The bed arrived promptly. I purchased the headboard/platform bed to replace my box springs and metal frame for my TempurPedic memory foam mattress. After breaking down my existing setup, I carried the very heavy TempurPedic box springs down the stairs to my garage. I was planning on getting rid of them after I had the new headboard/platform set up. I assembled it by myself in about 40 minutes and it went together without an issue. I put my mattress on the platform and laid down to relax after carrying everything and assembling this. I immediately noticed a huge difference in the comfort of my mattress between my old set up and the new platform bed. It was clear that the wooden slats on the platform were not nearly enough support for the mattress. I have read other reviews that complain of this issue where people have added plywood to stiffen up the platform and they are 100 correct. When my wife got on the bed, we noticed that we could feel much more movement when the other person got in/out of bed. The wooden slats offer about half of the platform coverage compared to having the regular box springs and since the slats span the entire width of the platform frame, they dip on one side when a person is lying down and when the other person gets in the bed they bow in the opposite direction and you can feel every movement the other person makes. With the old set up, we couldnt feel when the other person got in and out of bed because the box sprints and metal frame offered so much more support for the mattress. We used the bed for about 2 weeks until we decided it made our mattress so much more uncomfortable we couldnt take it any more. That being said, instead of trying to buy plywood to modify the platform, I decided to disassemble the platform portion from the headboard and throw it out. I brought back my metal frame and box springs from the garage (really glad I didnt dispose of them right after setting up the new platform) and made a bracket to connect the metal frame to the new headboard. So just know, the platform on the king size is completely inadequate as far as support.
Moving on to the fabric headboard, it is nice and just what we expected. Since we only spent 136 on the entire setup, I wasnt that disappointed that the platform had to be thrown out. Overall, you cant get much of a headboard for that price so we are just using the headboard now.
I hope this review is helpful when making your decision. For the price I expect better directions and quality
Nice headboard but inadequate platform bed
The bed arrived promptly. I purchased the headboard/platform bed to replace my box springs and metal frame for my TempurPedic memory foam mattress. After breaking down my existing setup, I carried the very heavy TempurPedic box springs down the stairs to my garage. I was planning on getting rid of them after I had the new headboard/platform set up. I assembled it by myself in about 40 minutes and it went together without an issue. I put my mattress on the platform and laid down to relax after carrying everything and assembling this. I immediately noticed a huge difference in the comfort of my mattress between my old set up and the new platform bed. It was clear that the wooden slats on the platform were not nearly enough support for the mattress. I have read other reviews that complain of this issue where people have added plywood to stiffen up the platform and they are 100 correct. When my wife got on the bed, we noticed that we could feel much more movement when the other person got in/out of bed. The wooden slats offer about half of the platform coverage compared to having the regular box springs and since the slats span the entire width of the platform frame, they dip on one side when a person is lying down and when the other person gets in the bed they bow in the opposite direction and you can feel every movement the other person makes. With the old set up, we couldnt feel when the other person got in and out of bed because the box sprints and metal frame offered so much more support for the mattress. We used the bed for about 2 weeks until we decided it made our mattress so much more uncomfortable we couldnt take it any more. That being said, instead of trying to buy plywood to modify the platform, I decided to disassemble the platform portion from the headboard and throw it out. I brought back my metal frame and box springs from the garage (really glad I didnt dispose of them right after setting up the new platform) and made a bracket to connect the metal frame to the new headboard. So just know, the platform on the king size is completely inadequate as far as support. Moving on to the fabric headboard, it is nice and just what we expected. Since we only spent 136 on the entire setup, I wasnt that disappointed that the platform had to be thrown out. Overall, you cant get much of a headboard for that price so we are just using the headboard now. I hope this review is helpful when making your decision. For the price I expect better directions and quality