I thought I read on here that this took a long time to put together. I think for me it was about an hour. The parts on the sides that are ladders all have to be assembled individually, as do the cross beams, but the top part where the rails are all comes as a panel. 2 hours tops. I did have to pay attention to the pictures in the manual pretty closely as there are directions to these pieces, but overall it is like any other modular, overseas manufactured furniture.
All the spot welds on the rails seemed good, with probably a lincoln-head-on-a-penny amount of weld metal affixed, so go ahead and crank it down tight. Powder coat was thick throughout and lightly hitting metal on metal assembling it wasn't enough to gouge it and show bare metal.
Assembled it seems stable enough to hold a coupla decent sized 10 year old boy's playing around on top without swaying too much.
Overall good buy for the prices.
Wife didn't like the ladder tops being closed and thought the boy (5) wouldn't be able to get up there or out by himself. I thought different. Turns out I was right;. Go figure... I was a boy once..
I don't write reviews on normal stuff but on this thought I would help out parents so, yeah. Take it from an engineer that this is a good deal for a kids bed.
Engineer's perspective
I thought I read on here that this took a long time to put together. I think for me it was about an hour. The parts on the sides that are ladders all have to be assembled individually, as do the cross beams, but the top part where the rails are all comes as a panel. 2 hours tops. I did have to pay attention to the pictures in the manual pretty closely as there are directions to these pieces, but overall it is like any other modular, overseas manufactured furniture. All the spot welds on the rails seemed good, with probably a lincoln-head-on-a-penny amount of weld metal affixed, so go ahead and crank it down tight. Powder coat was thick throughout and lightly hitting metal on metal assembling it wasn't enough to gouge it and show bare metal. Assembled it seems stable enough to hold a coupla decent sized 10 year old boy's playing around on top without swaying too much. Overall good buy for the prices. Wife didn't like the ladder tops being closed and thought the boy (5) wouldn't be able to get up there or out by himself. I thought different. Turns out I was right;. Go figure... I was a boy once.. I don't write reviews on normal stuff but on this thought I would help out parents so, yeah. Take it from an engineer that this is a good deal for a kids bed.