Badger Basket Cedar Sandbox for Kids with Canopy & Benches - Outdoor Convertible Wooden Sandbox with Lid, UV Shade & Built-In Seating - Backyard Playset (46.5 x 46.5 x 57)

I was a little worried with some of the other reviews, but ours came in good shape without the damage that some other people have had. My husband had no problem putting it together. The only downside is the canopy is not great material, but you can easily add a tarp on top instead. I love having the benches also fold down to be the top cover, it's a really cute idea.

the canopy is a bit flimsy, otherwise good product

This was a Christmas gift for my two youngest boys (16 months and 6 years old). They love it so much, they get upset when it starts to get dark outside and/or they have to come in. My husband put it together Christmas Eve on the side of the house, where there were no windows. We moved it into the main back yard that night when they were asleep. Without sand yet, it is pretty easy to move with two people. We put that weed barrier plastic to line the bottom, to keep weeds, and help keep insects out. We used 8 bags of play sand from home depot to fill it. You could use less, but I wanted a lot of sand. Especially because they baby would probably get some out over time. We live in Central Texas which is prone to random strong winds and rainstorms. It has been windy and rained since Christmas Eve. The canopy is still intact on ours so far and seems pretty secure. So far so good for us in that respect. Also I love that it has doors... because when we put it out on Christmas Eve, our cat already seemed to say "Claimed!" The doors stop him from using it as a giant liter box... as well as any other critters that come into our back yard... Which are many. We also get snakes, frogs, and scorpions. The slates are spread enough to let scorpions and some small snakes in, but we make sure to check really good before the kids jump in.One problem was there were some missing hole that were missed on not pre-drilled (on one of the canopy poles). Good thing I had the correct tools to drill them myself or this review could have took a different turn. The Canopy was why I bought this particular box, because Central Texas has some kind of bi-polar weather... Really hot and sunny one minutes, and rainstorms the next. I suggest the manufacturer go through the boxes and makes sure that is no longer an issue, because I think I have read other people had that same problem. It was pretty easy to put together otherwise. My husband did it alone and in a few hours. He is an Architect-Engineer, so maybe he found it easy and fast. Since my boys love this sandbox so much, I chose to still give it 5 stars. :-)

Was not excited to see that I had a missing hinge as well as a couple crack pieces of wood out of the box. But over all it will be ok for the money spent.

This sandbox is amazing! My 9 year old and 4 year old love it. 8 50lb bags of sand fills it perfectly. The description says it takes 750 lbs of sand and that would be way too much. 400 lbs is perfect. Everything came easy to assemble took around 30 mins. I thought it came with a bottom liner but did not. That’s my only issue.