's the same with all portables if you want to fill it up completely. Other than that it plays really well for a recreational system. I gave it 5 stars based on a cost-benefit type theory. There are more expensive systems out there that probably have more solid backboards (I've seen some in the stores at more than double the price). Free shipping to Hawaii also sweetened the deal. It's perfect for shooting around or for a casual one-on-one or two-on-two game. It's one of the better "driveway" portables that I've played on. As a backyard or driveway hoop it is a winner. If you want to use it for a more uptempo or competitive game you should head to the park or gym that have solid backboards for your Duncan-like bankers and Kobe double clutch off-the-glass scoop shots.
Rating: -
This took about three hours for a reasonably competent male to put together. The instructions are better than many I have dealt with, but there are confusing parts. The hardest part was the spring mechanism. Unless you have good upper body strength it will take two people to assemble.
The hoop is affordable at around 200 bucks and is generally sturdy. There is a bit of wobble. All in all, a good hoop for younger players. Changing heights is really easy. The backboard size is large for hoops in this price range.
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I was concerned about quality because this was $50 cheaper than a similar basketball hoop by the same manufacturer at a local store. However, all the parts were first rate, assembly was pretty easy - took about 3 hours. It was good to have a helper as there was a constant switching of wrenches for each step, and getting some of the pieces together took some force - definitely a two person job! Easy to adjust the height. Free shipping was great - it came to my door rather than having to get it home from the store.
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