Must have two people to assemble. Take your time and follow the instructions closely. Have twin boys... and they love it. It has created a whole new world for them to play on and dream under. Throw a big blanket over it and it becomes a fort or igloo. Also, they are getting stronger and more coordinated through their play. It's great!

Well designed. Sturdy. Good price. HOWEVER, the directions need to be redone. All the pieces are marked well but the directions and order of assembly are confusing. The directions say 2 people are needed to assemble it. Yes, or maybe 3 or 4. But remember to pray for wisdom as you proceed and even though I'm a 116 # 73 year old lady I put it together by myself, using lawn chairs etc. to help me brace it as I went along. It really is a good bargain and the grandkids love it!

I bought this for my 5-year old and toddler sons. My older son has always been tentative when climbing on structures at parks. We live in a rural area, and he doesn't get much park time or much climbing practice. This climbing dome has helped him gain confidence and coordination at his own pace, without other kids crowding him, and without him feeling self-conscious about being cautious. He can climb to the top, and if it starts to feel precarious, he just hangs down from his arms and falls 8"-12" safely to the ground, landing on his feet. My toddler likes to duck in and out of the bars and go inside the structure. It has been a fun piece and a nice companion item to their Lifetime swing set. With both products I purchased, I copied assembly tips from the reviewers into a document, and gave it to my handy woman to help with assembly. For the climbing dome, she followed the alternate assembly advice from one of the reviewers, and built the main dome in about 2 hours by herself with my son handing her tools (and me helping her lift one part, just one time). Attaching the black hand holds took about another hour. My play ground equipment was the first she ever assembled, and she said it was fairly easy. So far, this is a nice, solid piece of playground equipment. My oldest son is 4' tall and weighs 58 pounds, so I was worried that the joints would start to loosen with extended play, but so far, so good! Both boys really enjoy it.

It looks bigger in the picture than it actually is I bought it for my grandchilds 6th birthday and she likes it OK but I could have gotten her something much better for the price. It was easy to put together and it would be really fun for a 3 or 4 yr old.So bottom line is it's great for a 3 or 4 yr old. Not big enough for all of the kids that they show in the picture. It is pretty sturdy and not hard to put together. So far it looks like it will hold up well however we have only had it a month and it has not been used much. Summer is here and the kids will be using it more so we will find out then. It does add a more "kids playground" look to my backyard and I'm fine with that.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] My kids love climbing on this dome! The paint has held up over years of sun, rain and snow. Strong enough for adults, too! Hand holds are helpful for climbing. Well built, expecting continued years of entertainment.

We just received it and my husband just finished putting it together. The instructions are not very good, but it is well worth the money and is good quality. Our grandchildren had a fit over it. One star taken away for the instructions. Four thumbs up!!!!

By Worlds Greatest Mom from Minnesota on 5/27/2009 Bottom Line:Yes, I would recommend this to a friend. My 2 children LOVE the dome and play on it everyday. It is very sturdy, directions were easy to follow and my kids like having something that no one else has. I will buy from the company again!

Ordered this for my twins 5th birthday. It arrived when expected, thought I did pay the $5 for it to arrive a week early instead of the free shipping. FedEx delivered it in good condition. Took me about 3-4 hours to put it together, but it should have taken a lot less time. I consider myself very good at putting things like this together. Most things I buy where the reviews say it's hard to assemble I tend to plow right through without issue. This was an exception. It's very well made, and the quality of the product is not the issue, but rather the directions. I think the person who wrote them might have very little experience in writing directions. They are very unclear in that they want you to assemble five different assemblies in the first step, but don't make it clear at all. So you assemble one assembly and then move on to the next few steps but don't realize it (because they only show a picture of 1/3 of the product) until you get a few pages along. Then you realize you have to go back, disassemble what you spent the last 45 min assembling, and assemble the other four assemblies and then continue where you left off. Other than the directions being written by a child, it's a great product. Order it, just beware of this in the first step and you should be good.

We purchased this item a couple of weeks before Christmas. After the first of the year, I spent 2 hours putting the dome together. The instructions were easy to understand. (They were simple drawings.) Two of my grand kids, ages 4 & 5 years old, came over the next day and climbed all over the dome. They had a blast and can't wait to come back over. The dome had extra parts in case anything might have been missing. Everything was there. We would buy this item all over again!

Ordered this item for my granddaughters in another state. Item arrived as promised and my son had no problem picking it up. It has not been assembled yet due to the snow, but the girls are excited and can hardly wait. It was great being able to order this item from California and having my son pick it up in Colorado.