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!

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.

The climbing dome is fantastic and definitely suitable for the backyard. Big enough to accommodate many kids and not too big to create an obscene eyesore in your backyard. It was relatively easy to put together. The instructions were good and easy to follow. It took me 3.5 hours but that was because I attempted most of it by myself - not a great idea. You do need an extra set of hands to put this together and keep your sanity at the same time. I bought this for my son for his 5th birthday and he absolutely loves it. So do 10 other kids from the neighborhood - ranging from ages 2 to 10. They climb on it, in it, over it, through it, around it and love just hanging out eating their popsicles under the dome. Also - i bought it "site to store" and it came in many days earlier than estimated.

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.

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.

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!

This thing is solid and sturdy, and a lot bigger than I thought it would be. Had about 6 kids on it ranging in ages from 4-10 and it held up with no problems whatsoever. Putting it together was a bit of a hassle, took my wife and I a couple hours, but nothing too bad. Overall a very high quality product and the kids love it.

My husband put this together by himself and it was time consuming but not difficult. We both really like the hand grips positioned at the intersections of the bars, it makes climbing so much easier for our 7 and 3 year old granddaughters. It's not so high as to be frightening when smaller children get to the top. Our "girls" love it as do we so total thumbs up from us!

We just purchased the Lifetime Dome Climber for our son's 5th birthday. We got it shipped for free, never thinking there might be a picture on the box. It turned into an early birthday present when he saw the box on the porch. He couldn't wait for Dad to finish assembling it. Assembly was very straight forward. The product is solid and well made. Our boy was sad that he couldn't climb on the inside ...just not strong enough yet...but he will build upper body strength playing on the dome and will be able to climb up on the inside in no time. We play ball with it and I am sure we will find many other uses for it. Our 2 year old is not tall enough to use it yet; but he enjoys crawling under and playing inside the dome - when his brother is not on top.

This thing looks cool and is built to last. It feels like playground quality equipment. Very sturdy, I have my 2 boys and their 2 cousin monkeying around on this constantly. only time we’ve had an issue was when I decided to try it out. I’m 420lbs. I bent 1 piece, Lifetime sent me a free replacement no questions asked. I will continue to buy products from lifetime.