After reading all the reviews on here it helped a ton putting it together. I never review anything, but I will start now. The swing set is perfect when it’s put together, but it does take some time. Read all the reviews and you’ll know all the hang ups. When you’re confused, take a look at the picture and it will usually help. I got turned around a couple times and had to take some items apart, but it was minimal. I think the biggest suggestion I can give you is to spend the time sorting everything when you get it. I was missing the one inch wood screws and the telescope was smashed. Customer Service took my call and they were delivered the next day. Make sure you have a lot of room to lay the wood out, it’s amazing how many pieces this thing actually comes in. I sorted everything in alphabetical order and numeric order. Finding boards was easy. I would also suggest putting all the bags of Fasteners in large containers. I just put them in large zip lock bags, but plastic containers would work well. I received it on a Thursday and started that night after work. With the use of a spotlight I was able to work for about 4 hours on Thursday and Friday. My wife helped maybe 1-2 hours a night after the kids went to bed. Then on Saturday I was up and started by 7am and worked until 11pm. I did have help from 10am until 4pm. So all and all it took me about 23-25 hours with I would say 8-9 hours of help from another person. 6 hours with another handy male and about 3 with my wife. I really wanted it done by Sunday am so I was working pretty hard with minimum breaks, but overall I think it goes together pretty straight forward. Read the directions carefully and print more than one set if you have help. My 2.5 daughter loves it! Good luck…

I just finished the assembly. With about 26-28 hours from opening the first box I completed it by myself. There are some parts that would be helpful to have two people but I managed alone. My son has been on it ever since I finished it. The directions are about 95% accurate with some things having to be interpreted by looking at pictures but nothing so bad to cause an issue with assembly. If you want a great play set this is it.

It is a very great item. My kids love it! The instructions wasn't the clearest. I definatley recommend this to others. The crows nest seems to need support under it so we put our own support under it. If you are short anything or anything is broke they replace it fast. The ship out and is here within the next day or two.

We purchased this for our grandkids at there new house and we couldn't be happier with the purchase. Being a builder I found the assembly instruction to be more than sufficient and easy to follow. We sorted out all the pieces and hardware before we started and that was very helpful. The quality was very good and the kids are now having hours of fun.

We did a lot of research before purchasing this set, and we are very happy with it. We have 5 kids ages 2-9 and our oldest is about 5ft tall. We wanted something that kids of all ages could use that wouldn’t be too flimsy for lots of kids, and that our oldest could still use. This thing is sturdy! We replaced the middle bar thing with another swing. we often have 3 kids swinging on this at one time, and the set doesn’t move at all. My husband is 6’2” and can stand upright in the upstairs of the main tower. At the same time, I don’t feel like it is unsafe for our 2 year old. It did take quite some time to put together, but the sheer amount of bolts on this thing really gives me peace of mind.

The product itself is great. It will last, it is sturdy and I have no doubt about my kids safety. Putting it together, however, was a frustrating experience. We have done fairly major construction in the past but while putting this together we had to take several pieces apart and put them together again because the piece had to go a certain way and the directions did not specify. Be detailed, count and organize the pieces ahead of time and you will save yourselves time. I would get it again.

This is a good quality play set. The Crow's nest is great. It took me about 40 hours to finish the assembly. The instructions were pretty good, but you must read thru each step two times before executing. I have a 3 and 5 yrs old and they love it. The wood was beautiful. I was missing some parts and called Customer Service. They were great and overnite the missing parts to me. I would recommend you get extra 5/16 inch washer. Great product for the price. You won't be disappointed. I am going water seal it in about two weeks. Excellent product and awesome customer service!

We bought this a couple of months ago and it did take a while to come in. Our delivery got rescheduled three times but once we finally got it, it was perfect after that. We worked on it daily after work and then spent an entire Saturday finishing it up. It’s perfect. Our three kiddos love it and next summer we plan to take down a swing and add a baby swing! It’s super sturdy and doesn’t move at all while all three kids are playing. Best investment we’ve made for a while and it was a “big sister gift” before our boy makes his arrival in July!

This swingset is excellent for the money. It is well built and my son loves to play on it. As previous people have stated, definitely inventory prior to setting it up. We had a number of damaged or missing items, but customer service was fantastic with replacements. We did have an issue with delivery, which was clearly not Sam's fault, but the delivery people were ridiculous. They lost our first order, and claimed it was delivered when we never received it. Then they tried to claim that they were only going to drop the items curbside and not place in garage. These are boxes that weigh over 100lbs, and I have a 300 foot driveway. I called Sam's right away and they handled it and straightened it out for me! That is great member service. This set does take a while to put together, but the instructions are very well laid out. To make the building process go smoother, we arranged all the materials by item number and not by page number. I would definitely recommend this swingset to neighbors and friends

Can't say enough great things about this playset!! Friends and neighbors, just love this thing :) We got the additional floor set, and it's the nicest play-set I've seen around. Backyard Discovery is one of the best companies to work with. Customer service is EXCELLENT, A++++ . Whether it's replacement pieces, add-ons, or shipping questions, I definitely thing they make the grade. Would definitely buy from again. ASSEMBLY TIPS - Make sure you organize all wooden pieces 1st. I would recommend organizing nuts/bolts into separate small boxes as well (I had about 8). You will need an additional friend to help you when putting up the big swing/monkey bar beams, and probably the roof panels.