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It takes a fair amount of space, but doesn’t heat up our boiled family competition like a good game of garden badminton. We like this net because it is relatively durable, but as always, the racket and birdie that comes with it remains a little to be desired. Flip your own racket and some better ones that will hit if you’re serious.

This also comes with volleyball, making it easy to transition between games. You can find cheap nets, but this middle tier range is the level recommended for playing quite frequently. Cheap nets can break very easily during intense gameplay.