The box arrived torn to smitherines. UPS guy was holding some of the rungs when he delivered it. Weak cardboard and poor packaging. I was missing 1 rung but figured it would take a month of sundays to get it so I put the bed together as is and the end with the missing rung is the end thats up against the wall.
Specs says it holds 250lbs. it bows when my 115lb granddaughter gets on it. Im not so impressed with this bed. I have to get a sheet of plywood to put under the mattress so that I feel that my granddaughter will be safe and secure when shes in the bed.
Someday ill remember You get what you pay for. In this case, 149 was cheap and so is the bed.
Would I recommend this bed or the company that makes it to a friend? HECK NO!
I just received this; directions look relatively clear but please be aware that EVERY SINGLE PIECE of this frame has to be put together separately. There are 14 small bolts and washers, 8 large bolts and washers, and 42 plastic tab locks that must be screwed or otherwise inserted into the frame. The mattress supports have to be laid out and each attached separately. Other reviews say that its easy, but it is definitely going to take some time.
the bed part and desk part comes in seperate boxes. do read the instruction for both fully before starting, or else youll have to undo some of the steps in order to install the desk.
the assembly is extensive but pretty stright forward, doable by one person under 6 hours if you know what youre doing. i would not recommend a woman to attempt it alone as it does require some heavy lifting. there are a lot of parts, and assembly is more difficult than a typical ikea piece. some parts youll have to muscle it a bit to make it fit.
the desk top surface is really shallow. as you can see from the picture, its only about 16 inches deep. the desktop is also a bit low. if you install the keyboard tray you probably will have problem fitting your legs under the desk. i replaced my desktop board with a deeper desktop and eliminated the keyboard tray.
the bed is twin size. im 58 and its barely long enough for me. so if you are taller than me then this bed is a no go. its plenty wide. the metal latter bars hurt your feet as youre climb up and down without shoes. im going to wrap the bars in foam pads when i get a chance.
overall this loftbed + desk feels pretty sturdy and will probably last. it may rock and shake a lot due to the metal tube construction; its not like a typical peice of wood furniture. its about the best price for similar products. if you can live with the shortcomings, i would go for it.
This bed is a PROJECT to put together. I have owned two bunk beds like this in the past and the bed platforms were welded together resulting in only about 8/10pcs to assemble. This bed comes with many, many more pieces / each slat supporting the mattress must individually be assembled / a time consuming process but once assembled this is a nice bed for the kids. My 4/year old simply loves it and I like the spacious feel on the bottom bunk. Plenty of headroom for the person sleeping on the bottom and the bed has a nice solid feel.
After ordering the bundbeds, we received the shipment within the correct amount of time; however, we only received half of the parts. I called in the issue and they wrote down all the 100 missing parts. One week and two days later, we received that shipment (they refused to ship any way other than UPS ground). We were then missing half of those parts!
When I called in about these missing parts (all the slats and two other parts), they were very rude on the phone, but said they would ship them out. 3 days later, I called for the tracking number and was told that they were not shipped out because my account was flagged as being suspicious because I didnt tell them all the missing parts to begin with. What?! So, Im called a liar and my child is sleeping on a mattress on the floor next to some of the parts of the bed for 3 weeks!
They argued with me for 30 minutes, stated they only had one customer service rep, wouldnt let me talk to the manager or owner. It was a nightmare!
After a total of SIX phone calls and 4 weeks, we received all the parts and my son loves the bunkbeds. It was worth all the ridiculous phone calls just for the smile on his face!
No sooner did we get 2 sets of these bunk beds that I found Walmart sells the exact same thing for 149 online with free shipping to the store. I always thought was the best deal in town excluding maybe winning a low bid on eBay. Anyway, putting aside that we paid too much for the bunk beds on , they do require a full days work to assemble: seemingly hundreds of small, different sizes of everything. The instructions call for a 9 top bunk mattress which is clearly too high for absolute certainly the child would not roll over the rail. The bunk bed is sturdy and the side rails perfectly high enough when using a 6 top mattress.
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Wasnt what I was looking for
I was looking for a futon bunk bed for kids and i almost bought this one thinking it was a futon on bottom.
