My Dad is a metal fabricator who built my first goal. He built it so stout that it would never bend or break. His company builds parts for John Deere and Caterpillar, so you'd better believe he knows the true meaning of heavy duty. So when it came time for me to buy a goal for my kids, I wouldn't settle for the store brand goals that are in the driveways of all the other homes on my street. My research led me to believe that MegaSlam was the only goal for me. It had the best specs on the market all for a price that was cheaper than the lesser competition. Also, with all stainless hardware coming standard, I knew that this was going to be built to last.

My confirmation first came through watching the poor delivery guy unloading the shipment. That guy handles heavy stuff all day, and he had trouble figuring out how to get it off of the truck. I wish I would have recorded it! When it came time to assemble the goal, my Dad was in town to help. He was blown away by how stout MegaSlam builds their products. We went with the 60" model, which was extremely easy to assemble, with the exception of the weight. Make sure you have plenty of strong people for lifting the backboard into place. It took four for us to do it safely, and we do this kind of stuff all the time.

So here's the scoop: Every little kid on the street with a basketball hoop wants to come down to our place to dunk, because their name brand hoops only go down to 7 1/2 feet. The ability to lower ours down to 5' is a game changer for the littles. As for the bigs, I weigh 240 lbs and was dunking and hanging on the rim, and the goal barely budged. I couldn't believe it! This was a great purchase. I'd be surprised if I don't see at least 5 more families on my street with MegaSlam goals out front in the near future.

System is great. Durable and easy for the kids to adjust the height. Top notch customer service too. I expect family fun for years to come.

First off, this thing is a beast. The delivery guy had a hard time getting it off the truck and into my garage. He definitely needed my help or he wouldn't have been able to do it. The two pallets together must have weighed at least 600 pounds.

I considered installing this myself but made the wise decision to hire a couple of guys to do it for me. The hole for the concrete needed to be 18"x18"x48". It took these guys about 2 hours to dig but I think would have taken me all weekend. When they came back to put the hoop up they had four guys and even then it looked like a lot of effort. It didn't look like it was difficult to install, just required some muscles. There aren't a lot of pieces and the installers didn't need the instructions, it was very easy to understand how it all went together.

The quality of this hoop is amazing. The steel for the pole and the arms is thick. I don't see how this thing could be damaged unless you really tried. This thick steel means the hoop has almost no wobble when playing. I am by no means a small guy and I have dunked on it quite a few times already and held onto the rim. This thing could probably be dunked on by someone twice my size.

I would recommend this hoop to anyone interested in putting up a hoop in their driveway. It's more affordable than most others and uses better material. Don't plan on putting it up yourself unless you're up for backbreaking work and unless you have another person to help with digging and pouring the concrete and 3 extra guys when putting the hoop up. It cost me $400 to have it professionally installed and that was a good investment.