There's one swing set accessory you could barely consider as an accessory despite the fact that it is often placed in that category. This piece of playground equipment is actually considered fundamental for the very concept of the swing set because of its modern day track record.
The structure I am raving about here is the slide, quite possibly the best known companion to the backyard swings, thanks to a lot of variations and fresh incarnations. Whether it's a freestanding framework next to the swings, or if it is linked directly on the actual frame, a slide kind of feels essential for the whole philosophy one would associate with any type of playground equipment.
Improved comfort and usability
Remember all those ancient metal structures with swings on them, together with the tall slide that occasionally was so hot during the summer sunshine? Or perhaps your playground included a version of those spiraling metal slides which included a tower that contained a mysterious curving staircase internally.
The majority of grown persons seem to have exceptionally fond memories of their nearby playground slides. Consequently it is perfectly logical that, even with the whole set of other modifications in swing sets (and they are numerous), companies have hung on to the slide and for the most part only improved it to make it more secure. As opposed to executing the unspeakable act of getting rid of it altogether.
After all - a few things are almost too sacred to mess with.
Generally speaking however, the days of the old metal slide seem to be well over. The amazing wooden swing sets that are all the rage today almost universally attach tough resin or plastic slides to their frames, and even among the metal units you'll rarely ever find out the slide is made in metal also. Kettler, a German brand, delivers a small metal slide as a swing set accessory for a few of their swing sets, yet even that has a resin platform and base.
Not so easy to fall of this "log"
Even the shapes of the newer slides have seen significant modifications, compared to the traditional models within the playground and in residential swing sets. A kid will have to work really hard to slide off (in an accidental direction) from the plastic slides with their rounded surfaces. Children certainly don't find the slides either as scorching or frosty as the older editions were in different conditions either.
A slide is one swing set accessory that has accompanied the swings themselves through all the variations that these sets have been through, still it has at all times retained its biggest attribute - the pure enjoyment of using it.
And that is sort of the point of a toy, wouldn't you say?