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Backyard Discovery Skyfort II Cedar Swing Set/PlaySet
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Apr 29, 2021
Reviewer name: Anonymous
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

The Cadillac of Playsets!

Wow, when my kids saw this playset in sam's club they were in awe. I couldn't believe the great price for such a nice set. It has literally EVERYTHING! Delivery was smooth. Building was easy thanks to the instructions. No missing parts of broken parts. A great buy, that my kids will enjoy for years to come! Highly reccomend!!

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May 1, 2014
Reviewer name: GSDL
3 out of 5 stars
3 out of 5 stars review

Nightmare to assemble!!

Parts don't match up, 2 of the same parts were different sizes in length.. Parts individually marked, but, almost impossible to read. Had to saw, shave, add extra screws here and there . Directions are mostly pictures with no words of explanation. I've built many things in my life and this was a headache. Finished product appealing and kids love it. It took 3 weeks to complete though!!

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Jan 17, 2025
Reviewer name: Sleighs
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

Skyfort Ii Discovery

We bought our grandson the Skyfort Ii for Christmas and he absolutely loved it. It was quite the project putting together. Thank goodness my husband is good at building and following directions. It is the most beautiful and sturdy playset I have ever seen. Thank you so much.

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Jun 1, 2016
Reviewer name: NCplayin
4 out of 5 stars
4 out of 5 stars review

Kids Love it

We bought this as a Christmas present for our boys. They love it and play on it everyday. The picnic table is great and offers a nice spot to eat an outdoor snack/lunch. Some of the wood pieces may need to be sent back, or have replacements provided, but overall everything was good. Plan on taking your time to construct and MAKE SURE YOU HAVE POWER TOOLS!!!

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Aug 15, 2019
Reviewer name: MaryMary
4 out of 5 stars
4 out of 5 stars review

Great, sturdy play set for the most part

After 1 day of use by small children the slide buckled. Customer service is amazing and has promptly reordered the defective parts. This set could be better if the slide was a solid plastic piece or some sort of extra support was available for the weakest area of the slide.

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Mar 28, 2023
Reviewer name: Maheath80
4 out of 5 stars
4 out of 5 stars review

The kids love it.

The build was not super hard, but it did take a while. Nothing was missing or broke in the boxes. The kids absolutely love this. My only issue, the packaging in the boxes was completely mixed up. I’d be happy to pay for the extra boxes to have all of the parts for one step in the same box. We had to completely unpack and sort everything in order to be able to funds parts for each step in the build.

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Jan 14, 2013
Reviewer name: HAVent
4 out of 5 stars
4 out of 5 stars review

Kids love it and seems solid

Two complaints only. Some of the hardware was a little soft, make sure you start every nut and bolt by hand. I think we only cross threaded a couple so not a big deal. Hardware was mostly torx and we did have a few strip out. Two of the “steps” had boards with offset holes in them and the directions were not clear of the holes should be inside or outside. I would like to see measurements to double check the spacing of the holes. Almost every hole was predrilled and things went together as they were supposed to. “Santa” brought ours so we were putting it together at night. Started in the garage one night with Rock wall, ladder, monkey bars, etc. Basically took three nights, I would say a solid 8 hour project for 2-3 people. We took our time and a couple GOOD cordless drills help. Kids love it and it seems very solid.

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Feb 21, 2016
Reviewer name: pk10
3 out of 5 stars
3 out of 5 stars review

My daughter loves the swingset

My daughter has been spending hours playing on her swing set. It was very difficult to put together. I did not receive all the correct pieces and had to add some extra pieces to make the little picnic table work out. There were several pieces that were cracked/broken. Even though it was a hassle my daughter loves the swing set.

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Jan 21, 2025
Reviewer name: Epak
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

Great Quality & Perfect for Growth

We bought this as a combo Christmas present for our 3 year old son and 1.5 year old daughter. It was delivered to our driveway in perfect condition, and I had the parts sorted over the next 2 hours. I constructed the fort 99% by myself in about 34 hours. (The remaining 1% were times when I dropped something while working from the upper floor or crow's nest and my wife stepped in to grab it, hah). The material quality is excellent - I see no reason why this would not stand up to the 10+ years of play I expect to get out of this as our little ones grow into fully using all parts (e.g. monkey bars). The only knock I give against the Skyfort II is that the golden/brass materials used in the swing connections (for decorative purposes over the otherwise black bolts?) were a bit soft. I stripped the ends of 2 gold/brass bolts trying to get them to bite into the gold/brass lock nuts, and there was only 1 spare provided. I was easily able to buy replacement (harder material) bolts on Amazon since all parts are labeled with their specs, but it was annoying to have to wait to "complete" the swingset. As you can see in the pictures, the trapeze had to wait until I had the bolt. Otherwise the only other "complaint" is that you need very level ground - for example making the final connections from the crow's nest to the main building. I had to add bricks under the swing-side support to take tension off these bolts and secure them. I'll have to add dirt over time to level the yard.

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May 24, 2016
Reviewer name: grammy56
4 out of 5 stars
4 out of 5 stars review

great swingset

the swing set is great now that it is assembled. the delivery did not go well and we had to go pick it up and that was a difficult process also. the assembly is much more intensive than I thought it would be it took four of us two days to get it done. no part of this set is pre assembled. some of the board were not marked very well and we were short some important screws other screws we had several extras. the quality of the wood and the parts is excellent our boys will be enjoying this for a long time.

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