Two little rockets on the ends of a 240 cm (94.5 in) braided cord, painted by hand: silver bodies, orange nose cones, blue and green portholes with yellow rivets, a black band of white stars and soft yellow felt fins.

The handles are turned wood, so they have real weight in the hand and the rope swings with a rhythm a plastic one never finds. The cord is a thick braided rope in red and gold rather than the thin vinyl kind that stings a bare leg. Skipping is still the cheapest cardio a seven year old will ever agree to do, and this is the version that gets picked up because of how it looks.

Floss & Rock make it for ages 5 and up. Their product page for this rope carries an eco panel reading Wood from well managed forests alongside the FSC mark, which is the second picture here. More from the same maker: the Deep Sea memory match game.