So far we love the bed. The storage is great and I did not have to find new storage containers to fix. It is much shorter than our previous bed (especially without the box spring) but we needed the change. We have a Casper mattress so there was a slight difference now that we are not using the box spring but it's been good thus far. We read the average assembly time was 3 hours and we got it done in approximately 2.5 hrs, so make sure you take your time!