I was really looking for a bed that didn't have slats, my husband and I have a lot of dogs who like to jump up and down on the bed, so slats just don't work for us. So when I saw this bed and I saw how well priced it was I jumped at it. I read a lot of the reviews on her before buying it so I was ready for there to be a pretty intense construction session to get this bed put together. Honestly my biggest complaint about putting the bed together was that the hardware was not well separated, so it was hard to tell some things. It did take a long time to put together, but thats because there was a lot of hardware to screw into place, which honestly made the bed pretty sturdy. I would rather have a lengthly amount of time putting the bed together and have a sturdy bed then have something take less time and be more likely to break. Overall I would say this was a pretty good purchase, I would do it again. This fits my queen sized mattress perfectly.