Inflatable Base Jump From £595 ex VAT. Package prices available.

Manufacturer: Airquee.

The inflatable base jump - sometimes called a stunt jump, a cliff jump or a freefall inflatable - is a tall tower with a platform at the top, a big inflated landing bed below, and a slide curving down the side for anyone who wants the easy way back down. It's the sort of unit that ends up as the main thing on the field.

You climb the internal steps to the platform, step out through the arched opening and drop onto the red air-cushioned landing bag. The fall is only a few metres, but it feels like more when you're standing at the edge looking down. Most people go straight back up for a second go once they've worked out that the landing is soft.

The unit is 11.4 metres long, 6.79 metres wide and 5.1 metres high, in red and blue heavy-duty PVC. It goes up outdoors on flat grass, with clear space all the way round it for anchorage and the blower, and it needs full driveable access for the van because it's too big to carry through a building or down steps. We bring our own anchorage and blower, and we need one standard 13-amp socket within reach of the setup spot.

We run it with one of our own staff on site throughout the hire. They control the queue, check ages and give a quick briefing before each jump, and they watch the wind - if it reaches our 24mph cutoff the unit shuts down until it drops back. We suggest it for ages 10 and up, though it depends on the individual - we've had cautious adults and confident ten-year-olds at the same event, and both got on fine.

Where it tends to go

• School summer fairs and community festivals
• Scout and guide camps and youth group events
• Corporate family days and team-building events
• Village fêtes and charity fundraisers
• Private parties and birthdays where there's the space for it

The kit

• Unit: 11.4m long x 6.79m wide x 5.1m high, red and blue PVC, with extra clearance needed all round
• Blue slide curves down from the platform for anyone who doesn't want to jump
• Sets up outdoors on flat grass only
• One standard 13-amp socket required
• Suggested for ages 10 and up
• Run by one of our own staff throughout the hire
• PIPA-tagged and inspected annually by our in-house RPII inspector

If you're building a bigger activity zone, it sits alongside the rest of our Wipeout Challenge range - the Cross Beam Challenge, The Grand Bounce National, the Boot Camp Assault Course and the Mangle Run are the other pieces in it. The full inflatables hire range has its own page.

Base jump hire across Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex and London

We're a husband-and-wife team running Monster Event Hire from a commercial unit in Havant, and we've been at it since 2002. Everything we send out is ours - no sub-hiring. The team who deliver, set up and run the base jump are our own staff: RPII-examined for operating and supervising, first-aid trained and enhanced-DBS registered. We carry £10 million public liability insurance with additional cover for licensed premises, and the certificate, risk assessments and method statements are available if your venue's paperwork needs them. We cover Hampshire, Surrey, West Sussex and London on our own vehicles.

If you want to check whether it'll fit your site, send us the venue details and we'll tell you straight whether the space works. Ring us on 01428 751925 or use the enquiry form and Joanne will come back to you with a price and the dates we've got free.