BERG PlayBase Hammock
The accessory nobody expects on a climbing frame, and the one adults end up using most.
It clicks onto the frame like everything else, holds 100kg, and turns the corner of the garden with the climbing frame in it into somewhere you'd actually sit.
Large frame only — see below.
Specification
Max user weight
100kg
User age
3+ years
Colour
White
Weight
4kg
Frame space needed
8 PlayBase bars
Fits
PlayBase Large only
Warranty
2 years
CE marked
Yes
Why the Large frame only
It's a span question rather than a strength one. BERG rates the hammock at eight PlayBase bars — against two for a swing seat and three for a nest swing.
A hammock has to hang between two points far enough apart for someone to lie flat, so it takes up most of the frame. The Large is the one it's designed around.
If a hammock is part of what you're picturing, it decides your frame size. That's worth knowing before you order a Medium.
Not sure what you have, or whether it'll fit alongside what's already up? Send us a photo of the frame and we'll tell you.
What it's for
Everything else on a PlayBase is active. This is the opposite, and it changes who uses the frame.
Adults use it. Usually with a book, usually alone, usually while the children are on the other end of the frame. It's the reason a climbing frame stops being children's equipment and becomes part of the garden.
Teenagers use it. Around twelve or thirteen, children stop swinging and start lying about. A hammock is the accessory that keeps a PlayBase relevant through that.
And younger children use it as a den, a boat, or somewhere to read. Rarely as a hammock.
Practical notes
100kg — comfortably an adult, or two children.
White, rather than the grey of most PlayBase accessories. It shows dirt more than grey would, so it's worth bringing in over winter — though it doesn't have to come in.
Clicks on and off in a couple of minutes, so it can come down when you want the frame back
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