Our kids have been climbing on the dome for over five years. It's super sturdy and lends itself to lots of imaginative play, or just a place to hang out on, or in. A storm recently brought a gigantic tree limb on it, and only two bars were bent. Replacing them were easy thanks to excellent customer service.

It took a while to assemble and the directions were not great. You definitely want two people to assemble. The finished product is sturdy and the grandkids love it! Actually took up more room than we envisioned so if you have a small space be cautious.

We moved to a new location, and I had to disassemble our dome prior to moving so we could pack it and bring it with us. It's only a couple years old so I didn't want to leave it with the old house. In the process, I stripped a couple of the bolts and many of the nuts were pretty rusty. I contacted Lifetime to ask after what size bolts and nuts I should get as replacements or if they offered replacements. I was shipped a full set of nuts, bolts, and washers at no charge. In these days of supply shortages and relative high cost of doing business, that's just dang impressive. The kids love the dome. It's back up and in service at our new house and primed to go what seems like a few decades.

Looks great and my grandkids love it. A little difficult to assemble, but the instructions clearly say two people needed and I assembled it by myself. Personally I like the earth tone colors better than the red and blue model and it was quite a bit cheaper.

It didn’t take that long to put together. I got it for my grand kids for Christmas and my son put it together outside in 30 degree weather two days before Christmas!It came earlier than expected and everything was right there in the box! It’s bigger than I thought it would be and my 3 year old and 5 year old grandkids love being outside summer, fall, winter,and spring and it will get a lot of use! It’s quite high in the middle and they have had to work up their skills to go to the top! We love it!

The Lifetime Climbing Dome is a quality made product that will last for many years, and the kids LOVE IT! We accidentally threw away the climbing handles. Customer Service was very quick in shipping out replacements to us. I will definitely purchase a Lifetime product again and recommend to my friends.

it is well made, but directions were difficult for these 2 over-60 year olds. Our son had to take over. Each piece has to be placed in order in each section and each section must be connected to the next section exactly right and the directions were confusing. The 4 year old loves it and the 2 1/2 year old loves climbing into it.

This dome was the perfect addition to our yard. Our son gets tons of hours on it climbing and hanging upside down. It did take 3 of us to put together but it wasn’t difficult. It’s sturdy and heavy enough to stay in place, but not too heavy to move in order to mow.

We are now the yard in the neighborhood that all the kids want to come to. They love hanging and climbing and the product is very well made! I was worried my four year old wouldn't be able to use it, but already he's hanging on it all the time. My seven year old is climbing to the top -- which has helped his balance and confidence and is building up his muscles! I put 75% of it together by myself, then had help on the final stages - but not stressful at all. I thought it was a little pricey, but I know feel like we will get our monies-worth in the years to come!

My age rate would be More like 4-10. The three year old would have to be an older LARGE sized one. I bought this for daycare and there are a couple of things I would change. first is the height of the first level going around. It's high for 3's and smaller 4 years olds. They so badly want to get on the first level and its frustrating to them. Second it would have been nice to have one or two open or square areas. I have some kids that are trying to flip on the first level bar and they find it difficult because the interfernece of the triangle hits their shoulders. Since all my kids are under 6, I really don't want them climbing on the top. We've put a tarp on top for a little shade. Works really well. This was NOT an easy thing to put together. One person would be miserable, with to it was manageable, but still a long time. The directions could have been written a little more clearly.