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Backyard Discovery Skyfort II Cedar Swing Set/PlaySet
4.4 out of 5 stars
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May 28, 2016
Jason and Crystal
3 out of 5 stars review

It an ok play set.

My complaints are of the adult kind, so read the whole thing. I bought this a year ago and there are already signs of wear. For the price I expected a more sturdy product. The wood is a cheap type of pine it bends while the children are playing on it. I have a 4 and 2.5 year old and when they are up in the sky fort part it is umsturdy. I have a 12 yo niece and she said she was afraid the floor was going to break under her feet. When she got on the monkey bars the wood creaked and bent she thought that would break too. Adults should not get in this house. So if you enjoy playing with your children this not the play set for you. I would have spent the money on a play set that has better quality materials . Otherwise a good product because the kids like it.

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Mar 29, 2023
JasonF
5 out of 5 stars review

Kids love it!

We researched a ton of play sets and this one had everything we were looking for. It will be perfect for our kids for many years. It was quite the task to put together but worth it. It’s sturdy, holds up in all sorts of weather, including winter. I highly recommend it.

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Mar 15, 2010
zstroke
5 out of 5 stars review

Great value, all pieces were present. All wood was in good shape. Assembly was very difficult if you want a precision job and I have very good carpentry skills. The instructions were very difficult to follow. The word instructions did not always match the pictures and several times they had you anchor something down to early that could cause alignment issues. You can avoid this by reading ahead at least a page or two and modifing as you go.

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Thank you for your 5-star review.

Jul 9, 2011
momoftwolittleboys
4 out of 5 stars review

Love it!

We spent quite a bit of time researching swing sets for our toddler and preschool boys. My husband kept coming back to this one. We are very happy with this purchase! My husband and son put it together in a few weeks and the boys enjoyed helping! i can swing on it and it is very durable. While it have some difficult play areas for our toddler, he keeps up with his brother and the boys can grow into it.

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Jun 10, 2019
Rusty Sailor
5 out of 5 stars review

Simply Awesome

Purchased this and installed it June 7-9. My kids (2 and 3.5) LOVE LOVE LOVE it and do everything but the monkey bars and the rock wall. We had friends over, 4 kids between 5-16, and they loved it as well. Heck, I enjoyed using it and I'm in my 40s! There is something to do for everyone. I put it together by myself and it was about 30-hrs. But, instructions were VERY clear and EASY to follow. Biggest time consumer was gathering the right combination of fasteners and finding the right wooden parts among the 4 boxes. If I had to do it all over again, I would photo copy the instructions and have 1 person gathering the parts and fasteners while the other assembled the fort. Pay close attention to the lengths of the fasteners and when it notes the orientation of specific parts or holes. It matters. But if you follow the instructions, you'll get it all right. I would also recommend having at least a power drill, if not an impact driver. Lots of lag bolts and such that would have taken a lot longer if I was doing it by hand. In the end, 100% happy and 100% recommended. If you're looking for a play set that spans a lot of age brackets and you have the room for something of this size, this one is absolutely worth considering.

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Feb 18, 2016
ABFamily
4 out of 5 stars review

We love it!!

We love our new Skyfort II. We have had this swingset for about 9 months. My girls who are 1 1/2 and 3 have enjoyed it almost daily. We chose this swing set over others because we wanted something with monkey bars, a picnic table, swings, a slide, and a "clubhouse", this set offers all of that plus a glider, a crows nest, and a sandbox. Overall we are soo happy with this swingset and would purchase it all over again if we had to. We recommend it to all our friends as we get so much use out of it and with so many different things to do on it, multiple kids can easily play on it at the same time. Perfect for families with multiple kids.

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Dec 26, 2012
jglover07
5 out of 5 stars review

Great Swing Set

We purchased this set for our kids, 3 and 6mo. My 3 year old LOVES it! I know that will last the time test and they will both enjoy it even more as they grow. We did purchase 2 baby swings to hang for the time being and had to put a board over the entry way for the monkey bars since my daughter is not big enough for that feature yet. The only negative thing about this set is the assembly. We ened up paying a local contractor to put it together which was still better than my husband trying to tackle the project himself. Overall I am very pleased!

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Jan 3, 2014
amm831
5 out of 5 stars review

Good Instructions for assembly, high quaility

Good instructions for assembly and high quality. Parts are across several boxes though; for example there are 10 boards to make up the rock wall, but the 10 boards are in 4 different boxes; which was annoying during assembly and makes assembly slower if you don't have room to lay everything out and sort prior to building. Put it together myself in 2 weekends. Very sturdy and will bring years of enjoyment.

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Apr 19, 2021
HCBENEFIEL
5 out of 5 stars review

Loved by Kids and Parents

This player has some amazing features and is quality for the price. We did seal each board before building it to provide water protection. We sealed for a couple hours a night for a week before a build day. All of the pieces were sorted by step in the instructions and we pre-built smaller items (e.g. ladders, rock wall, slide, swings, etc.). It took us a full day - 8+ hours even with the pre-build. We didn't finish the crows nest yet in the attached picture. We had a few boards not line up as well in the crowd nest. We also had 4 adults building and 2 working on giving appropriate parts. We pre-sorted screws and bolts as well. Children from 2 to 12 have been playing on it and love the set. Many parents ask where I purchased it. I would definitely purchase it again.

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Oct 17, 2016
Cigar
4 out of 5 stars review

The kids love it!

No issues with ordering, delivery or assembly. Color coding the bags and instructions would cut a lot of time off the installation. It took close to (3) 8hrs days to assemble. Recommend applying stain before assembly. After one season the factory stain was very faded and some spots were bare.

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