BS EN 71-8:2018

What is this BS EN 71‑8 - Safety of activity toys for domestic use about?  

BS EN 71 discusses the safety of toys. BS EN 71‑8 is the eighth part of the BS EN 71 multi-series that focuses on the safety of activity toys for domestic use. BS EN 71‑8 specifies requirements and test methods for activity toys for domestic use often attached to or incorporating a crossbeam, and similar toys intended for children under 14 years to play on or in and often intended to bear the mass of one or more children.  

BS EN 71‑8 specifies requirements for: 

• Separately sold accessories for and components of activity toys 
• Separately sold swing elements that are ready for use on or in combination with an activity toy 
• Construction packages for activity toys including components used to build activity toys according to a scheduled building instruction 

Note: BS EN 71‑8 excludes: 

• Playground equipment intended for public use dealt with in the EN 1176 series 
• Bow-mounted rocking activity toys such as rocking horses and similar toys, which are covered by specific requirements in EN 71-1 
• Toy pools with a maximum depth of water over 400 mm measured, between the overflow level and the deepest point within the pool 
• Pools with maximum depth of water over 400 mm measured, between the overflow level and the deepest point within the pool, without play elements covered e.g., by the EN 16582 series or EN 16927 
• Trampolines for domestic use dealt with in EN 71-14 
• Inflatable activity toys (except paddling pools) 

Who is BS EN 71‑8 - Safety of activity toys for domestic use for? 

BS EN 71‑8 on the safety of activity toys for domestic use is useful for sporting goods manufacturers. Specific users of BS EN 71-8 are as follows: 

• Product designers 
• Quality control executives  
• Safety inspection officers   
• Regulating authorities 

Why should you use BS EN 71‑8- Safety of activity toys for domestic use?  

BS EN 71‑8 provides requirements and test methods for activity toys for domestic use often attached to or incorporating a crossbeam. BS EN 71‑8 discusses assembly, static strength, maximum height, corners and edges, protruding parts, the diameter of ropes and other means of suspension, water accumulation, barriers, handrails and ladders, and similar means of access to activity toys, barriers and handrails preventing a child from falling down, ladders and similar means of access to activity toys, entrapment of head and neck, entrapment of clothing and hair, entrapment of feet, entrapment of fingers, stability of activity toys other than slides, swings, and activity toys with crossbeams, and see-saw. BS EN 71‑8 helps you to manufacture safe activity toys for domestic use.