I set this up on my own in under 3 hours, and those were 3 very distracted hours of coming back and going to the project. Once I had assembled it, I was very impressed with the sturdiness of it, my kids were all over it the moment the slide went on and the mattresses were placed.
That being said a few small details: For the top bunk, dont exceed an 8 mattress, you can go with 10, but you will have very little guard rail, and with a 12, you pretty much wont have any. The bottom bunk was fine with a 10, but again, this is a low bunk bed, so dont expect for an adult to be sitting upright down there. The slide is a bit Fast and will send your kid to the ground quick, so as per the warnings, probably not ideal for a kid under 6 or one that doesnt do well with being a little gravity conscious. But a 4-5YO will probably be ok if they can prove being responsible on a top bunk. The ladder and slide are extremely sturdy, in fact I would have these guys replace my attic ladder if they were in the business. The slide while a bit fast is also sturdy, they dont shortcut out with screws and use bolts for high impact areas throughout the product.
Sturdy, Low, Not a nightmare to build.
I set this up on my own in under 3 hours, and those were 3 very distracted hours of coming back and going to the project. Once I had assembled it, I was very impressed with the sturdiness of it, my kids were all over it the moment the slide went on and the mattresses were placed. That being said a few small details: For the top bunk, dont exceed an 8 mattress, you can go with 10, but you will have very little guard rail, and with a 12, you pretty much wont have any. The bottom bunk was fine with a 10, but again, this is a low bunk bed, so dont expect for an adult to be sitting upright down there. The slide is a bit Fast and will send your kid to the ground quick, so as per the warnings, probably not ideal for a kid under 6 or one that doesnt do well with being a little gravity conscious. But a 4-5YO will probably be ok if they can prove being responsible on a top bunk. The ladder and slide are extremely sturdy, in fact I would have these guys replace my attic ladder if they were in the business. The slide while a bit fast is also sturdy, they dont shortcut out with screws and use bolts for high impact areas throughout the product.