Being a Professional Commercial Grade Playground Equipment Designer I am extremely picky about the play equipment I let my kids play on, but unfortunately the commercial grade equipment I design costs 10s of thousands of dollars... pricing it far beyond what we could do in our back yard. I had no interest in wood sets as I've seen how quickly the age and how flimsy they tend to be. Most steel sets are poorly engineered and made of cheap, thin metal that just doesn't last. With my oldest being 10 and my youngest 10 months, I wanted to make sure it'd last. I found this set in my price range and liked it's features. It came well packaged with hardware well organized into individual cards for each stage of the assembly. This took me a week to assembly, mostly by myself, but with some help from my 10 year old, after work in the evenings. The roof was about the only part that really required 2 to get it up on top. It went together quite easily, and loved the simplicity of the tools needed. Assembled, it's quite a bit larger than it looks online and even in store with roughly a 5' deck and much taller swings than most of the cheaper steel sets. It's very sturdy (though I'm not sure I'll be climbing on it at 200+ lbs). The only suggestion I would make for design improvements is perhaps a more rigid connection for the ladder to deck. (Lifetime: Feel free to contact me to discuss) While this unit would not pass the safety inspections we are required to do in commercial playgrounds (can't have swings attached to a climbing structure), it's about as close to passing as I've seen any residential set I've seen. I highly recommend this set.

This play set is wonderful! We did a lot of research before purchasing and it paid off! My husband was able to put this together pretty much solo over the course of a weekend. It is sturdy, well made, pieces were well labeled and it feels like it'll last a long time! Overall, VERY happy with our purchase.

This is actually our second purchase of this set. We bought one for our older granddaughter last year and were so pleased with the design and quality, that we bought one for our other grandchildren's house this year. It is time consuming to assemble - 2 men - 2 days, but the directions were good and pieces packaged and labeled clearly. It is a sturdy and durable , playground quality swing set.

Fairly easy to put together. Instructions were a bit out of order, but my husband and a few buddies figured it out easily. Make sure you do a pretty big footprint if wanting the slid to fit and also have room to swing if next to a fence. We did a 20'x20' area and it's not quite big enough.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] The playset is perfect -- installation was reasonably priced (would have been quickly installed had the weather not rained us out 3 times - but the installer was great with communication) -- and their customer service department was very efficient. I am super happy and my kids are enjoying it alot! Just wish I'd opted more a total of 4 swings to stop the arguments... :)

We love this swing set. It took the two of us two full days to complete assembely. Somehow we had four of the wrong screws when assembeling the roof but had our own bolts that worked great. We did have to drill through some of the holes to get them to line up perfectly to get the bolt and the nut to screw together inside the metal poles. It is very sturdy. The pieces were hot to the touch when they were in the boxes in the sun but once assembled, it is not hot to the touch. I would highly recommed this set if you have the room for it.

It's sturdy and fairly easy to put together. I did it by myself, a few hours a day, over a week. Kids love it. Some rusting here and there, but I'm pretty sure it will hold up for years to come. Kids love it. Customer service top notch. Missing few screws but they delivered quickly and friendly. A+++

This was purchased as a birthday present for our granddaughter. She is enjoying it immensely. The negative was the assembly time. It is somewhat complex, with many bolts to assemble the various pieces. Everything needed was there for fasteners, but you do need screwdrivers, additional allen wrenches, a drill with a 3/8" bit, and other wrenches. I would suggest opening box 1 and reading through the instruction booklet. I think that would have helped our process

Playset has a lot of wonderful features built in. The quality of the materials; from the "Lifetime" plastic to the bolts, this thing can withstand some serious playtime from kids of all ages. The wide stance of the swing area support legs is what got our attention. After putting it together, I was very impressed with the stability.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Great playset and good quality, the kids love it. It took awhile to get and although the parts were all there, some of them were marked incorrectly causing a few more headaches then were necessary. We did get it together in about 8 hours with 2 people. Definitely worth the wait. Also looks great!