My sons picked this out and It was such a great buy! They get up a little easier for school so they can spend 10 min on it in the morning before heading to school! They call it “their park”. Best buy ever! All the features are great. From the look out to the picnic area. We have 5 years of play ahead if us at least!

When we were looking for a playset for our 4 year old and 1 year old, one of the most important things we took into consideration was how long they would get use out of it. There are many sets out there by big name brands that have tons of features, more than this one even, but the overall "size" of the set is small as far as deck height etc., so it would be outgrown fast. This set is HUGE, as an adult I feel perfectly comfortable playing right along side the kids, and my husband who is 6'4 can even stand up straight inside the upper deck. I have no doubt that they will still be using this playset well into their teens. We purchased an infant/toddler swing off Amazon to switch out with one of the swings until our littlest is old enough to use it. Prior to purchasing/building, I was careful to read through all the reviews to take note of tips and tricks, and there were some I found super helpful and some that were a little over the top. Because we live in an area that gets a decent amount of snow and rain, I did take the time to seal/stain each board prior to building. There is a LOT of pieces so if you do this, give yourself a couple days, it took a long time. I felt that sealing prior to building was best because all the inside edges touching each other that wouldn't be able to get to after building would be covered, and I didn't have to work around any of the hardware. We did not organize everything by letter/number when we laid it outside to stain it, and because we were working towards a deadline to get it done prior to a party, we did not end up taking the time to move them around and do that before starting the build process. I believe that was a mistake and it would've saved us a ton of time during the actual build if we had laid out the boards in order so I highly recommend doing that. On the other hand, I personally disagree with the people who spent hours organizing the hardware into baggies by step. The hardware is very clearly labeled and easy to sift through since it doesn't take up a big area like the boards. We just made sure to use tape to close the bag back off after taking what we needed so there wasn't the risk of them spilling and getting mixed up. I thing the time spent doing that would be better spend just getting started building. We worked in a pair with one completing a step while the other pulled the hardware and boards for the next step and that seemed to work very well. I honestly think any additional people would've just gotten in the way. We were able to easily get through it with the instructions that I printed off this page, and didn't need to download the video ap. The most important thing is to pay double and triple attention to which way you orient the boards when building, so that the pilot holes are in the right spot for preceding steps. I thought we were being really diligent about this, but there were still a few times we had to go back and turn boards around from previous steps. Not a huge deal, but slightly annoying so avoid it as much as possible lol Overall we are super pleased with the set, and found it pretty straightforward to build. All of the wood and hardware was clearly marked and good quality, we weren't missing anything. As long as you pay attention to detail and follow step by step there's really no way to mess it up. It took us a whole week M-F working a couple hours after work each night to stain the boards, then the weekend Saturday and Sunday working all day (about 12 hours each day) to build and were able to finish up Monday after work. So if you don't count the stain/seal time, it took us as a pair just over 24 hours to build.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] We love it, the kids love it! It was a bit difficult to follow the instructions and sort through all the lumber and hardware when building yourself and some of the pre drilled pieces were drilled a bit off but overall with many hands and a good chunk of time we were able to get the job done and now enjoy this awesome play set!

I bought this a month ago and we just completed the build. It took us about 3 days to build this as nothing comes pre-put together. Overall there were some challenges building it as pilot holes were not drilled correctly. However my children love this set especially the crows nest! Look forward to many years on memories with this.

We bought this a couple months ago and took about two full weekends of work to install it (but everything was simple to do ourselves). The kids (3 and 4) absolutely love it so far. It is a bit hot out right now (summer in Phoenix) but it will be great for us come fall and winter.

