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Backyard Discovery Skyfort III Cedar Swing Set with Tube Slide
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Jun 1, 2020
Reviewer name: Eddie w
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

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Skyfort with tube slide

We purchased the skyfort with tube slides and this thing is awesome. The kids love it and the construction feels really sturdy. We had assembly included and the company that did the install were very professional and fast.

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Jun 1, 2023
Reviewer name: Chappy C
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

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Skyfort III

Highly recommened! Bought the Skyfort III and have been very happy. I built it myself and it DOES take a significant amount of time and effort to build. It took me about 23 hours to build this. The only thing I didnt like is that it does not come waterproofed, it is stained but not waterproofed.

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Sealant is difficult to formulate to work on all elements but we continue to try. Thank you for your 5-star review.

Jul 10, 2022
Reviewer name: James Cantrell
1 out of 5 stars
1 out of 5 stars review

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Over priced for the quality

Looks good in the picture but it’s not made very well at all. Swings are too close together, kids are bumping into each other while swinging, could easily cause an injury or fall. Main support beam should have been longer to separate the swings more. Wood is very thin, I’ll be very surprised if it lasts more than a few years. Hardware kit had a few unusable bolts because Torx head was properly formed and was missing a few items. Circular slide panels didn’t fit together well and caused a few places to crack when bolts were tightened, middle support was too long but this problem with easily solved by digging out under it a few inches.

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Thank you for your review! We strive for a 5 star experience and are sad to hear we were unable to deliver! We would like to make this right for you and discuss this further to make this a better experience! Please contact our Customer Advocate Department at 800.856.4445 or email us at customerserv@backyarddiscovery.com.

May 31, 2026
Reviewer name: Morg14
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

Great Play Set

We put this together about 3 weeks ago and our 3 year old loves it. Great quality but it does take a little while to put together. It took 2 of us almost two full days

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May 7, 2023
Reviewer name: Militarily Man
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

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Great instructions

FOLLOW the instructions! They were amazing & very specific all the way down to the measurements. It was perfect with everything! Even the assembly time was spot on.

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We are so happy that your customer experience was awesome. Thank you for the super review.

Apr 16, 2023
Reviewer name: Mark
3 out of 5 stars
3 out of 5 stars review

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Good product. Poor manufacturing.

Product is very cool. Takes very long to put together yourself (BILT app estimates 23 hours with 2 people which is about right). Poor manufacturing processes - lots of pre-fab holes misaligned …which is a shame for such an expensive product.

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Thank you for your review! We are happy to hear that you are enjoying the Skyfort III Swing Set, but are sorry to hear of the issues that you came across! If there is anything we can do to help please reach out to us at 800.856.4445 or email us at customerserv@backyarddiscovery.com.

Jan 18, 2023
Reviewer name: EC
4 out of 5 stars
4 out of 5 stars review

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Best Christmas/birth gift

Pay a lot of attention to the instructions. spent a lot of time taking boards back a part because holes don’t line up. use clamps to hold things together until you are ready to fasten

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Thank you for taking the time to review our product. We are always glad to hear that we brought some holiday cheer to a child.

May 8, 2022
Reviewer name: Cb
4 out of 5 stars
4 out of 5 stars review

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Awesome play set.

Easy instructions with the App. Suggest all hardware would be labeled bolder along in zip lock bags would be awesome. I would also suggest staining from the get go to protect the playset

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Thank you for your feedback. Yes, a sealant is required for all of our wooden sets. We are glad to hear that you love our product! I hope the kids enjoy this for many years to come.

Jan 2, 2023
Reviewer name: Tyler
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

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Kids love it!!!

Im giving this a 5 star rating because my kids absolutely love this thing. The cedar its made from is decent material and lightweight, i will say if you are not somewhat familiar with construction, hire someone to out this together for you, i had help for putting the base together and did the rest myself, it took me a solid 2 days to get it completed and i have plenty of power tools and know how when it comes to construction. All that to say, it is very solid and for the most part the step by step instructions are spot on, the worst part was definitely the curvey slide, the predrilled holes dont all perfectly line up, i did a fair amount of cursing putting that thing together.

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Thank you so much for writing a review, there is no better feedback then knowing we are responsible for putting a smile on the face of a child.

Dec 31, 2021
Reviewer name: Kelsey
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

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Tips I wish we knew - but an AMAZING playground

Great Playground but NOT easy to assemble. I had my husband (a masters electrician) my brother & his friend (both engineers) and my husbands brother (teenager but just there for the muscles) …. They started at 6pm on the 23rd and stopped at 11pm. Picked back up at 7am on the 24th and literally went straight through to the 25th at 5am. The best advice I could give (being the one who gave them this advice and helped organized when we started) would be to get a plastic table cloth and sticky notes and lay the table cloth out (preferably on a table but the grass works too) and organize all the bolts and screws in number order and use the stick notes to write the part number and then stick the bag of those parts on top. Also open all 5 boxes and lay all the pieces out in the yard and stack the pieces with their pairs and in sections. You’ll find you have like E01 E02 but magically M22 then E01 again as you’re open the box, so make an area of all the wood that starts with M and then you’ll have M01-M72 (I think 72 lol) and then make sure you don’t just do Letter areas but keep them in numerical order when you do each letter section. Otherwise enjoy the bonding experience putting it together and the excitement on your kids face when they see it

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Thank you for your review and feedback! It is a very large and tedious project and any insight or tips are greatly appreciated by both us and other consumers! We're so happy to hear that it was a bonding experience and know that your kids will enjoy it for many seasons to come!