Plum Wooden Discovery Forest Water Run
291/1180£300.00
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About this product
Three levels, five reservoirs, one hosepipe connection. The Plum Discovery Forest Water Run turns garden play into a working experiment kids adjust the three-way gates to different heights, watch water rush through natural bamboo chutes, then race it again. The footprint shifts to fit your space or change the flow. Suitable for ages 3 with adult supervision outdoors.
The transparent gates show level markers so children can see the water rise and measure as they play. The reservoirs connect together and the gates open and close to control direction and speed. Built from wood with bamboo racing chutes, it's designed for summer garden use. Connect your hosepipe at the top and the water keeps coming. Assembly required.
- Size H90, W60, D335cm.
- Weight 34.55kg.
- Assembly Required.
- For ages 3 years and over.
- By choosing FSC certified products, you are supporting responsible management of the world's forests.
- EAN: 5036523092586.
WARNING(S):
- Not suitable for children under 3 years old.
- Only for domestic use.
- To be used under the direct supervision of an adult.
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Not worth money
The built product not anywhere near as nice as the pictures and videos. The liners to the wooden trays are a flimsy plastic and really tricky to get to lie smooth over the trays as you have to screw the edges in place to hold the plastic in place, so the water pools in the trays and doesn’t flow well. The wooden chutes are flimsy. It took me over 8hrs to put together by myself. Might be worth it if it cost about a third of the price.
Cloudy rivers, 35 - 44, Uk
Waste of money
I bought that around 6 months ago, and I'm not happy. The foil that covers construction is super thin, has already been pierced. The wood under the fool starting to get black won't be long till it start to decay. Some screws are to short, barley keeping pieces together, especially bamboo 'ramp'. Paying over £350 I expected much more.
Patty
Awful to build, nice now it's done.
Worth it in the end but loses stars for being awful to assemble. I wanted to burn it at one point. Instructions are unclear, screws are cheap and needed to buy better ones otherwise if you use a drill the screws just round. However, now it's finally built, it is fantastic and has already been well played with. I think it'd be good if the sluice gates could be locked into the unit as I can see these going missing fairly quickly and this all water will disappear straight to the bottom. The sound it makes as the water runs down is lovely and I really like the little step up for smaller people to the taller unit. It's great but it was so expensive I would expect better quality screws, better instructions and maybe some bits part built to make assembly quicker and easier?
Esther J.
Best garden purchase
Such a great addition to my childminding business. The children love it and it's suitable for tiny ones right up to school children. Along with the mud kitchen it's our most played with toy. Turn taking, pouring, filling, rolling, sharing, encourages communication skills it's endless.
Michelle M.
A nightmare to assemble
Pros: It's going to be loved when my son can eventually use it. Cons: It is an absolute NIGHTMARE to assemble. It's splinter-city, with messily drilled holes, insufficient screws, no pre-drilled holes at all in places, and parts that simply do not fit as they should. Pieces are terribly labelled -- and there are a LOT of pieces -- long number sequences are stamped onto each piece, and on most of mine the stamp was worn off). It is a *minimum* 5 hour build job if you're doing it solo (as an experienced DIYer with all the tools to hand), and realistically longer as the whole thing requires sanding down and likely retreating. Parts arrived broken, so the set is still only partially unconstructed. We'll see how quickly this gets resolved :/ I don't regret buying it (yet) because I do still think it will provide lots of fun once I've sanded and re-treated the wood, but it is a lot of money to pay for something that's so poorly finished.
Vicky B.
Lovely end product but nightmare to assemble
The water run itself, once assembled, is great but we encountered quite a few problems in assembly with both water runs we ordered. Holes at the wrong end on one piece and inaccurate size of some of the other pieces - one plank being an inch shorter! - were just some of the issues.
Katy P.
Hello BeetleB,
The supplier has advised the following for the Plum Wooden Discovery Forest Water Run:
“ The wood is already treated for rot and insect resistant. In the instruction manual there is an advisory section on how to maintain the wood. ”
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