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Backyard Discovery Skyfort II Cedar Swing Set/PlaySet
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Dec 2, 2016
Rob Y
5 out of 5 stars review

Best Bang for the Buck

After looking at several play-sets, this one stood out as having the most features for the money. We have had it up for about six months, and my son still loves playing on it. It took about two full weekends for my Dad and I to assemble. It was relatively easy, it just takes a lot of time as there are a LOT of pieces. We had three cordless drills which made things go much faster. As other reviewers have said: Pay close attention to the instructions - especially the first few pages. The drawings aren't always clear as to which way certain pieces need to be oriented, so you may have to look ahead to make sure you get them right. It took us about three tries to get the base frames put together with all the boards (and pre-drilled holes) facing the right way. Once this was done, the rest went fairly smooth (Plus we made sure to look ahead if there was any doubt). There were 3 places where bolts and screws interfered with each other, but these were relatively easy to fix with a grinder bit on my Dremmel. All-in-all, it was a very rewarding project.

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May 30, 2016
JennK
4 out of 5 stars review

Love that my kids have this in our backyard!

We bought this last summer. It's time consuming to put together, but my husband and I did it in a couple days (4 kids so couldn't commit to long periods of time). Our kids absolutely love it! There are many features to keep them busy. The only negative feedback I'd give is that it's only been a year, and the wood faded a ton in that time frame. It will need stained every year. We live in windy Wyoming, so I don't think a tarp would hold up well on it.

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Jun 2, 2022
Syb1
5 out of 5 stars review

My children love it

We bought this play set last fall and have used it almost daily. We love the features, the picnic table and the crows nest. All of our friends children come to play at our house. This play set will last us for many, many more years. We paid for someone else to assemble it and I must say that was the right choice.

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Jul 13, 2012
ShuShu
4 out of 5 stars review

Satisfied

For the most part we are very satisified with the timeliness of the delivery, the quality of the product and the assembly directions. What we were not happy with was some of the missing screws that we had to replace on our own. In one instance I was told at Lowe's that these are specialty screws, bolts, etc. made specifially for the play set so we had to improvise. That was a hassle.

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May 21, 2016
Hunternick
5 out of 5 stars review

Great Swingset

Great swingset. A lot of pieces and parts to put together and very time consuming. Make sure to pre drill holes so wood doesn't split and pay attention to the already pre drilled holes on boards as you assemble, the directions don't point this out very well and if you get a board backwards you will have to take it back apart and flip the board the correct way. All and all its a great value and seems like it will last!

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Jul 17, 2012
PopGranna
5 out of 5 stars review

Great Purchase

After researching for a few weeks, I decided to purchase the Skyfort Cedar Play Set for my grand daughter. She's only 20 months and my kids just smile and say, "WOW". My grand daughter loves to swing, slide, climb the rock wall, and look at the deer from the crow's nest. I had a carpenter friend and his crew of 3 erect the set. They worked from 7:30 am until 9:00 pm the first day. My wife and I spent about 4 hours completing the set the next day. I enclosed a 32' X 24' area with 6 x 6 timbers and filled it with 3'' to 4" of rubber mulch. I am very pleased with the appearance and functionality of this set.

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Jul 7, 2020
michellec29
4 out of 5 stars review

Beautiful

This really is a beautiful set. Some issues with missing parts and some wood cracked after about 3 months, but the customer service was really great and we got what we need to fix the issues. Also be prepared to spend many, many hours plus you will need at least one other person.

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Mar 29, 2012
WIwonderMOM
5 out of 5 stars review

Love it!!

Order process was fast and easy. We received our play set in about a week and had it up in under two days (even with a two year old "helping"). We did have to return a damaged slide, but customer service was amazing. I would highly recommend the Leisure Time Play Sets. High quality materials and the directions were very easy to read. Overall, I was very happy with my first Sam's Club online purchase experience.

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Apr 21, 2020
Aaron of Pburg
5 out of 5 stars review

Backyard Discovery Customer Service A+

I bought the Skyfort ll 2 years ago. A massive wind storm came through 50 mph + and flipped the swing set. Luckily we were able to flip it back over but the damage was significant. Angela in customer service was the best. Also replacement parts we very reasonably priced. I was very impressed with the initial build quality but customer service will make me recommend over and over.

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Apr 5, 2012
DustinTheBuilder
4 out of 5 stars review

Holy Cow ... A lot of work!

So, this swingset is HUGE! BUT, it is awesome. The kids are loving it. It took 2 weekends for me to put it together, basically by myself. The wife assisted some. The key is, you definitely have to separate everything out prior to Step one!! I had 50 piles of different pieces of wood. only 3 boards were not stamped well. But I figured out where they went fairly easy. It's a lot of work, but we sure like it. My only gripe really is the shipping method is awful! It came via LTL shipment and they were not prepared for the size and weight and the single pallet weighing close to 1000 pounds was poorley made. We got it off the truck with the drivers cheesey pallet dolley and between the two of us, got it to the front of the house.

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