Lifetime Storage Sheds vs. Other Vinyl or Resin Shed

We get a lot of questions from customers about how Lifetime Sheds stack up against other plastic or vinyl sheds. This is a particularly important to understand when one is considering a shed that will greatly enhance the longevity of the unit when compared with traditional wood sheds. It seems the best way to illustrate the difference is to explain the materials Lifetime Products uses in their construction. In particular, Lifetime uses what is called High Density Polyethylene Plastic (HDPE). This material has the longevity of plastics in general, but is more flexible than vinyl. This is not to say that Lifetime Sheds are weak in the least as the walls and roofing are all steel reinforced, along with the roof, which has all steel trusses.

The reason Lifetime went to this material was to allow it to hold up better to day to day use and potential accidents. When talking to Lifetime Products about this material in particular, we discussed a test, though not entirely scientific, that was performed on HDPE and vinyl. The test consisted of people pitching baseballs as fast as they could against both of these materials. What they found was HDPE tended to absorb the impact of the baseball, never breaking it, and the vinyl tended to shatter due to its inherent rigidity. This test has plenty of application for day to day use with your shed. For instance, if the kids are out playing with a baseball, rocks, or any other hard object around the shed, it is likely if they were accidentally hit the shed, chances are you will not be replacing a wall. Or, if during your use you are storing something that is particularly hard to move around inside and were to hit the wall, chances are you will just have to maneuver it again instead of putting a hole through the wall. In general, these sheds are going to hold up better overall when compared to other vinyl and resin sheds.