Pretty, solid wood bed, but it's flimsy and can't suport a quality full mattress teen/adult
Bought this bunk bed primarly for my 11-year old , but she's sharing it with an older sister. Overall, we love the look and the solid wood, as well as the underbed storage. The bed was very easy to put together, too.
Our overall issues, however, are the bed is flimsy and literally cannot support a quality mattress and a teen or adult. On top of that, the ladder cuts into the full-size mattress.
Issue 1 - flimsiness. With almost no effort or pressure I can make the bed frame shift and wobble with nobody in it and with all bolts firmly tightened. Structurally, it's just not that solid.
Issue 2 - support. Please see the image with the planks above. The circled plank is an example of what comes with the bed - a few thin, widely dispersed planks that are supposed to support a full-size mattress. One significant issue with this, structurally, is there's no center rail to provide stability or support. There are only two fairly flimsy legs that with one screw each that are offset from center to allow for room for the underbed storage. There's no other support. When I put the full size mattress on, by itself, I could see bowing. As a structure test, I--a 200 man--laid on the mattress and we could see it bow significantly. Granted, I'm not sleeping in it, but it's obviously not very strong. I shopped around for a bunky board, but ended up buying extra 1X4 wood planks to provide support. After doing so, I could lay on the mattress without it noticeably bowing unlesss I actually moved around.
Issue 3 - not enough room for the mattress. Please see the image of the mattress being compressed by the ladder. This is a Zinus – Cloud Memory Foam 12 Inch Mattress we bought specifically for this bed. Yes, it's thick, but I read a review from another customer who said they had a 9 mattress fit with no issues. As you can see, even 9 wouldn't fit very well, especially with bedding. Also, the mattress hadn't even fully reached it's size because it was brand new.
All-in-all, we'll probably live with it because it meets a need and it's too much of a pain to disassemble and ship back, but I honestly wouldn't recommend it. I looked at another bed that looks almost identical from Merax and it clearly shows a center beam with 3 legs for less money than I paid for this. Even crazier, there's another bed listed from THIS SAME COMPANY (Harper and Bright Designs) using the exact same images EXCEPT it shows a center beam and 3 legs, whereas the images for the bed I bought don't show a center beam and only has 2 legs. The difference, even though they're the same bed from the same company? I paid $329.99 $49 shipping, whereas the bed with the center rail and 3 legs costs $399 and has free shipping. They are sold by different merchants, however.
Honestly, we're just disappointed, overall.
Pretty, solid wood bed, but it's flimsy and can't suport a quality full mattress teen/adult
Bought this bunk bed primarly for my 11-year old , but she's sharing it with an older sister. Overall, we love the look and the solid wood, as well as the underbed storage. The bed was very easy to put together, too. Our overall issues, however, are the bed is flimsy and literally cannot support a quality mattress and a teen or adult. On top of that, the ladder cuts into the full-size mattress. Issue 1 - flimsiness. With almost no effort or pressure I can make the bed frame shift and wobble with nobody in it and with all bolts firmly tightened. Structurally, it's just not that solid. Issue 2 - support. Please see the image with the planks above. The circled plank is an example of what comes with the bed - a few thin, widely dispersed planks that are supposed to support a full-size mattress. One significant issue with this, structurally, is there's no center rail to provide stability or support. There are only two fairly flimsy legs that with one screw each that are offset from center to allow for room for the underbed storage. There's no other support. When I put the full size mattress on, by itself, I could see bowing. As a structure test, I--a 200 man--laid on the mattress and we could see it bow significantly. Granted, I'm not sleeping in it, but it's obviously not very strong. I shopped around for a bunky board, but ended up buying extra 1X4 wood planks to provide support. After doing so, I could lay on the mattress without it noticeably bowing unlesss I actually moved around. Issue 3 - not enough room for the mattress. Please see the image of the mattress being compressed by the ladder. This is a Zinus – Cloud Memory Foam 12 Inch Mattress we bought specifically for this bed. Yes, it's thick, but I read a review from another customer who said they had a 9 mattress fit with no issues. As you can see, even 9 wouldn't fit very well, especially with bedding. Also, the mattress hadn't even fully reached it's size because it was brand new. All-in-all, we'll probably live with it because it meets a need and it's too much of a pain to disassemble and ship back, but I honestly wouldn't recommend it. I looked at another bed that looks almost identical from Merax and it clearly shows a center beam with 3 legs for less money than I paid for this. Even crazier, there's another bed listed from THIS SAME COMPANY (Harper and Bright Designs) using the exact same images EXCEPT it shows a center beam and 3 legs, whereas the images for the bed I bought don't show a center beam and only has 2 legs. The difference, even though they're the same bed from the same company? I paid $329.99 $49 shipping, whereas the bed with the center rail and 3 legs costs $399 and has free shipping. They are sold by different merchants, however. Honestly, we're just disappointed, overall.