Turbo Tube Slide - Green

Our daughter LOVES this slide.She has a great time on it, which makes the fact that it was a nightmare to assemble at least worth it.The instructions that go with the slide aren't thorough at all.For some parts of the instructions we just relied on common sense and guessing to get it right.For instance, we shouldn't have to look at a picture of the finished product to figure out which way the slide turns, it should be stated in the instructions if it makes a difference.And it does make a difference.Only half of the holes lined up if put on the wrong way (slide turning counterclockwise instead of clockwise) whereas all but 2 holes lined up going the other way.

Which leads me to the next complaint:not all the holes lined up . . .ever.The instructions state that some holes may need to be enlarged and that using screwdrivers on adjacent holes will help keep things lined up.This doesn't always work.We had to drill new holes in more than one place -at least once per section.

It also states that mounting the slide takes a minimum of 3 people.These shouldn't be just any 3 people but 3 good-sized people.The slide is fairly heavy and awkward when assembled making it very difficult to hold up and keep straight at the appropriate height for mounting while actually doing the mounting and referring to the instructions to be sure to mount it properly.

There is also a support bracket for the base of the slide.Without this piece, the slide moves a lot while in use and doesn't seem very stable.Unfortunately, there is only a picture (and not a very detailed one) to illustrate how to make this support.We've done our best and it doesn't move nearly as much, but I'm still not sure if it's what the manufacturer actually intended.The same goes for the mounting bracket, with perhaps one sentence and one unclear picture for instruction -it's not even clear if the mounting bracket is needed in every case or only in certain cases.

It took several hours to finish and there was a lot of frustration and cussing involved, but at least it's getting used daily.The smile on my daughter's face made it worth while.

This is really a great tube slide, both my boys love it, (8&10) I really like the tube slide since it makes it impossible for the boys to fall off the slide, and with a deck height of 7 feet, that was a concern.I found the slide easy to assemble and the directions were clear and had pictures. The directions state that it takes two persons to assemble the slide, and they way they have you do it, it would take at least two persons and they had better be strong and very patent. I was able to assemble the slide easily by myself, by not following the directions. The easy way is to assemble it on the ground by sections. First assemble the two halves of each section, then bolt the sections together until you have the whole tube bolted together laying on the ground. The tube is light enough that one person can roll it to reach all the bolts that need to be installed. The trick, is in the directions they tell you to align the bolt holes by forcing a screw driver through the holes to align them, great piece of advice, but of course as soon as you remove screw driver, the holes will move out of alignment before you could insert a bolt. The trick is to insert the screw driver or drift pin, (the tip of a needle nose pliers works best) and then use a vise grip pliers (a sheet metal vise grip pliers works best and doesn't leave a mark) to lock the pieces in place while you remove the drift pin and insert the bolt. That one trick makes putting the tube slide together a lot easier. Put the bolts in loose, and then tighten them once a joint has all the bolts are in place, that way, any out of alignment holes will be "forced" or enlarged in the right direction.

Once the tube is together, roll it over to where it is going to go and tip it up into place. If you are working alone, you can nail a temporary block for the bottom edge to rest on, and use a brace on the tube to hold it against the tower while you climb up and screw in the screws. The slide comes with two brackets that bolt onto the last section joint, one attaches to the tower leg, the other supports the joint from below using a wooden support you have to build out of treated lumber, there is a diagram in the instructions. I made up a wooden cradle to support the last joint, so it supported the entire joint instead of just supporting two bolts on the joint. The weight limit for the slide is 350 lbs, there is a super turbo slide, that costs a lot more and has 50% thicker plastic but only has a weight limit of 375 lbs, but doesn't need the extra support brackets at the last joint.

The slide is intended for use with the manufactures' wooden playsets and includes green metal brackets and screws for building the tower platform for the slide, but doesn't include the directions for building the tower. The directions apparently were included with the playset instructions.

The price here at Amazon, ($425) was the best price on the web and was cheaper than what I could find in all the local stores.

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Got this for my 3 kids.It is an awesome slide!They love it.I even fit down it and I am a very big guy.Took a little while to assemble to my homemade platform.Best if you have another person to help. Shipping went much faster than expected about a week even though they said 3-5 extra days just to prepare for shipping.It arrived in the area and I made arrangement to pick it up at the trucking company rather than wait for it to be delivered the next day.

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Easy to assemble and install, with two people.Not very durable, though.Some slide edges are paper thin, due to poor factory QA.Mating seams have unacceptable gaps between bolts.

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My kids love this slide.We needed a tube slide bc our playset deck is so high up....it seems sturdy but took my husband, who is super handy, most of the day to assemble.

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