When this bed came out my son was just about to hit 2 and we were in the market for a toddler bed.Few reasons we liked it off the bat.
1.) It's adjustable. He could start with his crib mattress, and when he outgrows that we can change him to a full size. This should make this bed last for years while he grows up. Who knows maybe 9-10 and this will still be functional.
2.) How much cooler can it be? He loves the lights in the front. We read his books to him in front of the car each night before he goes to bed.
3.) It's super durable since it's the hard Step2 plastic throughout.
It's a bed first and foremost, so it does what it's intended to do. I am sure any kid would love it, and of course dad does too.
It really looks cool in the middle of his room. I expect it to last a long time, and may even have resale value when the time comes for him to move onto a real bed.
The only bad part about this was the packaging of the stickers that need to go on. They were just thrown in the box in a bag, and had gotten all wrinkled and unusable. A quick call however to Step2 customer support and they sent out a new batch right away. Small inconvenience but the company took care of me.
Price is higher then the little tikes beds, but this is much bigger and definitely looks MUCH nicer. Would recommend to anyone who has a son who is into Cars. We paired the bed with Cars and Cars2 themed items and it matches great.My 4 year old thought he had died and gone to heaven. My husband and I did not. Initially it doesn't look too bad it comes in manageable plastic pieces and almost appears to snap together. Then you get to the 3 1/2 inch long screws that you need to screw through several layers of super thick plastic. I literally could not physically do it and I am in pretty good shape. So you definitely do need two people to put it together and one of them probably needs to be a man with really strong forearms (I apologize for being gender biased... but it's true).
The directions were also really bad and difficult to follow. The first set is how to assemble it as a toddler bed, the second set is how to convert it. There are no instructions regarding how to assemble it as a twin bed from the get go. We were able to figure it out, but not without some frustration.
The other kind of odd thing is that as a toddler bed it's actually the same size but the boards go in a lower slot so that the mattress sits lower down in the bed and the sides of the car act as a railing. We're not using it this way, and I think it would be okay, but normally toddler beds are actually smaller so it's kind of a weird configuration.
The other frustration I had is that the sides of the car (the windows) come in slightly, which makes it hard to make the bed and hard to get the mattress in there in the first place. This is a bizarre design flaw. Did no one think about sheets? I envision some Corvette die hard in a meeting insisting that the car shape needed to be that way. It's not practical.
And then there were the decals... at least 50 of them.
Having said that, my son is absolutely in love with the bed. He really thinks it's the best thing ever. If you're willing to put up with the assembly, it's a solid, well made, and really quite attractive product. I just think that for $300 they could have predrilled some holes and put together some better instructions.
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This bed is really cool, as cool as it looks. Though mine came with a big scratch in the front, mostly due to careless packaging. And, the mattress is NOT well supported at all. I put a foam mattress on, and you can totally feel the middle just sinks. It's an easy fix though. You basically need to get some support, I got the Ikea Sultan Lade bed base (item 258.444.09), it fits as well as it could and the mattress now is firmly supported. Pretty happy overall.Read Best Reviews of Step2 Corvette Bed with Lights - Red/Silver/Black Here
We got this bed for our son's 3rd birthday. He loves it! Especially, the lights! He has also been going to bed on his own now so it was well worth the purchase for us. The instructions were pretty easy too.Want Step2 Corvette Bed with Lights - Red/Silver/Black Discount?
Our 18 month old loves this bed. Works well with memory foam mattress. Set up to twin size right away. It is high quality. Love it!!!!

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