Lifetime 52-Inch In-Ground Basketball Hoop 71281 Polycarbonate Backboard

This basketball hoop is great for players of all ages and abilities. The height is easy to adjust. Installation is not trivial because it needs to be cemented into the ground but the backboard and rim are top notch.

Bought for Grandchildren for Christmas. Very nice.

Bought these item 2 months ago. Waited for a while for someone to help me with dig a hole and install basketball goal. Very strong and support basketball pole. Liked the padded on the pole. Great basketball goal for basketball season for girls in the fall/winter.

I have to say I'm pretty impressed with the quality of this product and the instructions. Requires patience and about a week of true labor. I started out doing this myself and im a 43 yr old nurse who refuses to pay for someone else to put it together. . My son had been bugging for the past year for a new hoop. We had been using those junky sand bottom ones for forever. I had been looking at Dunhams and various other basketball retails and they were all a ripoff and not to mention the additional $500 cost for installation. No thanks! I decided to check lifetimes website and was surprised to see the cost free delivery and that it was made in the USA. We got the product in a timely manner. Because we live in Michigan we did have to double how deep our hole was due to frost lines. That was 42 inches which was a pain because it gets so deep u can't continue digging with decent strength and the length of the shovel is the whole hole size. We made due and it was "about" the right depth. We did use a post hole digger. What they dont tell you is the amount of bricks and concrete change due to being a frost state and you have to figure it out by trial and error. I won't lie the hole digging and quick concrete was the worst part. It was my 13 yr old teenagers job to dig the hole and he did eventually need mine and my husband's help. We ended up using about 7 bags of quick concrete and mixed each bag individually in a wheel barrow. Overall it is a great product and my boys love it!

The powerlift system is amazing. My kids can raise and lower the hoop with ease. No poles needed no super-human upper body strength required to change the height.

This review is mostly about customer service but the basketball hoop system deserves a few words of praise: it is sturdy well-built and has a smooth mechanism allowing easy changes in height. It helped keep our grandson sane during the pandemic. Unfortunately the hoop's pole was damaged by a delivery van which struck it and then simply took off without a word from the driver about the mishap. When I called to order replacement parts the customer service rep upon hearing about how the damage occurred took it upon herself to offer us the replacement parts at no cost other than shipping. Way to go! That's what I call customer service. I am now a Lifetime customer for life.

Bought a few months ago and had storm damage this weekend. New pole on its way. Thank you so much!!

We installed this In-ground basketball net and it works great. It took about 4 hours to assemble and install. Its really easy to adjust the height. We set the pole 9" from the concrete per the instructions and the backboard overhangs the edge of the concrete by 8". I wish I would have set it further back but not a big deal. It did come with a protective pole cover