Great bed! Very sturdy! My three year old loves his new high up giant bed replacing his toddler bed. It doesn't feel so high that he is scared, and I feel confident enough that unless he literally dove off head-first, any injury from an inevitable horseplay fall would be mild (I am not delusional. He is a wild boy, so I know eventually he will jump on this bed despite my warnings and will fall, but for now he's doing great). With a thin mattress (I believe the one we got was 5 or 6) and no box spring, the side guard rails are perfect protection height. The stairs feel much safer than a ladder for someone his age who still does a lot of sleep squirming, and easier for him to navigate up and down in the dark when he needs to get out of bed to harass me.
It is supportive enough to hold the weight of two average sized adults (140-180 lbs each) the three year old at once, as all three of us have snuggled up in it for story time without so much as it shifting under our weight, and under-bed section is awesome for a fort, storage, or a second mattress for sleepovers.
My only honest complaint would be the same complaint I will have for any loft bed ever, which is that changing the sheets is not the easiest task in the world. Fortunately, the mattress I got is foam and very foldable, so I can actually lift it up and pull the sheets over, but 9 times out of 10, I still have to get up on the bed to make it. No big deal for me, but it can be frustrating when wrangling a wild preschooler and trying to quickly change sheets after a MOTN potty accident or something. That would be the only possible selling point for me for a standard twin bed, versus this cool loft. I always wanted bunk beds or a loft bed as a kid, but my parents said no, so naturally I am living my own dreams vicariously through my child. Worth it.
Awesome Bed- Wish I had it as a kid!
Great bed! Very sturdy! My three year old loves his new high up giant bed replacing his toddler bed. It doesn't feel so high that he is scared, and I feel confident enough that unless he literally dove off head-first, any injury from an inevitable horseplay fall would be mild (I am not delusional. He is a wild boy, so I know eventually he will jump on this bed despite my warnings and will fall, but for now he's doing great). With a thin mattress (I believe the one we got was 5 or 6) and no box spring, the side guard rails are perfect protection height. The stairs feel much safer than a ladder for someone his age who still does a lot of sleep squirming, and easier for him to navigate up and down in the dark when he needs to get out of bed to harass me. It is supportive enough to hold the weight of two average sized adults (140-180 lbs each) the three year old at once, as all three of us have snuggled up in it for story time without so much as it shifting under our weight, and under-bed section is awesome for a fort, storage, or a second mattress for sleepovers. My only honest complaint would be the same complaint I will have for any loft bed ever, which is that changing the sheets is not the easiest task in the world. Fortunately, the mattress I got is foam and very foldable, so I can actually lift it up and pull the sheets over, but 9 times out of 10, I still have to get up on the bed to make it. No big deal for me, but it can be frustrating when wrangling a wild preschooler and trying to quickly change sheets after a MOTN potty accident or something. That would be the only possible selling point for me for a standard twin bed, versus this cool loft. I always wanted bunk beds or a loft bed as a kid, but my parents said no, so naturally I am living my own dreams vicariously through my child. Worth it.