I am contemplating all three- we have a sloping back yard but want four major elements, a swivel tire , swings, a rock wall and a tree house platform.

My husband cannot put it together so we need to get someone to do it for us. IF we bought Costcos, are there people out there who will do a professional install (cleveland suburbs), also, how do you rate those three companies sets?

Its about 3700 for the rainbow set we like (including tax and installation), around 4k for the cedarworks and1800 for the costco one

We looked into the one Costco carries and a Rainbow one. DH is VERY handy (we are lucky) so we wouldn't have to worry about putting it together. To my knowledge, Costco does not have a "team" who sets these up for you. You could probably hire a handyman to put it together for you though.

We have neighbors who have a Rainbow and really like it BUT they probably wouldn't have gotten it if they knew know what they didn't know then. They pay around $3500 and their kids played with it for 1.5 years. So, that's not a very good investment given it now doesn't get played with. But, I know others whose kids play on them for years so the yearly investment isn't too bad. We opted not to get one since DS is 8 now and wouldn't use it much. I think DD would only use the swings so we are maybe going to just put together a swing set for a few hundred dollars instead

good luck

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