The 8 Best Pogo Sticks
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A pogo stick must match the rider's weight. Eight spring, air and foam sticks compared by weight range, age, padding and warranty; the Flybar Master leads. When users buy our independently chosen editorial choices, we may earn commissions to help fund the Wiki.
A pogo stick rated for the wrong weight won't compress or bottoms out, so rider weight comes first. Kids ride them for play and balance, teens and adults use stiffer sticks for tricks, and preschoolers can start on a foam jumper. Springs come enclosed, open, air or foam, air springs can be tuned as a rider grows, and every rider should wear a helmet.
Editor's Notes
October 19, 2026, by Ezvid Wiki Admin:
This list needed fresh stock more than new ideas. The Vurtego V4 Pro, the Flybar Velocity Pro and the ThinkGizmos Aero Advantage are no longer available new, so they're gone. If you came looking for the Velocity, the Flybar Master is the closest current Flybar for older kids and teens.
The Razor Gogo, the Flybar Super Pogo 1505, both Geospace sticks and the Flybar My First Foam stay. So do Flybar's foam sticks, now sold as the Flybar Master and Flybar Maverick. The one new pick is the Vurtego Slingshot, the only air-spring stick we could find sold new, for riders who want big air or a stick they can tune as they grow.
We sorted everything by rider weight first, because a stick rated for the wrong weight either won't compress or bottoms out. With no lab data on pogo sticks, we relied on makers' specs, recall records and a 20-year study of pogo stick injuries. Wear a helmet.
November 26, 2020:
The items on this list still provide a comprehensive overview of the various models on offer, from options designed for young children such as the Geopspace Jumparoo Boing! Jr., to robust versions that are made to aid and withstand big jumps and tricks like the Vurtego V4 Pro, or the Super Pogo 1505. Whether your child is only just beginning to negotiate how to hop, or is a skilled performer of tricks and stunts, we always recommend that full protection is worn in the form of helmets and knee and elbow pads.
We removed the Flybar Propel as it doubled-up on a lot of the same features offered by the Flybar Foam Maverick, a model that's also designed for children aged 5 years and over, weighing between 40 and 80 pounds. In its place, we added the Flybar Foam Master, a popular model for kids over 9 years old that require a little more air from their hops. It also has some good safety features to offer a bit of reassurance to the parents of stunt enthusiasts.
We also swapped the Kidoozie G02404 for the Flybar My First Foam, for although they essentially perform the same function and come in at the similar price points, Flybar have produced a more robust version that's proving far more popular.
December 04, 2019:
Pogo sticks can be a fun way to improve balance, coordination, and burn some extra calories. However, they also have a high potential to cause injury, so it is important that neither you nor your children ever use one without a helmet at the bare minimum, and ideally elbow and knee pads, too.
During this update we eliminated the Flybar 1000 Extreme since it seems to have been discontinued by the manufacturer and we expect people to experience availability issues when trying to purchase it from third-party vendors. We replaced it with another extreme stunt model, the Vurtego V4 Pro, which has actually been used to set nine world records and is capable of an impressive 10-foot bounce. Because you can adjust the amount of pressure in its air spring, you can start off slow and increase your rebound as your skills improve.
Other than that, we still stand by most of last year's recommendations and there were few other changes made to our lineup, except to replace the New Bounce Easy Grip and Fisher-Price Grow-to-Pro. Flybar still dominates the list, which is not surprising considering they have been making pogo sticks since 1915. If you aren't interested in the Vurtego V4 Pro due to its exorbitant price, then the Super Pogo 1505 is your next best option for stunts.
For on-the-go fun, the Razor Gogo is great, since its handlebars and foot pegs both fold up. This makes it easy to slip around some luggage in your car or pack away in a closet when not in use. Since kids enjoy jumping just as much as adults, if not more so, we have included the Kidoozie G02404 for your youngest family members and the Flybar Foam Maverick for the slightly older ones who still need a fully foam-covered model for safety.
Special Honors
Xpogo Xpogo runs a professional extreme pogo stunt team and the Pogopalooza events, and its shop sells sticks built for flips and big air that cost far more than anything on this list. Its lineup includes the steel-spring Reaper and the air-spring Vurtego V4 Pro, which was partly out of stock when we checked. It's the place to look once a rider has outgrown a store-bought stick. xpogo.com
Start With The Rider's Weight
A foam jumper like the Flybar My First Foam is rated for up to 250 pounds, but it only makes small hops.
Every pogo stick has a weight range, and it matters at both ends. A rider who is too light can't compress the spring enough to get a real bounce, and one who is too heavy can bottom out the spring or overload the frame. Age labels are a rough guide; weight is the number to match.
