Review on BABY PLAYPEN - ANGELBLISS Extra Large Playard with Gate, Portable Play Yard for Babies and Toddlers, Safety Play Pens with Star Print (Black, 71x59) by Anne Franson

Arrived packed in a box, in another Amazon box. Everything was neatly packed in individual bags in the innermost box. There were even 2 spare parts included. No tools were required for assembly. I did it myself in under an hour. but I also got "help" from three young children, so I'm sure that added some time. The instructions are easy to understand and have lots of pictures. Towards the end it got a bit risky. It seemed like a page or two could have been added, but I managed. Not difficult at all. I will say that I did notice a small spot where the stitching doesn't line up properly so there is an inch or so of a gap, but it's at the bottom edge and if that becomes an issue I'll mine do best to sew it. I had already assembled it before realizing it and I wouldn't take it all apart to trade for this minor issue. We don't use it as a playpen. I chose this to build a pool for our kids. I bought 200 3" clear balls from Amazon 2 years ago and have always wanted to get more and build a real ball court. I just didn't implement this idea. Balls are so expensive! Fast forward to July 2021. I ordered 38 packs of Playday balls, 100 balls each, 2.5" in diameter. I found them on Walmart.com for $9.97 a pack. The math to get balls about 20 inches deep in this particular arena was just under 3800 balls, but I wanted 4000 balls to be the number we settled on. I will also mention that I also added a plush foam ladder with 5 steps inside for dogs/pets. the ball pit by moving some of the balls around and making the overall depth, well, deeper. We've also added another pet ladder outside of the playpen. Both pet ladders were purchased through Amazon. I purchased 2 Spark Alphabet foam mats from Walmart.com for about $13.88. everyone I think. Yes, the letters appear, but we don't use them for that, so we don't have to pick up any puzzle pieces. This was the cheapest way to put a pillow under the ball. The kids love it. And so do we! So far it has held up well but only lasted a week. It seems to be a pretty solid, well thought out build and the actual playpen material they used is good. I was positively surprised.