We searched and searched for a playset for our three girls and once we found the Skyfort we were shocked at the price and quality compared to everything else. Stop your search right now and buy the Skyfort! Its a long process to assemble but well worth it...and it helps that the instructions are detailed, but not complicated. By the way, the same playset is sold online by Cabellas....but $500 MORE in price!!! GO SC!!!

This swing set was a hit from day one. As far as product quality, it was a quality purchase. Only a couple boards had a split in the wood, which for how many pieces there was, we were very fortunate. It took 3 of us (me, dad, father-in-law) about 23 hours to put together and we are handy with tools, but not experts either. Biggest frustrations we had were the instructions not being clear.multiple times we had to go three to four steps ahead to get exact layout of boards with the pilot holes. Like others had said, it is beneficial to organize all boards ahead of time. Took my wife 2.5 hours to organize ahead of time. Biggest suggestion I have, is be patient. Read instructions thoroughly and look ahead to future steps if have questions on board layout. Overall great product and our kids are already loving it.

Some of the barrel nuts were not threaded correctly and some of the lumber identifications were smudged but overall not a bad install. Prints could've been a bit clearer where some of the pilot holes were on posts, etc. It was hard to tell and a few pieces were put in facing the opposite way. The Kids love it.

Have had the set for about 2 months now. My kids absolutely love it and play on it daily. The setup between the app and the manual made this a very easy setup!! Lay out everything before hand and you will have this set assembled in no time. If you are trying to speed up your set up time, have two groups of people set up. One group starts in the base of the main structure and the other group starts on the rock wall, steps, etc.

My kids absolutely love this play set! It was easy to assemble, just time consuming. It took about 20 hours, which is what the instructions estimated. We priced many different sets and this one seemed the nicest for the money. Now the we have it, I know we made the right choice!

We bought this playset a year ago and hired a local guy to set it up. I am handy, but I would highly recommend hiring out for the build unless you have time to burn. We didn't get around to clear coating the set, but that doesn't appear to have mattered so far. We live in sunny southeastern Washington state (300 days of sunshine!) and have seen little to no fading of the stain. Our daughter loves playing on and in her set. The features appear well suited to someone who was 5 when we got it through at least the next couple of years. She likes to use it as a getaway, picnic station, playhouse and just to swing or climb on the mini climbing wall and up and down the slide. We bought ours through Sam's Club, finding the overall cost was lowest via that route. It was delivered by a tractor-trailer in good condition. As I recall, we didn't have to call for any replacement parts. One or two of the wood components were damaged but they were not damaged in any way that affected the set, as in neither visible once assembled nor splintery. Incidentally, our daughter has reported zero splinters in a full year of extensive play. Great set. Glad I didn't build it myself, truly, but I'm sure it would have been doable if I'd had the time to burn. Definitely would recommend it!

I bought this set in August of 2015 at the end of the season to get a better price. Finding after the set was built that the original price would have been well worth the money. I actually did not build the set until April 2016 after some rainy and cold weather kept me from starting on it as soon as I received it. After sitting for 7 months the wood was still in perfect condition and very easy to work with. While deciding which set to purchase I read and researched a lot of reviews of the set. I actually found quite a few that were really detailed and helpful, although I had to be careful because some of them were for the earlier model and the instructions are different for each one. I think the most helpful was a review that suggested using sandwich bags to separate the hardware for each step. Take time to go thru the instruction book page by page to familiarize yourself with the steps. As you do put the hardware for each step in its own baggy and label it for that step. It will take you about 4 to 5 hours to do this but it is worth it as it makes the steps go faster while actually building, not having to take time to pull the hardware for each step as you go, plus it inventories the hardware so you know if you are short on anything before starting. Separating the boards is a must. You will need a lot of space to do so. I had a space in the very back of my yard that we spread a trucker tarp to lay them on and put another over them so if it rained during construction the boards would not be sitting in water until used. As you inventory the boards, putting them in alphabetically order, then putting each letter in numerical order is very helpful with time spent building. Each step is detailed as to which boards and hardware is needed, but please be careful to pay close attention as to the orientation of the boards. Most have predrilled holes that will need to be in the right places for following steps. In some steps it is difficult to see which way the predrilled holes are supposed to go, but if you look ahead a couple steps to check where other boards might intersect with that board it will help to make it clear which way to position it. If you are careful and make sure each board is positioned correctly there is no need to drill guide holes except in the few places where the instructions actually tell you to drill a hole. The building process was easy. Being a truck driver my husband is on the road a lot so I built the set by myself. The first weekend consisted of 5 hours on Sunday, after spending Saturday separating the boards and hardware. The week was only 1 hour after work on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, got rained out on Thursday and Friday. The second weekend was 8 hours on Saturday and 6 hours on Sunday, 1hour after work on Monday, with the finishing touches (attaching the slide, rock wall, ladder and swings) being done in 1 1/2 hours after work on that Tuesday. A total of 23.5 hours. I feel like having a helper would have only been someone in the way. Having two "A" ladders was very helpful though, as I used them to hold the swing bar up while I attached it to the play-set. And it also eliminated the need to continuously move one ladder from side to side while working. I bought the optional floor that covers the sand box area. I had some issues with this part of the building process. While installing I had to cut the two end pieces, they were about 1/2 of an inch too long. I also discovered that the predrilled holes were measured incorrectly on the floor boards. When the factory drilled the holes they fell right at the edge of the board they were to be attached to instead of in the middle of it. Problem solved by screwing them in at an angle and the extra floor space allows for a bigger play area without the worry of sand and dirt. I also did not use the monkey bars, grandkids still a little young for those. Instead I called Backyard Discovery and ordered another M1 and 4 more M24s to make where the monkey bars would go enclosed like the opposite side (Step 37). Helpful suggestions: If you do get the optional floor….Do NOT install the L2 boards in step 6 (of the play set instructions). DO install the optional floor before you do step 18, in which you will have to cut O2 to fit above the floor board. I then bought a little L brace to attach O2 to the floor board. In step 55 before attaching the J2 boards it would benefit you to go to step 58 and attach the two M25 boards to the J2 boards before attaching the J2 boards to the crow’s nest bottom. If you attach the J2s first, when you go to attach the M25s the roof will be in the way of being able to screw the screws in. The only Con that I can honestly say I see with this play set is the sliding board. It was very difficult to put together and does not seem sturdy. I wish it had come with the one piece thick plastic slide I saw with some of the other sets. I do not think it will last very long. The rest of the play set is very sturdy. I weigh 190 lbs. and while constructing this set I climbed all over it. Once the second floor floorboards were installed I stood on them to continue to build the upper level of the set. I even had to climb into the crow’s nest to build part of it. None of the boards felt like they would break under my weight. After replacing one of the swings with a baby swing, all of the grandkids can and will enjoy this play set for years to come. I added some pictures of the building process.

I have 3 children ranging from 2-11. They all play on it daily! The instructions for putting it together were really clear, it took us about 18 hours total to get it full assembled and the kids were able to help on many steps. Would definitely recommend Backyard Discovery!

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.

the instruction are alittle ruff trying to muddle through even with some carpetener experience but if you look 2 or 3 times and pay attention its a win win situtation. a little more detail to guality would be nice several planks were not marked or rubbed off and several planks were chipped or cracked, these items should have been caught in quality control. We hade them work so all is good