The makers' ranges on this list fall into a few bands: 40 to 80 or 50 to 90 pounds for first sticks, 80 or 90 to 160 pounds for older kids and smaller teens, and 120 to 210 pounds for the Flybar Super Pogo 1505. An air stick such as the Vurtego Slingshot covers 40 to 180 pounds because you change the air pressure instead of the spring. A foam jumper like the Flybar My First Foam is rated for up to 250 pounds, but it only makes small hops.
Leave some headroom. A child at 75 pounds will pass an 80-pound limit soon, so a stick that starts lower and tops out higher may last longer, as long as the rider is inside its range today. Height follows weight: the sticks here run from 36 inches for small kids to 44 inches for bigger ones. The two-handled coil design dates to a 1957 patent, and the basic idea is older still (Wikipedia).
Coil, Air, Bow Or Foam
Most pogo sticks use a steel coil spring. On kids' sticks the coil is enclosed in the frame, and the frame is often wrapped in foam, which keeps fingers away from the spring and softens knocks. Open-coil sticks such as the Flybar Super Pogo 1505 skip the cover and the padding; they're built for heavier riders and tricks.
Air-spring sticks replace the coil with a sealed cylinder you pump up. More pressure means a firmer, higher bounce, so one stick can fit a growing kid or a parent. Vurtego claims jumps of more than 5 feet for its Slingshot. Bow-spring sticks use flexible composite bands instead of a coil; the Geospace Jumparoo Jack Hammer is one, though few owners have reported on it and it needs assembly.
At the far end are extreme sticks built for flips and big air, which let skilled riders clear 10 feet (Wikipedia). They cost several times more than a toy stick and are sold mostly by specialists such as Xpogo, which sells the steel-spring Reaper and the Vurtego V4 Pro. Foam jumpers sit at the other end: a foam base on bungee cords, for preschoolers and indoor play.
Helmets, Hard Ground And A Worn Tip
Pogo sticks injure people, mostly kids. A study of 20 years of U.S. emergency room data found 619 head and neck injury cases from pogo sticks in its national sample. Of those patients, 96.1 percent were under 18, cuts were the most common injury, and 85.9 percent of injuries happened at home. The same study found these injuries fell over the period (Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, via PubMed). A helmet is the minimum; elbow and knee pads and closed shoes help too. Bounce on flat, hard ground with nothing nearby to hit, and keep foam jumpers indoors.
Check the stick before each ride. In 2011 Bravo Sports recalled about 169,000 pogo sticks because the frame tube or a pin could break (CPSC). Later that year it recalled about 159,000 Disney-branded sticks because the rubber tip could wear out and the end caps could come off (CPSC). None of those sticks is on this list, and we found no recalls for any brand here, but the lesson holds: replace a worn rubber tip, tighten loose bolts and store the stick dry.
How we researched this
We compared 21 pogo sticks, including every stick on the previous version of this list, and narrowed them to eight. We used the makers' published specs, mostly from their product listings because several maker sites were offline or blocked, and we checked every brand for recalls with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. We also read a 20-year study of pogo stick injuries. We found no independent lab tests of pogo sticks, we did not analyze owner reviews for this update.
Frequently asked questions
What size pogo stick does an 8-year-old need?
Go by weight, not age. A child under 80 pounds fits a 40-to-80 or 50-to-90-pound stick such as the Flybar Maverick or the Geospace Boing! JR. A heavier child fits an 80-to-160-pound stick such as the Flybar Master. The same rule works for 5- and 10-year-olds.
What is the best pogo stick for adults?
For a spring stick, the Flybar Super Pogo 1505, rated for 120 to 210 pounds. The Vurtego Slingshot air stick goes to 180 pounds and lets you tune the bounce. Most kids' sticks stop at 160 pounds.
What is the safest pogo stick for a beginner?
One rated for the rider's weight, with an enclosed spring and a foam-padded frame, like the Flybar Maverick or the Flybar Master. For preschoolers, a foam jumper such as the Flybar My First Foam has no coil at all. Whatever the stick, wear a helmet.
How do air pogo sticks work?
An air pogo stick uses a sealed cylinder of air as its spring. You fill it with a bike pump. More pressure gives a firmer bounce for heavier riders or higher jumps, so the pressure takes the place of a coil stick's fixed weight range.
How high can a pogo stick jump?
Makers rarely publish figures for coil sticks. Vurtego claims more than 5 feet for its Slingshot air stick, and the extreme sticks used by stunt riders can clear 10 feet. Those are maker claims and expert results, not what a typical rider gets.
What happened to the Flybar Velocity pogo stick?
The Flybar Velocity Pro is no longer sold new. The Flybar Master is the closest current Flybar for older kids and teens.
