Bestar Pur Queen Murphy Bed, 65-inch Space-Saving Wall Bed for Guest Room or Home Office

I bought this Full Size Murphy Bed for my recently remodeled guest room. It came via freight - several large boxes plastic wrapped on an oversized wooden skid. Packaging was well engineered - and there is a lot of it - and there were no damaged pieces. After all the boxes were opened and inventoried all pieces were present including hardware. I would recommend using a multi compartment plastic hardware container and separate out (and count) all of the screws, cams and other hardware for easy access before you get started. The instructions recommend 3 people to construct this large heavy piece bit I managed alone over 3 days - about 3 hours each day. If you are strong and can manage it yourself, great but having an extra helper on reserve is a good thing. Especially when you put the finished cabinet upright agaimst the wall. Instructions take some studying and contemplation matching up the pictures to the parts but everything went together perfectly and I had no alignment problems. I thought the facade front that hooks onto the uprighted bed frame bottom would be hard to hook onto the 3 frame cross members but they slid in perfectly and were perfectly aligned. Recommendation is to TAKE YOUR TIME studying the instructions, don't be in a hurry, don't assemble anything before it is indicated in the instructions and take breaks when you get tired.This entire bed cabinet is made from particle board with a thin veneer that is attractive but for $1600 I think it is a bit overpriced. However, once built, leveled and installed it is rock solid. The bedsprings, bearings and struts are of good quality, not hard to assemble and the cabinet closes easily and completely with the mattress.One last thought is that you may want to consider using a nail gun with 1 3/4" brads to reinforce the trim and cabinet pieces after everything is put together. The brads dissappear into the wood and provide extra strength in critical areas.

This is a complicated product. It's a well designed product and works well. It requires shipment in four (4) very large and heavy boxes. It requires a lot of time to be assembled. The assembly instructions are excellent, and come in several languages. If you have experience putting together Legos, you can manage this (much larger scale) project.I was able to do the whole production by myself without anyone helping me. This required removing the parts from the boxes and carrying them into my house (and upstairs) carefully. Three boxes arrived and I had no idea there was a fourth box, so I contacted the vendor, who got back to me quickly to let me know the 4th box was going to arrive a few days later. This must be a very complicated item for the seller to manage. There's really no easy way to send this back, or even to discard it.The bed has gas springs that help you lift it up and down, into and out of the cabinet. It would be a challenge to manage otherwise, or of the springs stop working. Those springs make for an assembly challenge, since the bed won't stay down while partially complete. I had to sit on the frame while assembling it. You might be able to hold it down with cynder blocks or something similarly dense and heavy. Or you could build it with two people, which is probably the best way, if you can find someone with the patience for it.The bed is high when assembled, as in the height of the cabinet. You should measure the height of your ceiling before you order it. I didn't measure and it barely fit. I had to remove the (1/4") feet from the bed in order to get it to fit. That's tight!

Okay, so first off I will say that for occasional use I am confident this wall bed will work fine for my purposes (it will be used maybe 18-24 times a year).What I *do* like about it:1) It is, by far, the least expensive wall bed option I could find that looked safe - and having installed it I still feel that way.2) Slightly nicer looking trim and finishes that other options on the lower end of pricing3) Parts of the design related to assembly are really well thought out (other parts, not so much)4) It fits a larger (thicker) mattress than many wall beds, which was important to meWhat I *do not* like about it:1) Getting this thing to look *good* is not easy, and the final fit/finish is not as polished as I was expecting. No, it was not because of my assembly skills. There is a substantial gap built into the design on the sides of the upright bed panels - this allows for a less than perfect assembly and probably helps prevent issues related to the bed sticking if any warping or bending happens over time. There are a couple of rubberized "flaps" that you screw in to the back sides to sort of cover the gaps, these flap things, along with the way they are installed, were a really poor design choice in my opinion.2) Packaging: Overall the product is package well to keep it safe during transport - except for the two main exterior panels - you know, the ones that are the most visible. Mine arrived with one corner crushed in about 1cm (roughly 1/2 an inch). The damage is only visible when the bed is open, and I decided it was not worth waiting for, or dealing with the hassle of, getting a replacement (assuming they would send one). In any event, that box needed better reinforcement. The two panels are *really* heavy. I watched the FedX guy unload those and he was struggling bad even with it on the dolly. I had the same issue, even with a really nice appliance dolly. I ended up leaving the box in the garage and taking in the panels individually.3) The handle hardware (the things you grab to pull the bed down) are made of the cheapest material they could find. 2 of the 4 cabinet screws they included had the heads of the screw pop off during installation (using a regular handheld screwdriver). There were zero extras in the box, fortunately I had a bunch of cabinet screws leftover from a recent kitchen remodel. The handles themselves are super lightweight and do not feel very sturdy.4) The instructions are not terrible, but they are far from good. Figuring out which hardware (bolts, nuts, etc) went where was a little challenging as about 1/2 of them are not actually labeled with a part number anywhere (not even in the package they come in) - so much of it is just mixed together.Overall thoughts and impressions: If you need an inexpensive wall bed option for occasional use, this fits the bill. If you need a wall bed for regular use, I would highly recommend you keep looking. I do not believe this thing would stand up to daily use for very long. Note, that you really do *Need* 2 people to put this together. It just isn't safe for one person to do it alone.I am still happy I selected this thing, and I know there are a lot of negatives here, but I wanted to be thorough so people know what they are getting into.