The Grandkids love it! When our daughter and her family moved we offered to replace their existing playset that had rotting wood. After investigating our options we settled on Backyard Discovery as we were impressed with their quality products. We love seeing the grandkids delight when they play on it.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This product is a great product! We bought this for my grandsons and they absolutely love it! Their favorite part of the playground is the swings and lookout tower. We gave it a rating of 4 because if you do not weather proof it after being built the wood begins to peel. Also if you don't have professional help or more than a group of people the playground may take a while to build. But in all we love it!

I bought this for my kids and they love it. My kids are 6 and 3, it’s a great size for them now and should last for several more years. It’s a good size for our yard, some other play sets are much too big. I thought the amount of features you get for the cost was great, this was a third of the price another local company charges for playset with install. My only complaint is how many pieces it comes in and the time to install however we were prepared from reading other reviews we just secretly hoped it would be faster. My husband took a week off of work and it took the majority of his regular work schedule but he did it alone with my help on a few minor things with the twisty slide.

Built 90% alone, needed help on other parts. One of the main wood came cracked, other smaller ones also cracked. Needed to order the parts which I didn’t end up using since it takes 2 weeks for it to arrive. Drilled new holes to make parts fit (not my mistake, holes just do not line up). I needed to anchor some parts like the walls from the bottom, but after I drilled, the T-nut wouldn’t fit because of the frame that was installed prior (happened on 2 areas). Was installing the swing and the wooden panel that it screws on to was in an awkward position and cracked one of the panels. Overall OK, but not worth $2000 after shipping. I wouldn’t pay over $1000 for this. Kids love it tho.

Our 2.5 year old son just got his Skyfort and loves it. Actually so does his 8 yr old nephew too! Customer service was very helpful in finding the right player for our family. The BILT all made things so easy.highly recommend this play set and Backyard Discovery!

So this thing definitely takes a lot of time to put together. It takes at least two people if you want to keep your sanity. Putting the tube slide together took almost three hours because it has so many bolts. As someone who has put one together already, I come of offer advice. Either sort all the pieces out by steps (but this it self could take a while) or do what we did and enlist the help of a third person. My husband and brother in law built as I was collecting pieces for their next step. That way they don’t have to run around trying to find what they need and things can keep moving. Lay all the bolts, screws, nuts, etc out in order of the part number (last three digits), that way it’s easier to find. We kept the pieces of wood in the box they come in and since the boxes are numbered, we used the parts list from each box to find the pieces we needed. I’m just warning you now, a lot of the numbers stamp on the wood is extremely hard to read (see attached picture) but relax, from process of elimination and looking at the instructions, you can figure out what the pieces are. Not all the predrilled holes are going to line up, but if you’re handy, you can get it done. Pay close attention to the orientation of the predrilled holes. Power tools are going to be a huge help. Just don’t sink the hardware too hard or the wood will split. It’s a lot of work, but it’s very rewarding to see your child enjoy it. My husband and brother in law are union iron workers so it did not take us as long to put together, which I am extremely grateful for and if I don’t have to build another thing in my life, I’ll be happy.

I bought the Backyard Discovery Skyfort III Swing Set with tube slide for my Grandson’s 4th birthday! It has every thing he wanted in a playset. To note, I’m his 63 year-old Grandmother and assembled most of this play set myself !! It was labor-intensive, with a lot of different pieces and parts. But the instructions were easy to follow, with the part numbers and dimensions listed, and all the wood pieces clearly marked. I agree that it would have helped to have front/back, or up/down marked on the boards to avoid having to take a few things apart and turning it around. (But that’s my bad – not the manufacturer’s fault.) It definitely helped that I sorted and organized the different components before starting. I.e.; Putting all the hardware in labeled baggies (using the last 3 digits of the part number) and sorting the wood into groups alphabetically. All the M’s in this pile, H’s in this pile, etc. Less time spent searching for a particular board or bolt later on. It probably took me a little longer because I was teaching the soon-to-be-4-year-old how to use the basic tools we needed to put this together and pausing to share the excitement of how much he enjoyed “helping” me every step of the way! Sadly, my Grandson lost both of his Grandfathers, his Great Grandfather, and Uncle, just a few months before he was born. So even though he is barely 4 years old - It was vitally important to me to try and teach him how the tools work, show him the difference between screws, bolts, nuts, and washers, and help him to experience the joy and satisfaction of seeing the end result of all that effort and hard work!! (Doing my best to teach him all the things my Dad taught me, and wishing the older male role models, he never got to meet, were here to teach him this stuff, instead of Grandma.) This amazing playset was worth every penny I spent on it and every minute of time spent putting it together. He absolutely Loves the Backyard Discovery Skyfort III Swing set, especially the tube slide, and enthusiastically tells me, “Thank You Grandma!!” everyday!! I will cherish the memories this playset has given us, and the opportunity to help a little boy in the process.

I chose this playset because it seemed to be one of the best quality playsets for it's pricepoint - and it is! The instructions were impeccable and probably the most impressive part. The wood quality is good and it is sturdy. I am more than pleased with this purchase and highly recommend it!

This product is so amazing my children love the slide that swirls and the crows nest they have so much fun getting to explore the different areas of the play set it has so many cool features says my 5 year old, thank you for the new design it is a lot of fun for all 5 kids.

Took about a month for shipping and cost almost what I paid for it to have a contractor put it together over three entire days, but I have to say- totally worth it seeing my little boy’s face when he saw it the first time. He calls it “our house” and I have to admit, it is pretty impressive. Not the base metal swing set I had growing up that’s for sure. Survived 60mph winds the second night in the yard- took shingles off my neighbors house and no power for two days but nary a scratch on the swing set. Seems like it will last numerous years. Only giving four stars because of the extra three weeks from what I was told originally on the shipping and the difficulty in putting together. The contractor said it had more parts than the last mini house he built.