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High Striker Hire

Hire from £295.

High Striker Hire - The Test Your Strength Classic

The High Striker is the traditional fairground test-your-strength game - the tall tower with "Test Your Strength" painted down it, a giant mallet at the bottom and a bell at the top. You swing the hammer down onto the pad, that drives a puck up the numbered track from 10 to 100, and if you catch it right the puck reaches the top and rings the bell.

It's the original mechanical version, sometimes called a strength tester, a strongman game, a Hi-Striker or simply "test your strength". There's nothing electronic in it, so it doesn't need mains power or a generator, which is why it works as happily on grass at a summer fete as it does indoors on a stand. If you're after the arcade unit with the LED tower and digital scoring instead, that's our Ultimate High Striker.

The difficulty adjusts from full-strength all the way down to an easy setting for younger players, so a child can ring the bell on one setting and it'll still test the adults on another. We stock more than one, so we can run a pair side by side for a head-to-head if you've the space.

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Red high striker tower set up outdoors at a marina alongside deckchairs, giant Connect 4 and giant Jenga

How it works

It's all mechanical. A lever runs through the base of the tower - the puck sits on one end attached to the track, and the pad you hit with the mallet is on the other. Swing the mallet down hard and the lever flicks the puck up the inside of the tower, past the numbered scale and toward the bell at the top. The number the puck reaches is your score, and ringing the bell is the one everybody's actually after.

Because direction is fixed by the track, the only thing that matters is how hard and how cleanly you hit the pad, which is harder than it looks once there's a queue watching. People rarely stop at one go. It pulls a crowd at a distance too, since a tall tower with a bell at the top is visible across a field or a hall in a way a tabletop game isn't.

Where the High Striker works

  • Universities and Freshers Fairs

  • Summer Balls and Student Unions

  • Team Building and Corporate Fun Days

  • Exhibition Stands and Trade Shows

  • Fetes, Fun Days and Carnivals

  • Weddings and Garden Parties

On a stand and at corporate events

The tower stands about 10ft tall on a 4ft square base, so it draws people in from across a hall without taking up much floor. We've set it up on exhibition stands - including alongside an IT trade-show stand for Softcat and Mimecast - as well as at summer balls, freshers fairs and company fun days. It gives your team a reason for someone to stop, have a go and stick around long enough for a conversation.

It runs well next to a leaderboard if you want to keep scores across a day, and it sits naturally in a row of side stalls for a full fairground feel. Wet & Forget hired it for a work event and said: "High striker was a brilliant game to get everyone in the competitive mood and get everyone laughing together (and at each other)."

White high striker on a corporate exhibition stand in front of a Softcat and Mimecast branded backdrop

  • Tower Height

    10ft (3m)

  • Footprint

    4ft x 4ft

  • Scale

    10 to 100

  • Goal

    Ring the bell

  • Power

    None needed

  • Insurance

    £5M PLI

Size

Floor Space Height
Unit Size: 4ft x 4ft 10ft
Required Space: 6ft x 6ft 10ft

Equipment size: 1.0m wide x 1.0m deep x 3.0m high. Operation area: 2.0m wide x 3.0m deep x 3.0m high.

It needs about 3m of headroom, so for an indoor booking a sports hall or a room with a high ceiling suits it better than a standard function room.

Suitability

  • Indoors on Artificial Grass
  • Indoors on Hard Surface
  • Outdoors on Grass
  • Outdoors on Hard Surface

Suitable for adults and children, with the difficulty adjusted to suit.

Why not add?

  • A leaderboard to keep scores across the day
  • Staff to run the game and prizes
  • Other side stalls for a fuller fairground row

What's included

  • Delivery, setup and collection by our own team in our own vehicles
  • Operational briefing for your event or stand staff
  • Telephone support throughout your event
  • £5 million public liability insurance as standard
  • Risk assessments and method statements emailed to you or your venue before the event
  • Optional staffing, leaderboards and prizes if you'd like the game run for you

Delivery charges and minimum order values may apply depending on hire duration and location. Putting several items on one delivery brings the per-item cost down, so contact us for a quote.

Delivery to your event

We've been hiring out event games since 1999, and we own and maintain the High Striker in our 25,000 sq ft warehouse in Rotherham rather than sourcing it in - so it arrives on our own vehicles, looked after by the people who run it. We're five minutes from the A1, M1 and M18, which puts most of the country within reach. South and West Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, the East Midlands and the North East are all straightforward, and we deliver regularly to London, Birmingham and major exhibition venues including NEC Birmingham, ExCeL London and Manchester Central. If you're building a carnival games or interactive games package, one delivery can cover the lot.

Common Questions

Does the High Striker need power?

No. This is the traditional mechanical striker - the hammer drives a puck up the tower on a lever, so there's nothing to plug in and no generator needed. That's why it works on grass in the middle of a field as easily as it does on a stand.

How tall is it, and will it fit indoors?

The tower stands about 10ft (3m) high on a 4ft square base. It fits indoors as long as there's roughly 3m of headroom, so a sports hall or a room with a high ceiling is fine - a standard function room ceiling usually isn't.

Can children play it?

Yes. The difficulty adjusts from a full-strength setting down to an easy one, so younger players can ring the bell on the lighter setting while it still tests the adults on a harder one.

What's the difference between this and the Ultimate High Striker?

This is the traditional mechanical version with the painted 10-100 scale and a real bell at the top, from £295, with no power needed. The Ultimate High Striker is the arcade unit - a 3.4m LED tower with digital scoring that runs off a 13A socket, from £795.

Here's the High Striker in action, and for more of our hires take a look at our YouTube channel.

Gallery

  • Close-up of the tower top showing the puck near the 100 mark and the yellow 50-to-100 scale

  • Red striker on grass with a white picket fence and a vintage VW camper at a garden event

  • Red striker at a marina alongside deckchairs, giant Connect 4, giant Jenga and a snakes and ladders mat

  • White striker on a corporate exhibition stand by the Softcat and Mimecast branded backdrop

  • White striker on grass beside a red-and-white striped carnival stall

  • Two white striker towers with red bases and the giant mallet in our warehouse

Related Products

This is the traditional mechanical High Striker - if you want the LED arcade version with digital scoring, that's the Ultimate High Striker. The side stalls and skill games below sit naturally alongside it for a fuller fairground row. For a wider carnival games package, contact us and we'll suggest a mix to suit your space.

Hire the High Striker

Send through your dates, venue and rough audience size and we'll come back with a quote. Want the High Striker as the centrepiece of a wider fun-fair package, or a pair set up for a head-to-head? Mention it in your message and we'll suggest some options.

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