Tent bed, Slide (optional)
Mattress, Bedding
The Bennington II Deluxe Low Loft Tent Bed is perfect for any young prince. Your child will love the charming castle design of this low loft tent bed. Solid wood construction and high-quality components ensure this twin-sized bed is built to last. The top bunk has side rails for your child's safety and is accessible by a sturdy ladder. An optional slide makes getting out of bed fun and easy. The under-bed tent serves as a space-saving playroom and can be removed as your child gets older. You can choose the tent bed only or tent bed with slide.
Please note: Bunk beds and loft beds are only to be used by children 6 years of age or older.
About Bolton
Bolton Furniture is proud to offer consumers quality wood pieces at affordable prices and has done so since the 1900s. Each piece is carefully crafted, from the beginning stages of kiln drying to the packaging of the finished product. Having specialized in the detailed wood-craftsmanship of musical instruments, Bolton Furniture perfected woodworking in the 1970s. This means that their furniture pieces are created with extreme attention to detail and superior precision. Bolton Furniture's reputation is built on its products - durable, lasting, and beautiful.
Base Size
Finish
Honey
Type
Kids Loft Beds
Feature
Slide , Tent
Gender
Boys Bunk Beds , Boys Loft Bed
Brand
Bolton Furniture
Configuration:
Beds must be assembled, cases come pre-assembled.
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Comments about Bennington II Deluxe Low Loft Tent Bed:
My wife and I love supporting Vermont and thought we would be buying a bed made in the USA, specifically Vermont. Unfortunately it wasn't until we received the boxes that we saw "Made In China" printed all over. A bit disappointing but somewhat expected in this day and age.
Assembly was difficult, again somewhat expected with such a piece of furniture. However the assembly instructions were clearly printed in China too and it was full of the quintessential language barrier translations that made it more difficult to assemble than necessary. Common sense and intuition should prevail though.
The biggest and most concerning issue I have is how toxic some of the materials are. Specifically the rubber ladder and slide hooks (4 in total), vinyl used for windows and the tent fabric itself (and I suspect the adhesive on the velcro as well). It's very disappointing that a Vermont company would allow such toxic materials to be used in their product, especially in furniture that undoubtedly will be used in a child's bedroom. As soon as I opened the plastic bag containing the aforementioned rubber hooks, the smell was overwhelming. Unbearable even. But since they are required for the child to get in and out of the bed, we had to continue assembling the furniture with the toxic pieces in place. I didn't permanently attach the hooks to the side rails knowing I'd eventually replace them with metal hooks. The following morning (our child's bedroom door remains shut, with a space heater and humidifier on conditioning the room) the smell that filled the room was absolutely shocking. The amount of off gasing that occurred was staggering. The main culprits being the rubber hooks. So disappointing. So sickening. It wasn't until another 2 days that I was able to get to a hardware store to replace the rubber hooks with metal ones. Fortunately it's a common size and angle. Prior to installing the metal hooks, I literally had to clean the side rails (where the rubber rested) because the toxicity remained.
To this day, the vinyl in the windows and the tent fabric itself are still off gasing.... this is approximately 4 weeks now. The smell isn't nearly as shocking as what was emitted during the rubber hooks' tenure, but it is still incredibly disappointing to know this is child specific furniture.
When the weather permits we will have to hang the fabric outside for a few days to see if that finally let's it off gas entirely. I made no mention of the adhesive that backs one side of the velcro used to fasten the fabric to the frame because it's merely speculation. But one thing to note about the adhesive is that it is ineffective in securing the velcro to the wood frame. From day 1 it kept peeling off the frame, thus having the canopy and walls, etc collapse entirely. Again common sense and intuition prevailed: I merely set a few small wood screws through the velcro strip to hold it in place. It works fine. Then again, for a bed that costs over $1000, you'd expect the manufacturer to have dialed it in for you.
Overall: our child loves the function and "funness" of the bed. It seems like the frame is pretty durable, but the toxicity of some of the materials used, when taking the price into consideration, knocks this down to a 2 out of 5 for us.
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Hayneedle.com response:Dear Valued Customer,
We regret to hear you have some misgivings regarding your recent purchase. Please know that customer satisfaction is our highest priority. First off, it is not our intention to mislead our customers in any way regarding where our products are made. In the interest of saving our customers money, we've rebranded our product under the Bolton Furniture umbrella - the import division of Vermont Precision. If we could manufacture this product domestically at the same cost to our customer, we would.
We are in the process of looking at the instructions and making improvements to them. Our low lofts are not difficult to assemble, though they do require several steps, so clear instructions are important. To your point regarding the Velcro, we noticed when the tents were first introduced that they would fall down over time. For this reason, we added grommets to the tent fabrics to keep them in place.
Regarding the odor or "off gassing" concern you bring up, we assure you our materials have been tested and meet emission standards on what are the most obvious concerns. What you are smelling is likely a new lacquer smell which will lessen over time. The rubber on the ladders is the same we've been using for nearly 20 years, without complaint of overwhelming odor. Any rubber odor from the ladder should dissipate over time.
We hope we've addressed some of your concerns, and we thank you for your business.