We have had the goal up for a week and my kids and I love it. It has a really big backboard and it can be brought down to 7 1/2 feet so it is tons of fun! Pretty easy to set in concrete, but it is very helpful to have another pair of hands when you actually put the goal up after the concrete sets. Overall, I give it an "A"!

The installation took me about 1 hour just to put the backboard together. Overall this hoop is good for the price. The height adjuster sometimes does not "stick" so you have to smack it sometimes to lock in place. It is a bit more wobbely than expected. But for my 12, 8, and 6 yr old i just wanted something adjustable for them. Good deal for price, but the wobbleness gets on my nerves.

The goal seems to be pretty good quality for the price. The directions are fairly easy to understand. It dod take about 2 hours to assemble the goal. Mixing the concrete and getting the base pole in the ground added about another hour to the process. The directions have pictures of the hardware that are actual size and and helps you match the hardware in that step to the actual hardware in the bags. In two steps - the bolts were a little short. In one we made made it work - in the other we had to go to Lowes and actually buy another bolt. The bolt was only about a dollar - but it was a hassle to have to make the trip. Still - I'd recommend it

This is a really nice system at a great price. It was very easy to set up and the adjustable height mechanism is nicely designed so that it is virtually effortless to change the height. The backboard is nice and solid. I'm really happy with this product and look forward to many years of hoops with my kids!

Purchased this ball goal on sale at my last house, 129.99 i believe..... well i done moved and would like to have another but i cant seem to catch it at the same price. i would recommend this goal to anyone. and if your having trouble putting it together then your probably doing it wrong. lol jk really great for the price. Walmart please hook me up with the price match from 3 years ago. Thanks

This is my second Lifetime basketball kit the first served us well at least 10 years and was still functional however we needed it moved. The instructions for this kit were excellent; however I screwed up and assembled the post 90 degrees out. I called Lifetime customer service, was on the phone for about three minutes and they had a solution for me that worked. I am happy with the quality; the price was right. I give customer service TWO THUMBS UP!

I used the ground sleeve to mount the basketball system. Worked great. A couple places the instruction had you figuring out how things went together. But could easily figure it out. Very easy to raise up and down. Grandkids love it. It's a good product for the money.

used the install sleeve that lifetime sells with this. install went pretty smoothly, except you need to make sure you marry pipes two and three correctly as the diagram is confusing. If you do it wrong, you will have trouble getting them apart. Put this together by myself in under 2 hours. Because I preinstalled the sleeve, I also put it up by myself.

While this was a good price and looks to be strong, durable product, the installation instructions were bad. Beyond the first couple pictures and directions, the photos, or lack their of, things just got confusing, parts were not described properly and in many cases, their was not photo to see the proper assembly.

The excellent rating is for what you get for your money. I know there are better systems out there, but I would have paid a lot more for it! Definitely a great buy. There is some work in assembly, but it is not a difficult assembly. I just used the 3 days cure time for the concrete to take a few days to put it together. Did some here and there after work for those 3 days. we bought it for my 10 year old, so he helped me out with it as well. Probably could have got it done faster, but it was good father/son time. Very pleased with this purchase.