My boy's - 3 and 7 - love this climber! It's the perfect size and can comfortably accommodate several kids. This is a great alternative or addition to any traditional swing set. It did take my husband nearly 3 hours to put together so keep that in mind but overall assembly was fairly easy. Like other people have mentioned, we did not tighten the final bolts until everything was put together.

Warning: You may not love your kids enough to assemble this thing. Mine is going to be returned, so I suppose I don't. Full disclosure: I do love my kids. But after several attempts to get this thing together, I'm throwing in the towel. My main problems are with the cheap quality of the pieces (the thinner parts bend quite easily) and the abysmal way the pieces are labeled with their part numbers. The build quality was way cheaper than I expected from a Lifetime product. With two people trying to assemble the unit, the spans bent very, very easily near the points where they are secured together. This problem was exacerbated after disassembling the unit several times, because... The stickers with the part numbers for the spans are placed right where the spans rub together when you're assembling the unit. The stickers very quickly rub off, so that you can no longer read the part number. This makes it impossible to reassemble the unit, because there are at least two different part types that are completely indistinguishable from one another, so they cannot be identified without the part number. And so, we gave up. We own quite a few Lifetime products (tables, chairs, Wiggle Racers, an Airplane Teeter Totter, etc.), and we've never been this dissatisfied.

We love this product. We really wanted one that was welded steel, but there didn't seem to be anything on the market place. We bought this instead and are very happy. We have a 3 year old and 6 year old. The spacing is a little more advanced than we thought, but its great they have something to grow into. Also, they become more adept at it every day. We will see how it holds up over time, we've only had it a week. But for now we are very pleased, especially considering the price.

Recommend for ages 5 on up. My 3 year old is very motor skill smart but it’s just too large for him and so he doesn’t get the enjoyment out 5 year old and his friends up through 8/9 even get. Took 2 people at times to put it together and between 3-5 hours. Very happy with it.

This is a bit big for our 2 and 4 year olds, but they will grow into it. It’s easy to move for mowing and very sturdy. I don’t know why people were complaining about assembly. Read all of the directions first and have someone around to help with the last part of assembly. We had it up in about an hour.

Second dome climber for our family. I built both of them by my 5-foot-3 buck-25 self. Set aside a couple hours, watch the YouTube tutorial, read the instructions. You will be satisfied with this climber. Worth every penny. We have a parachute that we put over the top to turn it into a shady fort on sunny days. Brightens up the backyard a ton.

The product came as it was described with the normal amount of shipping damage on the box but everything inside was protected. Putting this together took me about two hours doing it alone. If you do have a second person it is suggested especially when it comes to assembling the sections into the final Dome. However if you do not just make sure to have some four or five foot two by fours to help you prop up the parts while you assemble them. After you get a couple sections together and connect those sections it seems to hold itself up without much issue and a lot of your time will go towards stacking the bars in the proper order. The kids love it too and it is sturdy enough to hold an adult but I wouldn't jump up and down on it. I will try to update this after some time passes to let everyone know how it handles with the weather. I live in Kansas so I don't have a whole lot of salt to deal with but it will be sitting in an area that is exposed to consistent moisture from shade in the area. I think this product is currently worth its money and the children will definitely enjoy it.

Very strong and sturdy. I highly recommend this one. Not hard to assemble, but not so easy lol. The bolts that it comes with (small ones) are a pain to use so get yourself the same ones just a tad bit longer (1/2 inch). It really makes the assembly easy.

I bought the Climbing Dome for my grandchildren in the UK and after I assembled it I noticed one of the climbing handles had arrived broken. I contacted Lifetime and they are sending a replacement part from the US. Thank you to Adam in Customer Service who dealt with my issue promptly and efficiently. As for the Dome, I used the video and instructions together to build it, it takes longer than an hour to build and make sure you don't get the bars mixed up (I learnt the hard way with 3 of them!) It is very sturdy and the children (7 & 5yrs) love it! I would definitely buy Lifetime again :)

I ordered this for my 3 and 6 year old kids to climb on while playgrounds are closed due to Covid. It took about an hour to put together, but the result is fantastic. It's a really sturdy dome. I can climb on it with my kids, plus it looks nice and is easy to slide around the backyard as needed.