You get what you pay for.  This is not the sturdiest bed you can buy, but you should probably know that already.  For my purposes though, it's perfect. It has plenty of storage underneath and comes with the slats that I needed for my mattress.  It was a bear to assemble by myself (King sized), but I was able to do it alone.  I am not very handy, so it took me about 5 or 6 hours (although I quit at that point and just assembled the drawers another day).  Honestly, the hardest part was getting my mattress onto the bed!