Lifetime Ace Flyer Teeter-Totter

Durable, had good reviews, grandchildren love it!I liked the review about sealing around screws to prevent rust.

quick shipping, kids love it

It looks intimidating to assemble at first, but it was very easy. It is also really sturdy, I am 5'4", 130lbs, my child's father is 220lbs and we both played on it with her!

Edit: 4 years later, still going strong, still no injuries (not even a busted lip or bloodied nose!). Still played on daily. This is probably the best toy investment we've ever made. This thing is probably going to last for another 4 or 5 years. There's a whole new crop of children enjoying it now. I really couldn't be happier with it.--------Edit, Three Years Later:So, we've had it for three years now. It STILL WORKS, and we just gave it to our next door neighbors who have 2 year old twins and a couple of older kids. At this moment, there are 8 kids playing on it (my younger kid, who is 6 now, the next door neighbor kids who are 2-8 years old, and some other neighborhood kids.) Older kids (9-13) lost interest fairly quickly.Since I bought it, the propeller fell off, and we've had to make a few other minor repairs. But it's not majorly rusted, and it still works fine!NOBODY ever got hurt on it! Not even a busted lip or bruised chin!We gave it away only because we decided to landscape our front yard with flowers, and our backyard doesn't get played in much.Original review below:------------We have lots of kids in our neighborhood, and kids ages 2 to 10 play on this thing every day (we also put it in the front yard so neighbor kids could play on it whenever they want to - legal liabilities be damned.).My almost 8 year old son and his 10 year old best friend aren't too big to find see-sawing on the "wings" un-thrilling (although they SLAM each other up and down to make it extra exciting. Haha. They also use it as a sort of obstacle course.) and my three year old daughter is big enough to seesaw on the big wings with the 5 year old girl who lives next door.It took my husband and I about 3 hours to put it together, but part of our problem was that we'd start trying to guess how to do it instead of closely following the directions, so we'd have to take stuff apart and re-do it. I HIGHLY suggest using an electric drill when you put it together.We've had it for a few weeks now, and still no injuries yet...not even minor ones.

Like others have noted, this is very popular with the kids, even more popular that most playsets. We bought it so that our yard would have something different for our kids and their friends to play in that wasn't another trampoline or playset, which everyone else has already.I'm giving the product a 5 stars based on how fun it is after assembly.The assembly is pretty hard. Here are some pointers that you absolutely must follow (which we didn't, and this caused it to take about twice as long as it would have if we had followed them)1. Do not use power tools. They will most definitely strip the head of the bolts, which happened in our case. I knew I was not supposed to used power tools and thought I would anyway. Stripped a few bolts and had to spend time to remove them. This brings me to the next point2. Do not tighten all the bolts. Leave all of them loose till assembly is complete. Some of the bolts need to be removed and re attached. Again, something we did wrong which cost us time as the bolts to be removed were stripped.3. The toy must be placed on a soft surface, such as a lawn. However, in just one day of use, the spots below the two wings became into holes in my lawn. Keep that in mind. Your lawn will get destroyed to some degree or the other. We ended up moving the plane to the far back of our yard where I don't care for a few bumps and holes.4. Friends reccomend supergluing the plastic caps on several pieces to prevent them from being removed accidentally during moving the toy.5. Assembly involves driving screws through holes in metal pipes that must be perfectly aligned. This was much harder than assembling a TV stand, or a crib, where you are screwing wooden components together. Greater torque is needed and you risk getting the screw stuck if it is not aligned perfectly.

Many reviews states that the directions were hard to follow. Yes and no. It was basically simple to assemble, but it was mainly just me assembling it. It's wise to have a helper do this.It took me from 715 pm until 1020 pm start to finish. That's preparing tools, a table for parts, cleaning up, opening box, assembly, and 2 10 min breaks.Note:. Wings. Do not tighten screws all the way, due to having to add the support under the wing in a later step. I would have added those in earlier if I had read the instructions through and through before building, but I started from the beginning of the pamphlet.Screw guns were helpful in some sections, but not all. Best for the seats, the tail piece, and screwing the dashboard to the unit. I would only start most of the screws with it, and finish with the Allen keys. You have much better control on the tightness.Only partially tighten the propeller and steering wheel with the screw gun, and them use the provided keys to tighten as desiredSurprisingly, I was able to fit in the cockpit. Little tight. I'm 5'13", and over 200+pnds. Our daughter loved her surprise, and can't wait for her friends to come over and play with her new airplane. Years of fun to come.