This playset is amazing! Our son is 9 years old and most of our neighborhood kids are 5 - 9 years old. They love all of the cool features for this, like the crow's nest, the picnic table, the monkey bars. It took 2 days with 6 people to assemble it though. It is a massive project.

So, its been 2 weeks since I have finally had the swing set built. The kid absolutely loves this thing and while that is the sole reason we do any of this. I wanted to give an honest review of the entire set up. Now this review is for the DIYers not the ones who paid for installation. I'm quite capable and have all the necessary tools to do this job without even thinking twice as well as this is part of what I do for a living is installation maintenance and repair of items. 1) as was stated by others and myself now. It comes in with a lot of heavy boxes when delivered. Be prepared as this is something that you will have to be mindful of and how they are moved. 2) separate out the parts. Keep the parts list for each box and keep those boxes separate from one another. 3) Use sandwich bags and itemize each step with hardware to each bag. This process takes a long time but you will be happy when its done. This also allows for the ability to find out what is missing. Found a couple of items that were not shipped as far as hardware goes. Customer service is amazing for them and they shipped those items out next day by the way. Just do your diligence in regards to the hardware items. Count twice. put things in bags for each step and you will be less likely to throw things later. 4) the wood is questionable. Now granted chinese cedar is cheap and you can tell that by how soft that wood is. There's a great deal of warpage, but you almost have to accept that as it is wood and it does warp some. Though some of those pieces are brittle and some of them came in cracked. I made due and was able to make some pieces out of cedar I found at menards. This is something I just didn't want to wait for in the build process. 5) Pay attention to hole locations, sometimes the directions are a bit sketchy and after a period of time, and having to go back and forth many times, it gets daunting. I was less than impressed with the directions, but thats because I'm picky and I don't care for how these items were stamped. Some of those stampings you couldn't read so you were having to guess on those parts, hence why I said keep the parts list for each box and those items separated out. 6) the hardware, that stuff is cheap and some of the shavings were not completely cleaned out. The threads were fouled. Some nuts had metal shavings still attached to them and could not be used. Really just cheap stuff. You all that make this should do a better quality control of those items and the stamping of the wood. Also some of the holes did not line up either. 7) it is definitely a sturdy playset when its anchored into place, even with someone as big as myself climbing up on top to put the roofing in. All in all, again this is because my child loves this is why we purchased it. The headaches I experienced would be for anyone doing this assembly themselves, but I am so thankful I organized the hardware the way I did because I would have lost my mind putting this together each step only to realize I was missing items. Thanks again and hope this helps others out.

Sky Fort II is a great play set. It looks good, is sturdy, and your kids/grandkids will love it. It is not hard to assemble, but takes preserverance. We used four fairly competent people to assemble it (all 4 adults have masters' degees and more) and the total number of person-hours was 60. Although technically there really aren't 1 million parts, you will think there are. The instruction manual is good, but at times confusing in just where and how you should complete a step. There are multiple bolt/nut/washer/screw sizes and you really need to make sure you use the right ones as per the directions. Recommend you gather all parts from each step together and figure out which bold goes with which bolt barrel before hooking them together. Bolts and nuts strip very easily so you don't want to minimize number of times you tighten/untighten them. Spray a lubricant into the bolt barrels to make it easier. Lots of holes to line up and we had to drill some to get them to do so. We also had to shave some of the boards to get them to fit together. If you have young kids, ship them to a foreign country during the project as they will want to help but will be a hindrance. Finally, if any of your workers are married to another worker, consult divorce attorney prior to starting this project. Bottom line, YOU CAN DO IT YOURSELF, but at times you will be frustrated.

missing some brackets for the slide. but my grandson loves it.

Fast delivery and a great product!!

Cool design and the crew that installed it was awesome

Great. Kids love it. A little small

Solid solid solid! Kids love it. Great value compared to other sets out there. Was worried with the price that it would be cheap but it is solid!

Sturdy materials and well braved for support. Easy instructions and customer service was great when called for verification. Recommend.

Several of the holes had to be redrilled because they didn't lineup but I am pleased with the finished product it was time consuming