This is a super cheap bed. It was delivered for free via super saver shipping. So I dont know why I was surprised by the problems I had.
Problem 1) Odds are, this bed will arrive damaged. Its a heavy chunk of several particle boards and awkward to carry. Hardly surprising then, that the first one I ordered was damaged en route. Fortunately, the damage was spotted before it was delivered, so it never made it to my house. If it had been delivered (like it was to some others whose reviews I read), Im not exactly sure how I would have repackaged it, had it picked up and returned. Its too heavy for one person to lift and maneuver / and I guess that includes the delivery people. I ordered the bed again, and this time it arrived without any noticeable damage. 50 aint bad!
Problem 2) Shoddy construction annoying assembly quirks. The little handles/pulls on the drawers are sharp and have scraped my feet several times in the week Ive used it. Lots of the holes and contact points for the various pieces dont line up, so you have to force them into place. While I have problems with Ikea, they spend more time making their products easy to assemble at home. Several screws on this bed required a robertson (square head) screw driver. I have many tools, but not one of these. Whats wrong with a phillps or flathead. Dumb. Also, the directions read backwards, from the bottom of each page to the top. Really.
So it took me 3 hours to assemble this bed, without Problem 3).
Problem 3) Missing parts. There were several missing screws, dowels, and whatnot. This would seem to be a small issue, but the bed cant be assembled without them. I had to make a separate trip to the hardware store and then file down some wooden dowels so they would fit the holes. This took an extra two hours on a separate night.
Conclusion: If I had to do it over again, I would have gotten the Nomad bed frame on , which my friend bought. I was actually pretty disappointed.
You get what you pay for
This is a super cheap bed. It was delivered for free via super saver shipping. So I dont know why I was surprised by the problems I had. Problem 1) Odds are, this bed will arrive damaged. Its a heavy chunk of several particle boards and awkward to carry. Hardly surprising then, that the first one I ordered was damaged en route. Fortunately, the damage was spotted before it was delivered, so it never made it to my house. If it had been delivered (like it was to some others whose reviews I read), Im not exactly sure how I would have repackaged it, had it picked up and returned. Its too heavy for one person to lift and maneuver / and I guess that includes the delivery people. I ordered the bed again, and this time it arrived without any noticeable damage. 50 aint bad! Problem 2) Shoddy construction annoying assembly quirks. The little handles/pulls on the drawers are sharp and have scraped my feet several times in the week Ive used it. Lots of the holes and contact points for the various pieces dont line up, so you have to force them into place. While I have problems with Ikea, they spend more time making their products easy to assemble at home. Several screws on this bed required a robertson (square head) screw driver. I have many tools, but not one of these. Whats wrong with a phillps or flathead. Dumb. Also, the directions read backwards, from the bottom of each page to the top. Really. So it took me 3 hours to assemble this bed, without Problem 3). Problem 3) Missing parts. There were several missing screws, dowels, and whatnot. This would seem to be a small issue, but the bed cant be assembled without them. I had to make a separate trip to the hardware store and then file down some wooden dowels so they would fit the holes. This took an extra two hours on a separate night. Conclusion: If I had to do it over again, I would have gotten the Nomad bed frame on , which my friend bought. I was actually pretty disappointed.