Gym Set Reviews

So happy to find a smaller swing set so Grandma and Grandpa could have something at their house for our Grandaughter.. She is one and I bought a baby swing and a Dolphin swing. She gets so EXCITED over this swing set. Originally I bought the baby's first swingset and climber but I have a bad back and could not get down to push her plus it had steel bars preventing it from a decent swing..(...). Now I can stand up and she can swings better..and I don't hurt. It's a PERFECT Grandma Set.. We LOVE it and hope to keep it for many years. Thank You..

I'll nutshell it for everyone.
1) inexpensive
2) You can strap it to the roof of your Small SUV
3) 1 Person can put it together in 3 Hours (with interruptions from the kids)
4) all the hardware for each section is in its own bag.
5) Extra hardware!
Don't hesitiate to buy this!

My daughter received this set last year as a gift for her 2nd birthday. She was a little young for the swings and slide but loved the glider. This year at 3 she can do it all and plays on it without assistance. Her favorite is still the glider but the swings and slide are now the perfect size for her. Even the older children in the neighborhood gravitate toward this set, although it clearly is for younger children. I am really happy with the price too, I can see keeping it for 1-2 more years before getting the bigger wooden set, and by that time I will have gotten more than my money's worth!!! A+++++++++++++

My 18 month old daughter got this as a gift, after we discovered she enjoyed a tent made from a bedsheet. One of the benefits of this tent (or so I thought) is that it folds so compactly for storage. It folds up much like those pop-up shades for car windows - a twist of the wrist and it's folded. HOWEVER, evidently I twisted (gently even!) the WRONG way in an effort to get it to fold and now it is bent -- permanently. It won't even stand upright anymore. Ugh. What a piece of junk.

My 2 year old daughter (who I believe to be rather calm for a toddler)received this as a Christmas present and I thought that it was going to be awesome. However, within the first day she managed to rip two of the connector loops that velcro the tunnel to the tent. Also, I read one review that said their child liked to sit on it and squash it and that the tent would pop back up. I would caution against allowing your child to do this because ours is now slightly deformed from my daughter sitting on it. It is a fun toy and my daughter does like going inside of it with her flashlight to pretend it is her little fort. Overall, I am happy with it, I just think that it isn't quite as a durable as it is made out to be.

My husband and I recently purchased this for our 15 month old daughter and let me tell you....SHE LOVES IT! She had received a blow up ball pit for her 1st birthday which she was thrilled with but less than 48hours after inflating it, it sprung a leak. Well...we took it back to the toy store and got a replacement which 3 months later we still hadn't the energy, (or the space for that matter), to blow it up again and keep it up. Enter Play Hut's Crawl and Play...the perfect solution...its quite large (our little one and our golden retriever can fit in it with room left over), very durable and holds a bunch of ball pit balls-which I do recommend purchasing as they do add another demension to the fun. In addition, it is super easy to set up and take down whenever you like which was the problem with the blow up ball pits. Both ball pits and this play tent are recommended for ages 2 and up and 3 and up respectively, but my little one loves both and as long as there is parental supervision while your child is playing, there is absolutely nothing dangerous about this experience. And what an experience it is, there is so much that can be learned from these toys...spatial awareness, in and out, ducking, squating, crawling, hand-eye coordination (there is a window in the roof which my little one loves to try and toss balls out of). I can also see how this can grow with your child, my little one is not in the imaginative stage in her life, but one day she will be and this like the other reviewers have said could be her playhouse, hideout, castle, or whatever else she can imagine. For now, she is content, crawling in and out, sitting in a bunch of balls, hiding from her dog and her daddy and picking it up-which by the way she is absolutely amazed that she can do all by herself. I highly recommend this toy!

My kids all got tents for X-mas. My mom bought this for my 9 1/2 yr old. She loves it, but we use it indoors & it stays set up all the time. If you don't have room for that, keep in mind it will probably not allow you to set it up a lot without breaking. It has the pipe with the elastic cords inside to set up so it takes a while. The pop-up tents are easier to set up but they can be hard to fold back up & store since they pop back out. This tent is larger than the other 2 tents my kids got ( the sesame st & disney princess pop-ups). In all it is a good tent depending on where & how you plan to use it.

