Son loves the bed.  Set up was relatively easy, though you definitely need more than one person to put things together.  We did have an issue with a few of the screws not aligning correctly, but after a bit of man-handling, it worked out ok!  There are really only 2 issues I have with it:
1) If your child has a tall mattress (like ours has a pillow-top from Wayfair), it will rise above the safety bar.
2) The ladder is vertical, so if you have a kid that pulls when he climbs, the bed will rock back and forth.  We actually added a second ladder at the end of the bed which is on an angle, and the problem was solved.