I have had my bed for about 1 yr. I like my bed a lot because of the storage. I see that it's $600 now and that is quite high for particle board, in my opinion. I wanted the storage - that's the only reason I bought this in particle board. I wish it was solid wood but we are happy with it. Basically we sleep on it and it's fine and our combined weight is 325 lbs. We reinforced it with brackets all over the place on the inside. The head side of the bed is up against a wall. The bed is a pretty good design & went together well but it took us over 8 hours, including sorting out all the hardware and wood pieces and reading instructions. It came in 4 boxes and it took 6 weeks to complete the delivery - the first one never arrived completely and had to be resent, that was the fault of the carrier. I couldn't begin assembly of what I did receive early because hardware was shipped separately with other components. ( I explained the shipping further, below). The instructions are very good and the hardware is easy to use. My husband is handy and showed me how to put the drawers together and I was able to do them easily. If you can follow instructions and have someone to help with the heavier aspects, anyone can do this. It helps to have a ratcheting screwdriver and a power screw driver. Near the final "put together" the hardest part was getting the bed/drawers all aligned and screwing down the brackets while keeping the slats from slipping off. There are pilot holes that the brackets screw into that are hardly noticeable. I don't know how anyone would do the final assembly alone (keeping the walls together with drawers in while attaching head and foot) - it really requires two people I think. Once aligned the drawers were almost perfectly flush. I am impressed with the way the bed was engineered, as the only weakness is that it's particle board, and also there are some gaps at the head area between the mattress and the head piece. I haven't put a headboard up - that is another project. I'm not having problems with the slats sliding and dropping out. They are plywood and my husband used angle brackets to secure them in place to the head and foot boards. There are two particle board pieces in the center part of the bed that hold the sides of the bed, and the drawers glide on. The slats could also be anchored to those boards. Overall. I think the bed is more stable with a lot of angle brackets. After that, it would be very difficult to take this bed apart and move it...that is the nature of particle board, but I guess it would be possible if you have wood glue and wood filler. We also put self sticking felt underneath on any area that touched our flooring. This also makes it easier to "slide" the bed if needed. After reading the reviews I realize the bed cannot be torqued or the particle board would be stressed. Our combined weight is about 315 lbs and we haven't had any issues. I think if you reinforce this bed with the angle brackets it will work out okay.We've slept on it for two weeks and still plan to go in and do more reinforcement. I will try to update in the future. I would say if you get it & reinforce it, it's a decent bed to get more storage especially if you have a smaller bedroom or closet space. However, I don't expect to move this bed and I agree with others, it probably can't beMy bed had some damage that was mostly cosmetic. I got a discount from AMZ although not as much as I asked for. The AMZ rep didn't tell me exactly the truth either. He said I'd get a partial refund for the damage, but instead gave me a promo credit on my account which limits what I can buy on AMZ - only items fulfilled by AMZ and no gift cards either. I feel this was misleading from what he originally told me.My delivery experience with UPS was not good. The bed shipped in 4 boxes and UPS lost the 4th heaviest box (over 100 lbs) twice. The first order was "lost" had to be replaced and then UPS did the same thing. My local driver finally found it in the warehouse and told me about it, saying it was extremely beat up..and do I still want it. I said yes I've waited 6 wks for it - so he personally had it loaded on his truck and brought it. He is a good driver of course, but the warehouse is run poorly. Prepac shipped quickly and it made it to the UPS warehouse in a few days. But that last box....the biggest one, so banged around that the drawer guides were rattling inside, the foam separated. Prepac could have taped things together better because the drawer guides and brackets damaged the finish on the bed pretty severely. None of the boards were cracked so that was a plus and the bed is usable.I have just combined Ikea dressers/cabinets with this bed and this was by far the easiest to assemble and highest quality of the bunch. Ikea uses very confusing pictures. This had specific instructions, in the correct order, high quality parts, everything came in perfect condition, all holes were drilled properly, all pieces were present and it went together in a few hours by myself. I had zero problems. Just sort everything first, do what it says, and it's really easy with a power screw driver. I put an additional couple of boards on the slats to provide a solid base for an electric bed base, adjusted it a little side to side to make all the drawers line up, and it is perfect. Very impressed with the quality of this purchase. Not so much with the Ikea products. Those were a little frustrating with their confusing pictures. And the ikea cabinets did not go together easily, requiring careful banging to get them to line up properly. The doors on the cabinets are never going to adjust properly.. . The construction pieces are garbage.Now hold on, before you roll your eyes and say I don't know how to build furniture or decide against buying this bed entirely, let me elaborate. All of the furniture I own is furniture I have to build. I don't buy second-hand furniture because I don't know what you did on that couch, and I don't buy pre-built furniture because I would rather just mess it up myself than pay someone else to mess it up for me. That said, I have a lot of "DIY" furniture.The shelving system in this bed is absolutely horrendous. Some of the tracks came bent before we even installed them, but we decided, hey, we can just bend that into place ourselves and it'll be fine!If the other pieces came in a passable condition, that is.My boyfriend and I spent hours working with stripped screws, unaligned holes and track pieces on the actual shelves that didn't match up to track pieces on the bed. If it was just bent track pieces then fine, but we're fairly certain we were sent the wrong pieces entirely. Our stick-tuitiveness being what it is, we still tried to build the darned thing no matter how it fought us.The storage is fine, but for the price point, you would expect sturdier shelves. I don't know how much this bed is going for now, but it was a 500 USD buy for us, and you would think that means the bottom of the shelves wouldn't come dislodged when you put four bath sheets in it, but we have now limited it to two bath sheets.Assuming we can get to the bath sheets in general. Since, you know. The tracks