My daugter (2yrs) old loved the toy. It was very easy to assemble, and yes, the vinly smell does go away after a couple of days. I would have gladly payed a few more dollars if a light-weight canvas material would have been used instead of plastic. The toy made it about 2 weeks before the vinly cover ripped in a few places and a couple of the plastic support poles broke. Had the manufacturer upgraded the quality of the materials just a bit, this would have been a wonderful, well sized play-house. Guess we'll try some of the hard plastic "permanent" housing.

It is not very durable, but if you use it indoors it is a great little private playhouse for your child.

This was our first swingset. I got it last year when my ds turned 3. He loves it and has lots of fun on it. It is a good size for smaller children. However, not even a year later, it is tearing up pretty badly. The lawn/glider swing has one seat that is completely broken off the swing (and this is the side that my ds does not use, so I know it's not from overuse). The teeter-totter does not stay in place. It gradually moves over toward the A-frame. I would not recommend this set unless you are just looking for something cheap to use for about 1 season.

We first purchased the Patriot swing set when my oldest daughter was 2. She was very excited with it but the first thing I had to do was go buy the soft plastic swing seat. The hard molded plastic seats that came with the set were too slippery and my daughter kept falling off of the swing.The next problem was the paint. It was a beautiful red, white and blue color that was very attractive. After less than 1 year the paint on the metal began to rust,eventhough it was considered rust resistant. The next thing to go was the red color in the glider swing. Now 2 years later the glider is a very light pink color. Not only is the color gone but after less than one year the glider swing began to crack on the seat bottom, back and on the foot rest. Although the slide did not fade much, it has cracked where it connects to the swing set. The teeter totter connecter does not stay in one place and slides left and right as it is used so the kids eventually begin bumping into the A frame side of the set. We have only used the teeter totter on a few occaisions. Needless to say now 2 years later we are already in the market for a new swingset.

I purchased the swing set back in february for my son's b-day. He plays on it almost everyday. It is still in great condition, it holds up well in the crazy southern Louisiana weather. It didn't take long to set up, but u do need two people to do it. Makes the work go by quicker. I love the swing set and price is not bad. Great product.

I have a 2 year old son and we bought this for him when he was about 18 months. If you have a big child and by that I mean one that is big for his age. Our son just turned 2 in March and he is 35 inches tall and weighs 31 pounds. This is not a good toy for him. He is too big for everything on it. To get up on the slide for him is very difficult because he is so big and the play set is small. There really is not that much room on it. But if you have a very petite Child then this swing is ideal for them. I just want to let parents know about this and not waste your money like we did. He still plays on it but it is very small for him.

THIS IS A GREAT GYM SET TO HAVE. THERE CUTE AND STRONG QUALITY.
MY DAUGHTER WILL HAVE HER OWN LITTLE PARK, AND AT THE SAME TIME IT WILL MAKE HER FEEL MORE SECURE USING THE SLIDE ON HER OWN. SHE HAS ALSO LEARNED TO USE TH SWING ON HER OWN. THIS IS A SAFE PRODUCT. I'M SURE YOU WILL ENJOY IT AS MUCH AS SEEING THEM HAVE A GREAT TIME!!!

My daughter received this set for her first birthday, but we did not assemble it until she was 14months. I do not recommend this gym. At 14 months my daughter finds it impossible to get to the top of the slide herself...there aren't any stairs, and she is not coordinated enough to use the "ladder" to climb to the top. The ledge that is provided is also too high and difficult to get to for any 12 to 18 month old I know. The swing also is poorly designed as well....with no height adjustment it is not very practical.

My daughter was interested in this for about an hour, and now just bypasses it. We have to work at it to get her to show any type of interest. She would much rather practice her climbing on our furniture. The only positive is that this was easy to put together...and since it was given to her as a gift from her grandparents...at least we didn't waste our money. I have seen a lot of other sets that are better than this one.