43-Inch Saucer Tree Swing for Kids – 360° Rotating Waterproof Nest Hammock Seat, Tree Straps and Swivel Included

Most tree swings only fit one kid. That is the whole problem.

A standard strap swing is a plank the width of one child. So the second child stands underneath it, counting. Then there is a turn timer, then there is an argument, and the swing you bought to keep them outside becomes the thing you are refereeing from the kitchen window.

This one is a round platform, not a plank. It is wide enough that two children get on it at the same time, sit facing each other, and stay there.

And it spins, which is the part they actually came for.

Forty-three inches across, and that number does the work

The seat measures about 43 inches (109 cm) from rim to rim. Picture a round patio table top hanging from your tree. Two primary-school kids fit across it side by side with room left over; one adult can lie back on it with their knees hooked over the edge.

The outer ring is a thick padded rim wrapped in smooth fabric, so there is no hard edge under the backs of their legs. The middle is a flat woven mesh that gives slightly under weight and lets rain and leaf litter fall straight through instead of pooling.

Four braided ropes clip to webbing tabs spaced evenly around the rim and rise to a single point above the seat. That four-point layout is what keeps the platform sitting flat rather than tipping when someone climbs on from one side.

The swivel is why it spins instead of winding up

Where the four ropes meet, they join a metal swivel. Hang a swing without one and every spin twists the rope tighter until it stops, unwinds itself backwards and dumps whoever is on it. That is the failure everyone remembers from a rope-and-tyre swing.

The swivel lets the seat turn a full circle under the rope, in either direction, without the rope twisting at all. So they can spin it as long as they like, and it just keeps turning.

It also means the swing does not have to be pushed in a straight line. Kids sit on it and turn themselves, which is the difference between a swing you push for ten minutes and a swing they use on their own all afternoon.

The hanging kit is in the box. You do not need a second order.

This is the thing that catches people out with tree swings: the swing arrives, and the straps to hang it with are sold separately. The box gets opened, everyone is excited, and then nothing happens for a week.

Everything needed to get this one into a tree ships with it — the seat and its four ropes, two webbing tree straps with wide protective sleeves, a metal swivel, and two locking carabiners.

The straps wrap right around the branch and clip back to themselves. Nothing is screwed, bolted or drilled into the tree, and the wide sleeve spreads the load across the bark rather than cutting a line into it.

You set how high it hangs

The hanging ropes adjust over a wide range — roughly 43 to 91 inches (110 to 231 cm) — so the same swing works under a low garden branch or a high one.

Hang it low for younger children, close enough that they can get on and off by themselves and their feet reach the ground. Let it out longer for older kids who want to really move, or for an adult who wants to lie on it.

You will want a strong, living, roughly horizontal branch with clear space all around the swing's arc — no fence, trunk or wall within reach of a full swing in any direction, including a spin.

It lives outside

The seat is waterproof, so it does not have to come in every time the forecast turns. Rain runs off the padded rim and straight through the open mesh instead of soaking into a pad and sitting there.

After a shower it is a wipe with a cloth, or ten minutes of sun, and it is ready. No cushion to haul indoors, no cover to wrestle on, nothing to go musty in the shed over a wet fortnight.

That matters more than it sounds. A swing that has to be packed away is a swing that mostly stays packed away.

Specifications

What comes in the box