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.

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.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I bought this one because I have two older kids and one younger. I thought the older kids might like the clubhouse feel it has, since we don’t have any trees for a tree house. It’s been fun for everyone to own this. It’s big, it’s safe, it’s sturdy. I’d highly recommend this set to anyone. We paid for it to be installed and it was done in one afternoon by two people. We have had no issues with any rough spots or weak pieces. We love it!

We bought the swing set for our 7 and 9 year old children. They love the fort and it is big enough for them and a couple of friends. The slide is a good size too!!! It is a well built swing set. One Con is it really takes a long time to put together.

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.

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.

We bought this 2 months ago, took a while for it to arrive-6 weeks! We used a handyman to set this up for us and it took 18 hours. Playground looks awesome and kids love it! We did have some issues with the wood splitting when we put in the screws, but will be applying wood putty to the area. So far happy with our purchase

This was a great purchase because I've tracked it for a couple years now and waited for the product to go on sale. I have two boys under age 5 and another child on the way so I am expecting to maximize this playground's use. I opted to put the playground together rather than paying to have it put together for me. It wasn't too difficult but I do have some helpers that should make your life easier if you choose this route. First, pull all the lumber and hardware out of the boxes and organize by their labeled number. Take your time here because it will make it faster to find each piece during the build. Next, have an impact drill or purchase one. This is a must. Have a couple backup batteries handy so you can continue working. Finally, pay extra attention to the direction of some of the lumber and the pilot holes that are pre-drilled. Several times I had to turn boards around which slowed me down. It took me and a friend about 12 good hours to complete so take your time. Now that the build is over I can say that I am very happy with the playground. It seems sturdy and well built and so far my boys love it! My only complaint is some of the hardware is either exact amounts or even short in amount but the company will ship anything you need but that's annoying when your in the moment. So, you may have to hit the hardware store for a few bolts or screws.

It came in 4 large boxes. The pieces come stamped for identification and each box has a list of its contents. I opened the top of each box and taped the list to the outside. I had about a dozen cardboard bins that I labled with the part numbers of the bolts/parts. The longest part of this job is just locating the parts in the boxes. The organization helped greatly. I did this build by myself in about 30-40 hours. My wife helped for about 5 minutes when I was putting the slide together. I had no missing parts and it turned out great.

This is a beautiful playset once assembled, We did initially go through and check off all the wooden pieces and sorted them into piles according to their letter, we had it laid out all on the garage floor, so we couldn't park in their for quite some time, as our yard was to flooded for the longest time to be able to actually begin building. my husband worked on this for 5 days, totalling about 32 hrs, with at least 20 of those hours being with one other guy, and he still has the finishing touches of all the handles to put on. He said it was alot of work, and was thinking at times that $500 seemed pretty appealing to have someone else do it, the only reason I docked this one star, was because I do agree that the swing arm could be 6 inches longer or so to give a little more room in between swings, but really not a big deal, For the amount of stuff you get on this swingset its a great deal, and the crowns nest lookout tower, is really cool. We were not missing any parts, however, my husband came up short on washers, and 2 1/2 in hex screws, he said they came with enough, but the problem is, is they can strip out easily, so he did have to go to the hardware and buy more of those, but that was no big deal, and if it weren't for that he would have actually been able to cut off the last day of 2 hrs. But ran out after hardware stores closed on a sunday, so had to wait.