The Beam Store 8-Foot Suede Balance Beam for Gymnastics and Exercise

Sara Slattery: Great quality!!! My daughter loves it!

Canada on Dec 04, 2017

Amazon Customer: The beam is nice & heavy, covered with what appears to be quality suede-like fabric. Arrived as promised, in perfect condition, well packaged. However, my 10 year old gymnast needs the longer version in order to practice walk overs and cartwheels (she is tall), so we are returning this one for the exact same product in the 12 ft version. Costly return shipping, so if debating between the 8 ft & 12 ft, go with the longer one, if your gymnast has any height on her.

United States on Jan 03, 2017

Michelle Samson Swain: I was very impressed with such quick delivery before Christmas.My daughter will love it!!Thank you!

Canada on Dec 08, 2016

Amazon Customer: My girls absolutely love it, They had something else picked out but this product was much better quality and a better price. Couldn't be happier.

Canada on Jun 15, 2016

Maga loves her grand kids !: I am a former Physical Education teacher with a gymnastics obsessed nine year old granddaughter. This was her Easter gift this year. What a hit! High quality 8 foot beam, easy to put the legs on, and has a great surface covering and the purple color is perfect! My granddaughter immediately taught herself to door a cartwheel on it. He only suggestion I would make is to add some foam covering to pad the metal legs. This is getting heavy use and is staying like new. It led my granddaughter to try out for the Junior Olympic program, I. Which she was put in level 9 of 10 thanks to all of the practice she puts in at home!!! She is the youngest in her advanced class. Amazon, and this company has a variety of quality gymnastics equipment. I recommend it highly

United States on May 05, 2016

Amazon Customer: Very pleased with the beam! My girls were thrilled with their birthday present, and especially thrilled that it came in their favourite colour! :)

Canada on Mar 09, 2016

Warren Gauchier : Got it for my daughter for Christmas, it arrived when it said it would, and she loves it. Great product.

Canada on Jan 29, 2016

rebeccarebecca: I never thought I would order a balance beam for my child... I always assumed it was more of a luxury item...meaning way too expensive. But the I saw this.. $160 for an 8ft beam. We decided to get it as a bday gift. It wasn't available for prime shipping in 2 days, but I didn't have to pay for shipping either. I thought it would be a few weeks before we got it, but it arrived the same week the order was made.
It arrived neatly packaged and assembly was a breeze.. there are 2 legs, each one has 2 screws holding it in, and that's all there is to it.
It's in our living room..I thought space might be a concern but the beam is so lightweight that my 4 yr old can maneuver it on her own quite easily.
My daughter spends hours every day playing on it...walking back and forth, forwards, backwards, dips... I use it too actually. I'm a yoga instructor and I find myself using it during my own home practice.
We aren't experts on the beam or anything close, but it's definitely helped our balance, core strength and focus. On top of that it's fun, it's challenging and keeps the little one busy for hours :)
If it's in your budget to do so, I would highly recommend...

United States on Nov 28, 2015

Befragt: This balance beam is, to my inexperienced eye, just as good as any I've seen in a gymnasium. My daughters have been taking gymnastics for a while now, and this high-quality beam has been great and allowed them to progress quickly. My son even enjoys it - the kids make up games and use it all the time!

The beam itself is very solid, consisting of a durable tan suede covering over a padded beam (e.g., the beam is not too hard). It comes disassembled, but all you need to do to assemble it is bolt the two legs on. The assembly is durable - I have no fear about the legs breaking off, and the screws are large. Once assembled, the beam is fully stable - no fears about it tipping, that's for sure.

As far as the price is concerned, for $180 bucks or so, this seems like a great deal. One recommendation - shipping could be kind of expensive, but it's free if you're a Prime member, so it's worth considering signing up for Prime simply because the free shipping would effectively reduce the cost of your prime membership so much.

United States on Oct 10, 2012

Dhanashri: I recently purchased this beam to help my daughter practice her routine at home. Overall, the product provides a very solid mechanism for practicing/finessing the routine.

Pros:

1. Can practice most of the pieces of the routine (as long as you have to stay above the beam).
2. Compact length allows easy storage.

Cons:

1. Compact length requires you to break the routine into smaller pieces.
2. Low profile makes it hard (impossible?) to practice pieces such as "dismount".
3. My daughter keeps saying that the suede has a very different feel from the real competition beam.

Of course, I knew con #1 and #2 before purchasing the beam.

United States on Mar 06, 2012