Best Trampoline Anchors (2026): Auger-and-Strap Kits vs Straight Wind Stakes, Ranked

Why a trampoline needs anchoring

A 15 ft trampoline is a 15 ft sail with a net on top. CPSC's guidance places the trampoline away from structures and trees for the jumper's sake; the anchor kit is for the frame's sake, so a gust does not lift it into the fence, the neighbor's car or the child standing next to it. Several makers now ship stakes because of that: Zupapa, Jumpzylla and ORCC include them, ACON's 16 HD includes two, and Jumpflex, Skywalker, Springfree, AlleyOOP and ACON's rounds sell them separately. The method, surface by surface, is on how to anchor a trampoline.

How we scored these

The anchor rubric on how we rate: holding design 30% (auger or spiral 12 in or longer scores high; straight stakes lower), fit range 20%, material and corrosion resistance 20%, instructions and completeness 15%, warranty 15%, all from the maker's page. The honest summary of this category is that trampoline makers publish very little: ACON prints its method and count, Skywalker its stake length, material, fit and warranty, and Jumpflex and Springfree describe their kits without a single dimension. Nothing on this page scored above 6.8, and that is the makers' doing.

Auger-and-strap vs straight stake

A U-shaped wind stake is driven over the leg's base tube with a mallet; it resists a straight lift as far as its length and the soil allow, and comes out the way it went in. A spiral or auger stake screws into the ground and resists pull-out with the whole thread; a strap then runs from the auger over the frame leg, so the frame is held down rather than merely pinned. ACON, Jumpflex and Springfree sell the second kind; Skywalker the first. In sandy or soft soil the auger is the only one of the two that holds, which is why it earns the higher holding-design score even from makers that do not print its length. Concrete, pavers and artificial turf are a separate problem: anchor a trampoline on concrete.

Which trampolines ship anchors

As published on each maker's pages, September 22, 2026.

Who should skip all of these

Owners of a Zupapa, Jumpzylla or ORCC already have stakes, though an open windy site may still want a strap kit on top. Anyone on concrete or pavers needs a different method entirely. And anyone shopping for the whole trampoline should read best trampolines with the table above beside it, because the anchoring score is 20% of every trampoline's rank.