The particle boards 're very dry and have bad engineering structure
357075
The particle boards 're very dry and have bad engineering structure.
the box came without the sliders for the drowers. Many brocken parts  . I don't recon and this to any one.
571389
The particle board is low quality compared to other particle board. It's barely stronger than cardboard. I have another similar model shelf (probably designed by the same company), similar design, accept its particle board could actually hold something and doesn't fall apart. Also, the other shelf has some type of clamp to connect the upper and lower half; this one does not, which severely reduces how sturdy it is. This shelf relies on a one of the middle shelves holding the upper and lower half together.

It seems this product may have changed. For approximately the same price, just go to your local Lowe's, Home Depot, or Walmart and pick up a similar product.
811768
We are returning this thing. First of all, it's held together by GLUE! There are only 8 screws in the whole thing and they give you a pack of elmer's glue to hold the wooden pegs in (half of them broke, by the way). You can tell once you take it out of the box that it's not just compressed particle board, it's super cheap compressed particle board. Then, when we finally got the thing put together and tried to move it to the bathroom, it literally fell apart on my boyfriend's head! This is the worst.
2316534
The bearings on this thing are very dry and need oil when you receive the board, so buy some oil, or just some new bearings along with the board. Personally, I would've enjoyed a drop-through board more because I'm a beginner and I think they look cooler. Also, the trucks will need to be tightened if you are a beginner and you will need to use a tool for that, so buy that as well.
3124264
The wood is too thin and they break VERY EASILY
4495245
For being so highly rated by ATK, I was disappointed in this board. It came dried out and desiccated to the point where I could see sinkage when looking at it on a flat platform. It was well sanded in other parts and not at all in others. While there is the possibility that this board had been sitting in some South East Asian warehouse for years, I'm more inclined to think there was no end point QC; IE this board should be oiled and then sealed in airtight plastic. I received mine loosely twined with bubble wrap. Returning it for another in the hopes I received a fluke. If it's the same garbage, I'll get a Boos or something else. Way disappointed in this.
3192302
I purchased this table in August and used it once, then stored it in a dry location, on its end. When I went to use it the following March, the plastic top had separated from the particleboard underneath and could not be reinstalled as it had buckled.
3687276
The clear adhesive strips are near worthless, and the individual boards fall off whenever I try to fix the situation.  Just use rubber bands.
672480
Here is an engineer's perspective on this bed. This is a perfect example of a good art in a bad frame. The artistic design of this bed is excellent. Whereas, the technical design is poor at best. you can't use a Box Spring or Foundation with this bed. The support that comes with this bed must have been designed by the three stooges. Two pieces of particle boards that is supported by a plastic stool and two wooden bars do not fit properly. The bottom side of the mumbo jumbo is about 2" shorter than the box spring so you could not put a box spring instead if you wanted to. The practical boards are not wide enough to reach the side rails of the bed (shown by the white bridge area in the picture).

It was fairly easy to put the bed together. Instructions were simple to understand. All the pieces do not fit together perfectly but I can live with that.

An option to use a Mattress foundation if you wanted to and 3 wooden bars and a little wider particle board would improve this bed drastically.
1017792
First, I received the item damaged. Also, the "wood" is not real. When you screw the screws into it (which have about 100 pieces) the cardboard like "wood" splits which will not hold or support any weight whatsoever. Very very poorly designed
1451207
This isn't MDF wood, it's made from incredibly poor quality particle board covered with a piece of paper veneer, poor to the point where you can just bend the panels with your hand and they fall apart in a brittle mess.

MDF wood and particle board are NOT the same thing...
Things like decent quality speaker cabinets are made of MDF wood, what these are made of is FAR from that.

Most of the hardware was made of very soft metal, screws were stripping badly with just a hand screwdriver and careful/minor turning force.

Thankfully Amazon's return policy is great, returned for a refund.
2375219
The packing of this item was really poor. It badly damaged the particle board pieces inside it.
However, I took a look and found on screen this item looks really good but in reality the finishing of item is bad.
You probably have to throw it after a year of use.
3380070
fell apart as I was putting it together.  the particle board is actually the cheapest in existence.  I would avoid this product as it was a complete waste of money and was out 60 dollars over this crappy cheap made junk
4704077
I received this as a gift but I should have known better and checked the reviews to know what I was up against(since the buyer never does a thorough job of that). It took a couple hours to set up. The particle boards are flimsy. It's literally like trying to build a house with just a handful of screws holding this heavy monster together. There's no brackets or braces of any kind to keep it all in one piece. It's just cheap boards and nails. It's not worth moving this thing because of the way it's constructed. Once it's down, it's down. Every screw and board will shift if you try to so much as inch it across the floor. The accent end pieces didn't even last a month. They wiggled off just from the stress of slowly shifting the bed 1 foot into the corner after putting it together. A couple months later my mattress suddenly felt funny at one end and upon inspection one of the boards had snapped and was throwing off the integrity of the whole thing. I used a brick to brace it up. I've since painted my room and had to move this piece of junk to another wall and half the screws came lose and the boards are popping up. Since the bottom portion of the frame barely survived I'm able to stick my box spring/mattress on it anyway and sleep. Not even a year later and I'm looking to replace it. If you're looking for an expensive piece of firewood, go right ahead and buy this. If you're looking for a good bed frame, look somewhere else.
792865
Please beware that this mail sorter is made out of PARTICLE BOARD!

It was very unfortunate that this useful item is misleadingly labeled on the website as being made of "Compressed Wood" - which made me and my wife think that it was made out of either plywood or fiber board - you know, a material that is durable and light that would make good furniture. When it arrived at our home, my wife was very upset by the discovery that "Compressed Wood" is a misleading marketing phrase that is used to misdirect customers into purchasing furniture made with PARTICLE BOARD - which is a dense, unstable, brittle, water soluble, easily warped, easily damaged, glue-based, splinter filled, formaldehyde out-gassing insult to the concept of furniture. Not to mention it was missing its "hardware kit" (the bag that contains all the little parts used to assemble the furniture).

Needless to say, we sent it back. The customer service agent that processed the return request insisted that "Compressed Wood" is an entirely clear way to say the mail sorter was made out of particle board, and accordingly charged a restocking fee for the item (and she would not waive the restocking fee even though the "hardware kit" was missing). Furthermore, I had to pay the $45.00 cost to ship this monstrosity back to them out of my pocket to get my refund.

The moral of the story is that, in these days of twisted marketing "COMPRESSED WOOD" = "PARTICLE BOARD"

NOTE: If you like or are simply indifferent to particle board, this would be a great item to buy - the company even offered to send out the missing "hardware kit" to me free of charge if I had wanted to keep it.
1688388
This thing looks like it's made from old wood pallets. It's extremely brittle and there's barely enough space for one person to lay down let alone two for an 'ol fashioned spooning sesh.
4899001
If you are in the market for inferior particle board garbage that is more likely to disintegrate during shipping than arrive to you in viable, usable condition, this might be just the product for you.  All but guaranteed to have pieces that are more glue than wood chip with chunks larger than your fist completely missing, I would highly suggest you order this crap.  If new furniture is too expensive for you, and you are also too discerning to be caught dead in a thrift store buying something of quality at a fraction of the cost of this landfill material, you would still be better off buying a few pieces of wood planks, a hammer, nails and a sampler of paint at Home Depot.  The results would take less time to put together, be far sturdier, and look ten times better than this trash.  Spend at your own risk, and when you do, expect to feel like even more of an idiot than I did, because at least in your case, you had me to warn you off.