If you browse the Internet you will find many nice images and "manufacturers" of Zorbing products. Unfortunately images can easily be manipulated and some of the statements like "carefully hand-built in Europe" are simply not true.
Dangerous products:
We have thoroughly been testing cheap copy products. The results show that such copies are NOT appropriate for downhill use - and often not even for simple flat ground Zorbing. Strings and harnesses break, rope holders detach from the sphere resulting in sudden deflation of the ball that may lead to serious injury or death of the riders. The British Health & Safety already closed down dangerous sites. Please be very careful!
At any case, if you intend to purchase a Zorbing product we highly suggest to compare thoroughly and check out products yourself before you purchase via the Internet.
We will be happy to demonstrate our products personally and explain technical details to you.
And here is what Heini Zurbuchen, owner of the Alpine Center, Interlaken, Switzerland (www.alpincenter.ch) wrote us:
Hallo Downhill Revolution-Team,
Der neue Ball ist wirklich der erste Ball der funktioniert!
Herzlichen Dank!
Freundliche Grüsse
Heini Zurbuchen
For the majority of non-german speaking people in the world, this means: "The new ball is really the first ball that works! Thank you very much!"
Emails like this encourage us to strictly keep our philosophy of highest quality and service.