What a great swing set. We decided to redo out backyard by extending it so we bought this for my daughter whose 1 1/2 and she loves it. It did take about 34 hrs to build but well worth it. The wood isnt as think as the ones that sell for $3K + but my husband and I are able to stand in the little house together with no concern. We were missing some pieces but had them to the house within 4 days of calling. We made a few changes to how they wanted thing set up. We moved the stairs to the front, the rockwall to the back and the window to the front so it looks like the picture. We absolutly love our backyard now. I have to say for the price you cant find anythign better.

Either everyone else bought a different product or the one I bought came from a different manufacturer. The instructions are worthless, ie, asking to drill the wrong size holes (too small), noting to use the wrong size screws (too short), noting incorrect quantities (listing more pieces needed than it came with), etc etc etc. I'm a contractor and hold a masters degree and the instructions could have made it any more difficult. I would have organized the shipping better, labeled the items differently (used more letters for grouping and organizing) and machine drilled more holes (in lieu of asking the customer to do it). I hope seeing my son smile once I go buy extra screws and reinforce the structure will make up any regrets I may have for my purchase.

What a great swingset! My wife and I worked together on this for a combined 40 hours. I'll list some of our "tips" that we used, or would use if we were to do this again in the future. #1) Sort out all of the wood pieces. This is vital to make sure you have all of the pieces, but equally important for ease of finding the pieces when it's time to put them together. We literally emptied out our garage and sorted the wood pieces by letter, placing them around our garage...it worked quite well. We noticed a piece was missing, and it was shipped to us within just a few days...great service! #2) We built the "base" in our garage, and then carried it out to it's final destination in our yard before anchoring it down. #3) 2 or more wood clamps REALLY helped us out. I would strongly recommend purchasing some if you don't have any. A big help... #4) We had a Dewalt cordless drill/driver with 2 batteries. We used both batteries on all 3 days that we worked on the project. We found ourselves using 3 different attachments for our drill. A) A phillips screw-driver attachment. B) A small drill bit to drill pilot holes (3/16" or so). C) A 3/8" drill bit to drill holes for the bolts. Having a second cordless drill with just the 3/8" drill bit would have been helpful for us, as we found ourselves switching that one out quite a bit. #5) We also had a CORDED drill/driver that we used only for screwing in the lag screws. This was very nice to have, as if we had used our cordless drill for these, I feel the batteries would have drained much faster. We used the cordless drill only to screw in the wood screws, to drill pilot holes, and to drill the 3/8" holes. #6) We used a simple ratchet with socket quite often to tighten the bolts. We felt it was nice to get a "feel" for how tight to get them, vs. using the corded drill which could overtighten the bolts and crack the wood. #7) We found a jig-saw helpful to us, but for a somewhat frustrating reason. We had to unfortunately cut a few pieces of wood that either didn't fit quite right, or were a bit too long, etc. We started with a sander to get pieces to fit, but ended up finding the jig-saw to be much quicker. #8) The screws, bolts, washers, etc. are very well labeled, which was awesome! We opened the little baggies very carefully so we could still read what was inside the bag. #9) We used a trailer pulled with our lawn mower to haul our tools and all of the screws, bolts, etc. In the morning when we were ready to work, we drove the garden tractor and trailer to the swingset and went to work. When we finished for the day, we drove the lawn tractor and trailer into the garage to protect our tools and keep the hardware out of the elements. This worked well... #10) My wife mostly got the hardware ready for me, got the pieces of wood ready, etc., and read the instructions. It worked pretty well...because you truly can only do one step at a time, so if two people were to try and work on this together, you would quickly run out of room... The time put into this project was worth every minute when we saw our 3 kids' eyes light up when they got to see it for the first time! We've researched a lot of swingsets and this one gave us the most bang for the buck. The kids have used it every day since we put it up! Enjoy! We sure are so far!

We purchased this and thought it would be pretty simple with the instructions and everything, Wrong!! I have been working on this now almost 30 hours 2 people, but alot of the boards you need to drill your own holes. We were missing screws and hexnuts and also 2 boards. The instructions are not good at all. It tells you one way to board and it should be a different way. Very very upsetting when you think the instructions would be right and there not. Then, the price of the set all parts should be in the boxes. And for the price it should not be so much more for an assembler to come put it together for you. Instructions need to be IMPROVED ALOT!!! It took a week straight 8 hrs a day to put this together and stressful OMG!! Overall yes, it is worth it but need improving.

I had shopped around for a long time - this swing set was well worth the price! Me & my husband put it together (him more than me!) Took us a good solid 2 weekends. Directions weren't the best to follow, but came out great! Make sure you count ALL the parts in the boxes prior to starting - the company was great sending replacements. My son, who is 4 yrs old, LOVES IT!

