The bed is awesome. Great design, utilizing simple engineering principles and incredibly simply assembly (every pair of matching wood faces has a corresponding number sticker!). but one really, really stupid error made me furious when I assembled it.
One common set of bolts is used in a number of roles. The M bolts do fine everywhere EXCEPT where they are used to join wood to wood. and for that, they are a couple of millimeters TOO SHORT. I managed to get four out of the provided bolts to attach the lower brace of the headboard assembly. but none of them would work to attach the middle legs to the sideboards. I spend two hours visiting two different Home Depots to find appropriate replacements for all the remaining uses of these bolts, but every use of them after that step was metal/to/wood and the provided bolts worked.
Could this just be a bad lot Maybe, but I think they should suck it up and either provide a different length for the parts that need it or make the common set of M bolts longer.
If you want to avoid the possibility that I faced, of being stuck without a bed until they shipped replacements which might still not be long enough, buy some 35mm M8/1.25 bolts (at least 8) ahead of your assembly. (I was not able to find the cap/socket style, had to settle for some ugly ones, but they are under the bed.)
This SHOULD have been a five/star review, really. I hope that the maker (I did call them) realizes their error and fixes it before you read this!
Great bed, stupid problem with supplied bolts
The bed is awesome. Great design, utilizing simple engineering principles and incredibly simply assembly (every pair of matching wood faces has a corresponding number sticker!). but one really, really stupid error made me furious when I assembled it. One common set of bolts is used in a number of roles. The M bolts do fine everywhere EXCEPT where they are used to join wood to wood. and for that, they are a couple of millimeters TOO SHORT. I managed to get four out of the provided bolts to attach the lower brace of the headboard assembly. but none of them would work to attach the middle legs to the sideboards. I spend two hours visiting two different Home Depots to find appropriate replacements for all the remaining uses of these bolts, but every use of them after that step was metal/to/wood and the provided bolts worked. Could this just be a bad lot Maybe, but I think they should suck it up and either provide a different length for the parts that need it or make the common set of M bolts longer. If you want to avoid the possibility that I faced, of being stuck without a bed until they shipped replacements which might still not be long enough, buy some 35mm M8/1.25 bolts (at least 8) ahead of your assembly. (I was not able to find the cap/socket style, had to settle for some ugly ones, but they are under the bed.) This SHOULD have been a five/star review, really. I hope that the maker (I did call them) realizes their error and fixes it before you read this!