Prior to transitioning from a queen bed to a king bed, I always had to pole vault into bed because it used to be so high. I never had a platform bed, and you really notice the difference.. My wife was very nervous that there wouldnt be enough under room for storage , an still wanted to put this on platforms, but because of the middle feet and narrow size , I talked her out of it. There still is plenty of height under the frame.
As for assembly, I was very nervous when the box arrived and looked way too small to be a king frame, but dont worry, it basically is two pieces connected when you put it together and comes out to the correct dimensions. The directions are very clear and pieces labeled excellently. The only problems I ran into was that one of the V brackets was not lining up with one of the holes for the bolts, and I was short two long bolts, but a quick stop to my local hardware store for some comparable hardware (I think most pieces are metric, so I couldnt find the exact ones) fixed that.
As for sturdiness, So far it has been able to hold two adults and a kiddo with no problem, the only thing is the metal slat bars are not affixed, they only rest in between the side brackets of the outer frame, so if you need to adjust the mattress, they come out easily. Even though it is very sturdy, I would still refrain from jumping up and down on it, just in case.
No other complaints
Great frame
Prior to transitioning from a queen bed to a king bed, I always had to pole vault into bed because it used to be so high. I never had a platform bed, and you really notice the difference.. My wife was very nervous that there wouldnt be enough under room for storage , an still wanted to put this on platforms, but because of the middle feet and narrow size , I talked her out of it. There still is plenty of height under the frame. As for assembly, I was very nervous when the box arrived and looked way too small to be a king frame, but dont worry, it basically is two pieces connected when you put it together and comes out to the correct dimensions. The directions are very clear and pieces labeled excellently. The only problems I ran into was that one of the V brackets was not lining up with one of the holes for the bolts, and I was short two long bolts, but a quick stop to my local hardware store for some comparable hardware (I think most pieces are metric, so I couldnt find the exact ones) fixed that. As for sturdiness, So far it has been able to hold two adults and a kiddo with no problem, the only thing is the metal slat bars are not affixed, they only rest in between the side brackets of the outer frame, so if you need to adjust the mattress, they come out easily. Even though it is very sturdy, I would still refrain from jumping up and down on it, just in case. No other complaints