It offers graded challenge.

A net is not conquerable on the first visit.

Progress can be made over months.

That is a property of design, not of height.

Slides and swings are mastered quickly.

Climbing holds attention far longer.

Predictability against demand.

A rigid frame has fixed holds in fixed places.

The route is learned once and repeated.

Rope moves under load and never repeats exactly.

That suits older and more confident children.

Many sites install both for different age zones.

Steel-cored rope is the normal specification.

Strands are laid over a wire core.

A cut or worn cover does not cause structural failure.

Fibre-only rope depends entirely on its covering.

Vandalism then becomes a structural problem.

Ask what the core is before comparing prices.

Yes, and every structure needs it.

Rope slackens noticeably in its first season.

A slack net changes the fall geometry.

Adjusters should be reachable without dismantling.

Ask how tensioning is carried out.

Build it into the maintenance schedule.

It produces the greatest free height of fall.

That figure sets the surfacing specification.

The area needing that surfacing grows too.

The surfacing often exceeds the frame in cost.

Lowering the highest hold changes the band.

Test that before the design is fixed.

Connectors, swages and terminations.

These carry the loads and are fully exposed.

Broken outer strands indicate wear underneath.

Corrosion at fittings is a common finding.

Ground anchors are checked at the same time.

Records are usually required by insurers.

It varies more than any other item.

Low frames with close holds suit young children.

Tall nets suit confident older ones.

Mixing both in one structure rarely works.

Manufacturers state an intended age band.

Match it to the site's actual users.