Backyard Discovery Skyfort II Cedar Swing Set/PlaySet

I bought this a few weeks ago and received it in a little over a week, ahead of the estimated delivery time by over ten days. We started unpacking everything (four big boxes) last week and then built this thing over the weekend. It took every bit of sixteen hours for two able-bodied adults to assemble, but it was not that difficult overall considering its finished size. The "chalet" in the top is big enough for me to stand in and I'm 6' 5" (2m) tall! The set is amazingly solid and looks incredibly impressive when coming around the corner to my back yard. The kids (three of them, ages three to seven) were busting at the seams to play on it today after school and play they did! This could easily keep six or more children occupied, which is great because we have lots of friends and family who also have multiple kids. Incredibly satisfied with this purchase. Easily buildable by adults if you have a good drill, necessary bits and some rudimentary framing knowledge (i.e. the 6-8-10 rule) to keep it square. Top it off with a level and shovel to get the landscape right and this is a project whose investment will pay off over and over for years to come! Buy it, build it and you too will stand back amazed at the most awesome kid's play set ever...I want to be a kid again!

This play set is an excellent value for the price. My kids love playing on it, as well as all of the other neighborhood kids! It did not take long to receive the play set. My one MAJOR complaint about this purchase - I paid the extra amount to have it installed. That was a nightmare! The manufacturer of the play set uses a contract company to build it. I got an appointment time for a Monday between 8 am-12 pm. The installers didn't call me until Monday afternoon at 3:00 pm to tell me they would be at my house at 5:00 pm! They worked on it until 8:30 pm. They told me they would be back the next day (Tuesday) to finish it in the afternoon. They didn't arrive until 7:30 pm on Tuesday night and their supervisor called to tell me they would finish that night. He insisted that they were professionals and could complete it in the dark! I told him that I didn't want them working in the dark because this was something my kids would be playing on and I didn't want any mistakes made. So they worked on it until 8:30 pm. During this time, I called the corporate office of the manufacturer to complain and they said that the installers would be back the next day (Wednesday) around 3:00 to finish it. I got a call at 8:30 am the next morning from the installers saying that "their scheduled cleared up" and they would be here to finish the play set that morning. They worked on it all day again until 8:30 pm and pretty much completed it. There was an issue with ladder because one of the boards wasn't included in the box. The installers told me they had informed their supervisor about the missing board and that the supervisor would call the order in to have the missing board shipped to me. Then they would be back to install it. About a week passed by and I still had not heard from the manufacturer about the replacement board, so I called. They had my play set listed as being completed and had no idea about the missing board. They even looked at the pictures that were taken of the play set by the installers and could clearly see that the ladder was missing and the play set was not completed. They quickly sent the replacement board and fixtures and had someone different come out to repair it (per my request). And now the play set is complete and my kids are happy. Bottom line - do not pay the extra amount to Sam's Club to have it installed. Find your own company/person/handy man to do it.