Crappy packaging, Missing parts
The box arrived torn to smitherines. UPS guy was holding some of the rungs when he delivered it. Weak cardboard and poor packaging. I was missing 1 rung but figured it would take a month of sundays to get it so I put the bed together as is and the end with the missing rung is the end thats up against the wall. Specs says it holds 250lbs. it bows when my 115lb granddaughter gets on it. Im not so impressed with this bed. I have to get a sheet of plywood to put under the mattress so that I feel that my granddaughter will be safe and secure when shes in the bed. Someday ill remember You get what you pay for. In this case, 149 was cheap and so is the bed. Would I recommend this bed or the company that makes it to a friend? HECK NO!
Easy to assemble????
I just received this; directions look relatively clear but please be aware that EVERY SINGLE PIECE of this frame has to be put together separately. There are 14 small bolts and washers, 8 large bolts and washers, and 42 plastic tab locks that must be screwed or otherwise inserted into the frame. The mattress supports have to be laid out and each attached separately. Other reviews say that its easy, but it is definitely going to take some time.
ok. can be improved upon
the bed part and desk part comes in seperate boxes. do read the instruction for both fully before starting, or else youll have to undo some of the steps in order to install the desk. the assembly is extensive but pretty stright forward, doable by one person under 6 hours if you know what youre doing. i would not recommend a woman to attempt it alone as it does require some heavy lifting. there are a lot of parts, and assembly is more difficult than a typical ikea piece. some parts youll have to muscle it a bit to make it fit. the desk top surface is really shallow. as you can see from the picture, its only about 16 inches deep. the desktop is also a bit low. if you install the keyboard tray you probably will have problem fitting your legs under the desk. i replaced my desktop board with a deeper desktop and eliminated the keyboard tray. the bed is twin size. im 58 and its barely long enough for me. so if you are taller than me then this bed is a no go. its plenty wide. the metal latter bars hurt your feet as youre climb up and down without shoes. im going to wrap the bars in foam pads when i get a chance. overall this loftbed + desk feels pretty sturdy and will probably last. it may rock and shake a lot due to the metal tube construction; its not like a typical peice of wood furniture. its about the best price for similar products. if you can live with the shortcomings, i would go for it.
Operation bunk bed assembly
This bed is a PROJECT to put together. I have owned two bunk beds like this in the past and the bed platforms were welded together resulting in only about 8/10pcs to assemble. This bed comes with many, many more pieces / each slat supporting the mattress must individually be assembled / a time consuming process but once assembled this is a nice bed for the kids. My 4/year old simply loves it and I like the spacious feel on the bottom bunk. Plenty of headroom for the person sleeping on the bottom and the bed has a nice solid feel.
Shipping Catastrophe and Customer Service nightmare, but Love the bunkbed
After ordering the bundbeds, we received the shipment within the correct amount of time; however, we only received half of the parts. I called in the issue and they wrote down all the 100 missing parts. One week and two days later, we received that shipment (they refused to ship any way other than UPS ground). We were then missing half of those parts! When I called in about these missing parts (all the slats and two other parts), they were very rude on the phone, but said they would ship them out. 3 days later, I called for the tracking number and was told that they were not shipped out because my account was flagged as being suspicious because I didnt tell them all the missing parts to begin with. What?! So, Im called a liar and my child is sleeping on a mattress on the floor next to some of the parts of the bed for 3 weeks! They argued with me for 30 minutes, stated they only had one customer service rep, wouldnt let me talk to the manager or owner. It was a nightmare! After a total of SIX phone calls and 4 weeks, we received all the parts and my son loves the bunkbeds. It was worth all the ridiculous phone calls just for the smile on his face!
Why pay more when you can get it for less?
No sooner did we get 2 sets of these bunk beds that I found Walmart sells the exact same thing for 149 online with free shipping to the store. I always thought was the best deal in town excluding maybe winning a low bid on eBay. Anyway, putting aside that we paid too much for the bunk beds on , they do require a full days work to assemble: seemingly hundreds of small, different sizes of everything. The instructions call for a 9 top bunk mattress which is clearly too high for absolute certainly the child would not roll over the rail. The bunk bed is sturdy and the side rails perfectly high enough when using a 6 top mattress.
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