Safety

What rain physically does to an inflatable, why wet vinyl is a real hazard, and why any thunder means shutting down immediately.

Grass is usually the best surface for a bounce house, but concrete, turf and dirt each work under the right conditions. Here is the honest comparison.

What a bounce house attendant or supervising adult actually does minute to minute, from sorting riders by size to making the weather call.

Wind is the hazard behind most serious bounce house incidents. Here is how to find the limit for a specific unit and read a forecast properly.

There is no single cutoff temperature. Here is how heat, sun and surface temperature actually work in a bounce house, and how to keep kids safe.

Yes, a bounce house can go on concrete, as long as every anchor point carries real weight and a tarp protects the vinyl underneath.

Capacity is about combined weight and body size, not one fixed number, and mixing big kids with little ones causes most injuries.

How inflatables are staked into grass or held with weights on hard surfaces, and how to tell whether your setup was anchored properly.

The handful of rules that prevent almost every inflatable injury, from grouping kids by size to knowing when wind means everyone gets out.