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 bought this climbing dome several years ago. We have 16 grandchildren, and they are tough on stuff. We put this out on the riverbank by our fishing pond. The girls use it to play house, and boys build a fort. It can be covered with blankets for a reading station. My son-in-law and his boys weaved sticks and reeds into the sections and made a hut. There's room for several children to play at once. After 4 years out in blizzards and 110+ heat...it looks exactly like it did when we put it up. And putting it up was easy.

Took half aday to put together by 1 person doing most of the work. Would of been fatser with the 2 of us. The kids seem to like it so far. Hard for my 4 uear old to climb but up to 8 love it so far. A bit smaller than the one we had as kids but maybe its just because im an adult now so it looks smaller

We were missing 2 climbing rocks from this dome we bought secondhand. I contacted customer service and they are sending me the 2 missing rocks for free. This is such amazing customer service. They were prompt in response to my email and to boot sending product for free. I am so grateful and I will be sure to look at other potential products!

We have had the dome climber for several years and my son loves it. Recently, a branch fell on it during a bad storm so I contacted the company requesting a replacement strut to replace the broken one. They sent it free of charge. That’s good customer service!

if you are looking for a back yard play item for your kids, this is the best. Forget the swing set and slide. They are so limiting age wise and get boring!!! 3 years to about 12 years old will love this piece. They climb, sit on top of, play inside of (you can put a sheet over it and make a cave or club house. I had one at my state licensed daycare center years ago and saw first hand how great a toy it was So, when I recently needed to get something for my grand children, ages 1, 2.5 and 4, I knew this was what to get. I was correct. the two older children started climbing at once. The 1 year old would hold on to the lower bar and "hang". Cousins visited, ages 8 and 11 and they were all over it. Putting it together is the hard part. Takes 2 people and about 2-3 hours. Worth it! The free shipping to your door step can't be beat. You can easily mover it to mow under it. Seriously, the best piece of equipment ever!!

My husband and I spent about two hours one Saturday afternoon assembling the dome climber with little trouble. We found what worked best for us was to lay everything out the way it would be assembled before actually attaching everything. Our only complaint was for the instructions to have a little more detail rather than just a few words and two large pictures. Once it was assembled, we tightened all the joint pieces for my added piece of mind. Moving it from our driveway to the backyard wasn't that difficult either so I don't feel you have to assemble exactly where you plan on your kids climbing. We had talked about purchases some anchors to keep it in place in case of high winds, but we have yet to do so.

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!

The kids love to play on this. The intersection hand holds make it very safe and easy for them to use. It's a great addition to our playground for the grandkids. The quality is terrific. We purchased the A-Frame playground and Airplane teeter totter because they will last a "lifetime".

Bought this a year and a half ago for my at the time 10 year old son. set up was a pain, but in the end, a quality product. It has withstood baseball size hail, with no chips, rain, and high winds, snow,ect. Color stayed amazing, no chips, rust,dents, nothing. It stood its ground at 75+ mph winds, on unleveled ground.