we put this together last summer (me and my brother in law), the kids love it and it has held up very well. It did take two people two very long days to assemble. I would recommend borrowing an extra cordless drill (or three) so that you dont have to switch bits as often, and getting out of the crows nest was fun (im a big guy and it is the last step). The instructions were easy to follow too.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I was able to fulfill my own childhood dream of getting this for my son. I always dreamed of getting a playset like this when I was a child, but was never able to. So I got this for my son. It took about 3 days for my husband and I to put together (FYI he’s a mechanic and familiar with power tools and following instructions). It came in 4 boxes, and the pieces were not organized at all. I had to act an inventory person collecting all necessary pieces from each box, while my husband was in charge of installation. Sadly, 2 weeks after it was finished, we had a spontaneous wind storm that blew the whole thing over. We filed an insurance claim, and replaced it. It took about 2 days the next time around- we knew what we were doing this time, and we were able to save some sections from the first one which saved time. We anchored the next one with 4 cement footings. No problems with the second one. Despite all this hardship with it, my son loves it, and we don’t regret getting it at all. Very happy with this purchase.

Came with extra bolts, etc. My one complaint was the app instructions were not in the same order as the paper instructions, we had three people helping and it threw us off because steps were missed or parts pulled too early. But everything else had no issues.

We purchased this set for our 3 grandchildren who live with us. We started out by doing a complete inventory, everything was included. (one board broken, but we glued it) The instructions were very accurate for the most part, one spot was a little vague, but we figured it out. A couple of the drawings seemed to be backward. For the most part they were right on. With all the lumber laid out, I would get the boards needed for the step and the hardware and my husband would put it together. Then we moved to the next step. This seemed to work great. The kids helped with a lot of the smaller steps and were great little go-fors.They were really excited to help. All in all I would say it was a great family project that resulted in a lot of fun for years to come for the kids and enjoyment for grandma and grandpa. Not nearly as difficult to build as we were expecting.

It was very hard to follow the instructions, to put a specific piece together it was so easy to put it in backwards, upside down ect. I had to disassemble several times to get it right. I am a contractor and thought it would be fun to put it together. Now I would recommend that you have it done by someone who is experienced in the process.

The quality of the product is great. The only complaint I have is that you had to open all 4 boxes and the parts were in random boxes for step 1 to finish. A few hours could have been shaved if steps 1-xx were all in the same box then xx-yy... The instructions were good. The delivery was awesome - I didnt have to load up the trailer and go 50 miles to town to get it and then 50 miles home with it.

I read many many reviews and researched a lot of play sets before deciding to purchase this one. My husband and his dad put this together and used me as a goofer. I went through each box and set out each corresponding piece before building to make sure we had everything. This helped a lot when needing to find the pieces for the next step. This defiantly takes two people and lots of man hours to build. We did a few hours a night over a week and a half. It really helped them to use me as a goofer as well to get the pieces gathered up for the next step and analyze the directions. This saved them a lot of time so they didn't have to get up and down out of the play set and figure out where what went next. The directions are in 3D on a 2D paper. They are very difficult to understand but we managed to get it all together the right way. All in all our children love it and couldn't be happier with our decision to purchase this one.

I was impressed with how well written the instruction were and all the pieces were labeled nicely. We made sure to take the time to seal all the boards before beginning assembly which doubled the total assembly time. Everything fit very well and I only had 2 issues with some of the hardware which was easily remedied with the extra hardware that was included. Some of boards have started to crack now that it's been put together for a month+ but so far nothing super concerning. My 4 year old daughter absolutely loves playing on it! This will provide years of fun for her and it looks great in the backyard too.

We purchased the Sky Fort II for our grand kids. It is advertised as being made of cedar. It is NOT CEDAR. It is a white wood painted a cedar color. A little disappointed as we might have chosen a different product had we known. We are worried this wood won't hold up well.

Our kids love it now that it's up. It took my husband by himself about 26 hours. He did a little every night after work. I would recommend having a level area planned out because we thought we had a good spot picked out and had to move it (in the beginning stages of being built). Give yourself a day to just lay out all the pieces and my husband actually stole my tupperware to put the screws and bolts in. Shipping was just the way it was explained; they called and set up a delivery time. The drivers were nice enough to also put in my backyard and not leave it to us to move. If you have the money, I totally recommend this playset.