Decent quality, Made in USA, Easy assembly...until the final step
We got this bed for my 5 year old. It has literally only been assembled about an hour, but the overall quality seems acceptable. I'm about 135 pounds, and I had to climb onto the top to finish assembly. Even with my fear of heights, the bed seemed plenty sturdy. My biggest issue is that the final step, putting these little plastic clips over the support bars (the ones that go under the mattress) was...well...I'd love to use some colorful language to describe it. Suffice it to say, that part took longer than assembling the entire bed.
What I finally came up with was using painters tape to hold the clip in place, holding a pair of needlenose pliers against the tape, and hitting the side of the pliers with a hammer. That took me from about a 50% break rate and at least 75% failure rate to about 80% success. It's a good thing they sent extra clips, though I still ended up several short. I think by the time I was done, I'd broken at least a dozen of them! My 5 year old was helping me, and I really do NOT use language, ESPECIALLY around my kids, but I'll admit to slipping a time or two. I was beyond frustrated. I can't justify rating the bed lower because of one, non-supporting component, but they REALLY need to come up with a better way of locking the support bars down!
Decent quality, Made in USA, Easy assembly...until the final step
We got this bed for my 5 year old. It has literally only been assembled about an hour, but the overall quality seems acceptable. I'm about 135 pounds, and I had to climb onto the top to finish assembly. Even with my fear of heights, the bed seemed plenty sturdy. My biggest issue is that the final step, putting these little plastic clips over the support bars (the ones that go under the mattress) was...well...I'd love to use some colorful language to describe it. Suffice it to say, that part took longer than assembling the entire bed. What I finally came up with was using painters tape to hold the clip in place, holding a pair of needlenose pliers against the tape, and hitting the side of the pliers with a hammer. That took me from about a 50% break rate and at least 75% failure rate to about 80% success. It's a good thing they sent extra clips, though I still ended up several short. I think by the time I was done, I'd broken at least a dozen of them! My 5 year old was helping me, and I really do NOT use language, ESPECIALLY around my kids, but I'll admit to slipping a time or two. I was beyond frustrated. I can't justify rating the bed lower because of one, non-supporting component, but they REALLY need to come up with a better way of locking the support bars down!