Our little boys have loved this playground. It takes quite a bit of time to build and the instructions are not very detailed. Always examine each piece of wood for pilot holes and make sure it is oriented correctly. It is a little creaky and if three kids or even two larger kids are swinging at the same time the post is very creaky and moves a little bit. I have a 1 year old and I’d like to crawl up on the structure to help him since he is so young but I’m not confident it will hold my 130 lbs which makes me a little sad. I would have liked it to feel a little more secure. Overall we are very happy with it and the kids love it.

Sams club sells this for lower than any other place, but honestly, still not sure if it’s worth the price. The wood is pretty soft, but it seems to hold the recommended weight good enough. The manufacturer did leave out 3 pieces, so I’d inventory everything before assembling it. As for installation, unless you want a headache, do it yourself. The company they use has a history of bad reviews and they were not willing to work with me on some items. The assembly isn’t too bad, just time consuming. All in all, even with the slight negatives, the kids are happy and that’s what matters

This is awesome! Build took my dad and I about 3 days. Everything was well labeled and the end result is fantastic! My 2 year old loves climbing and swinging on this play set! The dogs also enjoy staying under it for shade during the heat of the day.

Great structure and the kids love it! Solid piece when all put together.

Over 2 weeks after receiving the delivery I am still waiting for play set to be installed. Installation date has been pushed back multiple times. Finally showed up for a half day, but now I have parts and tools scattered around my yard that were abandoned and now no response.

I purchased this and it is a great set but little difficult with the instructions to assemble, took two men 4 days to assemble.

The Skyfort looks amazing, but it's a challenging read. It's a shame, because building it could be a blast Hire someone!

This is well worth it! Kids love it!! It is quite the build, I had read reviews and lot of people organized the parts saying it help and it really does very important to do so there is a ton of pieces with it’s own numbering and helps if you know where it is caused you have organized it. It took me and my brother 3 days to finish. Because it is wood some pieces are warped a bit making it hard to use the pilot holes they provided but improvised little bit and came out great!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Backyard Discovery Skyfort II with Wave Slide Cedar Swing Set/PlaySet - Assembled One of the best investments I ever made. We did lot of research on the internet to buy a good swing set with tree house, monkey bars, a slide , a rock climber and a little party table for our grand kids. After a lot of research finally we have decided to buy “Backyard Discovery Skyfort II with Wave Slide Cedar Swing Set/PlaySet – Assembled” It was a wise decision that we opted for professional assembly. Technician John was an excellent technician and did a perfect job assembling the set in 9 hours. Since the day we installed the set, kids have been playing and enjoying it. Our neighborhood kids also come and play. In fact couple of my grand kids friends in the neighbourhood are asking their parents to buy a house next to our house to play all the tie on the Swing Set. This set is not only attractive to kids but also to grownups My daughter who is a senior executive and is working from home made the party table her home office during sunny days enjoying the perfect weather and get more work done that way. It deffinitely enhanced the looks of our backyard. Most important for me is our grandkids are enjoying it. They look forward to come home from school and go play with the Backyard Discovery set. They invite friends are having a good time. All quality and sturdy material was used and I am sure it will last several years. I confess, I am tempted to go play with the set. I highly recommend this product over others. Most importantly, I highly recommend professional installation.

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.