I bought this bed as I thought it was time for him to move to a “big boy” bed. I spent ages and I mean ages agonising over this and competitor sites. Did I want to spend a lot. Was he likely to jump (of course he would)? Would the slats break? How long would it last and how do I replace them? I put the bed together by myself. It was pretty self explanatory. It took me about 1.5 hours to do. Well he did bounce day 1 and he loved it and so did I. I had a bit of a lie down this afternoon while he played with his train set. When my bed needs replacing I’ll be back.