[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I bought Skyfort II and my children love it! It's perfect for a small or big yard. All the parts came in complete, no damages to the wood, and the instruction manual was easy to follow, step by step very understanding.

We love this swingset, which is used daily by our 8 year old daughter and the three class mates that come over every day after school. Although they can't stand up straight under the club house, they have plenty of clearance, and more, on the rest of the set. My 6'1" husband can stand in the clubhouse with ample headroom. We elected to apply sealant to every piece of wood prior to assembly, which took approximately 16 hours. Actual assembly took approximately 24 hours, achieved sporadically over a 10 day period. We weren't missing any pieces, however four were mislabled. The directions are fairly clear; several times we had to redo work when we secured wood in the right spot, but on the wrong side. It has been up for one month, played on daily by four children who average 52 pounds, and they are not gentle on it. We could not be happier.

This swingset is huge. Well worth it vs a few other comparable brands. Assembly took about 17 hour. Was missing two pieces. They were the top roof rafters. Needed 4 only had 2. So I just made 2 new ones out of 1x4 and used the others for a stencil. To make assembly fast for everyone here are some tips I figured out. 1. Use a impact driver for all the bolts 2. Get every piece of wood out of the boxes. Make piles for each box and then sort the boxes into letters. Keep the boxes separated. So while using the packing list to find parts you can walk right up to your pile and grab them. 4. Big time saver. I would recommend buying a box of ziploc bags. Take the hardware and go through each page and number the steps and number the bags and sort out each part for every step. This way all you have to do is grab a bag and get to work. That saved a ton of time building this thing. You will need at least a 8ft ladder fyi

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.

I didn't keep track of my hours of labor on the install, and I can't say it really took 3 weeks to put together because of all the rainy days I couldn't work on it. I figure it was about 30-35 hours total, and only had help 3-4 hours from someone else(there are a few bolts that you need someone on the other side, unless to have eight foot jelly arms). If you purchase, check ALL peices against the list. Was only missing three parts, and they had them to me in three days with no hassle, but would have held me up if I didn't check first. Pay close attention to which way parts are turned when they are bolted on, and do not over tighten bolts. Very nice looking set, and sturdier than I thought it would be looking at the lumber when I got it.

This is an amazing set. The overall quality of the whole kit was incredible. Every part was labeled and none of them were missing. We had four people, a parts person, instruction reader, and two builders and we had it done in 18 hours including cleanup. I would highly recommend this product.

Im a welder that works construction and my wifes a waitress. It took me and her 20 hours to put it together. If the boards were labeled good we proboly could have done it in 14. Easy instructions . My wife mainly read the dircections and had the parts ready for me to put together. I had to help her find them sometime. Thats the only issuse i had. Labeled good and she could have picked them up quicker and i wouldn't have had to stop alot. Over all, not bad. Kids love it. I would recomend it. Its worth it.....

My father and father in law put together this playset in about 24 hours. Some parts were cracked called and the company shipped new one without a problem. The best advice I could give someone putting together this set is lay out all the pieces, that took up the most time was searching for the parts. My son will be two in June and he loves this playset. He climbs the back ladder without any help.

Unless you have all the time in the world, hire a professional to build this. I was amazed at how many parts that could cram into 4 boxes. It took a team of three about 16 hours to put this together and they build these things every day. The finished product looks amazing and my 5 year old son loves it!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] All of my grandchildren love the new swing set. My grandson enjoys climbing up into the fort. All the children spend several hours a day swinging, climbing, digging and sitting at the table enjoying their snacks. This was a great investment that they will use for many years.