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It's tax refund season, and it's been about ten years since I bought my mattress and box spring. Having moved into a new house with a currently empty guest bedroom, I figured the time was right to replace my old bed; it can go into the guest room and I'll get a new one.After some shopping, I ended up on a Zinus foam mattress and this box spring. The box spring arrived in a large box--the box itself was about 6 feet tall and square, maybe 9-10 inches on each side. I was able to move it on my own, but I'm also a big strong guy; if you're by yourself and not a big strong guy, you might need some help moving it.I pulled the old mattress, box spring and frame out of the bedroom so I'd have plenty of room to work. I opened the box, reached in and pulled out the first part. And this, my friends, was the moment that immediately sealed my five star review.If you're looking at this, you're like me: you've assembled more than your share of "RTA" (ready to assemble) furniture in your time. Your knuckles start to hurt if you even *look* at an Allen wrench. You've lost count of the number of times you've been trying to tighten a bolt with that cursed hunk of hexagonal metal and slipped and bashed your hand into something solid and started swearing at it.The first thing I pulled out of the box was a ratcheting Allen wrench. Ratcheting. A ratcheting Allen wrench. Yes, there was the regular "hunk of cold metal" L-shaped Allen wrench that costs them three cents packed in with the bolts. But separate from that, there was a ratcheting Allen wrench.In my book, whoever decided to include a ratcheting Allen wrench is worthy of canonization.Assembly was fairly straightforward. The directions, like most RTA stuff, were printed with almost no words. (BTW, if you're like me, you read ahead while doing these sorts of projects; in step two, if you start adding up bolts, you might find yourself suspecting you're short a few, but not clearly indicated in the directions is that there are bolts actually built in to the frame pieces that you just have to tighten nuts onto.) The executive summary: you assemble the metal frame, insert the crossbars (no bolts; they just snap into place), wrap the cover around the frame, then screw in the feet. Take your time, examine the diagrams carefully and it's quite an easy assembly.The frame fit into the cover very easily; there's a zipper which goes around the bottom. The cover isn't super taut, so it zipped up quite easily. There are slits in the bottom of the cover in appropriate spots to allow the bolts from the feet to screw into the frame.The only quibble (and this is very minor) is that the brackets for attaching to a headboard are attached to the frame via two of the legs. On a traditional bed, you'd have a metal frame upon which the box spring sits, so you could pull the box spring off and attach the frame to the headboard, then replace the box spring on the frame. Because this is all one unit, getting the headboard attached to the box spring brackets can be a bit of a pain. But that's a pretty minor complaint.Assembly time: it took me about 1:15 to assemble. That includes moving time for getting the old bed parts moved out, the box in, unpacking, assembly and clean-up. It also includes ten minutes or so trying to figure out step two (mentioned above).Zinus did a good job with packing; the pieces are lashed together with thick plastic zip ties, so you'll need a utility knife or strong pair of scissors to cut them, but aside from that, there's just a couple of small pieces of styrofoam at either end for cushioning, so when it's done, you're not buried in plastic wrap and shredded foam and crap.End result: a decent looking box spring which provides a good support for the foam mattress on top of it.And did I mention the ratcheting Allen wrench?EDIT IN JUNE 2021: Just swinging by to add a couple more notes:1) I've seen some people complain about squeaking from their box springs. I've never heard a peep out of mine. It's been about 2-1/2 years and it's never made a sound. Still in perfect condition.2) Did I mention the ratcheting Allen wrench? Because I kept it. And I've used it on other RTA stuff. Many times. (I'm cheap.) Seriously, America is an incredibly divided nation right now, but I think we can all come together in support for sainthood for the executive at Zinus who greenlit spending an extra 42 cents on including this.Great Product Overall; I Like It!! But 2 Thing's I Didn't/Don't Like: 1. I Had To Put The Pad On The Frame, Padding Is Not Very Soft Or Thick Enough, Has To Be Hand Tied Onto The Frame Underneath It!!! I Didn't See Any Information On Ordering A New Pad For The Frame!! 2. It Didn't Come With Any Screw's To Attach It To The/A Headboard!!! If Not For Those 2 Thing's, I'd Give This Product A "Perfect 10."!!!At first it was super sturdy and wouldn’t make a noise. After a year it would make a lot of noise getting on and off the bed. Became wobbly no matter how much I would tighten it.Worked at first but will need to be replaced.Liked it being metal and white edgeA review for Casper mattress ownersI bought this frame to serve as the base for my brand new king size Casper mattress. The box spring kit arrived a few days before my mattress, allowing me a little time to do some research on the best foundation to use for a Casper mattress. According to Casper's official documentation:"The best option is a slatted base frame (with slats no more than three inches apart) or a firm platform. With metal frames, you want to make sure that the base has unyielding wooden slats that are thick enough to support the bed."Based on this information I started to panic a little bit. When assembled, this frame has SIGNIFICANT gaps between the metal support rods, and definitely would not meet the 3 inch gaps recommended by Casper (in some spots there are big squares of space). I decided to go to a few mattress stores in town to look into a more traditional wood box spring, and found that every box spring in stock seemed to all have slats that had much more than 3 inches between them. After some consideration, I decided I would assemble