This play set is an awesome feature of in our backyard. The play set has created a play ground gathering area for our neighborhood kids. It allows my wife and I some much needed free time to let our 2 boys 3 and 6 years old play while we relax around the patio watching them. The challenges I overcame was damaged packages on delivery, 14 missing or damaged parts, 3 hours to inventory with 3 men, 3 days of 10hrs w/ 3 men for 90 man hours to substantially complete the ground prep and installation. Expect to budget $1500 for labor and $1,000 for ground prep if you build it like I did. Customer service was very accommodating to send out replacement parts in 1 week. In the end it is well worth the effort. Time will tell if it holds up to the Florida weather.

The kids love it. Built pretty solid wish the monkey bars were a little bit stronger. But overall for the price great deal we paid for the install. We didn’t have to wait in about three weeks after we received it for them to install it food for thought.

I bought this set a few months ago and I am so pleased with everything about it. It was delivered in a timely fashion. The workers from the site put it together perfectly. They were very manner able and professional. I bought the set for my grandchildren. I have eight young grandchildren who enjoy it immensely. It was there Christmas present from me. Now they say that my house is the fun house. They love it, so I love it. Thanks for such a great set.

This is a great play house. Love it and very glad I bought it. However, after 7 months the boards fell off the rock climb. I took out every single screw and replaced it with quality deck screws. About half the ones I removed were broke in half. After only 7 months! I haven’t messed with the other screws in the whole set, I’m scared to find out.

The Skyfort II so far has been an excellent purchase! For the price, there is a lot for kids to do: Swings, monkey bars, lookout tower, etc. We did have a few broken pieces, but Backyard Discovery’s support was phenomenal! We recommend this set for any friends who have the space. It’s a no-brainer!

I put this together by myself in about 26 hours. I am a builder/trim carpenter so I certainly had an advantage, but the directions were great and all the parts and pieces were there and clearly labelled. Some advice though: 1.) I spent about 3 hours unpacking and organizing everything in my garage. I highly recommend sorting all the wood by letter (each board is stamped). Also, I dumped out 2 large screw storage boxes and used them for organizing the fasteners. Cutting the label off the bag and sticking it over the corresponding compartment helped a lot! 2.) start in a garage if you have one. But don't forget to move it out before it's too heavy (or too tall) 3.) there are a lot of small pilot holes and varying hole patterns on the wood pieces, be sure to orient therm correctly or you'll be forced to rebuild or measure and drill your own. That's it, it really was pretty easy, just follow the directions and you'll be fine. It's like Legos for grown ups; I actually had a lot of fun building it.

Love the design and features of the playset, especially for the In Club price. I only had a couple of the cedar wood pieces that were not cut well, but even those were usable. I also had a couple bolts that I needed to buy replacements for. I spent a total of $2.49 on the bolts so I would not have to wait for replacement parts from the manufacturer. The cedar wood is adequate but not as sturdy as treated dimensional lumber you would buy from a lumber yard. That being said, it is much easier to work with since it is lighter, precut, and predrilled. I did 90% of the assembly by myself over a 5 day period working about 6 hours a day. I must note that I am older, slower, and more deliberate than some. Once the set was all together and anchored, I was quite pleased with the sturdiness of the playset. My two year old granddaughter loves it, and with proper care I believe she will be able to enjoy the set for many years. If the ratings system would allow, my rating would be 4.5 out of 5.

I originally saw this on another website for about $500 more but after reading several reviews that said they pruchased from Sams Club I visited this site. I was floored at the difference in price not to mention the free shipping. The other site was only offering $9.99 shipping. My husband put this up in a week. My kids LOVE it!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Get a group of people to put it together. Kids love it. Instructions are a little difficult. Lining up the holes the way it showed did not always work so we had to make our own. It is a very nice set though

I evaluated may swing sets from the Rainbow systems and Backyard Adventures before deciding to go for the do-it-yourself route. It took 4 adults about 20 hours and then I did some finishing touches for about 6 hours during the work week. I agree that setting all the parts out ahead of time will significantly save you time, but it's hard to have the space to do that too far in advance not to mention the unpredictable weather of December. The set is worth every penny and the blood, sweat, and tears just to see the smile on my little boys face. There are some significant errors in the instruction manual, which made my rating a 4. The quality is there and the set looks great, we just had about 5 items that we had to re-work, which delayed greatly. Customer Service is wonderful with missing parts. If you are prepared for the work, this is the set for you. I also wish there were four slots for swings vs. three.