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Backyard Discovery Skyfort II Cedar Swing Set/PlaySet
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Jan 26, 2016
Shannon
4 out of 5 stars review

Love it!

My kids love their Skyfort II playset. They want to go outside every chance they get to play on it. It does take up a lot of room, though, so make sure you have the space available before you put it up. Pay close attention to the detail in the drawings, as there is very limited wording in the instructions. Organize everything by section before you start will save a lot of time. It Is very heavy and sturdy. I even climb in it myself sometimes!

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Jun 28, 2011
micnme2
4 out of 5 stars review

Lots of Fun

This has been a great purchase for our kids they love it. I have been looking for a long time and for the price you can't go wrong. Not olny do you get the swings but also the monkey bars and in this playset they are on opposite sides so now they can do both. The only down fall is it takes two men about 24 hours to put it together.

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Jun 14, 2020
Pjs
3 out of 5 stars review

Screws broke in 7 months

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.

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May 31, 2012
struples
5 out of 5 stars review

so far so good

This was delivered 1 week after we ordered it! Wow!! it said like 3-4 weeks.. The delivery company was awesome! He even dropped it off in the back yard! it doesn't look like it would all make a giant playground being that it's only in 4 boxes but well see.. Its raining again today so I have to wait for a dry day to build it...pretty cool SAMs Club. Price here was definitely the best.

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Jul 29, 2014
Sar03
3 out of 5 stars review

Not bad for the price

I bought this April 2014 for my 5 yr old grandson. I had read the reviews and knew the wood wasn't as thick as the higher priced specialty stores around. It's made from 1"x4" boards. One small square piece split while we were screwing it in, so I used wood glue with a piece of blue painters tape around it. When it was dry the tape took the 'redwood' stain off and some wood splinters. I bought some Baer stain hoping that will protect it from the weather better. My main problem is trying to find something to protect the bases from the weed eater. The wood is soft and damages easily from the weed eater. I'm not sure there is anything out there for this purpose (something easier than buying a bunch of plastic tree wraps). My grandson likes it. He's too small still for the monkey bars, hasn't tried the rock wall. The glider swing seems to be his favorite for now. The slide warms up pretty fast in the sun. His older sisters (13,14) think it's pretty neat-they sit in the playhouse. Hopefully this will give him several years of fun..and off the Nintendo!

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Mar 25, 2014
mommahicks
5 out of 5 stars review

Great Swing Set!!

My husband and father in law put this together and they said it was fairly easy to do so! They said they have 24 hours of work into this swingset! Our daughter is going to love it as well as any other children in the future will too!! This swingset is going to last for years to come! My only complaint is that the telescope doesnt magnify and doesn't seem to clip on as sturdy as we would have liked...but we can fix that! To have this delivered to our home in the country was awesome!! My husband said that only one peice of board did not have a pre-drilled hole, which we did not consider a big deal! We are very pleased!

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Mar 22, 2011
Momma4
5 out of 5 stars review

Greatness!

I bought the Skyfort over Christmas. The delivery man informed me that he normally just drops off the fort at the front door. He pushed it up my driveway and then helped me carry it to the covered patio. It took him almost an hour with my help. I was extremely impressed and greatful for the man. I just recently finished putting together the fort. The directions where extremely frustrating at points but now that it is together and up it is beautiful. My daughter loves it and was able to help put parts of it together, (she's 5 years old). I had the help of my brother and cousin and we where only able to work for about 2 to 3 hours a day, so it took us roughly a week to complete it. My overall rating of the Skyfort is: beautiful once it's up, frustrating as all get out to read the directions at times. Remain patient and it will come together, promise!

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Jul 19, 2010
ROCKSTAR17
4 out of 5 stars review

Ginormous!

We put this together this weekend. Instructions were good and it took the time recommended(except if the kid helps :) ) This is very big and you should definatley have the ground leveled if possible. My son has yet to play on it but is very excited. I did think it came with more accesories, but am very pleased noe the less

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Jan 15, 2015
DownSouth23
5 out of 5 stars review

Our son loves this play set

I was told so many bad stories about the play sets and having to put them together so i was putting off starting on this till i had an army ready to help. Once we started i then relized i could have saved a lot of money on Pizza. lol with just having myself and one other to help. This system was very easy to read and install. It was a good feeling seeing my son see it for the first time.

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Apr 14, 2023
Robert L
5 out of 5 stars review

Great Product, but Assembly can be a Challenge

Very pleased with the play set thus far (completed building it in early April 2023). The written instructions were quite detailed and accurate, however, we often referred to the video to ensure our orientation was correct. The written instructions were not as easy to determine the orientation of the pieces that were to be assembled. Also, and this was a real problem that all four of us who were involved in its construction experienced, and that is the identifying part numbers on the wood. The markings were so poor that we often had to choose our pieces by comparing them to the drawings in the instructions (guesstimate). I would strongly suggest to those responsible for improving the building experience by the consumer to seriously consider improving the markings on the wood. Faded black ink on dark brown wood is not at all easy to read; what's more, some pieces were not stamped at all! On a more positive note, the BILT app was amazing!

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