Origin Story / Compare Smaller vs. Larger Bounce Houses

This business all started when my wife wanted a bounce house for our daughters 2nd birthday, after a couple calls we were shocked by the prices quoted, we didn't need anything big or fancy considering all the kids coming would be at most in elementary school, nor did we need one all day long the party was only for a couple hours. After discussion, research, and planning we decided to buy a couple smaller commercial units to fill this niche - smaller units cost less, which allowed us to charge less and to add even more price flexibility we decided to offer 2, 3, 5 or 8hr rentals vs. the standard 4 or 8 hour rates/timeframes (at that time) for parents that were in our exact situation. Note, some things have changed since this was written: 1) insurance for this business has went up ~600% 2) Most competitors now have 6hr minimums (0-6hrs same price); with those 2 things in mind we've removed the 2 and 3hr options so 0-5hrs is the same price point and are still competitive price wise in the area. We've also added larger units as they are more popular, but will continue to keep some more toddler oriented ones available as well. Our small combos are still generally more affordable then renting "just a bounce house" (e.g. 13x13 moon bounce) from somewhere else.

Summary between commercial models: You'll notice all 3 commercial units hold +/- the same weight, the main difference is the size of the bounce area (13x13 vs 10x10) and the large inflatables are 2' (Magic Combo 13) and 6.5' (Castle Combo) taller allowing larger sized/older users to use them more comfortably. If the party is for 5 kids ages 4-6 the fun factor between a 10x10 and 13x13 is probably going to be the same. The main reasons for going with a larger bounce house is to accommodate more users at once and to accommodate larger users (teenagers and adults) in those cases a larger unit is the way to go. (PS: we've added larger units to our inventory to accommodate all ages as of Spring 2015)

Summary between residential and commercial models: The difference between the residential model and commercial models is significant, although the Little Tikes model has a 9x9 bounce area vs the10x10 bounce area in our smaller commercial unit, it only holds up to 3 users (vs 6 users) and 250lbs total (vs 800lbs) this is primarily due to it's design (different materials, weaker blower, etc.) limiting it's capacity. If an adult sat on or got in a residential unit it would most likely start collapsing/loosing air (and may damage it), which doesn't happen with average sized adults in a commercial grade units.