This was a pain to put together. The directions are pictures that, when followed, did not get the assembly done.
For context, I recently purchased a Zinus Heavy Duty Twin Frame requiring no tools - not even the mallet provided with this base. That was was one piece that only required hand-only tightening of the wing nuts to secure. Much easier! Unfortunately, the Zinus was just too high off the ground with my 12 mattress.
I searched for something 10-12 off the ground and found no manufacturer that had that height with the fabulous Zinus design/assembly. It is just an engineering issue it seems which is not s fault at all.
What I do fault for is the poor directions and the difficulty to get all of the pieces to fit and then hold. The pieces in this frame assembly are very lightweight.
I do not see how one person puts this together because two opposing parallel pieces have to stay upright for two more perpendicular pieces to be malleted in to create a box. Then this step is repeated to create the other end of the frame. BUT the pieces did not all fit together tightly and remain in place once I figured out that was the way to put it together.
If you follow the directions and put the 8 parallel slats in last (I needed the mallet and another person to get this far by the way) as the instructions show, you wont be able to get the pieces to fit. We had to keep pulling the frame apart to fit the slats in. Then we hammered the pieces into the grooves to fit securely. Every time we secured one section, it caused another section to pop out (whac-a-mole basically). We finally got it mostly straight deciding the weight from the mattress and the person on the bed would either force it to hold together or crash to the floor. So far, that educated guess paid off.
One other point, this design, by necessity it seems, cannot recess the legs of the bedframe so you can hit your legs on the edges and even the middle. I figured that out before I bought it after comparing pictures and reviews for hours. Hopefully, I can spare you that misery.
Final thought. I need this bedframe height but I dont like this frame for the reasons above. This is not s fault. All the other manufacturers have something just like this for this height. But, if you can go 14-18 high with your bedframe, then go with the Zinus Heavy Duty for a very easy to assemble, very sturdy, and recessed legs bedframe. I trust their representation of the weight their heavy duty frame holds. I do not trust this bedframes weight limit representation because the frame is too lightweight compared to heavy duty.
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This was a pain to put together. The directions are pictures that, when followed, did not get the assembly done. For context, I recently purchased a Zinus Heavy Duty Twin Frame requiring no tools - not even the mallet provided with this base. That was was one piece that only required hand-only tightening of the wing nuts to secure. Much easier! Unfortunately, the Zinus was just too high off the ground with my 12 mattress. I searched for something 10-12 off the ground and found no manufacturer that had that height with the fabulous Zinus design/assembly. It is just an engineering issue it seems which is not s fault at all. What I do fault for is the poor directions and the difficulty to get all of the pieces to fit and then hold. The pieces in this frame assembly are very lightweight. I do not see how one person puts this together because two opposing parallel pieces have to stay upright for two more perpendicular pieces to be malleted in to create a box. Then this step is repeated to create the other end of the frame. BUT the pieces did not all fit together tightly and remain in place once I figured out that was the way to put it together. If you follow the directions and put the 8 parallel slats in last (I needed the mallet and another person to get this far by the way) as the instructions show, you wont be able to get the pieces to fit. We had to keep pulling the frame apart to fit the slats in. Then we hammered the pieces into the grooves to fit securely. Every time we secured one section, it caused another section to pop out (whac-a-mole basically). We finally got it mostly straight deciding the weight from the mattress and the person on the bed would either force it to hold together or crash to the floor. So far, that educated guess paid off. One other point, this design, by necessity it seems, cannot recess the legs of the bedframe so you can hit your legs on the edges and even the middle. I figured that out before I bought it after comparing pictures and reviews for hours. Hopefully, I can spare you that misery. Final thought. I need this bedframe height but I dont like this frame for the reasons above. This is not s fault. All the other manufacturers have something just like this for this height. But, if you can go 14-18 high with your bedframe, then go with the Zinus Heavy Duty for a very easy to assemble, very sturdy, and recessed legs bedframe. I trust their representation of the weight their heavy duty frame holds. I do not trust this bedframes weight limit representation because the frame is too lightweight compared to heavy duty.