My husband was able to assemble mostly by himself in 3 days. Assembly was relatively smooth - some bad boards and lots of pre drilling required. Nice features overall. Disappointed how close the swings are to each other - kids will definitely be bumping each other. I wish the swing beam was higher. Good for a little one, but an older kid will want to swing higher. The ladder does not seem very sturdy. The monkey bars are surprisingly scary high. These are the kind of things I wish I had seen in person. I probably would have selected a different model. Too flimsy for an adult to sit or help a child up / on.

Awesome swing set. Took time to put together. We sorted all the wood alphabetically and numerically. Then had someone sorting and gather bolts and nuts for each step and the wood needed. While 2 other people put it together. It took 12 hours with 4 people. But so worth it to see the looks on the kids faces. They love it. Ages 8 and 5.

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.

We bought this for our grandchildren and they love it! It does take a few days to assemble, but the instructions are easy to follow and the pieces clearly labeled. With all the hardware sorted and labeled it was no problem to find what was needed. We have already recommended this to a friend.

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.

I bought this for my 4 yr old and she loves it. It seems very sturdy and there is so much for them to do. I will however caution those who are putting it together themselves. It took two to three people over twelve hours to put together. And these are people who know construction and had power tools. The piece come in four separate boxes and the piece you might need are probably not all in the same box. It took three hours just to sort the boxes!! Now that it is all put together it is awesome and looks great, but it was definitely a job!

This is a very long review but we buy items based off of reviews so we wanted to be as thorough as possible. Hope it helps! Assembly: Instructions for assembly were not clear with how they were labeled. The pictures were not clear where the wood is supposed to be (in the front, back, etc.). Some of the boards we received were mislabeled and we did not figured it out until we put the swing set together. Overall assembly was frustrating. Took 3 experienced adults in total 3.5 full days. We read someone else's review which stated to sort out all the pieces ahead of time. So helpful but took about 6 hours to do! Quality: For the price point the quality is not what we expected. The wood is very very dry lightweight cedar and prone to splitting. Not all the holes were pre-drilled and we had to pre-drill or re-drill ourselves. The first time it rained some of the manufacturer stain started to peel off (about 6 boards). Due to the quality of the wood the structure of the wood is creaky. The money bars good for children weight (if they can reach them). The slide is beyond disappointing. There are 4 plastic tubes that structure the slide. I would not be comfortable going down the slide with my son, which I was looking forward to. The slide is not molded plastic. The instructions do not give weight restrictions for each unit. My husband (190 lbs.) tested each swing, the ladder, the fort, but was not comfortable trying the slide, monkey bars, or the observation desk. I tested the observation deck (130 lbs) and was not comfortable. The wood felt wobbly and unsafe. There is floor of the observation hovers above the swing set beam. Makes it rickety. My husband is going to have to reinforce the floor. For the price, we shouldn't have to. Overall Maintenance: We are going to have to stain twice a year, especially since it has been up for a week and the stain is already flaking. Some pieces probably even need to be sanded. Overall, it is a very nice looking swing set. We expected higher quality wood for the price we paid. We are comfortable with our son and his friends playing with it. For the size it was a good price. That may be where the quality declined. Our son loves it.

Outstanding playset. I highly highly recommend paying for the installation as it looked incredibly complicated as we watched the assembly crew work all day without break from 7:25am until 4:30pm. They were great and bound and determined to get it finished for my daughter. Also if you choose assembly do the guys a favor and measure out and mark your yard where you want the set to go. It really helps make a hard job easier.

We bought this for our grandkids for their birthday. They absolutely love it! The only downfall....it says it takes 2 people 20 hours to build....maybe if you were a skilled lumberjack or contractor! It took us 10 days from beginning to end. But I’m the end it was worth it. If I had known they had a service together, I definitely would have paid the extra to do it.

I’ve been a builder for 30 years and the material is precisely manufactured and goes together well. Problems are the instructions have much to be desired and you need to think ahead so you get pieces together so the steps down the road align with predrilled holes because instructions are vague concerning this. The definition of insanity rule comes into play on their packaging. You will need to go through boxes many times to find all the parts for each step. Keep packing list so you have an idea in which box the parts are scattered. Also I would definitely use gle so the It stays solid. I Hurd and used extra fasteners where needed