Storkcraft Soom Soom Toddler Bed, Oak 4.8 5 32 36
A very lovely bed, but bolts were short We read all the reviews and still loved this bed. It was cheaper here than at Babies R Us by a few dollars, and we had gift cards so we decided to get it here. It is a beautiful bed. Don't believe the Walmart pictures of this bed, it's not greenish in color. Its a slightly darker shade of oak than we hoped for, but we were expecting a slight difference from our 2 year olds current furniture. Our daughter loves it. She is tall for her age, 36 inches at last check, and this bed is much easier for her to get in and out of than her crib was. She had been sleeping in a crib with one side rail taken off after she fell trying to climb out. The bed is solid and can even support the weight of my husband or I sitting on it with her (Though we haven't tried the three of us together.) The safety rails are zipped tied on at the moment but will be removed soon as our daughter wont sleep at that end of the bed. (She doesn't like the rails.) The bolts that came with the bed for the safety rail installation aren't long enough to enter the thread pattern. We were going to buy new bolts but since she doesn't like it anyway we are just going to remove them all together. All in all this is a lovely bed. It's dark enough that it could be for a boy, but still soft enough that a little girl will love it too. 06/28/2008
Product not much better than the $59 models... I recently purchased this product in oak along with a Baby Relax toddler bed in cherry (as oak is not available in Baby Relax). I hoped that the $100 bed might be better made than the $59 model, but alas, it was not so. Unless you have a burning need for the oak colour, save yourself some $ and buy the Baby Relax brand. Neither bed has centre support feet so they are both not as strong as other similar models that were out only a couple years ago. This year, I could not find one toddler bed that had centre feet for added support. The one disadvantage with the Baby relax is that when you tighten the screws, the paint around the screws cracks (so the Storkcraft was better in that respect, but not $40 better). Both beds look very nice, but any of these wooden "low end" toddler beds will not last long, they are basically throw away models that might get you a couple years. I'm on the second one with my daughter, but because they are so cheap I don't really sweat the cost. The other problem with these is that if your kids are "chewers' (or goats, as mine are!) the beautiful finish will last about 1 day, as the pine wood is very soft. If they are not chewers, you might have yourself a beautiful looking bed! Just don't let them jump on the bed as the frames will crack if your kids are too rambunctious (and because there are no centre support feet). Overall, you get what you pay for, I expected a bit more from Storkcraft as you can see from my ratings, but if it were not for the colour, the Baby Relax model is just as good. 03/17/2010
Bed is beautiful and was easy to assemble. My Goddaughter loves her bed and show it to everybody that visits. 09/29/2011
Does what it should This bed helped my son make the transition out of a crib. It was a little tricky to get the slats to stay in as I put the bottom together, but the rest of the assembly was a piece of cake. It is perfect for a toddler, but I wouldn't risk an adult sitting on it. Then again, it's not a chair so it's not a problem. 03/02/2011
