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Backyard Discovery Skyfort II Cedar Swing Set/PlaySet
4.4 out of 5 stars
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Jan 20, 2019
jennhoff139
5 out of 5 stars review

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Awesome play set!

My husband and I purchased this set for our two kids, ages almost 8 and 4, for Christmas. It was delivered the day after Christmas and took us about a week to build, but the kids were SOO happy with it - they would stay outside until after it was dark every day to play on it! The assembly is no joke; it took four adults the better part of five days to get it all together. But my husband and my dad (both engineers!) actually enjoyed figuring it all out and making it happen! It's definitely worth it to take all the parts & lumber out of the boxes and organize it a bit before you start building. That really does expedite each step because it's easier to collect your supplies. Overall, instructions are pretty clear - we only had a couple things we had to undo and correct - and the structure itself is both beautiful and fun. Our oldest (almost 8) can do everything on it with no problem and still has plenty of room to grow into it. Our 4 year old can't do the monkey bars yet, but LOVES the swings and being able to climb up to the fort multiple ways. They spend time on it every day and are enjoying having their friends over to play too :) For any adults wondering, this set is definitely a good size. My husband can do the monkey bars without his feet touching the ground and both he and I can stand up inside the main fort without hitting our heads! The smaller, shorter section is a little low for an adult, but both our kids have no problems.

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Mar 8, 2017
Fort for Nate
5 out of 5 stars review

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Loving the fort!

The kids are loving it! From the 13 year old to the 1 year old, they love the swings, fort and climbing features of this set. When we received the boxes, I sorted and organized all of the materials. I had 4 friends help me and we got it put together in one day.

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May 22, 2019
Amanda
4 out of 5 stars review

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Perfect size

This playset is the perfect size for my 14 to and my 6 yo to be able to play on. Not too small. Only problem we have come across is that the slide isnt the best quality. The part they slide on gets screwed into the sides and there are plastic flimsy rods for support. With wear and tear, this will be the first thing we will have to replace. Would prefer a solid plastic slide for quality. Other than that, the kids love it.

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Dec 29, 2019
Dhood
5 out of 5 stars review

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Expectations blown away.

Bought this for the kids Christmas present. Very easy to follow set up instructions. Be sure to pay attention to pilot hole location in pictures, if not you will be taking parts back apart or drilling pilot holes! Other than that I recommend organizing all parts by alpha numerical. Including your hardware. Don’t be disorganized. If you read through instructions first and organize you will be able to assemble in less than 10 hours if you use power drills with correct bits and torque along with a decent helper. Kids don’t want to get off this play set. Best bang for the buck. Along with that customer service is amazing had messed up parts from delivery and they shipped them out quicker than ever! If ever need to buy another play set I would buy from them again... 100% recommend.

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Oct 7, 2023
Dana D
4 out of 5 stars review

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Great Fort, difficult to assemble

I am impressed with the finished product, but the assembly was very difficult. It is a 131 page manual and there are about 40 different bags of various nuts, bolts and screws. It took me at least 4 days to put together myself and I am a builder! But for the price, the finished product is nice, definitely not heavy duty enough for kids over 12 though. Definitely meant for kids age 3-11. Overall, great product, took away a star for being extremely difficult to assemble.

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Apr 8, 2020
boymama023
5 out of 5 stars review

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Beautiful set with lots of options!

We ordered this and had the assembly team put it together for us. They had it up in 6 hours. I could have never put it together myself!! I’d highly recommend going over the set before your assembly team leaves though. My son absolutely loves this set. He wakes up and runs to the window to make sure it is still there. I love how many options there are between the different swings, the rock wall, slide and monkey bars. I still have to get sand but really wish it came with a cover to keep animals out. The play house part is much larger than I expected. I can stand up in it. We added a little bin up there of books and small toys. Also going to add a chalkboard to one wall. I hope this set lasts us a long time!

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Mar 27, 2022
Kansas
5 out of 5 stars review

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Great product!

My 6 year old loves this. We picked this one for her to grow as she’s older and also still be able to suit the younger crowd as well. I do wish that the swings were a little farther apart and not as crowded but it’s not a huge issue. We hired go configure to put this together and it saved us so much time! But my only negative experience with go configure was it takes longer then the two week turn around that the website stated it would for them to get to us, it took about 5 weeks, which was sorta annoying to us but we can’t change it. They did a great job putting it together and we couldn’t be happier.

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Jan 6, 2020
Wonderwoman
5 out of 5 stars review

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You can do it.

Kids love it. Very sturdy for my 3 boys. Dont let it intimidate you. Me and my husband put it together. Cant stress this enough. Follow the directions page by page. Do not jump around. Theyve made it fool proof. Pay very close attention to part numbers. Do as the directions say. Pay attention to the position of predrilled holes. Directions were 100% accurate. Most importantly. As you are unboxing the boards, lay them as they are categorized. Example. If it says rock climbing wall put it in its own category. If it says swing assembly lay it in the swing category. You will thank me later.

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What great tips for customers in your wonderful review. Thank you very much!

Dec 2, 2018
kim
4 out of 5 stars review

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Great Playset

My boys and I are thrilled with this playset. It is much bigger than I expected and has lots to do for them to stay active. I am definitely glad I paid for the installation because it looked very complex. It took three experienced workers a day and a half to complete and the crew that came was excellent. The wood is not as strong as the pricier playsets but that is to be expected and it seems very sturdy and safe with the exception that we may reinforce the crows nest a little bit just because I'm paranoid. There was one damaged piece which isn't bad considering how many pieces came in the set and two of the boxes were torn a little in the shipping process. The installation crew said they'd report the piece to the company and come back with a replacement to fix it. Overall I'm very happy with the playset and hope it hold up well in the years to come for my three boys to enjoy endless hours on it.

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May 13, 2017
Rick M
5 out of 5 stars review

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Granddaughter loves it

Bought this and son and one-two others worked to put it together. Went together easily and had it up in less than 3 days. A minor issue was a few screws were missing, but were available locally and didn't prevent construction from going forward. Caution note: Need to slowly screw bolts into nuts. If you start out using a power tool you may cross thread. Ran into this problem early on and learned to use hand tool to start bolts and then use power tool. Granddaughter should get years of fun out of it.

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