So this is a pressboard bed and its a lot of work to assemble, but for our needs, its just the right thing.
This will go in my sons basement room, and I got two of them. It took me about three hours to assemble each one. I do think that the instructions were very good, and have no problem with all that, but there are hundreds of pieces if you count all the screws, and part of why we got the storage beds is that its a tight space. So it was a little hard to maneuver the heavy bed around as I was putting it together.
I agree with what others have said:
1. Its all machined well, so that the pieces fit together as intended.
2. The bed slats run the long way, and are splintery plywood, and seem annoying on those levels, but they also seem to be functional.
3. The drawers glide smoothly, but the bottoms of the drawers are basically cardboard, so they cant hold heavy things. Ill add that the sides of the drawers are very lightweight, almost like balsa, so strange that way.
FWIW we are using it with box springs, just because we had them already. This makes the bed high, but we are tall (thus the need for the XL twin), and I think it will mitigate the issue of the weird slats.
One thing Id change is that the bed is a little wider than the mattress. I think it should be snugger. So you can see the crappy interior, for example.
Another thing to be aware of is that theres a number of edges of raw pressboard that are going to be in direct contact with your floor. I got chair glides to nail into the headboard and footboard so that I dont scratch the floor. I think this might be a good idea for carpeting as well, unless youre never going to move it (because it would snag on carpeting).
And yes to the screwdriver drill bit. A few of the screws would be hard to set by hand, I think.
Its not a fine piece of furniture, and it could be that my teen destroys it by bouncing around on it. But its what I expected it to be and Im happy with it.
Update: When I went to make the second bed, I had a couple of defective pieces (a drawer side where the wood was split and a nut that would not meet properly with its mate). I called the 800 number for , and they couldnt have been nicer about taking care of the problem. Wonderful customer service.
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So this is a pressboard bed and its a lot of work to assemble, but for our needs, its just the right thing. This will go in my sons basement room, and I got two of them. It took me about three hours to assemble each one. I do think that the instructions were very good, and have no problem with all that, but there are hundreds of pieces if you count all the screws, and part of why we got the storage beds is that its a tight space. So it was a little hard to maneuver the heavy bed around as I was putting it together. I agree with what others have said: 1. Its all machined well, so that the pieces fit together as intended. 2. The bed slats run the long way, and are splintery plywood, and seem annoying on those levels, but they also seem to be functional. 3. The drawers glide smoothly, but the bottoms of the drawers are basically cardboard, so they cant hold heavy things. Ill add that the sides of the drawers are very lightweight, almost like balsa, so strange that way. FWIW we are using it with box springs, just because we had them already. This makes the bed high, but we are tall (thus the need for the XL twin), and I think it will mitigate the issue of the weird slats. One thing Id change is that the bed is a little wider than the mattress. I think it should be snugger. So you can see the crappy interior, for example. Another thing to be aware of is that theres a number of edges of raw pressboard that are going to be in direct contact with your floor. I got chair glides to nail into the headboard and footboard so that I dont scratch the floor. I think this might be a good idea for carpeting as well, unless youre never going to move it (because it would snag on carpeting). And yes to the screwdriver drill bit. A few of the screws would be hard to set by hand, I think. Its not a fine piece of furniture, and it could be that my teen destroys it by bouncing around on it. But its what I expected it to be and Im happy with it. Update: When I went to make the second bed, I had a couple of defective pieces (a drawer side where the wood was split and a nut that would not meet properly with its mate). I called the 800 number for , and they couldnt have been nicer about taking care of the problem. Wonderful customer service.