So far so good. My 4 year old is rough on this and so far he hasnt destroyed it in the few months weve had it. Hes always jumping on it (not like a monkey jumping on the bed, more like flinging his body onto it from the couch), and trying to do weird things to the lid / like flinging himself onto the open lid so it slams shut (eyes rolling in frustration here). So far the hinges have held up.
I did hear a crack when my husband leaned most of his weight on it with one knee so maybe he found a weak point but it doesnt seem to have affected the bench so far. My son is still beating it up and it still looks pretty good, and is functioning.
I like it because it is deep, so there is plenty of storage. I have a couple couch pillows and a couple stacks of board games stored in there, with room to spare.
Takes a beating and still in good shape.
So far so good. My 4 year old is rough on this and so far he hasnt destroyed it in the few months weve had it. Hes always jumping on it (not like a monkey jumping on the bed, more like flinging his body onto it from the couch), and trying to do weird things to the lid / like flinging himself onto the open lid so it slams shut (eyes rolling in frustration here). So far the hinges have held up. I did hear a crack when my husband leaned most of his weight on it with one knee so maybe he found a weak point but it doesnt seem to have affected the bench so far. My son is still beating it up and it still looks pretty good, and is functioning. I like it because it is deep, so there is plenty of storage. I have a couple couch pillows and a couple stacks of board games stored in there, with room to spare.