My husband and I had already bought a smaller one room playhouse by this same manufacturer and we were reluctant to add another piece so large, but it was a HUGE hit. We bought this set for our 5 year old daughter, but once built we found that all of the neighborhood kids (and some of our family friends up to age 12) joined in the fun. Plan a long weekend to put it together, but expect outstanding customer support. We were missing a couple of pieces which were immediately replaced by the manufacturer. TIPS: 1) Seperate your pieces and take inventory right away. 2) Be careful not to over-tighten the green double swing unit. I don't recommend using a power tool on that one. 3) Spray the pieces front and back with a sealer BEFORE assembly. We assembled and had to seal after the fact. Bad plan. It's a lot of work afterwords. Do the work on the front end and save time and effort plus take care of the task more efficiently and effectively.

We looked at many playsets and their reviews. There were good and bad reviews for many, so we took a chance on this one. My husband put it together by himself. It took about 31 hours over a weeks time to build. Before he began building, he organized materials by the steps in the book, which made finding what he needed much easier. He needed my help only a few times. Our children are 11,8, and 4, and so far, they all enjoy it.

My wife and I bought this a year ago for our 3 kids, ages between 5 and 8. We spent about 30 hours assembling (60 man hours) and are moderately skilled. Instructions are straight forward, all parts included. Some of the biggest time consuming was digging through boxes looking for specific pieces of wood. The boxes are pretty heavy (there were 4 for us) so drop it as close as you can to where you plan to work. The first 5 or 6 hours were assembling things relatively small so we were able to do this in our garage. Was able to use a tall bar stool instead of a step ladder. Only fought once which is better than normal for projects for us, so would consider this low stress.

We bought this for our 3 sons (ages6, 2 and 6 months), they all absolutely love it, the older two more than the baby! There is plenty of room for our kids, plus their friends to play. We also added our infant swing from our old set, but with the glider and swing there is plenty of places for all the kids to swing. The estimated 20 hours for assembly was accurate, it would not have taken as long if the directions would have been clearer. There were a few times that we had to look ahead in the directions. We also had to take things apart and put them back together again. My husband is very handy, so that also helped. It also helped that we organized the wood and hardware before we started so that everything was easy to locate. I have since talked to another mother who bought a smaller set and now wishes that she had bought the skyfort too. It is a great set for the money.

We bought the set and received it in 3 weeks. It had all the parts and the wood was in great shape. While it took us over 20 hours to build, the directions were straight forward. My 4 kids (ages 8-1) play on it all together with friends and have plenty of room with room to grow!

The Skyfort kit makes a very sturdy swing set. Take the time to do a complete inventory before starting the project. We were short 1 board and had one split board. The company had the boards to us in two days. Put all the hardware in plainly labeled bags or containers. Read the instructions through before starting, then read a couple of steps ahead before assembling the one you are on so you will know what goes next and how it fits. It took us 4 hours to inventory and blue tape boards and four days to build it. We had 3 cordless drills and used them all constantly. We tightned most bolts and lag screws by hand to prevent crushing wood. When finished it is very sturdy and the kids love it. My wife and I built it for grandkids at their house, and we are not pros, so you can do it!

my kids couldn't wait to play. we found a couple misprints in instruction guide but overall was easy to figure out. works out great to have all parts sorted by number and nuts/bolts/washers sorted by type and size, then have someone find needed parts for next step when you are working. it took 4 adults about 16 hrs to assemble. we put a piece of indoor/outdoor carpet cut to fit sandbox area before adding sand to prevent bugs and weeds. PERFECT!

I bought this set because it had all the things I wanted (a fort, monkey bars, rock wall, and several swings). It wasn't scheduled to arrive until next week but I was beyond estatic when it arrived early! My husband worked on it a little after work (because I have 4 under 5) and, due to some lingering light, i helped after kids went to bed we had it up in a week. not bad concidering it was essentially 1 person putting it together. Piece of advise would be to sort the pieces as you open the boxes, they are in there any kind of way and don't assume that all of 1 piece is in the same box. My husband tried to jump on it but I hadn't had a chance to sort it out yet and it was kind of a cluster. BUT I sorted it all out and got everything back on track during nap times so we were good to go on day 3 (was a saturday so 1st full day of work). Once you start getting it together and the pieces are orgnaized it really doesn't take that long and goes together smoothly. Also, pay very close attention to the instructions. My husband actually preferred the book to some app he found because apparently they didn't give the exact measurements of spacing and the alignment of the holes. In the long run, I had 5 10 yos, 8yo, 5yo, 4yo, 3yo, 1yo playing on it during a birthday party today and it held up beautifully and they all seemed to have an amazing time. I may end up getting some more boards to close up the other bottom of the picnic area because I really am NOT feeling sand or try to find some other cool use for it... maybe a childs hammock... but GREAT PURCHASE!

I bought Skyfort 2 about 2 months ago. Four huge boxes came on time. Nuts and bolts are excellent, lumber can be a little thicker. Otherwise, took me and my friend 4 to build it. It took one day to unpack and sort the lumber. For the price we got in Sams club this playset has lots of different features like monkey bars that you would not find on most playsets. If built right it is very strong and stands well on the ground. The fort is nice too. So far three kids used and abused it and it stands. I will not stain it the first year but will do it all other years. It is a good product for the price.

My wife and I looked around for a nice, affordable and reliable swing set for our two boys. We went to ALOT of different outdoor stores and websites and the majority of the larger swing sets were not in our price range and for the most part, in good reason, because they were honestly built better then this set. If you are looking for 2x4, 2x6 and 4x4 wood then you will not find it with this product, lets be honest, its a huge swing set for a great price bought exclusively from Sam's(a large box store), there's a reason behind that. With all of that being said, for the price that we paid, I am extremely pleased with how it turned out. It took my father, my 2 year old son and myself around 22 hours to assemble the swing set and I would rate my father and I as experts at building and erecting but only moderately good at following directions. Follow the directions very closely and pay attention to every single detail of every single board you assemble. 95% of the pilot holes were pre drilled so it is imperative that you make sure the pilot holes are in the right place. Based on reading reviews before I started building, I decided to separate out all of the wood from the boxes once we received the shipment. That turned out to be completely important because it saved us an amazing amount of time. My boys are extremely happy and most important of all, my wife is happy. Happy Wife Happy Life right?