Customer reviews for Backyard Discovery Skyfort II Cedar Swing Set/PlaySet forMember photos









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Nice playset, my kids love it!
I set aside the weekend to put it together... it took me 22 hours by myself. Descent quality materials and easy to assemble. I spent most of my time just sorting through all the pieces. All in all, a good product for the price. Only downside was I had to hand tap all the barrel head nuts. They should look at upgrading that particular item.
Beautiful Set, Time Consuming Assembly
I bought this July of 2021 and it took my husband and I almost 8 months to assemble it. We both work full time jobs and run a ranch so we were limited to a couple hours each evening and a few weekends. It was delivered in 4 separate boxes and the shipping sheets say exactly which boards are in each box. Assembly is EASY but time consuming by time you find the boards and the hardware.
For the family, but not family project.
Great swing set! The kids are loving. I wish the letters and numbers on the boards were bigger, and more easily visible. I am sure it’s not common, but I had issues with some boards not been marked or some that were were unreadable. \n\nThe app made so much easier to be able to put it together myself. But I definitely recommended having someone that works for a company to put it together, specially if you ran with issues like mine where some were not marked. I had to jumped some steps and go back after words to make sure I wasn’t using the wrong board. \n\nOnce the project it’s done. It’s sturdy and I have no issues or worries with the kids playing on it.
Probably the best value playset out there
Great value. All pieces were there except the slide mount. One piece was mis labeled but other than that this set rocks. I sort of expected it to be worse than it was assembling. As long as you have 2 or 3 free days and use the bilt app you will be fine. Took 2 ten hour days with me and my brother (one hour break on first day). Plenty of hardware in case you lose some. Make sure you have two drills so 2 people can work at once, and lay out all the pieces firat thing before you build (only took an hour to do). This playset is built pretty well and is massive, I think its probably the best value out there.
Fun Factor Fort
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I assembled the Skyfort II in June of 2020. It was very hot in North Texas. I did not have any help in the assembly. I have a covered concrete apron adjacent to my home shop. I assembled the center section minus the roof in the shade under the awning. I realized early on in the assembly that I needed to plan two or three pages ahead in order to orient the pieces so that holes in other pieces corresponded later. After assembling the center section, I laid the section on a heavy duty garden wagon and rolled it about 100 feet to a level part of the yard. I stood the center section up and attached the roof pieces. I assembled the legs, monkey bars, ladders, and support brackets under the awning and then moved them into position on either side of the center section. I stood the crossbeam perpendicular to the legs and joined them. I raised the end section and supported the beam on a step ladder. I was then able to make the connection with the center section. On the other end, I laid the legs/ladder flat and attached the monkey bars. To complete the attachment, I again used a step ladder to support the monkey bars while making the connection. All that remained was a relatively simple matter of hanging the swings, slide, ladders, climbing wall, etc. and of course anchoring the swing set. All in all, it was a relatively simple and straight forward project as long as strict attention was paid to the assembly instructions. The instructions were clear and concise. It was essential that every piece of lumber, every bolt and screw, and every metal piece was identified. The best part of the project was watching my grandkids enjoy it. My grandson especially enjoys the crows nest. When he is visiting, he spends hours in the fort and in the crows nest looking for pirates with the aid of the telescope. I assembled the Skyfort II in June of 2020. It was very hot in North Texas. I did not have any help in the assembly. I have a covered concrete apron adjacent to my home shop. I assembled the center section minus the roof in the shade under the awning. I realized early on in the assembly that I needed to plan two or three pages ahead in order to orient the pieces so that holes in other pieces corresponded later. After assembling the center section, I laid the section on a heavy duty garden wagon and rolled it about 100 feet to a level part of the yard. I stood the center section up and attached the roof pieces. I assembled the legs, monkey bars, ladders, and support brackets under the awning and then moved them into position on either side of the center section. I stood the crossbeam perpendicular to the legs and joined them. I raised the end section and supported the beam on a step ladder. I was then able to make the connection with the center section. On the other end, I laid the legs/ladder flat and attached the monkey bars. To complete the attachment, I again used a step ladder to support the monkey bars while making the connection. All that remained was a relatively simple matter of hanging the swings, slide, ladders, climbing wall, etc. and of course anchoring the swing set. All in all, it was a relatively simple and straight forward project as long as strict attention was paid to the assembly instructions. The instructions were clear and concise. It was essential that every piece of lumber, every bolt and screw, and every metal piece was identified. The best part of the project was watching my grandkids enjoy it. My grandson especially enjoys the crows nest. When he is visiting, he spends hours in the fort and in the crows nest looking for pirates with the aid of the telescope.
Fabulous!
This swingset is as nice as it looks in the picture. It took 5 adults 4 /4 hour nights after work to put it together. My 2 year old granddaughter loves it! Separate all the parts and read the manual first My daughter, sister and myself put all the components together , the 2 guys built it and didn't have any problem
Anxiously awaiting setup
The playset was delivered a week or so. My husband plans to start on it this week. I am excited and the boys keep asking about it. When the set was delivered, there was a box that was damaged. The delivery guy was super nice and noted it and told us to keep our eye out for damaged pieces. We found one piece that had been splintered. We called customer service and they said they would send us a new piece. Also, the playset did not come with instructions. We were told to download it from the website. For the money, you would think they could add a complimentary set of instructions. Hopefully the set-up goes well! So far service has been great.
Over all this is a nice Play Set
This product is made for little ones but its fairly sturdy, and its a really nice play set. My Granddaughter loves it. The only problems I had with it was the assembly directions were not clear enough, IE: detailing front, back. right side, left side etc. I also found myself a few parts short on some items, and had to make unneeded trips to the hardware store. Overall I like it because my granddaughter likes it.
Has everything!
We bought this for our 3 kids last fall and so happy that we did! Our kids range in age from 9 to 1 year and this play set has something for all of them. My oldest loves the monkey bars and lookout tower. My middle child loves the swings and climbing wall. And we made a sandbox in the bottom part for the baby. After 9ish months, the play set still gets daily use. Would highly recommend.
Great product for a great price!
This playset contained all the items requested by my children (monkey bars, double swing, fort, slide, sandbox) at a great price. We've only had it for a month, so I can't speak to the durability, but it's been hours of fun, fun fun for my 3 and 5 year-olds. It is also the "kid-attractor" in the neighborhood and I'm happy to have them all playing in my backyard!


