I purchased the Skyfort II with the expectation that my kids would enjoy it, but I didn’t anticipate just how much! Best purchase I’ve made to date for them. The layout is perfect at keeping them busy for long periods of time, definitely keep the imagination games flowing. The best feature is the crows nest, as they enjoy playing pirates and exploring the environment using their mounted telescope as a guide. The attached picnic table has them constantly asking to go outside for a snack, and a quick dive in the sandbox keeps them digging for that pirate treasure! Not only is it fun, it’s aesthetically pleasing! Beautiful addition to our new back yard. I highly recommend!

Most of the wood seems very flimsy. For the price I definitely expected better. My husband and father in law put it together alone in a weekend. The number one problem I have with this is the super shady thin pieces of plastic backyard discovery wants to call a slide. It’s literally a very thin sheet of plastic that screws into the side pieces with multiple screws that’s don’t fit in properly. Terrible slide.

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.

So this thing is a serious playground. it's great my kids love it but boy let me tell you about the setup! It took me and one other person two weekends and me working on the side pieces during the week to finally get it complete I strongly suggest sorting out all of the bolts and screws and nuts in numeric order on a table and using the lids of the wood boxes to sort all the different pieces if you like Puzzles this assembly is definitely for you it was fairly simple I strongly suggest downloading the bilt app this app was a lifesaver instructions were pretty simple so follow it's just a lot of manual labor most of the wood pieces were pretty good condition but quite a few were chipped or warped but in the end all the hard work was worth it endless hours of entertainment!

Purchased in February, had to wait for the weather to cooperate in April. Very good instructions, proceed slowly, you’ll get there. Grandpa and son-in-law completed this project in several hours over two weekends. Pay attention to other customer comments regarding how to construct this fort. Prior experience working with wood is helpful. Three grandkids required substituting a third swing replacing the teeter-totter that’s shown in the brochure photo.

We just finished assembling this playground. It took the better part of 3 days and 3 people (sometimes 4). All pieces are labeled well. It helps to organize before assembling. We had all the “H” pieces in one area in numerical order, “M” in another spot, “F” in another spot and so on. One person read directions, one found pieces and two assembled (when we had 4 people). It’s important to double check that pieces are facing the correct direction so all pre-drilled holes are in the right spots. Boards on their own seems soft and possibly flimsy, but once assembled, it is very sturdy and solid! Can’t wait for my kids to play on it!

My husband just put this together for our two kids, 8 and 3. Took him about 5 days by himself to organize everything and build. We weren’t in a hurry so he took his time and built it right! Our kids love the FAST slide and the monkey bars! The rock wall is a plus too. The swings are something they could do for hours!!!

We set the playset up a couple of weeks ago and the kids love it. They are 6 & 8 and I was worried they might grow out of it too fast but I now feel confident they will play on it for several years. We didn't have any issues with boards breaking as we saw in some of the other reviews. My husband said it is made of cedar and cedar is a soft wood, not a hard wood. We are very happy with our purchase.

We just finished up assembly in full today but kids have been using most of it for the last two days and wow has it attracted a lot of kids in the neighborhood. This playset stands out amongst the rest with the large treehouse like base and all the features it comes with in the rock wall, monkey bars, slide, and swings. I’m so glad we made this purchase and I know others are too. Highly recommended!

Almost perfect Nearly perfect! Easy (but long) instructions. Did almost everything with one person. Came up short by 3 on one bag of screws, but brass wood screws are easy to find. A few boards were warped but not unusable. It has a great warranty and if I wanted to have BYD replace those parts, they would in an instant. Give yourself 3-4 days if you are doing this by yourself, 2-3 with 2 people. The monkey bars are 7.5 ft off the ground so we are waiting to install them until we have wood chips down. The most important part? The kids love it!