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Gorilla Blue Ridge Chateau Play Set Review

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Product Review 

Gorilla Blue Ridge Chateau Play Set 

 

The Gorilla Blue Ridge Chateau Playset IIis a children's play set that is designed to hold adults and even comes with an adult swing so the parents or baby sitter can be right there with the children while they play out of doors.

The play set is pine wood construction with plastic coated galvanized zinc chains on the swings.

The chateau is designed so that parents can join their children for an afternoon tea party.

 

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Product Dimensions: 11 feet H x 15 feet W x 19 feet L
Shipping Weight: 840 pounds
Playhouse
Rock climber
Rope climber
Trapeze Bar
Swings
Slide
Picnic Bench
Sand box
Cedar wood construction


The Blue Ridge Chateau Play Set is designed for kids of all ages to use and offers a wide range of activities for your children to enjoy. It does take some time and skill to put together and one does need some DIY building skills and the right tools for assembly.

Kids seem to love this play set and find it offers them enough different activities to make play fun and entertaining. The picnic bench is a nice touch allowing children a park like experience complete with a picnic in their own yard.

The Blue Ridge Chateau Play set offers some great and some not so great features and functions that potential buyers should be aware of.

 

Pros

There are many things to like about the blue ridge chateau play set and these things include: 
  • Overall great quality play set, the hardware is especially high quality.

  • Durability. This is a play set that is designed to last for years. It is also designed to hold adults so your children should not outgrow this swing set too quickly.

  • Most adults like the idea of the adult swing and the fact that the chateau will easily accommodate an adult. This gives parents some great options for joining into their children's world for tea parties or just good old fashion fun. For parents who want bonding time with their children this play set may well provide that opportunity.

  • Lots of different activities which will keep your children from getting bored easily.

Cons

The Gorilla Blue Ridge Chateau Play Set does have some features that could be improved. These features are: 
  • Difficult to assemble. Even people with some DIY yourself building experience and the right tools found assembling this play set to be quite challenging. If this is your first building project it is advised that you have some help.

  • Some clients thought that the wood used in this play set was inferior for the price. Some found a great deal of knots and knot holes in the wood that may be cause for some worry over the longevity of the lumber in this play set.

  • People who had problems with this play set found that Gorilla's customer service was less than impressive. However, if you purchase from WillyGoat.com, they will handle any follow up service required on your behalf.

 

Conclusion

Over all this play set seems to have a sturdy design that should give your children years of enjoyment. Despite some concerns over the quality of the wood used, the Blue Ridge Chateau ll was awarded a "Best Buy" from Consumer Digest for its attention to safety, durability and overall design and value.   At under $1300 we consider this swing set to be excellent value for money. 

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