Tapered Leg California King-size Platform Bed

So far we are happy with the bed itself, but getting an undamaged bed was quite the challenge! Both siderails of the original shipment were damaged. After contacting customer service, they sent new sidrerails, however one of them were damaged as well (in the same place...they need to work on their packaging!). Finally they sent a whole new bed which came in tact!!! whew! The bed is great and low profile like I had hoped and doesnt sit too close to the floor, however I am not sure if it is worth the headache of getting an undamaged product. I went a lil crazy with the pile of huge boxes in our living room for the few weeks it took to get this all sorted out. I also dont appreciate having to pack up 5 extra boxes and coordinate with UPS to get the damaged goods picked up. SO in the end....if you are brave and willing to work with customer service (they were great), go for it! Otherwise, not worth the hassel.

• How did the color on site compare with the actual product? Espresso finish on bedrails is very dark, as pictured. Headboard and footboard look more red. At first I thought they sent me the wrong headboard/footboard since it looked like it didnt match. Once assembled, it looks fine.
• Please tell us about the quality of the product. Not wonderful, but for the price, I have no complaints!
• Would you recommend this to a friend? No

After reading the other reviews about the need to beef up, replace or supplement the supports for the bed slats below the bed, I was prepared to make some modifications as I assembled the bed. Instead, I found the assembly to be quite easy, the instructions clear, and the bed to be very strong and sound. The only thing I did differently was screw all of the slats to the rails on each side rather than just 6 of the slats as indicated in the instructions, (so I needed to use my own screws to supplement the ones provided in the hardware pack.) There's a center support with three legs that help support the slats. The legs are equipped with screw-out feet (like the feet on the bottom of washing machines that you screw in or out to level the machine). Once you raise or lower the feet to be snug up against the slats, there's almost no movement. Maybe the adjustable feet were added to the design by the manufacturer to fix earlier complaints. Everything went together perfectly in about a half hour. My only complaint is that it's hard to remove the stickers the manufacturer put on the legs and solvents like nail polish remover or goof-off damage the finish.

• How did the color on site compare with the actual product? Exactly as described.
• Please tell us about the quality of the product. Very good quality
• How accurate was the on site description of the product? Exactly as described
• Would you recommend this to a friend? Yes

This is the second one of these my husband and I have purchased. We first bought a queen bed and were pleasantly surprised by the quality. That bed sat on a hardwood floor, and we did have issues with the center supports slipping. I think that was a function of the floor and the bed was great as long as we made sure to adjust the center supports from time to time. Once we purchased a bigger house and a california king bed, we went with this product again. We were both a little concerned about how solid the bed would feel. It now sits on carpet, and we couldn't be happier. We like the look and are very comfortable. I'm considering buying another queen bed for our second guest room. We considered buying other beds, but the prices was more than 5 times what we paid at Overstock. This bed is most likely not going to be a family heirloom, but we're exceptionally happy with our purchase.

• How did the color on site compare with the actual product? As expected
• Please tell us about the quality of the product. Good
• How accurate was the on site description of the product? Accurate
• Would you recommend this to a friend? Yes

Pros: - The part you see is nice and seems solid. People were complaining about the wood being easily "dented" and I am incline to agree with those assessments. It's very lightweight wood, which is good considering you may have to carry it. - My latex, 60lb+ bed seems to have no "stability" issue with two people on the bed and a split box. Moving around on the bed is silent. Cons: - Construction was horrible. - One side of the slats were not drilled in the center nor the correct distance from the edge making some of the pre-drilled holes on the frame not line up with the slat holes. - The slats were stapled with a thin-strip of material holding them all together. They weren't correctly measured to ensure they lined up with the pre-drilled holes. - I ended up having to re-drill some of the holes. - There are only 12-slats, not 14-slats like the website and even the instructions say. I counted them several times to confirm. Maybe on different sized bed there are 14, but on this one, there was only 12. - The center slat, with the legs you attach, only had four of the six screws line up with holes in the slats. - The bed had 12-slats total (requiring 24 screws to secure), but only came with 8 screws to secure them. They're wood screws, people; not some sort of expensive, custom screw. All in all, this bed looks nice on the outside but the construction of it left me with a ton of frustration. I'm just glad the thing held together and seemed secure enough to put my bed on or I would have had fewer "nice" things to say about it.

• How did the color on site compare with the actual product? Color matched.
• Please tell us about the quality of the product. Average but construction was poor.
• How accurate was the on site description of the product? Not very accurate.
• Would you recommend this to a friend? No