I held off on buying this bed due to all of the negative reviews, but finally pulled the trigger. Very glad that I did. Bed frame was easy to assemble and I did not have the assembly issues that other reviewers described. Best to read the whole directions before starting though to avoid the upside down black rails that another reviewer mentioned. Took 1 hour and 15 minutes from start to finish. Bed seems very stable and handles a 12 memory foam mattress that weighs around 75 lbs. with no give/flexing/creaking. No issues with the size of the frame as called out by another reviewer. I have a Sealy queen and it fits the frame perfectly. Also, I experienced no off-gassing as mentioned in another review and I have a sensitive sense of smell, so if there was one, I would detect it.
The only concern I have is that the black plastic end caps for the slats are pretty fragile. I tried to pull one of the slats back out of the holes and the plastic end cap broke. Not sure what this means for when it comes time to move the bed, but am anticipating that Ill need to order new end caps for the slats then.
Regarding LED lighting, I did have to re-do that as I was not happy with the original placement. I initially placed the light strip facing down on the underside of the two bars on the sides of the frame. That left a hard line on the floor where the light shines from under the bed. I ended up moving the light strip to the center piece about 5 inches off the ground and faced them out towards the sides of the bed. I had to drill 3 holes (one at the base of the center piece and two on the T cross piece) to allow the strips to pass through. Very happy with the effect with this approach. Just adding that so others know what to expect from either placement option.
Overall, very happy with the bed. No regrets.
Great Bed
I held off on buying this bed due to all of the negative reviews, but finally pulled the trigger. Very glad that I did. Bed frame was easy to assemble and I did not have the assembly issues that other reviewers described. Best to read the whole directions before starting though to avoid the upside down black rails that another reviewer mentioned. Took 1 hour and 15 minutes from start to finish. Bed seems very stable and handles a 12 memory foam mattress that weighs around 75 lbs. with no give/flexing/creaking. No issues with the size of the frame as called out by another reviewer. I have a Sealy queen and it fits the frame perfectly. Also, I experienced no off-gassing as mentioned in another review and I have a sensitive sense of smell, so if there was one, I would detect it. The only concern I have is that the black plastic end caps for the slats are pretty fragile. I tried to pull one of the slats back out of the holes and the plastic end cap broke. Not sure what this means for when it comes time to move the bed, but am anticipating that Ill need to order new end caps for the slats then. Regarding LED lighting, I did have to re-do that as I was not happy with the original placement. I initially placed the light strip facing down on the underside of the two bars on the sides of the frame. That left a hard line on the floor where the light shines from under the bed. I ended up moving the light strip to the center piece about 5 inches off the ground and faced them out towards the sides of the bed. I had to drill 3 holes (one at the base of the center piece and two on the T cross piece) to allow the strips to pass through. Very happy with the effect with this approach. Just adding that so others know what to expect from either placement option. Overall, very happy with the bed. No regrets.