Gorilla Playsets Great Skye II Wooden Swing Set with 2 Sunbrella® Canvas Canopies, 3 Slides, and Rope Ladder

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] My husband and I had the Pioneer Peak set in mind from the beginning but when I noticed this playset came in stock we took a look and decided to go with it! We definitely wanted the clatter bridge. I like this set almost even better-with the tube slide and I like that the smaller tower doesn't have but the one opening from the clatter bridge for safer sit playing! My girls will be able to play on this for years to come! Assembly was not too bad just LOTS of pieces. It is so helpful having the boards labeled they way they do. If I could recommend one thing for the instructions it would be to reference the page number (including pieces) the board is on in front of booklet when reading the assembly instructions to get a quick glance before hunting for it to have an idea on shape and features.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I decided to replace our traditional metal tube swing set with a more durable product. My wife and I are glad that we did this for our children. Having the slide come with the set was AWESOME! Our yard is a little narrow (due to our garage in the backyard), but with this set being custom, I was able to modify the design to accommodate the yard space. The instructions were easy to understand and I had no issues. Needless to say, our children (6 years old, 4 years old, and 9 months) are thrilled to have a new swing set.....and they got a kick helping me out putting it together too. It took one day to put this together, and I recommend to have one other adult with you to help stabilize some pieces as they are being screwed together. I recommend this product 100%, you will be happy!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] So, I finished building this swingset this weeked, and ultimately it is pretty awesome. The directions could use a lot of work to be more clear and more useful. I am a Mechanical Engineer, and two of my engineering buddies came over to help me build this, and at several points we were very confused. -1 star for unclear directions. Also, -1 star for the holes that connect the slide halves did not line up. They were not ever close, I had to re-drill them all. Also, -1 star for specifying a 5/16" thru hole for a 5/16" bolt. All the carriage bolts had to be pounded through with great difficulty. I finally just started drilling the holes up another size to prevent the struggle. This kit is pretty pricey, and I expected better than the issues above. I would recommend it to a friend, with the above caveats.

After an exhaustive research on Playsets, my wife and I decided on the Gorilla Playset. After assembling the playset we are both in agreement that the quality of the design and materials were better than we expected. While the assembly instructions are clear, it would have been helpful to know that depending on the (build) step, wood and fasteners might come out of two different boxes. (the boxes contain groupings of the different stages of the playset). If you have the space to lay out all of the materials based on each step that would be very helpful. Otherwise if one person can assemble and the other pull the materials for the next step it will shorten the time to build. The building process itself was easy for anyone with a basic working knowledge of tools. [This review was collected as part of a promotion.]

I've been trying to purchase this playset since late March. It became available again in June and we quickly purchased it. It has been well worth the wait! The wood is high quality and all the plastic pieces are as well. Installation had a few headaches, but nothing out of the ordinary for a build this big and this complex. I would highly recommend this playset!