Backyard Discovery Woodridge Elite Swing Set

Do not buy this piece of crap. When shipped to us, we noticed right away how cheap and sponge like the wood was. But bc it was too big n too much to return we went ahead with it. It took two weekends to build and three people. Ridiculously complicated. Less than 10 months old and a 20mph wind blew this thing over. Yes it was staked into the ground with provided stakes. The wood is so cheap that it split at every joint where there is a bolt. It’s top heavy and unstable. Waste of money. Do not buy. Utterly disappointed. Junk. Don’t waste your money. Zero stars.

This set is very nice. I just assemble it this past weekend with my Dad helping. We completed it in about 18 hours and that includes having to stop every 30 minutes for 10 minutes breaks due to the 96 degree heat. This set is very solid and the kids love it. For those that have mentioned that the instructions were not very clear, I can say that this is not for someone who doesn't have enough knowledge of reading architectural drawings. You have to assemble this with the pieces that each step calls for. In some cases a drawing may show that a 8 bolts are needed for the step but the drawing clearly only labels 1 set; you have to know that the rest of the same bolt are used in the similar locations throughout. Again, not clearly labels but if you have and understanding of architectural drawings you won't have a problem. Also, my set came with three set of instructions in three different boxes, however, one set was clearly labeled "USE THIS SET OF INSTRUCTIONS AND DISCARD THE OTHER INSTRUCTIONS". You can tell this there are some places that were not clear, however, I can understand seeing as how many pieces and steps this takes. Again, if you have good knowledge this won't be and issue. I certainly will not give a bad review for minor imperfections in the drawings like others having given. Those reviews take away from the fact this once completed, this set is very nice and the kids absolutely love it.

My son loves his new fort! I initially contemplated designing (or finding plans for) a playground myself and sourcing materials from hardware stores. Ultimately, I'm glad I purchased this instead for a few reasons: - Time to complete: Took somewhere in the neighborhood of 4 days, working intermittently (not 4 eight hour days). As other reviewers have mentioned, removing and sorting your pieces from each carton ahead of time will save you time in the long run. I decided to try to do this in a hybrid way (sorting some and leaving others in the boxes. This meant at times I was spending 15-20 minutes looking for the next piece. Once I organized the pieces, I was able to pick up the pace. - Easy-to-use hardware: rather than relying exclusively on carriage bolts and nuts, this kit has the correct length fasteners and countersinks to provide solid clamping without worrying about excess length to hurt someone. - General design and aesthetics: The two-tone finish is certainly nice as well as a few other touches like the shingled roof and tunnel. Trying to do this with hardware store lumber would be an endeavor not worth the time. Even some smaller items like a bench on the bottom are things that I either would not have thought of or would've skipped if I had done this on my own. - Packaging and delivery: As much as I enjoy running to the hardware store 18 times per project, ordering this meant ZERO trips. I was expecting some broken pieces from the shipping process, but was pleasantly surprised when everything arrived in good condition. Overall, while certainly more expensive than sourcing yourself, this is more pleasing to see in the yard and saved me countless hours (perhaps weeks) of building (and even more time from my wife asking when it would be done). I would like to have seen thicker wood used on the planking (and can always upgrade this with a few Trex boards or something similar). Overall, strength and stability appears to be good though. I would purchase again, especially as much as my son loves to play on the features of this set.

Outstanding value, terrible for building, the woot markings were very faded.

This is a beautiful playset. It took my husband and I 3 solid days to sort and assemble. We had 2 friends helping on the first day. Organization is key. Read the entire manual prior to beginning. Pay close attention to details. No missing parts/hardware. Grandkids love it. So pleased with it.

It is a very well built playset with alot of parts to sort through, although the instuction could have been a little more detailed. The one thing I would recommend is to check all wood peices good some are warped and you have to make sure to put them on a so not the Crack the wood. But all in all would recommend 10/10

Suitable for 12-13 year olds as well as younger children. Adults can fit on deck no problem. Take your time when building. Instructions and the app were both very helpful.

My dad assembled it hisself in a few days. We’re purchasing a few add ons

Went together in a few days pretty easily! Our 4 year old loves it.

So disappointed in the amount of warped wood we received. For example, when trying to do the floor we could not fit all the pieces due to wood being curved and warped. We had to ask our neighbor to use his table saw to cut down some pieces so they would fit. You can see examples of this problem in the photos. We kept running into the same issues over and over -pieces were just not fitting where they were supposed to. Extremely frustrating to say the least. Overall the structure does not feel that stable to me. We are going to find some other way to stabilize it. I will say the instructions were easy to follow using the BILT app which is why I gave one star.

After about 27 hours. It’s all built. Instructions were pretty easy to follow along. Only struggle was the green tunnel. Getting that to sit in there correctly. Otherwise. Would get one again. Our granddaughter loves this play set.

A little hard to put together due to all the different bolt sizes but all together it’s a great play set. We decided to paint all the dark brown pieces black and made some more study stakes for in the ground. It’s sturdy, we just don’t trust the wind. Only gave 4 stars because the bolts were kind of silly to have so many different sizes, just unnecessary and the stakes could be better for how big this thing is! We aren’t completely finished with some things in picture (the fencing and crawl tunnel)

Awesome playset, my kids love it..it came in 4 boxes, all the the pieces are overwhelming but once you lay them out in the letter groups, it makes it much better. We did have 2 pieces that where warped and snapped when we tried to use them, we called the company and they sent to replacement pieces with no problems and overnighted them on top of that. It took about a week to put it together after work, about 12 hours total. Some of the directions where a pain to understand but overall it wasn't horrible.

Love this playset. We bought it for Christmas and my kids LOVE it.

Had one windy day, and the playground fell over and broke in a lot of pieces

Very high quality materials and hardware. However, lower floor could use an extra support… but very easy to modify if you know ahead of time. We had a few damaged parts but customer service was extremely fast with sending replacement parts. It only took two days to receive parts. It took us about 5 hours to sort parts then about 6 days to assemble. In order to speed up the process, I’d recommend sorting parts in assembly step order. Our grandson loves it!

OMGOSH this is the most challenging, expensive, time consuming project ever. When you say assembly required you need to make it clear that this will be in 2,000 pieces. The kids have already bumped their heads and back on the 2 bars in the pics and the company refused to offer any solutions or refund for safety purposes, also the swing set sways back and forth when in use