This playground was a gift from grandma and grandpa to our 2 year-old little girl. Although she is small, we wanted her to grow into this playground, so she would really use it over the years. The lumber is great and sturdy, as is the structure once completely built. We are very tall, 200+ pound people, and we climbed inside to build the crows nest without any wobbling or creaking. Some recommendations: My husband and I built this over a period of 4 days in bits, the first day being the day of delivery - it arrived at 1:00 p.m. and we began inventory at that time and finished in a couple of hours. Organization is a MUST. Inventory all the hardware into labeled plastic cups and/or plastic containers (Ziplock or Glad disposable containers are the best!). Next, inventory all the wood BEFORE YOU BEGIN. We were missing a pack of screws and a floor board, and we had 2 completely cracked pieces of lumber. It is imperative that you inventory the lumber and hardware first, so that you can order anything that is missing ASAP. We are in Miami, FL and it took the replacement parts 7 days to arrive. It must be said that their customer support is EXCELLENT. They are ready, willing and able to ship out everything and anything you may need. We began the project even with the missing pieces, sine they were not necessary until the end, or could be installed later in the building process. Be sure to have your drill bits, as well as a hex bit. This will get everything done much faster. I basically would prepare all screw with their washers, etc. and grab the necessary boards to complete each step, while my husband installed them. I was also in charge of relaying the instructions from the manual. This swing set is SO EASY to build. you need not have a great deal of experience to complete it. Our knowledge of "building" doesn't extend beyond home repairs and building other small pieces of furniture in the house when purchased, and we found it to be a breeze to build. Again...organization is of the greatest importance. We found the picnic table to be a bit tricky. It seems if it had been built first and then attached, it would have been easier. The only issue I had was with the spacing of boards. It doesn't always say in the instructions whether the boards should be slightly spaced or touching, and when installing the wall boards, we had them touching just like the floor, only to find that they should have been spaced ever so slightly, NOT like the floor boards - we ended up with a 1 inch gap at one end that looked awful. We then had to remove all the boards and reinstall them, which wastes quite a bit of time. Finally, beware that the safety handles for the rock climbing wall are pictures here, but there are no installation instructions, so we improvised. There are also a few instances where the instructions call for a screw that is too short, or makes no sense. We also swapped the monkey bars and slide due to space/safety issues in our yard specifically, so the pictures may look odd :) don't waste your hard-earned money on smaller versions for the same money. If you're going to dish out 1,300, but THIS ONE. IT ROCKS!

First, I couldn't find a better price than on Sam's Club or if there was a slightly better price they charged $400-600 for shipping. I got free delivery through Sam's Club. Second, it does take a while to assemble. Most of the reviews I read stated it took over the time stated in the directions. The directions state it will take 2 people 24-36 hours to assemble. I did it by myself in 36 hours (about three 12hr days). My full time job is a desk job, but I do some light woodworking/DIY projects as an occasional hobby. I did not find assembly hard, just time time consuming. There are a lot of screws and bolts! Handling some of the pieces myself was awkward and help would have been nice for attaching larger pieces. Also, MAKE SURE your yard is level where you want to build, otherwise it will slow you down and give you difficulties. For safety's sake, you want the area to be level. I eneded up digging out part of my yard after the fact, which only adds more time to assembly. Third, the directions are ok, but read a step or two ahead to make sure you have the board's orientation correct - some have holes that are closer to one side than the other that you don't want to have to go back and remove later just to turn it around. This happened to me 2 or 3 times. When using your electric drill or screw driver be sure not to over torque the bolts and screws. The quality is decent, but you can crack the wood if over-tightened. Quick note on quality: it's chinese cedar. The parts that need to be thicker are and I had no issues. Also, keep in mind that this is natural wood - there will be imperfections and some slight cracking that won't affect the product overall. If you want flawless, buy plastic. One final piece of advice, take the time to lay out all the pieces on your lawn prior to assembly. This will save you so much time as there are a lot of pieces. The wood was sorted by letter and number, so when the directions called for a piece it was easy to find. I also took all the nuts and bolts out of their plasctic bags and put them in red plastic cups for easier use - just make sure to label the cups with the contents using a permament marker. This will make grabbing screws and washers a lot easier than digging in a plasctic bag.

I was very surprised by the excellent quality of this kit. We had all of the pieces and they went to together like a well engineered puzzle. Instructions are lengthy, but very detailed and very accurate. All of the holes lined up with surprising precision. Hardware and pieces were all correctly and clearly labeled. Really don't have anything bad to say about this product. It is larger than I expected and looks pretty impressive in the backyard. Wish I had something like this when I was a kid... Highly recommended.

We love it so much! The quality is very durable and strong we have a 4 yr old and a 6 yr old so it’s perfect for them to have enough stuff to play on now and still grow into without getting bored of it in a year or 2. The older cousins love the monkey bars! This is really the perfect okay set for families with lots of kids there is something for every age.

My order of the Skyfort ll Cedar Swing Set/Play Set with Slide arrived on Wednesday. Thursday and Friday I applied water sealant to ALL wooden pieces and sorted by the alpha of each part number. Saturday had 2 men help get through step 4. No building happened on Sunday. Then I was on my own through for the rest and still had 3 young children in tow throughout almost entire build. Set was completely put together by Wednesday. Part H2 and the swing beam gave me some trouble and thankfully I called someone in to help me align it because once I got it to where it should have aligned the little cut out notch would fit the beam in it. Could have used a little more direction as to where pieces went on the structure, Step 7(example place wall boards on "interior side" of structure#. But overall I would highly recommend this set and company to anyone. However do yourself a favor and have help and get a babysitter during build:-) I could have gotten more help but the kids and I weren't willing to wait a week, so Mamita got cranking to it while daddy was working all day. Oh ya but 1 BIG complaint I have is for the screws #PWF 10x1/2#provided for green triangles like step 34 are AWFUL and just strip out. Just terrible!