We bought this a couple weeks ago and it came in fast. It took my dad, step-brother, and myself 3 days to complete. Some tips: 1. When you first get it, open all of the boxes and line the matching pieces up somewhere for ease of access. It'll save you a lot of time instead of getting them out of the box as you need them. Same with the nuts, bolts, screws, washers, ect. There are a LOT of pieces. Each box has a packing list of what's in that box. Step one, for example, requires pieces from box #1 and #2. 2. The wood is extremely soft, so make sure you pre-drill holes where it's needed. The company will replace damaged parts, but you don't want to wait the days or weeks it'll take to get them so be careful! If you have pets that like to chew on things, make sure they don't get ahold of the wood as they WILL destroy the wood very easily. 3. To shorten the build time, one person should get the parts ready for the next step. Looking for the wood pieces and especially the screws, ect. can be time consuming. Also, it helps to write the numbers on the screws, nuts, ect. in bigger writing on the bags they come in to locate them more easily. It WILL save you some time. 4. The screws, bolts, washers, ect. only come with ONE extra of each (or none in some cases) so be prepared to have to take a trip to Lowes, ect. if you lose any or have damaged parts. 5. The roofing pieces and some of the floor pieces are pre-built for you. This is great, but look for any that are not flush when they were put together. We had one pre-built flooring piece in particular that was not flush and thus we had to go to Lowes to get longer bolts than the ones that were provided because the pre-built piece that was not flush made the bolts they came with a little too short. 6. Try to place it on level ground so that the side attachments (monkey bars, swings, rock climbing wall, and slide) are able to be attached easily. 7. It says it in the installation manual, but I wanted to stress this so you save as much time as possible: PAY ATTENTION to the pre-drilled holes in the pieces of wood that have them and make sure they're the same that the manual shows them. This includes the L-Brackets as well. This WILL as you get closer to completion. 8. Take your time and enjoy it, because it is very time consuming. The finished product is worth it! Have fun and I hope your kids enjoy it. :)

I evaluated may swing sets from the Rainbow systems and Backyard Adventures before deciding to go for the do-it-yourself route. It took 4 adults about 20 hours and then I did some finishing touches for about 6 hours during the work week. I agree that setting all the parts out ahead of time will significantly save you time, but it's hard to have the space to do that too far in advance not to mention the unpredictable weather of December. The set is worth every penny and the blood, sweat, and tears just to see the smile on my little boys face. There are some significant errors in the instruction manual, which made my rating a 4. The quality is there and the set looks great, we just had about 5 items that we had to re-work, which delayed greatly. Customer Service is wonderful with missing parts. If you are prepared for the work, this is the set for you. I also wish there were four slots for swings vs. three.

I'm giving this overall rating of 4 stars instead of 5 stars because of the delivery company. Sam's almost lost the sale altogether because the delivery company couldn't get off their lazy lying butts to deliver as promised. I had to threaten to cancel and refuse any future delivery attempts unless they had it delivered by 3:00 pm on that final promised day. They showed up at 2:50! The product is good. If I could suggest an improvement it would be the indentification of the lumber pieces (the stamp on the pieces themselves) and identify which box the pieces are located in during the instruction step. There are 4 large boxes of lumber and hardware. Each box has an inventory sheet but you have to look at each box's inventory sheet to find the correct board to use for that step in the manual. Lots of time wasted looking for lumber. The wood quality is good and all pieces were there except for one L bracket. Also, customer support doesn't like to answer there phone so be prepared to wait on hold for a long time if you need something. It took 2 resonabaly knowledgable men about 25-30 hours to complete the assembly of this ,fort. Probably 5 of thoses hours were digging through boxes looking for lumber. The metal and all hardware is good quality. I am empressed which the finish of all the metal pieces. Overall a great product!

This set it huge! Our 4 kiddos, ages 5-14, have used it in different ways. The older ones use the "fort" for Nerf wars, and the younger ones use the swings, glider and picnic table. The inside of the enclosure is so big, a 6 foot tall person can stand up in it. My only complaint is that there is no reason for the complete chaos of pieces in the boxes. There are a TON of pieces and no organization, so it took hours just to sort them into lettered piles. I am glad that we took someone else's advice and sorted through them all first, while this took quite a while, it saved even more time. I sorted, while my husband built. With the 2 of us, it took 4 days, and a total of about 20 hours. It was worth the time and effort!

This is perfect for my 6 year old son. We purchased this last summer and assembly took us 3 full days with 2 people. Word to the wise download the app and watch the videos as the paper instructions can be difficult to follow. We have had this up for one year and it’s still holding up great. Hours and hours of fun for our son.