Five star bed that loses a star for assembly, but theres an easy fix
The bed itself is sturdily built and my kids love it, although it would be good if you had some options for where to put the ladder (you dont). Its a five star bunk bed, but loses one star for some unnecessary difficulty in putting it together. The good news is that it can be assembled without too much trial and error if you know what to do.
Its not actually hard to assemble, and the instructions arent misleading as long as you inspect everything carefully. I thank a reviewer on this site though for keeping me from tearing my hair out by advising me to carefully inspect each part before assembling it to make sure that it EXACTLY matches the diagram in the instructions! The problem is that the manufacturer opted to save a few cents worth of stickers (or a couple dollars worth of affixing labor) by putting ID stickers ONLY on the bare minimum number of parts. For example there are pieces labeled in the instructions B1 (quantity one), B2 (quantity two) and B3 (quantity one). Instead of putting stickers on all four pieces, they only put a label on B3. Logically from that, you can infer which ones are which / but it took me an extra 5/10 minutes of assembly time to inspect them carefully and make sure I was certain which ones were which. Other parts that dont have close differences (e.g. theres two of a certain part, but theyre the same and they are distinct from other parts) simply dont have labels at all. (They dont put labels on the screws, nuts, etc. either / so again you will need to inspect those closely to make sure you know which is which.)
So long story short / take extra time to identify every single part and screw/nut/bolt to make sure it matches the instructions, and you will be fine. And youll get a great product at the end of your efforts. But the manufacturer could easily make this a five star purchase with some slight changes that would make it 100 easier to assemble!
Five star bed that loses a star for assembly, but theres an easy fix
The bed itself is sturdily built and my kids love it, although it would be good if you had some options for where to put the ladder (you dont). Its a five star bunk bed, but loses one star for some unnecessary difficulty in putting it together. The good news is that it can be assembled without too much trial and error if you know what to do. Its not actually hard to assemble, and the instructions arent misleading as long as you inspect everything carefully. I thank a reviewer on this site though for keeping me from tearing my hair out by advising me to carefully inspect each part before assembling it to make sure that it EXACTLY matches the diagram in the instructions! The problem is that the manufacturer opted to save a few cents worth of stickers (or a couple dollars worth of affixing labor) by putting ID stickers ONLY on the bare minimum number of parts. For example there are pieces labeled in the instructions B1 (quantity one), B2 (quantity two) and B3 (quantity one). Instead of putting stickers on all four pieces, they only put a label on B3. Logically from that, you can infer which ones are which / but it took me an extra 5/10 minutes of assembly time to inspect them carefully and make sure I was certain which ones were which. Other parts that dont have close differences (e.g. theres two of a certain part, but theyre the same and they are distinct from other parts) simply dont have labels at all. (They dont put labels on the screws, nuts, etc. either / so again you will need to inspect those closely to make sure you know which is which.) So long story short / take extra time to identify every single part and screw/nut/bolt to make sure it matches the instructions, and you will be fine. And youll get a great product at the end of your efforts. But the manufacturer could easily make this a five star purchase with some slight changes that would make it 100 easier to assemble!