the frame and if it felt sturdy enough I would go buy some lumber from the local hardware store and make my own wooden platform on top of the frame with 3 inch gaps. I decided to place the boards perpendicular to the metal supports in order to provide the most stable support possible. I purchased 6 1x10 inch boards for about $37 and had the hardware store cut them to 78 3/4". While at the hardware store I also looked around for some way to secure the boards to the frame to keep the boards from moving around. I ended up purchasing Velcro with adhesive and affixed one end of the Velcro to the cover of the metal frame and the other to the underside of the boards. I am really happy with how this DIY solution ended up working out, and now I don't have to worry about damage to the integrity of the mattress overtime or sagging (see my pictures for a better idea of what I did). Alternatively you could use plywood, but I liked the portability of the lumber as opposed to one giant piece of plywood.Assembling the frame:I admit after reading some of the reviews I was worried about the difficulty in assembling the frame. It turned out to be really easy. There are no written instructions, but the pictures were more than enough to get it assembled correctly on the first try. I assembled the metal frame myself with no additional tools in about an hour. I did have help lifting the frame in order to zip the cover on, but I am fairly confident I could have done that myself if I had to, but I would recommend having two people to do this to make sure you don’t tear the cover.Sturdiness:The fully assembled box spring seems really sturdy. It does not creak or rattle or seem to move at all under the mattress. I have slept on the fully assembled frame with a mattress and the lumber supports for several weeks now and have been very pleased with the overall sturdiness of this box spring.Headboard mounts:I purchased the box spring with the headboard mounts, but unfortunately the holes in the mount do not line up with the holes in the supports of the headboard, and the frame is narrower than the headboard legs. I will likely mount the headboard directly to the wall "hotel style". Don't plan on using the included headboard mounts to fit a king size headboard without modification.Feet/height:I purchased the model that has 9 little plastic legs that screw into the frame after you put the cover on. There are little sewn holes in the cover where you screw the feet in and were lined up perfectly to do this on the first try. The overall height of the frame and mattress, even with the feet was significantly lower than our previous queen bed set, so I ended up purchasing 3 inch risers to raise the bed to a more acceptable height.Final Thoughts:-I wish the frame was taller. The new bed seems to be much lower to the ground than my previous mattress and box spring.-We bought the 'standing box spring' version, so it came with little plastic feet/legs that screw into the bottom of the bossing over the cover. The legs are sturdy, and there's 9 in total.-Overall I am happy with this purchase, and think this was the better option when compared to a traditional king box spring. It will be much easier to take apart and move, for sure.Easy assembly with quality pieces.Since purchasing this set from Zinus my sleeping level has literally been elevated! My sleep power level raised instantly by 14 points! Best purchase I’ve made in a long time. Super easy to assemble and strong like bull!Product was simple enough to assemble, although the directions were just two sets of pictures that were slightly unhelpful at times. The good news is that every piece is numbered, except for the screws. Each number matches up to the same number on a seperate piece.The two longer screws are only used on the 1 and 2 middle pieces, the other short screws go into holes elsewhere. The knuts are screwed on after connecting the side pieces and a few go in the middle. There IS a Ratchet tool that comes with the product, as well as a L tool for the screws if you dont want to use the ratchet, and a flat wrench to tighten the bolts.Came with feet and a cover which were relatively easy to add. Very comfy and true to its size.Ok it came in a 4X4X8 inch box!!! Then, I OPENED THE BOX, YIKES!!! It looked like a million pieces that somehow was SUPPOSED TO BE A BOXSPRING FOR MY QUEENSIZE MATTRESS!!! I took all the pieces out, and was OVERWHELMED, Then I noticed NUMBERS on each piece, and a sticker with an arrow saying UP. It took my hubby and I about 25-30 minutes to put together. the instructions were in PICTURE FORM and EASY TO FIGURE OUT. Love the BOXSPRING. It looks awesome, and no one would EVER KNOW it came in pieces, the cloth cover hides everything. I would DEFINITELY BUY MORE.was easy to set up and cheap, but after only 1-2 weeks of usage, it's become extremely squeaky. Simple turning sides while sleeping will make a sound so i'm not too happy with this purchase. I was pretty happy with it before it started making noises though. I can see some others had a similar issueHappy with the purchase but it wasn’t quite what I was expecting I thought it was preassembeld - not a huge issue. It was easy to assemble, very sturdy. Some people mentioned it was squeaky, but mine doesn’t squeak at all. I was also worried it would sit too low to the ground, but as you can see In photo it doesn’t. It sits nicely.This was an easy to assemble product not least because the ends of each part are labelled, so you know what way round it goes and what to bolt it to.Because it comes in a thin box it was easy to get up the stairs - my attic is inaccessible to a pre-built queen box spring.It’s sturdy and does not squeak - I was worried about that being that it is metal. But not a sound.Very happy with this. I’ll buy again and probably will never go back to the wooden ones.This is hands down the greatest box spring ever. It’s easy to set up and perfect height. However…. Double Check your mattress measurement 1st!! I ordered a twin mattress with this and boxspring is smaller then the mattress!!!! At 1st I thought I had ordered a XL twin mattress but nope. So expect your mattress to overhang. ??♀️
