I read every page of reviews for this adjustable bed and was slightly worried that it would be too heavy to even get into the bedroom, much less put together by two 70/something old ladies. Just so you dont have to read the rest of this, Ill tell you that we got it done in about 2 hours. The box was delivered by UPS only 6 days after I ordered it (which I found aming), and it was fortunately left on the front porch. That was 3 steps we didnt have to get the box up. Having read a suggestion that the box be opened wherever the delivery service left it and the pieces be brought in one at a time, I thought that might be a good idea. Really though, its not that heavy to drag, although getting it to a second floor might be problematical. You might need someone younger than me to help. We only had a slight threshold to get it over, but putting a towel under the end of the box made the dragging work. To keep from possibly scratching the hardwood floor, we kept towels under the entire bottom and pushed/pulled the box on edge to the bedroom and onto the rug. Piece of cake. Then got out the handy box cutter and freed the bed frame. Frankly, moving the queen mattress and old box spring to the hallway, and deconstructing the headboard, foot board, side rails, and slats of the existing bed was the worst job. Onto the new frame: It really doesnt break down into two halves; its hinged and folded up. The 6 legs are in a separate bag and a lightweight box with the remote is folded up inside the metal frame. You wont save much weight by opening the box on the porch and bringing pieces in. Once the cardboard box was cut loose in the bedroom, we did leave the frame on its side vertically (as suggested by one of the reviewers) opened it out, admired the motors (and were thankful they were pre/attached) and got the legs fastened on. Thats really the only assembly you do. They tell you not to turn it over while balanced one sides legs, which would require you to actually lift the whole 160 pound thing and put it on its feet. Two old ladies could not do that, so we disobeyed the instructions and quickly let her flop down in a controlled fall to horizontal. No bent legs. Synced the remote per the instructions and tested the up/down movement. Then put the existing 12 memory foam mattress on top. Tested the up/down with the mattress. Oops, forgot to install the bottom mattress stabilizer bars. You can do it after the mattress is on, but probably much easier without the mattress blocking those tiny holes. Re/constructed the fancy headboard, foot board, and side rails, which was made to fit a 60x80 queen box spring and fit perfectly around the frame, because they obviously know that people want to keep their expensive old bed frames. Now there are 4 legs holding up the outside frame and 6 metal legs very close on the inside. Base is about 1 below the level of the old box spring, which means its easier to climb into bed and the bedspread is now long enough on the sides. Amingly, the area under the bed still allowed me to cram the same junk under the bed as before (a double bed sized 5 foam mattress used as an emergency guest bed). As long as the old stuff fits under the motors and is no wider than 47 and no longer than 75, it still fits. Made up the bed. Everything fits as usual. Bed frame was delivered 3 PM, started working on it 5 PM, all done by 7 PM, sound asleep in new bed by 10 PM. No more GERD from flat mattress, can read comfortably in bed, can raise my feet if I want. Love it!
3/9/21: UPDATE*** This bed base is still working just fine! The batteries are still good too.
Old Ladies Can Put This Together
I read every page of reviews for this adjustable bed and was slightly worried that it would be too heavy to even get into the bedroom, much less put together by two 70/something old ladies. Just so you dont have to read the rest of this, Ill tell you that we got it done in about 2 hours. The box was delivered by UPS only 6 days after I ordered it (which I found aming), and it was fortunately left on the front porch. That was 3 steps we didnt have to get the box up. Having read a suggestion that the box be opened wherever the delivery service left it and the pieces be brought in one at a time, I thought that might be a good idea. Really though, its not that heavy to drag, although getting it to a second floor might be problematical. You might need someone younger than me to help. We only had a slight threshold to get it over, but putting a towel under the end of the box made the dragging work. To keep from possibly scratching the hardwood floor, we kept towels under the entire bottom and pushed/pulled the box on edge to the bedroom and onto the rug. Piece of cake. Then got out the handy box cutter and freed the bed frame. Frankly, moving the queen mattress and old box spring to the hallway, and deconstructing the headboard, foot board, side rails, and slats of the existing bed was the worst job. Onto the new frame: It really doesnt break down into two halves; its hinged and folded up. The 6 legs are in a separate bag and a lightweight box with the remote is folded up inside the metal frame. You wont save much weight by opening the box on the porch and bringing pieces in. Once the cardboard box was cut loose in the bedroom, we did leave the frame on its side vertically (as suggested by one of the reviewers) opened it out, admired the motors (and were thankful they were pre/attached) and got the legs fastened on. Thats really the only assembly you do. They tell you not to turn it over while balanced one sides legs, which would require you to actually lift the whole 160 pound thing and put it on its feet. Two old ladies could not do that, so we disobeyed the instructions and quickly let her flop down in a controlled fall to horizontal. No bent legs. Synced the remote per the instructions and tested the up/down movement. Then put the existing 12 memory foam mattress on top. Tested the up/down with the mattress. Oops, forgot to install the bottom mattress stabilizer bars. You can do it after the mattress is on, but probably much easier without the mattress blocking those tiny holes. Re/constructed the fancy headboard, foot board, and side rails, which was made to fit a 60x80 queen box spring and fit perfectly around the frame, because they obviously know that people want to keep their expensive old bed frames. Now there are 4 legs holding up the outside frame and 6 metal legs very close on the inside. Base is about 1 below the level of the old box spring, which means its easier to climb into bed and the bedspread is now long enough on the sides. Amingly, the area under the bed still allowed me to cram the same junk under the bed as before (a double bed sized 5 foam mattress used as an emergency guest bed). As long as the old stuff fits under the motors and is no wider than 47 and no longer than 75, it still fits. Made up the bed. Everything fits as usual. Bed frame was delivered 3 PM, started working on it 5 PM, all done by 7 PM, sound asleep in new bed by 10 PM. No more GERD from flat mattress, can read comfortably in bed, can raise my feet if I want. Love it! 3/9/21: UPDATE*** This bed base is still working just fine! The batteries are still good too.