have been banged up since day one.We ended up taking out a couple of shelves entirely. We have no idea what to do with them because they only go to this infernal contraption that was supposed to be a space-saver, but instead it caused more head-scratching on "where should this go? Can we put this extra shelf up there? Should we just put it inside the damned bed?"The bed itself takes up more space than an ox (we got a queen), so you would think the supports on it would be great. Not even a year later and the whole thing is already squeaking when we get into it, like a metal platform bed after a music festival weekend.It's clearly not meant to last for regular use, and we're not big people - my partner is a 6'2 guy and I'm 5'3. Collectively we weigh less than 400 lbs, so unless this bed is meant for a single un-American human, which, despite how I squint I do not see "not for American couples" in the fine print -- then how in the world are we meant to keep the supports from screeching at us every time we turn over? A restful night's sleep this bed does not make.So, to recap: * assembly would have been easy if the parts were un-damaged and/or *the correct parts* upon arrival. Since I don't make beds for a living, I had no way of knowing if they were definitely the right tracks for this bed, but I can safely say a year later that they were clearly not and I should've listened to my gut on returning the darned thing.* Sturdiness is not great. We've already had to take out shelves because they're more of a hassle than a convenience now, and the bed itself screeches at us for so much as looking at it. My cat already does that, thank you.* Storage capacity: you can fit a couple of bath sheets into these drawers without their bottoms falling out onto the shelf below it, ensuring you will never get either of them open again.In short, if you have the 500 USD to spend and you're a single person, sure! Maybe this bed is for you.If you're expecting a storage saver that'll make your life less of a hassle, find something else.(Ignore the mess in the photos, we just moved)So far, so good with this frame! Moving into a small apartment I wanted extra storage and this made a huge difference. Assembly took upwards of 5 hours, with my husband having to redo several sections due to the vague instructions. The drawers in particular were a pain. But the bed seems very solid, we have a large mattress so it’s extra tall in my photo. The king mattress fits very snug, both a blessing and curse when making the bed lol. I wish the drawers were deeper, it seemed like a fair amount of under the bed space went to waste so if you’re looking for long term storage you might consider a more open frame. But the drawers are lovely for every day use organization. Will update in a year or if it falls apart.Maybe it was just that my expectations were low...but I was very impressed with this bedroom set. My teenage daughter was hooked on getting this and we relented. The quality was very good....and the build was solid and easy to put together. Fasteners all for without issue....and there were no 'translation' issues with the instructions.Also, I was very impressed with the packing for shipping. Bravo Prepac!!**2 YEAR UPDATE**What a difference 2 years makes. :-( I am not sure that the bed is going to last much longer. To be clear, my Daughter is extremely good with her things. There is ZERO abuse here. Normal use.- The drawers started giving her issues after about a year. They will not close completely now, which is a real pain and looks terrible!- Now the wooden 'slats' that hold the mattress up are popping out of the track, causing the mattress to drop onto the drawers underneath. Wow!!It is just unimaginable that a bed would start falling apart and become close to unusable after just over 2 years. VERY disappointing. :-(I will attempt to contact Prepac under warranty. (5 year limited warranty). I will update with information on how that goes.I bought this bed for my son, after 1 week of sleeping on it the top arm of the bed broke off!( he is 19 so he was not jumping on it). After the top arm fell off the planks under the bed (to keep the mattresson) kept falling through to the drawers underneath , the drawers are all out of whack and falling apart.Very cheap materials used for this bed , it is not at all sturdy it is made of pressed wood so the screws fell right out.I paid enough for this bed so it should've at least lasted longer then a few weeks before we had to repair it. I would not recommend buying this bed.We had a serious illness in our family so unfortunately I was not able to assemble this bed as soon as I got it. (It was delivered two months ago)I was so excited to (finally) put it together for my daughter this weekend, only to discover this bed was shipped without a single drawer slide. I tore apart every piece of foam and cardboard. Not one of the 12 slides (6 pairs) was sent. I had taken apart my daughters old bed in order to have room to put together this furniture so now she has no bed.I tried contacting the seller but they told me they cannot help because it has been too long and suggested I can try contacting the manufacturer to order some new parts. This would be fine if I BROKE them or lost them. But they were never delivered! Why am I paying for the parts needed to build the product I already purchased?! That is crazy!I tried contacting the manufacturer but they only have customer service Monday to Friday from 10 am PT to 4 pm PT. I sent an email but I am assuming the manufacturer does not monitor their email over weekends because I have not heard back.I LOVE this brand. I purposely looked for the PrePac name because I think they are far superior to South Shore or IKEA. (For reasonably priced kids furniture) The PrePac instructions are so much better than any other brand. The quality is much better for the price range. But I am SO disappointed in this customer service.I have sent an email to the manufacturer and I will call them. At 11 am my time. Monday.I know the delay in building was my fault. But it just was not possible to get to this until now. I would have hoped for some kind of assistance and/or compassion from this seller.Came without damage it is well packed from the factory. The queen size has one box that is over 70lbs and the Ups driver did not want to fully deliver wanted me to take it off the truck basically he was not happy when I insisted it be delivered properly. That all being said it took 4 hrs one person to assemble the frame - the 12 drawers you about another two hrs. The frame is sturdy and the drawers have solid wood sides and go together quickly. I would recommend the frame is is a good value since you will no longer need a dresser- for smaller rooms it is a big asset.I'm not really happy.I've put the bed together, fairly easy but time consuming, only to find out that the drawers stick a lot!!I troubleshooted and managed to fix 4 of the jammed drawers, but one is still stuck. You have to use excessive force to close the drawer.Not worth the price for a partially non-functional bed.Fairly sturdy, but does make a fair bit of noise during the deed at times lol