Ok, got it together. Here are my observations. Get the one marked pine. Its not sliced together bits and pieces. Its all solid pine. The frames that are broken all seem to be laminated wood. Basically dont get the cherry, or painted ones. Assembly was a breeze. I did notice that it looked like the two center legs were not touching the ground. I took a framing square to my floor and guess what? Like most houses my floor has a sag in it. Its not the beds fault. One thing I would do. Use some red lock tight on the bolts when assembling. And make sure to torque the bolts but do not over torque as you will pull the retaining nuts form the frame. This will also cause a bed to split as in some of the complaints. When assembling the bed only go hand tight with the bolts at first but do so quickly if you are using the lock tight. Allow the frame to relax a bit and jump around when putting the final torque on the bolts. Dont just work in a circle. This will help if you have an uneven floor. Im optimistic for now. We will see how long it last under my 145lb body and the weight of my 185lb Great Dane. I will post a follow up if needed.
The Natural Pine one is solid wood!
Ok, got it together. Here are my observations. Get the one marked pine. Its not sliced together bits and pieces. Its all solid pine. The frames that are broken all seem to be laminated wood. Basically dont get the cherry, or painted ones. Assembly was a breeze. I did notice that it looked like the two center legs were not touching the ground. I took a framing square to my floor and guess what? Like most houses my floor has a sag in it. Its not the beds fault. One thing I would do. Use some red lock tight on the bolts when assembling. And make sure to torque the bolts but do not over torque as you will pull the retaining nuts form the frame. This will also cause a bed to split as in some of the complaints. When assembling the bed only go hand tight with the bolts at first but do so quickly if you are using the lock tight. Allow the frame to relax a bit and jump around when putting the final torque on the bolts. Dont just work in a circle. This will help if you have an uneven floor. Im optimistic for now. We will see how long it last under my 145lb body and the weight of my 185lb Great Dane. I will post a follow up if needed.