Lifetime Ace Flyer Teeter-Totter

This is our second Lifetime playground product. We bought the Big Stuff Adventure Play Set earlier this year, and for Christmas, we wanted another good quality product like the play set for our home playground. My wife chose this Teeter Totter. It arrived promptly and was delivered to our front door step in a large cardboard box.All parts were present, along with the instruction manual. On Christmas day, my teenager girl and I began working on it on the front porch. Although one person can do most of the work alone, I would recommend one other adult or teenager to assist to make it a bit easier and speed the construction process along.We finished it within a few hours and had it ready for our two toddler daughters to play. It is very durable, and this weekend it supported four toddlers playing on it with no problem. I noted that the children loved to explore the different seats and I could tell their imaginations were literally going wild with the airplane cockpit.Once constructed, it was easy for two of us to carry it around to the side yard where the other playground equipment is. I wouldn't recommend one person trying to carry or move it, although the "skids" do slide on the ground fairly well. It is now part of our family playground, and the kids love our Lifetime products.This was a great purchase!

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.

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!

This "airplane teeter totter" is one of the best outdoor play toys for children that I have ever seen. It is well built (though takes awhile to construct). I have to be honest, I finally hired a handy man to put it together - it was beyond me. But it only took him about 6 hours. So far kids ages 4-7 have played on it and LOVE it. There is room for everyone and something fun for them all to do, even if just riding as a passenger. They have a lot of fun switching roles and deciding who will be "pilot." The propellor is connected to the steering wheel, so kids control it, a genius idea! We were hesitant because of the cost, but have no regrets. It's small enough to fit in our little backyard without looking gawdy. So far, has weathered well (4 months). LOVE, love, love it! Highly recommend.

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

This is an amazing outdoor activity for kids ages 2 through 10! It competed with a real pony at my grand-daughter's 4th birthday party and was very popular! It was difficult for my husband to put together, but well worth the time. Needed a more durable wrench other than what came with product. Highly recommend this "teeter-totter plane" for your kids!