I was nervous to get this since a lot of reviews talk about how hard it is to put together. It is just myself and my son but we had it put together in 1 hour!!! And that is with us goofing off!!! It was missing a slat for the mattress to go on but with the other 12 it was fine. My son loves it. This will not be the bed he will have through high school as I am not sure how well it will hold up yet but 100% worth the money!!!