Love it. Need at least two people to assemble. Very sturdy, well made, best swing set ever bought

I spent most of the summer researching play sets. We live in the mid-Atlantic, so we needed something that could withstand severe heat/humidity as well as single-digit temps. We also have kids in all age ranges and needed something even the big kids could dink around on. To me, all of this (and the local termite issues) meant a wooden set was out of the question. I’m so glad I found this set! As other reviewers have said, assembly isn’t for the faint of heart just due to the sheer size and weight of the set and the instructions being a bit confusing in places (the slide and ladder are actually kind of a pick-your-own-configuration type of deal). However, all of the heavy-duty hardware was included with a few extras (which came in handy after a certain bolt ended up cross-threaded). We did leave the trapeze off for now, since I had ordered a climbing rope swing for that spot instead. As you can see from the pics, the three big dudes who assembled it (my husband, his friend, and my 6’2” 16yo) all did a “stress test” once assembly was finished (they played on it, lol), and it held up just fine. My 11yo and 5yo have been having a BLAST on it. It’s a timeless design, and I can see this set lasting through grandchildren. It’s the perfect central focus for the Lifetime products playground we’re planning for the side yard. Highly recommend this set if you have the room for it.

Great playground! The kids love it!

This was packaged very well. There were 3 main boxes and then the big plastic parts. The instructions were in a pocket on the outside of one of the boxes. The hardware is all very organized and tidy. There are many packages of hardware with the same pieces in different packages. Make sure you don't rip off the name of the parts when you open a certain part! If you take your time and follow the instructions without getting impatient it will be worth it. :) we spent 5 or so hours on Saturday and again on Sunday and got just the tower done with 2-3 people. Don't try to guess what the instructions are going to say. There's a certain way to lay the floor of the upper level of the tower so the ladder and slide's bolts can be screwed on later and we did that wrong and ended up making our own drill holes and have to buy some longer bolts. I also think we put some of the walls out of order which I hope we don't regret. What if the lower exit runs right into a person swinging? One person sort of needs to manage each step because too many cooks in the kitchen made us start speeding along and got confusing. I was hoping to have it done in a day. I would give yourself 3 days of at least 5 hours each. Our 1 and 2 year old were having a ball just playing on the parts before it was even put together. The instructions do say that if the slide faces south it can get hot if it's in sun.

Instructions could have been a little more clear, but we were able to get it up with just 2 scrawny adults. It took about 3 days to put it up. Very well made, and endless fun! We’ve had several neighbors stop and ask where we got it. Everyone hates their wooden ones, which is exactly why we had to have this beast! Also, unless you’re absolutely certain your yard is flatter than a flitter, you will probably have to dig down or build up your yard. But that’s a possibility for any set this big. We had to dig down the tower and raise the monkey bars with steppingstones. As soon as it’s level though it is incredibly stout! It doesn’t move at all, even with the adults swinging on it!

Wife and I banged out this install in about 8 hours. The actual playground itself is very stout and looks like it will hold up for a real long time. I can’t say how it’s going to hold up over 5-10 years, but as a mechanic and remodeler, I am pretty confident the entire set will last until our almost 1 year old twins go to middle school. I can’t wait to see my 4 year and 9 month old twins grow old into it.

My girls (3 and 6) love this playset! My 3 year old feels like Rapunzel in the tower and 6 year old gymnast loves the monkey bars and trapeze bar. The monkey bars are the reason we bought this set. It took 13 hours total to build and took a lot of adjusting to line up the tower with the swing part to align the holes and bolts. Yard needs to be totally level.

The playset is sturdy and my kids (boy/girl twins (5) and son (7)) love it. They are playing all over it as I type this. The swings adjust easily for height so I have one set higher for my 7 yo and the other set lower. I purchased this design so that the slide would face away from afternoon sun, but the product received has the slide and ladder switched I relation to the swings, so unfortunately we will have to deal with baking hot slide on summer afternoons; minor detail. Overall- we are very pleased.

This swing set is a great one! Lots of cool features for little kids and bigger kids. It took my husband and myself 3 evenings after work to put it together. I thought it would be harder than it was to put together. I will say there were a few times that the directions didn’t give you enough information on which way a part should face so you have to undo a few things you have already done to fix it.