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.

My kids were super excited to see the playset for the first time this week and have already started creating new memories. The playset design and structure are well made and I had no issues with the playset being installed. I absolutely would purchase this playset again and I can't wait to enjoy it everyday with my kids!

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.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I was able to fulfill my own childhood dream of getting this for my son. I always dreamed of getting a playset like this when I was a child, but was never able to. So I got this for my son. It took about 3 days for my husband and I to put together (FYI he’s a mechanic and familiar with power tools and following instructions). It came in 4 boxes, and the pieces were not organized at all. I had to act an inventory person collecting all necessary pieces from each box, while my husband was in charge of installation. Sadly, 2 weeks after it was finished, we had a spontaneous wind storm that blew the whole thing over. We filed an insurance claim, and replaced it. It took about 2 days the next time around- we knew what we were doing this time, and we were able to save some sections from the first one which saved time. We anchored the next one with 4 cement footings. No problems with the second one. Despite all this hardship with it, my son loves it, and we don’t regret getting it at all. Very happy with this purchase.

We knew absolutely nothing about wooden playsets before this purchase. We shopped around a little online but not a lot. We found this one online and ordered it. Shipping was fast and we had planned on having the local store installers come out and put it up but we changed our mind and did it ourselves. My husband does not have a lot of carpentry skills or patience when it comes to things like this and we got it up with very few issues. My boys love it and will play on it for years!

Our grandson loves his new play set. The deliver was very good. I called and set up a date. They called one hour before they arrived and again 30 minutes before they arrived. The truck driver was very helpful getting it off the truck. There were a lot of pieces but we marked each one off in the book as we took it out of the boxes. It took my husband and son-in-law about 24 working hours to put it together. We are very happy with our purchase.d

The set is designed well. I was impressed by the precision of all of the pieces. Unfortunately, we were missing some screws and the company never sent them to us or responded to my online request. In addition, some hardware was not threaded enough to tighten them completely. I had to add a washer. Some screw heads were too small requiring the addition of a washer there as well. These are small details, but if you're selling a kit that contains "all of the parts" then it needs to CONTAIN ALL OF THE PARTS, and they must be the correct size....Who wants to run to the hardware store (again, first trip was for screws) in the middle of a project?!

I have 3 children ranging from 2-11. They all play on it daily! The instructions for putting it together were really clear, it took us about 18 hours total to get it full assembled and the kids were able to help on many steps. Would definitely recommend Backyard Discovery!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] We were all impressed with the construction of the play set. Took 5 adults almost 8 hours to put up. Mostly 4 (one adult was mostly in the way). Perfect size for 4 toddlers to play with room to spare. Definitely recommend this play set it to keep your kids busy and happy.

I bought this, and just had it installed last Saturday. My kid's love it! There's so much to do, and they'd be out there rain or shine if I let them (still a bit too cold here for that). I am very happy with my purchase and would recommend this to anyone in the market. I'm glad I snagged it early March, because it looks like it's out of stock everywhere now. Even the gentleman that came out to do our install said we picked the best set that Backyard Discovery sells. Looking forward to a great summer with our new playset!