Problems with Fly Jumpers

[Phillz]

ok so i bought these low budget things just to try this new thing (jumping stilts ofc) but i've had them for like 2-3 weeks now and already after the 4 first days the feet got worn down but me and my friend got that fixed thanks to all you're sweet tut's on here 

Now i've encountered a new problem though, and that is the bearings. The're made of plastic on these cheap stilts of course so we noticed that hey got worn easily, the springs started to vibrate each time we jumped, and even walked with them, also making clicking noises.

So then I discovered that the top plastic bearings got worn down like i said above, so I exchanged them with metal ones that my friend made for me. Now here's the problem, the vertical support bar has been worn because it's made of aliminium and the bearings i used so even if i put new plastic bearings on will it still make clicking noises as well as making the spring vibrate.

Now, how will i solve this problem? Any suggestions?

[Dome]

lol,
i think there have been enough warnings about flyjumpers, so if you ignored them, don't wonder now. Buy some decent pairs of stilts is the only suggestion I would give you.....

Have fun, jump high, says Dome

[XarnuSonci]

well did you get any sort of warranty on them, cause if you did, just contact the seller and they should give you new ones, if not, sounds like your frame is hosed so you're gonna have to replace at least that part of the frame

[Phillz]

Yea i've been thinking about it getting some ball bearings for them, sounds like an idea? Or should i just try to sell them and get myself a decent pair of stilts?

[Sprog]

See if your seller will give you the vertical support bar free on warranty, if not buy one if they'll let you. Or make your own if you can get the right kit.
Otherwise they're pretty much buggered, you'll need a new pair

lol,
i think there have been enough warnings about flyjumpers, so if you ignored them, don't wonder now. Buy some decent pairs of stilts is the only suggestion I would give you.....

Rather than just being a dick and calling the guy an idiot, perhaps post something helpful Dome?
Jump high, shut the hell up says sprog.

[Phillz]

See if your seller will give you the vertical support bar free on warranty, if not buy one if they'll let you. Or make your own if you can get the right kit.
Otherwise they're pretty much buggered, you'll need a new pair

lol,
i think there have been enough warnings about flyjumpers, so if you ignored them, don't wonder now. Buy some decent pairs of stilts is the only suggestion I would give you.....

Rather than just being a dick and calling the guy an idiot, perhaps post something helpful Dome?
Jump high, shut the hell up says sprog.

We'll see what www.coolstuff.se will say about it, i think it will be expensiver to replace all the damned parts of these budget stilts :p

Thanks for the advice everyone, even if some has a strange sence of humor

It's all good, Phillz

[Dome]

Hi Sprog,
1. talking about idiots has been your choice of words and not mines!
2. As I wrote there are so much warnings about the Flyjumpers,skyrunners, etc., that i can't feel any pitty with people who're ignoring them.
3. I do love that sport and to support company's like skyrunners is bad for our sport.

So I don't feel sorry in any kind to be a dick, if people find out after buy, why there are that much warnings about them on several forums. Further more I know what it means to have no money, I even lived under a bridge once in my yought. But even by living under a bridge, I wouldn't have bought me some cheapo crap, seen I don't like that mentality of rip offs and useless polution. Claiming to have no money but  to go then and spend the cash for something that can be thrown on the garbage short after been bought..... Sorry but this doesn't make any sense to me, seen that less cash i have, more I would take care about how to spend it. So to get something decent is in fact the only valid suggestion in my eyes, or do you consider it as smart to spend more and more money for something that isn't worth to spend more cash in it?!

Yes I might have been rude, but i do consider it as rude as well, to support that buy cheap crap mentality which is turning it more and more against us. So I have no troubles to be rude as well to the supporters of that mentality. Producers doe produce what is asked most, if cheap cheap cheap is the most asked , so cheap cheap will be made. But cheap cheap doesn't go together with quality, so the idea of quality is disapearing more and more and personlly I'm damned pissed of about that.

Have fun, jump high, says Dome

[Mr Frank]

I don't think Flyjumpers are Skyrunners...  I'm pretty sure they're Flying Locust.

[XarnuSonci]

Yea i've been thinking about it getting some ball bearings for them, sounds like an idea? Or should i just try to sell them and get myself a decent pair of stilts?

ball bearings are a bad idea, they can't take the impact of bocking.

[Phillz]

Thanks for your support everyone!

As i wrote above is this thread about Fly Jumpers which i didn't put much research on like i did with Skyrunners, I don't really take things offensive either or care if people have some attitudes towards others.
We're all human and we all make misstakes. I didn't ignore anything  really since I didn't put my research on the Flyjumpers. I once thought that Fly Jumpers we're different from Skyrunners but in the end are they both cheap and low budget.
The origional thought was to buy knee cuffs and new springs IF i wanted to continue using stilts, which i do. So i aimed to get something cheaper but with acceptable parts which were the frames in this case.

