The assembly of this swing set can be daunting to think about it, but my husband and his father-in-law worked for about 15 hours in total to assemble everything. They reported much like the other reviews that some stamps on the wood are hard to read but 80 of them were legible. The instructions are also a challenge as it is only in pictures (no words) - you have to really pay attention to how the picture looks. Sometime you wonder why you are doing it the way you are doing it but when you get to a later phase you see exactly why you did that way! With some patience the swing set can be assembled with little frustration. We were only missing a bag of screws on one board that goes with the second tower canopy. If you lay everything out first, you are off to a good start. Select all the pieces you need at the beginning of every phase - and it goes much quicker.
One thing we did realize quickly (assembling a swing set in November in Canada) is that the double swing rider actually takes on water (that will freeze inside it) so we caulked the holes on it to avoid having the plastic crack over the cold Canadian winter.
Overall we are very happy with this swing set. Its huge and our two boys are going to have years of fun on it. Cant wait for next summer when they will actually get the full use of it."..."Read more
I love how it has 3 swings so that the kids will not fight over them. I also love how 9 kids can play on it at once. It seems to be very sturdy for small kids, but I would go with the manufacturer's recommendations and say no kids over 10 on it. I feel confident that it will last a long time. It did take me and my husband several hours to put it together, but it was so worth it!"..."Read more
swing set arrived within a couple days of ordering......... No problem putting together. Appears to be of good quaility materials. Grandkids will be the real test........."