I had to order this set and wait a few weeks, but worth it!!! I found that the deterioration of the swings the other reviewer is mentioning is just dirt. I wash the rubber on the swings with grease relief and sticky problem solved. All other neighbors have wood they all look horrible and need staining every year. We just enjoy playing.. Yes i can get in the top with my daughter and have pizza, we love it.

This will be the best swing set we purchase! It is really heavy duty and includes wonderful features, like the double slide, platform which is constructed for higher weights, super-fast, long slides and safe add-on items. My son, part of the assembly team, ordered an identical swing set the day after we assembled this one. The only pitfall would be the lack of written directions (too much reliance on small pictures.) Inability to discern how to position the holes in parts caused too much studying of the pictures and 2-3 assemble, disassemble and change, reassemble patterns. Everything actually goes together perfectly , but 4 adults spent a grueling day assembling this monster! Packaging of hardware and labeling it gets an A+ Our swing set arrived in beat up, soaked cardboard boxes, but I feel this falls on the shipper.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] We have had our playground set from lifetime product for around ten years. With five kids of ages it is great to have a product that can stand the test of time and still look just as great as the day we bought it. Even the swings are in excellent condition

I bought this playset four years ago; unfortunately, we had to recently sell it due to moving to a townhouse. We truly loved the playset and our kids and the neighborhood kids played countless hours on it; my 8 year old son even spent the night in the clubhouse. Looking back, the decision to purchase it was worth every penny. We are going to miss it. I am not the guy who loves to build things, but it was relatively simple to follow the instructions. It took me two days to build by myself with some occassional help from my wife to hold things in place as it was coming together. The third day was spent attaching some ancillary items. The hardest part of the build was putting the rope netting in place. Another important detail is to make sure you are matching the picture to the instructions and the details of the drawing. Lastly, the bolts are designed to last a lifetime, so the way it goes together is really sturdy but time consuming making the build somewhat difficult.

We bought the Big Stuff Swing Set 5 years ago for our 3 year old grandson. He loves it and uses it regularly. He loves to play pirate using the ship's wheel and binoculars, he calls it his "Jolly Golly". He and I enjoy eating lunch up on the platform-picnic style. When we first bought the playset he was too young to use some of the features. We wanted to buy a set that he both use right away, the baby bucket swing and the slide, and we wanted there to be activities that he could grow into such as the climbing wall and cargo net. Now that he's 8 years old he has me time him as he runs relays going both up and down the slide, climbing wall and cargo net. I have just recently acquired 3 new grandkids through marriage and I'm looking forward to the new memories we are going to make.

My wife and I just finished assembling this swing set in four half days. Our grandchildren were wowed by the result. The instructions were very well written with adequate warnings when specific part orientation would affect a future assembly step. The parts arrived absolutely unscratched. bent or dented ... the result of careful packaging! The only suggestion for improvement I would make would be to replace the size 2 Phillips head slot screws for the climbing wall and roof attachment with screws having a size 3 Phillips head slot. It was difficult to apply the necessary torque with the smaller slot.

I bought this about two months ago for my kids. I have a 4 year old and two 1+ year olds. My 4 year old loves this thing. He climbs all over it, loves the slide and chalk board, and the climbing wall. My little ones are a bit small to use all of it but they love the slide so far. If I were to give a critique, it would be on the manufacturing details and assembly instructions for the climbing wall and roof particularly. The roof could be manufactured to align slightly better rather than using all common parts. It took me a couple tries to find the best combo where the ridge and ends met nicely. The climbing wall should come pre-drilled but does not. It also needed to be flexed a good bit for a good install. Overall it took me and my father, both builders, about 6 hours to assemble and level the whole playset.

Had this swing set for two years. We live in New Hampshire, so we have all kinds of weather. I can report that after two years, our swing set looks and functions the exact same as the day we got it! The quality is so good. Nothing has ever broken, rusted, faded, even moved at all! Very happy with this purchase and my kids will continue to use it daily.

Pros:Sturdy,Hours of Fun,Durable,Weather Resistant,Attractive Design Cons:"Build manual issues" Best Uses:Individual Play,Physical Activity,Small Children,Group Play Describe Yourself:Working Parent,Parent Of Two Or More Children Bottom Line:Yes, I would recommend this to a friend. Great play set, solid and the kids love it as well as the rest of the neighborhood.

We bought this set for the grandchildren 5 years ago and it's still like new. We even moved and brought it with us. I love that it doesn't need sanding, staining, or any maintenance. Even though it gets watered with the lawn, it can handle it and all they weather we get. The kids call our yard the playground. I love that they still enjoy it.