Theyre so bad?

[Zelzahim]

Hey, I've want to buy a Pair "Skyjumper", and a guy at the Chat said they were the worst ones you can buy.
Is this realy true, and if its, how bad are they? Do i need to buy new parts very often? Isnt theyre wort the money? is they dangerous?
i need answers!
Sorry if the English is bad, im swedish

  //Zelzahim

[Nero]

firstly is it flyjumper or sky runner?
flyjumper distribute stilts from flying locust i think, so thats all cheap stilts including pro jump as they are made by the same people, i believe they also make runners, which on the newer gen stilts cant be half as bad as everyone says, i started on runners but had to let them die when i found they were old generation stilts and i couldnt get parts for them.
i honestly dont see much difference in the two brands though, if it gets you into the sport then buy them, if you enjoy it and it really interests you then say 6 months down the line you will have learnt all about the stilts and will be able to justify paying more for other brands perhaps.

[Athoul]

Just to clear up any confusion, FlyingLocost and SkyRunners are not made in the same factory 

[Nero]

corrected, who makes runners then?

[webmaster]

SkyRunner are manufactured by Bowei Powerwell...

Pro-Jumps, PoweriZer, PowerStrider, Flyjumper, Speedjumper, AirRunner, Air Trekkers etc etc are all manufatured by HongKong Int'l Amusement Information Limited (They also trade as "hongkong and guangzhou upwing" and "Guangzhou Up-Wing Sport Goods Co.,Ltd" (On the forums people refer to them as flying locust of flyjumper china but these are the brand names not company names)

Both are manufactured in China.

[Zelzahim]

I meaned Skyjumpers

[Athoul]

Can you show us a link so we can identify them as either FlyingLocusts or SkyRunners

[Zelzahim]

On swedish
http://www.hobbex.se/p/pid,3647/t/product.html
and transmited to english(made with WorldLingo,so spelling etc can be wrong.):
http://www.worldlingo.com/S1790.5/translation?wl_srclang=sv&wl_trglang=en&wl_url=http://www.hobbex.se/p/pid,3647/t/product.html

Hope that helped a bit

//Zelzahim

[Athoul]

Skyrunners without a shadow of a doubt

[Zelzahim]

and that means...?

[Zelzahim]

Is they good,normal,bad or very bad?

[darfgarf]

umm most class skyrunners as the lowest of the low, can;'t think of anything worse actually, and i think they're illegal to sell in most patent protected countries like the UK and US, the flying locust stilts(pro-jump, flyjumpers whatever) are better, then above them are risers, 7's and skips, think thats about right, could be wrong though

[Zelzahim]

Okey, buts theyre the best i can afford.
Is they worth the money? or should a Wait untill i get some more money?

[darfgarf]

umm to be honest i can't say, lots of people have got skyrunners and had next to no problems, but others have got them and broken them pretty quickly, so i can't say either way, if i did then you could hold me responsible for you getting injured or something, and i've got enough to deal with without stuff like that.

...you could try looking on ebay for some pro-jumps, though be careful there, i got some second hand PJ's for £90 off ebay, and they're not bad, though the springs were pretty soft...and the feet wore through pretty quick, i dunno, it's worth a try, but there's lots of dodgy sellers on ebay, so be careful if you decide to...how much are skyrunners anyway?

[Zelzahim]

What do you mean with "how much are skyrunners anyway?"?

[Nero]

as someone who has learnt to bock on runners i can say get em, if its runners or nothing get runners, dont listen to all the naysaying from people who majority of the time havent even touched a pair of runners let alone bocked on them.
unfortunatly bad news spreads fast and everyone gets very elite when it comes to runners, i say f**k them people, i just wanna bock and want as many people as possible to join me in this great sport.
so if you can only get hold of, or only afford runners, GET THEM you wont look back

[Athoul]

Agreed!

If its all you can afford then go for it, if you could wait 2 weeks or so and get FlyingLocusts then go for that as it will be a better choice in the long run.

[darfgarf]

^^yep, and by how much are they i ment how much do runners cost...and whats the price difference between them and locusts?

[Athoul]

I was speaking to some guy in the chatroom the other night who bought some "powerskips" aka SkyRunners from ebay for £73 which included delivery

[Nobby]

I was speaking to some guy in the chatroom the other night who bought some "powerskips" aka SkyRunners from ebay for £73 which included delivery

You really are barking up the wrong tree....

http://www.ukgooddeals.com/pp/Jumping%5FStilts/PowerSkip%2DStilts/PowerSkip%2DPro%2DJumping%2DStilts.html

At £750:00 GBP Powerskips ain't Skyrunners.....

-Nobby

[darfgarf]

think he means someone bought what they thought were skips, as skyrunners are advertised as all sorts of things these days

...and at about £75 for a pair i'd save and get pro-jumps or whatever, unless of course nothing else is available

[Athoul]

I was speaking to some guy in the chatroom the other night who bought some "powerskips" aka SkyRunners from ebay for £73 which included delivery

You really are barking up the wrong tree....

http://www.ukgooddeals.com/pp/Jumping%5FStilts/PowerSkip%2DStilts/PowerSkip%2DPro%2DJumping%2DStilts.html

At £750:00 GBP Powerskips ain't Skyrunners.....

-Nobby

LOL!

SkyRunners often put the brand name of PowerSkips on their stilts, and the guy in the chatroom was soooo sure that he had got Powerskips, but i eventually managed to explain that they were SkyRunners even though it said Powerskips on the box they came in.

[Nobby]

We're trying to help someone out here remember? Let's not confuse the issue in hand eh?

[Nobby]

as someone who has learnt to bock on runners i can say get em, if its runners or nothing get runners, dont listen to all the naysaying from people who majority of the time havent even touched a pair of runners let alone bocked on them.
unfortunatly bad news spreads fast and everyone gets very elite when it comes to runners, i say f**k them people, i just wanna bock and want as many people as possible to join me in this great sport.
so if you can only get hold of, or only afford runners, GET THEM you wont look back

I agree..."You can't always get what you want,but if you try sometimes,you might find, you get what you need"....
(Rolling Stones)
-Nobby

[Spud]

It is good to get as many people on bocks as possible so if it all you really really can afford then get them but for me tryiong to sell them as something better than what they are puts a little warning flag up for me. There is something defo no legit going on but besides that with qualitly from what I have read and heard you can get some very good pairs of skyrunners and all the same some uite shabby ones.

There is something funny about skyrunners. If I were going to get some stilts and they were all I could afford I would look at a few more sources than what is on these forums because people here are qiute oppinionated about there fave stilts. Its probably better too find out some facts but with skyrunners it is hard to get any defintative information. Another warning light for me but what i am saying is make an educated decision.