Hey guys, Andrew Esquivel here back with another review and this one is a big one.
Today, I'm going to be reviewing the Bedkings' full over full with a twin trundle bunk bed
with a stairway.
Now, this set, on their website costs a little over a $1,000 and it's all made-- Well, most
of it is solid Brazilian pine.
One thing to note about Brazilian pine is even though it is solid core wood, Brazilian
pine is a very soft and malleable type of wood.
Don't expect it to be the creme de la creme of woods.
Another thing to note, this is not for the faint of heart.
You'll hear that I'm kind of out of breath and that's for a good reason.
If I were to rate this in terms of the difficulty to put it together, it would definitely be
in the intermediate to advanced category.
Sorry, cameras focusing there.
Now, this is not a weekend project.
This took almost two days of solid work, like 12 hours worth of work for two days.
That's including multiple people at times just to get this thing together.
It looks very nice when it's done.
Let me give you a little walk around here.
Let's start out with the base here.
This is a full.
We can put a full mattress on here.
It's got one beam support in the center.
If we go up top, this is also a full but you'll see there's two beam supports up on the top
for extra weight capacity just to make sure.
If you look at the wood, you can kind of wiggle about.
Putting it all together was just a nightmare.
I'm glad I did it but it is a lot of work and I am sore all over.
It is just so much to put together.
Anywho, moving on, you're seeing the top, the bottom, the trundle gets pulled out like
this.
She's got some wheels on it.
You put a twin on here.
The twin would just slide away when you don't want to use it anymore.
Now, this is a very large set.
As you can see, from my door when you get a few inches of clearance but I had measured
that all ahead of time before I did this so I knew it was going to be okay.
Right here, you have some extra storage.
Speaking of storage, each one of these steps is a drawer so you can pull out a drawer,
there you go.
Now, you might be wondering about weight capacity.
I am 315 pounds.
By no means am I a skinny man, I'm very heavy but even this set seems to support my weight
and just going to make sure I don't hit my head in the fan here as I go up these steps.
I can get up and Lord, my head's touching the ceiling right now.
Yes, I am all the way up and it doesn't feel like there's any structural issues.
If you're wondering about that is the hand railing here.
It's definitely stairs.
Each step has a little strip to help make sure you maintain grip because the rest of
the wood is slippery and you notice I don't have any beds on it is because I wanted to
make sure you guys could see the entirety of the bed.
Now, all the wood together is around 360 pounds.
It comes in six packages and they are heavy.
They come via FedEx if you order directly from Bedkings.
I guarantee your FedEx delivery driver will hate you but I think it's worth it.
I really like the way the set came out.
There were a few pieces that weren't so easy to get in.
One of the reasons why I say this is intermediate to advanced is because there's a lot of this
bed that is not predrilled.
There's a lot of tools that it does not come with that you will need.
Right from the get-go, it says, "Do not use power tools.
Ditch that right out the freaking window."
You will thank yourself for using a power tool.
Without a drill of some sort, you're looking at is three days worth of work.
Just be careful with the drill.
Remember Brazilian pine is a softer wood.
The reason they say not to use the drill is because people don't adjust the torque specs
and too much torque will make the screws start to go through the wood and then it'll strip
the threads out of the wood and whatnot.
Anywho, there's a lot of hammering.
There's a lot of drilling.
There is a lot of stuff, like each one of these boards here, no predrilled holes.
You get a spacer and some screws.
You got to go through all of them, all of those, all on the trundle, no guides other
than a spacer.
The stairs, easily the most difficult part of this entire build, is the most complex
because it has the most unique pieces.
A lot of this was very difficult to put together.
The instructions weren't so very clear but eventually, you will get it.
All the bolts that go into this are pretty heavy-duty bolts so you shouldn't have to
worry about any of that.
Now that you have seen the skeletal structure of the full over full with a twin trundle
plus stairway bunk bed, let's go ahead and put the mattresses on and show you what it
looks like, all nice and pretty.
It was not easy getting all mattresses in place real quick.
I'm just by myself right now so it's a little bit of work for one man.
Here we have it.
Big, spacious room, twin mattress in there.
Twin mattress height is right near the maximum height that the trundle will allow for.
Okay, put the twin mattress away for now, it's got to just weigh in this and see how
it feels.
There we go.
Even me, it supports, a 315-pound man.
This works.
That's what it looks like from the bottom.
Let's go ahead and try it from the top.
This is the one that gets me a little nervous right here because of my size.
Well, actually, everything seems A-okay.
How do you like that?
A 315-pound man on top of a bunk bed with a full mattress.
Climbing a stairway nevertheless.
Wow.
You know, at first, I was a little worried about the construction of the material and
how well it hold up.
Got to say I'm not too worried about that when I see the final product.
I think it'll stand the test of time but there's only really one way to find out.
If something happens, I'll be sure to update this review.
Until then.
I think everything works.
Just know that this is a very daunting task.
It's not for the faint of heart.
If you're considering this particular setup, have at least three people help you if you
want to get it done in any reasonable amount of time.
It is a lot of work.
Although at the end of the day when it's all set and done, it is a nice setup.
Will I do it again?
Not without help.
Anywho, let's head on back down.
See how easy it is to get back off of this thing.
Give me just a second here.
Use the railing.
I'm wearing my shorts today.
How about that?
This thing is so large, I can't really even get it all in view.
I know so many of you probably wanted to see a time lapse of me building this thing, there's
just no way.
All of the attention to detail that you have to do to pull out into this thing, it's not
worth it for me to do a time lapse but least you guys get to see the finished product and
see an opinion about it from someone who actually bought it and put it together.
I like it.
I like it a lot.
Let's hope it still works many years from now.
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Sweet dreams.