Arden Futon Set - Full Size Futon Frame with Mattress Included (8 Inch Thick Mattress, Twill Khaki Color), Heavy Duty Wood, Popular Sofa Bed Choice

This review will be a bit more detailed than I normally write. Let's break it down into categories.Frame quality: Excellent hardwood, smooth and well-finished.Hardware: Excellent quality and appropriate to the application.Ease of assembly and quality of instructions: Assembly will probably take you about two hours. There are lots of parts. An allen wrench is included to help assembly and you may not need anything else but may need a screwdriver to exactly position the barrel bolts. While a purchaser could be intimidated by assembly, the instructions are well written with pretty good illustrations. A couple of points are that 1) this is not the type of product to dump everything out and assume you can just put it together and 2) if you carefully read the instructions, go step by step, and refer to the drawings frequently then assembly goes along pretty smoothly. One note is that the instructions are generic for several models and some pieces may not look exactly as portrayed. For instance, the illustration may show an exaggerated roundness on the end of a piece as compared to the actual piece. I emphasize to look closely at the drawings and follow the instructions exactly and you will be just fine.Mattress quality: The mattress is heavy duty and comes vacuum packed to reduce size. You may want to open this first to allow the mattress to start decompressing, a process that can take up to two days per the included note. The mattress description indicates high density foam; if so the foam may be cellulose based as the mattress has kind of sawdust smell. Our mattress is brand new and we are not yet sure if the smell will fade. Also not yet sure as to whether the mattress will be lumpy and in need of some kind of cover pad. The mattress is probably not washable.Sturdiness: ExcellentPosition in a room: When folding down into the bed position, the rear of the futon will extend further than in the upright position so, if the normal location is against a wall, the unit will have to be pulled out to convert to a bed. You may want to put sliders under the legs to make moving the unit easier.Overall: an excellent piece of furniture with a bit of concern about the mattress. If we could give half stars, this would be a four and one-half.

Bought for my in home office. Very good quality and the mattress is nice and thick. It will be comfortable for my grandkids to sleep on.As others said, it comes with a lot of separate parts and took about an hour for 2 of us to put together, but the instructions are clear and it's not hard to do. It's worth the effort, its quality hardwood and very nice looking.

UPDATE: 10/8/24: I spoke with a manager, apparently, the futon mattress was altered for the photoshoot, he was there, if I wanted to remove 18" of fabric in the middle & add stuffing in certain places, my mattress could look like the advertised photo. I'd have to dissemble & haul heavy pieces & pay high shipping fees to return. He was nice enough. I'm disappointed in being duped with false advertising, being out almost $650 & stuck with the product.UPDATE 9/9/2024: the mattress is not as flat but still looks horrible when on the frame to use to sit on futon. Customer service continues to maintain contact and has been outstanding! They are shipping me another mattress and I will see if the new mattress expands like it should.UPDATE: Customer Service has been very responsive, they said it takes 2 weeks for the bed/mattress to take shape. Directions in product stated 3 days.What I ordered vs what I got. Looks terrible & bed/mattress part is much flatter than described. Waste of $650

This futon is great! It arrived earlier than I thought it would and putting the frame together wasn't too difficult. The instructions can be a bit confusing at first, but once you've matched the correct pieces with how they look in the instructions, building it becomes way easier. It took me about an hour and a half to assemble the whole thing by myself.I received three packages via Fedex. The first two packages came together and they consisted of the frame. The larger package is the heavier one but the Fedex guy was able to carry it up to the third floor of the apartment without having to put it down, so a normal dude shouldn't have a problem bringing it in. The third package came two days later and it contained the mattress. I recommend having a second person to help carry it but it isn't extremely heavy. Maybe 40-50 pounds.The framework, itself, is very nice and it functions as it should. It's sturdy and folds out into a bed easily, although the thick mattress can make that a little cumbersome to do. But that's not really a big deal and it comes with the territory of having a thick mattress.The mattress, itself, is also very nice and is soft and not too firm. You sink in just a little bit but is still firm enough, which is what I wanted. It's also heavy so lugging it around can be a pain in the butt but the frame holds it up and any additional weight with no problem.NOTE: the throw pillows do not come with the futon. I didn't really care as I have like a billion of those already so...there ya go.

While the frame is lovely, the mattress is a problem. They package them like memory foam, but they are not. They are filled with cotton fiber and that doesn't expand and bounce back like memory foam, so when you unpackage it, the mattress has been squished so severely, it is now only 3 inches thick. This might be fine for sitting but is definitely not going to work for sleeping. I have a.very flat and misshapen mattress now.

Perfect for our needs, just wish the cover could zip off to wash every now & then- i have a steamer & we steam clean it, but washing would be so much better