Great entertainment for my 3 children. When I recieved this product I inventoried this product by seperating it into 10 steps at a time per instruction booklet. I purchased Thompsons Water Seal (Honey Cedar) and sealed all boards before assembly. Recommend to have a cordless impact drill and a standard cordless drill, one for lag bolts and one set up for pilot holes. Took approx. 12hrs to unpackage, organize, and waterseal. Approx. 12hrs to assemble. Recommend to purchase sand box liner with cover or I purchased 1x6 doug fir and painted green to match green on playset for more play area.

Background info: I have 2 girls, ages 7 and 4, and had been thinking of purchasing a swing set for a while. I finally decided to do so with my husband leaving for a deployment to try to keep the kids distracted while he is gone. The good.... - My kids love it. - This is one of the few sets with monkey bars and and has several other great features like the crow's nest. - The clubhouse is really spacious. - Not very expensive for such a large set. The bad.... - It's not expensive; so if you are looking for something long-term, this might not be it. The other reviews clued me in as to how soft and thin the wood is, but I was still a little surprised as to the extent. A neighbor's toddler hit the wood with a stick, and it left dents. Also, the surface (maybe just stain?) was peeling off from day 1, so I had to tell the kids not to pull it apart. The ugly.... - I purchased installation given my husband's deployment and thinking it would be easier that way. I'm not sure if this is the norm, but it took 6.5 weeks from the time of delivery until installation was complete. The first team said my yard wasn't level enough (looked fine until they brought out the line level) and that I needed 500 lbs of fill dirt. I got the dirt that day (even after they tried to say that little old me couldn't possibly pick up the 40-lb bags of dirt myself) and put it in the area they designated. For the next scheduled install appointment, a different team showed up and seemed to think the ground was fine. They couldn't finish due to missing parts and had to come back a week later when the pieces arrived. And now that it's complete, I think the extra dirt actually brought the clubhouse higher than the swing arm, so I'm expecting structural issues down the road. - The set has been installed less than 2 months, and it already has mildew. I know it needs to be sealed, but that seems excessively fast. Bottom line: Your kids will love it. You may or may not. Just know what you're getting into.

The Skyfort ii swing set overall is a nice product. We constructed the set ourselves. I was happy with the finished product but the hardware was not of good quality. I was a very soft metal, bolts striped very easily. I had to purchase some new ones form the local hardware store. also the roof top had some holes from knots in the wood - so water will def. some in . Pete

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] We bought this in June for our grandkids and they absolutely love it! When they’re not climbing and swinging, they’re hanging out in the clubhouse up top or at the picnic table. It is a beautiful addition to our yard as well. We’ve gotten so many compliments on how it’s such a nice-looking swingset. It took us a couple of weekends to assemble - we had all the parts laid out and organized on the ground beforehand. In the evenings when we’re out back sitting on our patio it’s almost like a centerpiece in the yard against the sky. It’s big enough to where our grandkids and the neighbor kids can enjoy it all at once, and it’s held up pretty good so far. It’s been a great investment!

It took 2 full days to put this together with 3 reasonably skilled guys doing it. The hardest thing was keeping my kids off the thing while we were putting it together. My 4 kids (range 1-9) think they've died and gone to heaven. We've wanted one of these play structures for years. We looked into several different kinds and felt the best about this one. This one has about everything you could want in a play set and is very solid and safe. Only recommendation for those building it themselves it to be very organized and systematic when you put it together. The structure comes as 4 big boxes with hundreds (seems like thousands..) of pieces of wood and screws/bolts. All the pieces are numbered with a letter and a number (i.e.. M12). Taking 2-3 hours at the beginning to lay out piles of all the numbered wood and screws/bolts is well worth your while and saves a lot of time later trying to find pieces. The 4 boxes are not very well organized as far as having what you need first easily available, so taking time early to organize it yourself is well worth it. We also plan to put a border around our play set and put some rubberized mulch in. A tidbit we are discovering is that this border and the rubberized mulch are VERY expensive and will end up costing more than the playset itself.... Anyone wishing to build a set needs to be aware of this, as it is a bit of a surprise to us... Overall, we love this set and would recommend this set to everyone.

We've had this about a year. This swingset is a monstrosity to put together, but doable and worth it unless you want to pay $$ to have somebody else do it for you. We have 4 kids, ages 2, 4, 6, 8. They all are able to enjoy lots of things on this. (I wouldn't get this swingset if you only have children younger than 5. Our 2 and 4 year olds are much more adventurous at those ages than our older ones were. Our 2 year old can do the "rocket rider" by himself, but it's because he's trying to keep up with older siblings.) A few hardware pieces were missing, but a quick call to the manufacturer explaining what we needed and they were in the mail and delivered within a few days. Great Customer Service! We painted it with a deck stain that's supposed to last 6 years. The directions say to coat it (or stain it or paint it...I don't remember exactly what it says), but they don't give any specifications as to what kind of product you're supposed to you. They also say to do it every year. We opted to use something that's supposed to last longer than a year so that we don't have to treat it every year. The bottom floor of the clubhouse was not completely flat and we had honeybees move in; fortunately we caught it early and found a bee keeper to come remove them (for free!...plus the kids learned a lot about bees from watching her get them out.) Sooo...a word of caution, make sure the floor is completely flat. Also, we've had spiders build webs in various places, but that's to be expected. Again, just a caution to check periodically and clean them out. Neither of those are problems with the manufacturing or design of the unit. The only thing I would complain about is the screws that are used for screwing in the bottom floor of the clubhouse and for screwing the picnic table top on have rusted to where you could pull up the floor pieces. My husband took all of them out and put in longer wood screws. Some of the screws had broken off just below the head, some were half there, very few were doing their job. We live in an area with a lot of humidity, so that may have contributed; for whatever reason, the screws didn't last long at all. (That's the reason for 4 stars instead of 5.) Overall it's a good investment and the kids have had hours of enjoyment on it in the past year and I foresee them playing on it for many years to come.

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.

I love it and my girls live on the thing. The only problem I found with it is that you need at least 4 people to put it together. It took about 48 hours total for me and my wife to do it. There's a lot of different size bolts for all the parts and you need a good system for organizing everything. Other than that nice peace. Good grade of wood and bolts. I recommend this to anyone who is looking.

I have to tell you that this took awhile to put together by myself, but when it was finished it was well worth it. The directions were very simple to understand and it helped having the boards and bags properly labeled. The quality is good and it looks professional. I would highly recommend this product to anyone looking for a playset.

We’ve had this playscape for about 8 months. Our 3 kids (4 and under) LOVE it and I know they’ll play on it for years and years to come. The instructions were straightforward and easy to follow. Definitely the best thing we’ve ever bought for our kids!