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.

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Lifetime Products is a leader in the basketball and table and chair industries. One thing that differentiates Lifetime Products from the rest of the basketball hoop industry is there large selection. Within their Lifetime Portable Basketball Hoop selection, they have a large variety of systems to choose from. These include children's basketball hoops all the way up to 54 inch backboard power lift systems extending up to 10 ft. high. The range of basketball systems from Lifetime Products that are inground are even more diverse. They have units as small as a 3 inch diameter 3 piece pole with a 42 inch backboard, to a full sized 6x6 inch post with a 72 inch glass backboard system. Whatever you are looking for in these systems you will likely find it. Lifetime Products also offers a 5 year warranty on most systems, and a limited lifetime warranty on their Mammoth Basketball Hoops.

In the table and chair category, Lifetime Products gets the nod for innovation and quality for a low price. Lifetime Products folding chairs are among the best their are. When comparing their contoured seating design with a padded seating, which is the design for most cases, the countour seat is far more comfortable than the padded seat. Both their folding chairs and folding tables are made from polyethylene plastic, which will not fade, crack or peel in the sunlight makes these products great for indoor and outdoor use. This material is also very easy to clean. The the only thing they have found so far that is difficult to get off this plastic is paint; other than that, no problem. Both the chairs and tables have a steel reinforced frame making them very sturdy and while Lifetime Products doesn't publish any weight limits on their products, we have seen some pretty heavy things on both the folding tables and folding chairs and not fold under the pressure.

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