How to pick the best wooden swing set in my opinion depends on the understanding of just what a swing set is exactly. When my wife and I decided we were going to spring for the cash to purchase a swing set for our daughters she had me do the research before we spent our hard earn money on a site similar to this one. What I first discovered was the basic makeup of what the first swing sets entailed, which basically was a chair tied at two ends on a bar for support.