S.R. Smith Residential Challenge Pool Basketball Game (BASK-CH)
The skip: pro hardware, wrong channel — A dual-post deck-anchored pool basketball game on a 304 stainless frame with a regulation rim, from a maker that sells through pool professionals. On Amazon it comes from a third-party store at about $1,600.
Specs
| Mount | Deck anchors, dual post — 12 in setback to the anchor centre |
| Frame | 304 stainless steel, 1.90 in OD, 0.065 in wall |
| Rim | Regulation 18 in |
| Includes | Rim, net, ball, needle, plastic anchors and escutcheons (listing) |
| Removable | Yes, with optional anchor caps |
| Model | BASK-CH |
| Owner rating | 4.0★ / 31 |
| Warranty | 3 years per the Amazon listing; no S.R. Smith term found |
| Base (filled) | None — anchored in the deck |
Pros
- Commercial-maker hardware: a 304 stainless frame and a regulation rim
- Deck-anchored, so it cannot tip or drift
Cons
- Sold on Amazon by a third-party store, while S.R. Smith says its games are 'available through a variety of pool professionals' — the warranty path from that seller is unclear
- About $1,600, more than twice the Dunn-Rite deck hoop
- Owners call it flimsier than the S.R. Smith model it replaced, and one had aluminium welds fail
- Needs cored concrete-deck anchors and bonding, a contractor job
Build and value: owners call it less sturdy than the S.R. Smith model before it, one had welds fail on two units, and earlier buyers received no net. A 2026 owner praises the delivery and says assembly took three adults.
5 critical of 31 · critical reviews read October 2026
FAQ
Who is the S.R. Smith Residential Challenge Pool Basketball Game (BASK-CH) for?
Your pool builder is already coring the deck and quotes S.R. Smith through their own channel — on Amazon, 4.0★ across 31 from a third-party seller is a lot of money for an unclear warranty path.
What do owners say about the S.R. Smith Residential Challenge Pool Basketball Game (BASK-CH)?
4.0★ across 31 owner ratings (Amazon, read Oct 2026 · early data). What owners complain about: Build and value: owners call it less sturdy than the S.R. Smith model before it, one had welds fail on two units, and earlier buyers received no net. A 2026 owner praises the delivery and says assembly took three adults.
What is the warranty on the S.R. Smith Residential Challenge Pool Basketball Game (BASK-CH)?
3 years per the Amazon listing; no S.R. Smith term found
Does the S.R. Smith Residential Challenge Pool Basketball Game (BASK-CH) come with a manufacturer warranty?
S.R. Smith publishes no warranty document anywhere we can find, so there is no manufacturer term to hold them to beyond the listing itself and the marketplace's own returns window. Nobody can check what does not exist — that is the finding rather than a gap in our research.
Warranty — and what changes if you buy it on Amazon
3 years per the Amazon listing; no S.R. Smith term found · you are buying this on Amazon
S.R. Smith publishes no warranty document anywhere we can find. There is no term to hold them to beyond the listing itself and the marketplace’s own returns window. Nobody can check what does not exist — that is the finding, not a gap in our research.
✓ Safety: no active recall — No CPSC recall for an S.R. Smith pool basketball game (full recall feed since 2005 scanned 2026-10-02). S.R. Smith's two recalls in that window are Helix pool slides (2017) and pool lifts (2015).
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Data last verified: Oct 2026. Ratings are real, dated reads — never scraped or invented. Full methodology and monetization disclosure: how we test.