I really do like this bed, however my one concern is the top railing seems kinda flimsy and I have to keep telling my kids please don’t use that side to pull yourself up. I just feel with 3 boys playing on the bed it’s not going to last as long, just wished it was reinforced somehow. I would definitely suggest using lower profile mattress’, ours are 10” because that is what we currently had, but I will be replacing those in the near future. Overall this bed is a great choice for the cost. With the price of lumber so high it was cheaper to go this route than build our own (which we have done already) I do wish it came with a small bottle of paint for touch ups as one of the labeling stickers peeled a bit of the paint off.