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Review on πŸ›οΈ Full/Queen Size Stainless Steel Canopy Netting Canopies Frame/Post for Improved SEO by Rusty Smith

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Not the best moment

Please don't think it's stainless steel when you buy it. Please. Understand that this is very thin, cheap, almost flexible (and for a frame that needs to be STRONG - nobody in their right mind wants to hear *flexible*) aluminum. I spent hours installing this and it kept falling apart around me and on top of me during the process as well. Attempting to insert one of the "pillars" into one of the cheap plastic connectors, the plastic began to chip and break, violating the integrity of the connector. And no, I wasn't being rude trying to put it all together. Unless I transformed into the Hulk overnight (last time I checked I'm pretty sure it's a minus), the already flimsy frame supports gave quite a bit and started either bending or denting only from – for trying to express everything together and everything falls apart around me about a dozen times. Now please look at photos of the dents and kinks on these (not) "stainless steel" bars, which are actually aluminum. After hours of frustration and still with a "frame that wouldn't hold", I had to go to extremes. Yes folks, it was time for Gorilla Glue. Do you know how strong Gorilla Glue is? I glued each end bar to each plastic gusset and let them dry on the floor overnight. 24 hours later, after trying to install that crap again, I found that a couple of the poles didn't even stick to the carpenters - they popped right out. Which aluminum and which plastic repel adhesive? Well, then it's time to lower my standards even further. I never thought I could get this low, but now I can finally say with confidence that KingKara helped me find this new low. Bear with me guys, it's going to be a bumpy road from here because now comes the clear packing tape. Yes I had to tape up every corner connector and every spot on the whole frame where the posts met and maybe they could fall apart and end up on the bedroom floor or back on me. Thank goodness the curtains I plan to use just drape completely right over this thing and I don't have to go through the horror of having to take some of it apart to attach curtains to the rods. There's another problem, though: unless you have a bed that doesn't have four very thick, heavy legs *exactly* in the right places, then you're not going to attach those frame "legs" to the corners of your bed. You're just not like that. sorry brother. Sure, I have a vintage bed frame and the bottom legs actually have wheels, but even so, the legs on this frame don't sit close to my bed legs. The frame legs have what I can only describe as a thin, flat 'leg' designed to slide under your bed legs. This assumes your bed legs are in the right place. Otherwise, you'll have to struggle to figure out how to get that frame to stand without the bed's legs resting on each 'leg'. what the hell are you doing The frame *not*, I repeat, will not right itself, fully assembled. Let's not get into the hassle I had to go through just to get this to work with my bed. I'm still recovering from that experience. It was a whole thing. i am not proud And those legs, by the way, could be bent and broken by a one-year-old. I'm just saying. Half a bottle of Gorilla Glue, a quarter roll of packing tape, and all my dignity later, this flimsy thing is worth it. Somehow. Let's just say I wouldn't let my little kid get up and start jumping all over the bed, that's for sure. I wouldn't want to "collect" this thing in my kid's room for her bed either. A catastrophe would be in the starting blocks. But I'm keeping it because I doubt there are really quality canopy frames out there unless you're buying a real quality wood frame or canopy bed. I won't go there. When you consider this, don't expect much. And expect a lot of work to put it together if you don't have a second pair of hands to help, and a lot of unnecessary work to (probably) keep it together. I spent $64.00 on this item. Actual cost is probably $5.00-$10.00, which is generous. The fact that I spent $64.00 on it I'll have to discuss with a therapist someday. the rods and pieces were a lone, used cotton work glove, freshly ironed to the pieces. Just my opinion, but *rude*.

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