We bought this for our older grandkids who had come to live with us. They enjoy this so much. So glad we did it. It takes a while to build but the step by step instructions were easy to follow and the online ap was a great help when needed.

Kids love it. Several damaged parts and the directions were not great. Other than that it is a decent product. For the money I didn't expect damaged parts.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] [Employee of backyarddiscovery] This fort has great directions and goes together easily with some time invested. The wood is a little fragile in some spots but a good buy overall!

I just finished putting this monster together. Overall i would say it took around 33 hours to put it together. For the most part, i did it solo. i had 4 boards missing at the end, there are definitely a lot of likes and dislikes of setup and you can see that in a lot of other posts. the manual isn't really that great and kind of hard to follow at some points, but if you have ever put anything togther then you already know that nothing is what it seems. i feel like that more bracing is needed but you know im not really that small of a person and you have to keep in mind this is for kids. overall, its not too bad just very time consuming. -- read this if you decide to buy should you decide to purchase this product, -- remember a picture is worth a 1,000 words. keep referring back to the picture this saved me a lot. -- lots and lots of H20 -- fan and extension cord there are several things you will need before hand that i didnt see anywhere. A good drill with 2 batteries, you will go through them like nothing. if there are 2 of you, have 2 drills. 2 different sockets to fit your drill, 9/16 & 1/2. and you will need the correspnding rachet / socket or wrenches. ** make sure you get extensions to fit your drill there are some hard to reach places. 2 differet wood drill bits 3/8 and 3/16 these are both mentioned in the manual and some of the best phillips drill bits you can find. you will need a solid 3 days to work on this and should probably take next day off from work. hehe.

We just finished helping our son-in-law put this playset together. It took 75 man hours to put it together. One person read the directions while the other 2 put it together. There are a million pieces! We sorted everything out in alphabetical order and put all the hardware on a table, so all parts were easy to locate when needed. We followed the directions to the tee and it went together pretty easy. It looks great and the kids love it. I would not suggest putting this together unless you are somewhat handy.

This is a great swing set. Very good quality, much better than expected. The wood Is NOT CEDAR. It is a soft white wood beneath a cedar color stain but it is what I expected for the price. Directions were pretty good with only 2 noticeable errors. Everything fit together quite well and took right at 20 hours for 2 people to assemble. Thanks Sam's!

We bought this playground for the older children in our in home daycare. I would not recommend for children under 4 there are areas where they could fall easily. We did purposely buy it for the older children our younger group have there own playground already.

I'm a contractor and it took me about 25hrs total to put this this together. I had a little help for a few hours but this isn't going to be easy for the average joe! Great looking playset though. Slide is in pieces and has to be put together so I worry about the sturdiness of it but time will tell.

All the parts were there plus extra hardware. Friend and I (plus son-in-law) spent 9 hr Saturday -- production line with 3rd person picking parts for the 'next step.' Some of the instructions could have been a bit more clear (looked like Xerox rather than print). Sunday took 8 hours for 2 of us to do "the last 10%" as it usually does. Overall time estimate of 20-24 hr for "2 moderately skilled adults" seems reasonable. Trickiest part was the slide. I am sure my twin grandsons will get a lot of use out of their "fort' ... and slide .. and rock wall.... and picnic area ... and swings .... and monkey bars ... and .... Seems like a tremendous value for the price (and I did a fair amount of pre-purchase research).

Last 2 years and started breaking and falling apart