My wife and I bought this a year ago for our 3 kids, ages between 5 and 8. We spent about 30 hours assembling (60 man hours) and are moderately skilled. Instructions are straight forward, all parts included. Some of the biggest time consuming was digging through boxes looking for specific pieces of wood. The boxes are pretty heavy (there were 4 for us) so drop it as close as you can to where you plan to work. The first 5 or 6 hours were assembling things relatively small so we were able to do this in our garage. Was able to use a tall bar stool instead of a step ladder. Only fought once which is better than normal for projects for us, so would consider this low stress.

My husband is a contractor so he built this himself. It look him about a week- a several hours a day. We are happy with the quality and look. The only feedback I would give is that the slide is not a solid piece, it's like a thick piece of plastic inserted into two slots.

I purchased this swing set for my 4 and 7 year old. They absolutely love it. However if I had to do it all over again I would pay the extra $$ to have it assembled as it took a few days for two of us to assemble (4-5 hrs a day) . I downloaded the assemble app to my phone and it was much easier than the paper instructions that come with it.

We bought the Skyfort II set at Xmas 2019 for our then 2yro. Who knew that just around the corner all public parks and playgrounds would be closing. We assembled the set, my little one helped with his plastic tools, at the end of January. This set was more of a life saver than we ever could have imagined when we made the purchase. We have since added some accessories from the BYD site to add to his entertainment options. Nothing short of hours of fun for my little one. I am a bit old school and used the paper directions to assemble. At 36 yro, it took me 2 full weekends to assemble alone. I have no complaints though.

We bought this right before the summer of 2020 when the world shut down. We wanted our kids to get outside and play since they were home. It started out great, but after trying to maintain the upkeep, it began to get worse. A year into this playset, the pieces were warping and starting to fail. The whole playset shakes back and forth, even with my 35 lb child. We do not feel safe with it anymore, and now we are on the hunt for a new one. If you want to spend this type of money, keep in mind that even if you try and upkeep it like told, it will still fail. Not happy.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Very nice looking. It did take about 15 hours to sort all of the parts/bolts with each step and about 30 hours to put together. The app was very helpful as it could 3-D the part and show how to attach to the main structure when the paper book could not. The swings are a little close together so we took one down.

We are really happy with how everything worked out. Everything fit well, instructions were clear and it looks great. Our kids love the fort part and think it's the greatest (5 & 1.5). Took us about 14 hours for two people to put together. The harware organization was a little frustrating, we used some cheap plastic part dividers that made it so much easier.

this swing set was brought to us in huge boxes. at first my parents regretted it. my dad started building the swing set piece by piece. by the end, it was all worth it. the swing set features a tower that has a telescope and sits on top of the swings. a set of monkey bars leads you to the main tower. the main tower has green windows so you can see outside the tower. you can climb up on a ladder or a rock climbing wall. the swings have 2 solo swings and 1 partner swing. last, the slide is made to last long. although you may pop in the bumps (that come back up) it keeps a well strength over time.

We bought this Skyfort II 2 months ago. It took my husband roughly 20 hours to put it together.Our 3 year old couldn't love it more. We are out daily for at least 2 hours a day so he can play on his Skyfort II. He uses every feature on it. His favorites are the slide and the climbing wall. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!

I bought this for my daughter and son-in-law who have 4 small children at home. It is beautiful, sturdy. It does take up a lot of yard but eventually the kiddos will love it. They received the set in 4 very heavy boxes -- have the delivery people put it as close to where you are going to set it up as possible. The info says 36 hours with two people and believe me it definitely needs two people. So, if your 1-year old is crawling and stumbling everywhere, your 3-year old is "helping" and your 7 and 9 year olds are also helping, estimate at least double the time. It is well worth the effort. We had a set previously from same manufacturer that lasted about 7 years so we assume that this investment will last that long as well. I think the previous set would have lasted longer but with automatic sprinkler system and hot Texas sun, it eventually broke down. Definitely need to anchor well if in sandy loam.