My daughter loves this. She's six. I find the ladder to painful for an adult foot. The whole bed is shaky, which I think one can get used to. It's definitely strong, but it sways.
It think you really MUST affix it to a wall to make it feel secure. It comes with brackets for doing just that, and the instructions tell you to do it. I do with the brackets were a bit longer, so they'd reach my wall.
Update: I contacted Walker Edison, asking for an extra bracket to increase the stability of bed by having three connections to the wall instead of two. They IMMEDIATELY sent me the bracket (actually they sent two bracket plus bolts). I would definitely buy more of their products in the future.
You'll need to bolt it to the wall.
My daughter loves this. She's six. I find the ladder to painful for an adult foot. The whole bed is shaky, which I think one can get used to. It's definitely strong, but it sways. It think you really MUST affix it to a wall to make it feel secure. It comes with brackets for doing just that, and the instructions tell you to do it. I do with the brackets were a bit longer, so they'd reach my wall. Update: I contacted Walker Edison, asking for an extra bracket to increase the stability of bed by having three connections to the wall instead of two. They IMMEDIATELY sent me the bracket (actually they sent two bracket plus bolts). I would definitely buy more of their products in the future.