Well constructed, kids love it

Well constructed, kids love it

For the price if this, it is kind of flimsy. I put my weight on it just to make sure it was installed correctly and the plastic started to bend. Fine for two toddlers up to maybe 6 years old but anything more than say a total of 150lbs and this thing starts to bend.

For the price if this, it is kind of flimsy. I put my weight on it just to make sure it was installed correctly and the plastic started to bend. Fine for two toddlers up to maybe 6 years old but anything more than say a total of 150lbs and this thing starts to bend.

I researched gliders until I was blue in the face. It's so hard to weed through the reviews and specifications and make that final decision. We went with this one for a few reasons- it got great reviews, with many reviewers remarking on the durability, it had two places for little feet so my tall 3.5yr old and shorter 2yr old can both be comfortable, it had coated chains, it's the same brand as the brackets we bought, and, of course, the price was right. Unfortunately, our problems started before we even hung it. My husband had a hard time getting it together and he could never get it completely straight. I didn't notice this until he hung it (he was hoping it would straighten up when he hung it). So he sat on one end and tried to swing to see if it went crooked while swinging- as soon as he picked his feet up the seat buckled underneath him (he is an average size- weighs maybe 165lbs). Needless to say this was quite frustrating and while we realized it wasn't meant for adults, so many reviewers mentioned it holding an adult and we've sat on a glider at another house that held us (separately) with no problem. I called Amazon and, as usual, their customer service representative was helpful and offered a full refund and free label to print to return the defective swing. It was a hassle to have to take the swing down and disassemble it, but when we spent that much money on a swing we were hoping for it to last. So we returned this swing and purchased the back to back glider by creative playthings (also sold on Amazon) instead. Ultimately, this swing may have stood up to our young children swinging on it for years, but the thing that frustrated me most is the difficulty in getting a clear weight limit on the product in all of my research. Had the product clearly stated a weight limit, my husband wouldn't have sat on it, and all our trouble would've been avoided.