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Fantastic product -- as others have noted, it is very well built and high-quality. No creaks or squeaks whatsoever, and the slats are thick and sturdy. If anything changes I'll come back and change this review, but for now, be assured that this is awesome. A few things to note: 1) Box is EXTREMELY heavy and actually quite large as well -- which makes sense, as the long sides of the bed are all single pieces of steel. Thus a queensized bed comes in a box >80" long (as there's extra room in there for packaging materials). This may make it difficult to squeeze around corners so plan ahead. 2) Packaging is excellent -- 2 layers of cardboard boxing plus additional pieces of padding, wrapping and cardboard to separate the sections. I suspect people who got damaged products either had a UPS failure or, more likely, dumped all the pieces out at once and allowed them to smash against each other. Just cut the boxes open and take the pieces out one by one and you'll be fine. 3) Assembly is very straightforward and very well explained. I did it by myself in ~1 hr, and I was watching netflix the whole time. It's easier than Legos. Everything is illustrated and the pieces are even labeled for convenience. Tools are included and so are bolts -- of which there are only two very easily distinguishable types, so there's zero chance for a mixup. Seriously, all those reviewers complaining about middle pieces being too short have just totally failed at following extremely simple picture instructions and/or hammered it together without bothering to even look at the diagrams. 4) Did I mention the box was heavy? Seriously, it's heavy. So heavy. So, so, so heavy. Get some friends to help. I included some pics of the assembly process... note that even the headboard comes in single pieces (i.e. two pieces for the sides, one for the bottom cross bar, three for the top crossbars). Please ignore the pathetic airbed in the pic. I'm still waiting for my real mattress :D