After i bought these stilts did i find out that Skatehut had them for a similliar price. So I thought that the greater difference were the springs.
http://www.skatehut.co.uk/acatalog/Adult_Powerisers_2008__199.95_.html
£199.95 (2419 sek)

I bought mine here for around 2000 sek
http://www.coolstuff.se/p1110/FlyJumper.html

that's only 500 sek that differs between the two pricetags so there wasn't a greater differense there.

I should have done more research, i guess you can be a "dick" and call me ignorant 

Don't make a big deal out of this and let's focus on the subject


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Yea i've been thinking about it getting some ball bearings for them, sounds like an idea? Or should i just try to sell them and get myself a decent pair of stilts?

ball bearings are a bad idea, they can't take the impact of bocking.

Ah that's too bad, i guess that wraps it up. I'll be shopping for new parts or simply sell these things and buy those powerisers

[Dome]

Hi Phillz,
My posting hasn’t been directed specially against you, nothing less I do think well done for it’s face, if someone is bored after bought cheapo crap.
Why I feel considered about, I can give you an example:
Some time ago we had all over Switzerland shops with De Walt tools, that have been of real great quality, for a reasonable price. Then a label called Eheim pushed out the De Walt tools of almost each shop within Switzerland. Now all the shops are offering this Eheim tools which are cheaper than cheap, but made out of the most miserable quality. And De Walt tools are still of decent, but not anymore of that excellent quality they have been once.
The same kind of story is happening with almost everything made on this planet and there comes the point of why I do feel concerned about. Things that are happening actually only can happens due to the fact, that more and more people are fixed just on the price, by loosing the quality aspects completely out of sight.
I might be a dick if people who bought cheap crap are asking for help afterwards. But nothing less you did well to not felt attacked about my words, that have been written more for all the cheapo buyers, than specially for you.
Further more there is not one single label, that I do consider as real good made. All of them get their pro’s and contra’s, but most of them are just cheapo crap. I do dislike 7’s for absolute personal reasons that have nothing to do with the stilts. But I rather like to see someone buying the 7’s, than to go for crap. So Go for PoweriSer or 7’s and you would get at least something decent.
And talking about the plastic bearings: Powerskip which are still considered as the best stilts, they also get plastic bearings. But their plastic is specially made for such goals and of another quality, then the one of the flyjumpers, skyrunners and other cheap brands.
But my suggestion to not spend anymore cash on something that isn't worth to do so has been absolutely serios. Go for Poweriser or go for 7's, both of them have their pro's and contra's, but with both of them it's possible to get lots of fun without beeing permanently pissed off or deceived. With no bad feelings:

Have fun, jump high, says Dome

[GladHippo]

i did the same, i bought a pair of fly jumpers because they were cheap so i didnt need to worry if i didnt like them but i have had no problems, maybe you have a dodgy pair? but like dome said if you like the sport then invest in a desent pair, there is fair few brands out there, take your pick.

[Mr Frank]

Are Flyjumpers Flying Locust or Skyrunner?  Now I'm not sure...  Somebody who knows for sure what they are please tell us!

Easy diagnosis: Are the frames colored or are they bare aluminum?  If they are colored, they are Skyrunners.  If they are bare, they are probably Flying Locust, which seems to have gotten better than they used to be but aren't wonderful.

And did you really mean that the springs were vibrating or did you just mean they were shaking?  I've never heard of springs truly vibrating, although there is often some shaking on any cheap model.  Don't feel stupid if you meant shaking, because English has a famously huge vocabulary and it can be very easy for non-native speakers to say the wrong thing.  Lawyer love English because everything can be reinterpreted and twisted around to mean something completely different from what it appears to or was supposed to mean.  Vibrating is moving side to side constantly like the strings of a guitar, and shaking would be more like a random motion in the frame every time you jump.  My springs are a little shaky, but they have been the same way ever since a week or two after I got them.  The joints get a little loose very quickly, but take a very long time to get very loose.  You may not actually need new parts.  I have Powerisers and the hooves (foot pads) can move about 4mm from side to side.  They are almost as good as new.

[Sprog]

Are Flyjumpers Flying Locust or Skyrunner?  Now I'm not sure...  Somebody who knows for sure what they are please tell us!

FlyingLocust.

And did you really mean that the springs were vibrating or did you just mean they were shaking?  I've never heard of springs truly vibrating, although there is often some shaking on any cheap model.

The springs on my 7's vibrate because the plastic roller has worn down. You can clearly see it in slow motion videos.

[Kiola]

Are Flyjumpers Flying Locust or Skyrunner?  Now I'm not sure...  Somebody who knows for sure what they are please tell us!

FlyingLocust.

UNLESS there is someone who is selling Skyrunners under the name 'Flyjumper' / 'FlyingJumper'

I know this makes everything confusing .. but Skyrunner factory put whatever name you want on your batch.. even seen skyrunners branded 'PowerSkip' lately

And did you really mean that the springs were vibrating or did you just mean they were shaking?  I've never heard of springs truly vibrating, although there is often some shaking on any cheap model.

The springs on my 7's vibrate because the plastic roller has worn down. You can clearly see it in slow motion videos.

You need to replace them Ash asap.. else you could start to ware the frame metal down.!