I was inspired by the reviews that said that this took an hour or two to setup. Doing this alone in a very small room took me about 3 hours. The parts are packed within the headboard so the shipping box is quite small. The actual frame of the bed wasnt that difficult to setup. It wasnt until I got to the hydraulics that I was brought to a standstill. The holes to attach hydraulics to the frame were not drilled correctly and took quite a bit of maneuvering to get things screwed in. Im surprised that I dont have cuts all over my hands. It was at this time that I was pretty sure that assembling this bed was going to lead to some unfortunate accident that resulted in my death. Finally, I had to resort to calling a friend to hold the bed up where I finally managed to get the last two screws close enough to catch and screw in. Then came the handle, another piece that was a pain to get in as it was bent.
Now that its fully assembled, I appreciate the convenience of it although do not let the pictures mislead you. You will not be able to put standard storage bins in there and really the storage area is about as high as my old bed frame. The convenience is just being able to lift the bed and see everything from above as opposed to reaching under and pulling things out.
Tedious to Setup but Nice
I was inspired by the reviews that said that this took an hour or two to setup. Doing this alone in a very small room took me about 3 hours. The parts are packed within the headboard so the shipping box is quite small. The actual frame of the bed wasnt that difficult to setup. It wasnt until I got to the hydraulics that I was brought to a standstill. The holes to attach hydraulics to the frame were not drilled correctly and took quite a bit of maneuvering to get things screwed in. Im surprised that I dont have cuts all over my hands. It was at this time that I was pretty sure that assembling this bed was going to lead to some unfortunate accident that resulted in my death. Finally, I had to resort to calling a friend to hold the bed up where I finally managed to get the last two screws close enough to catch and screw in. Then came the handle, another piece that was a pain to get in as it was bent. Now that its fully assembled, I appreciate the convenience of it although do not let the pictures mislead you. You will not be able to put standard storage bins in there and really the storage area is about as high as my old bed frame. The convenience is just being able to lift the bed and see everything from above as opposed to reaching under and pulling things out.