This is a very good bed. It took a few hours to put together and I do highly recommend a partner toward the end steps when you have to attach the head to the foot of the bed, but all in all the assembly went smoothly (other than a couple times when I made a mistake, but those were easily remedied). It can be assembled alone but its not easy when youre dealing with the assembled sides of the bed and trying to stand them up and attach them to each other. All of the hardware was included and is of good, well well/machined quality. If you can, get yourself M4 and M5 (metric) Allen wrench bits before it arrives and use a cordless drill, it will greatly speed up the process since there are 76 screws in total.
My only real complaint is regarding the discomfort one experiences when climbing the very narrow bars of ladder in bare feet. (Theyre probably fine for kids but for larger feet, they hurt to climb.) The maker should redesign with flat ladder rungs or provide some kind of cushioned covering for them. I have to wear my slippers when going up the ladder.
One suggestion: Provide an option for the bed to have one of the ladders installed on the side as opposed to on either end.
Also, dont forget: Once youre up there on the bed, theres nowhere to put your stuff / like your phone, alarm clock, box of tissues, what have you / so you may want to buy a shelf or three to mount on the wall up there. Thats what I had to do. Would be cool if the maker had an add on for shelves you can mount off the side of the rails though.
All in all, great experience and product. Would buy again.
Good, sturdy, space/saving bed.
This is a very good bed. It took a few hours to put together and I do highly recommend a partner toward the end steps when you have to attach the head to the foot of the bed, but all in all the assembly went smoothly (other than a couple times when I made a mistake, but those were easily remedied). It can be assembled alone but its not easy when youre dealing with the assembled sides of the bed and trying to stand them up and attach them to each other. All of the hardware was included and is of good, well well/machined quality. If you can, get yourself M4 and M5 (metric) Allen wrench bits before it arrives and use a cordless drill, it will greatly speed up the process since there are 76 screws in total. My only real complaint is regarding the discomfort one experiences when climbing the very narrow bars of ladder in bare feet. (Theyre probably fine for kids but for larger feet, they hurt to climb.) The maker should redesign with flat ladder rungs or provide some kind of cushioned covering for them. I have to wear my slippers when going up the ladder. One suggestion: Provide an option for the bed to have one of the ladders installed on the side as opposed to on either end. Also, dont forget: Once youre up there on the bed, theres nowhere to put your stuff / like your phone, alarm clock, box of tissues, what have you / so you may want to buy a shelf or three to mount on the wall up there. Thats what I had to do. Would be cool if the maker had an add on for shelves you can mount off the side of the rails though. All in all, great experience and product. Would buy again.