Real wood no particle board, pretty quick and easy to put together, but one needs to squeeze the long side boards together when screwing in the slats. The posts are solid 2X2 but the horizontal pieces are thin and held together by 2 bolts per corner. I wouldnt recommend jumping on it or anything rambunctious that kids are inclined do / it will NOT hold up if stressed by abuse. Im sure nobody is inclined to play pirates with their bunk bed. you will be the one going when the bed cant take it. Again, its a good enough bed, but probably wont stand up to much kid stress beyond sleeping in it.
The other issue is that the box is HEAVY, rated as a 2 person team lift, and not at all well padded. Looks like UPS put an ooPS in ours / our UPS route has only one driver. The manufacturer should definitely re/think their packaging strategy. Two LIGHTER boxes would be better. Got some economy mattresses from BigLots because of the feedback on chemical smells/problems in foam mattresses / thanks all for that.
pretty good for the money
Real wood no particle board, pretty quick and easy to put together, but one needs to squeeze the long side boards together when screwing in the slats. The posts are solid 2X2 but the horizontal pieces are thin and held together by 2 bolts per corner. I wouldnt recommend jumping on it or anything rambunctious that kids are inclined do / it will NOT hold up if stressed by abuse. Im sure nobody is inclined to play pirates with their bunk bed. you will be the one going when the bed cant take it. Again, its a good enough bed, but probably wont stand up to much kid stress beyond sleeping in it. The other issue is that the box is HEAVY, rated as a 2 person team lift, and not at all well padded. Looks like UPS put an ooPS in ours / our UPS route has only one driver. The manufacturer should definitely re/think their packaging strategy. Two LIGHTER boxes would be better. Got some economy mattresses from BigLots because of the feedback on chemical smells/problems in foam mattresses / thanks all for that.