Good Questions: Ikea Sultan Alsarp Good or Bad?

Hello AT,

we're up against a storage rock and hard place. has anyone bought or researched the ikea 'matress base' called sultan alsarp? besides the wicked arabian/scandanavian name, it promises flip-up storage galore. but since we've all been through ikea's idea of quality and probably recycled it on the sidewalk, we're wondering if this sultan is worth the 300 bucks for the queen size.

alternatively, if anyone has looked into the product and found something else, we'd love to hear about it. Thanks, alex

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Dear Alex,

We don't know about this personally and we're sorry we couldn't find it in the online website shop.

Anyone got a lead on this???

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Hey Alex!

Ironically I have a 6 year old son named Alex who just graduated to a full size bed (took awhile to convince him to give up the toddler bed ;-) ) and after looking around for a bit we decided on the IKEA SULTAN ALSARP. Mainly because the bed *is* a bit big for his room, and getting all that extra storage space would be a major plus for him.

Anyway, we've got a brief writeup about the process at http://www.ikeafans.com/forums/assembly-installation/10646-alsarp-box-spring-hidden-solution-storage.html

and made some comments about some potential snags in the assembly process at http://www.ikeafans.com/forums/ikea-instructions/10441-sultan-alsarp-box-spring-instructions.html#post74949

Hope it works as well for you as it has for *our* Alex!

James

My girlfriend and i bought one of these last night to increase storage space in our studio apartment. We built it last night, and aside from the tedious nature of the project, things went well.

We did buy the taller version of the legs which make the bed very high. We have yet to fill her up with stuff but it should help reduce out of season clothing and other clutter.

A few other thoughts.

- the box is very heavy but fit into my girlfriends Honda Fit. It was a struggle for the two of us to move it even short distances.

- it appears pretty easy to open, even with the queen size mattress. My girlfriend is small and will be able to handle it herself. We don't plan on using it for day-to-day storage.

I've had mine (queen size) for a year and i LOVE it!! I had to partially disassemble it for a move but its still in great shape. It weights a ton - 161 pounds without the mattress or anything inside so make sure you intend to keep it in one place. I have organzied the inside of mine using fresh direct delivery boxes as "drawers". They are the perfect depth and help keeps things neat in there. Its alot of space. I have the longer 7 inch metal legs so that I can still fit stuff under the bed for even more storage space but rarely use it. I like being able to sweep, mop and get the stick vacuum under the bed for cleaning too.

I couldn't live in my small one bedroom apartment without this bed. I highly recommend it if you need additional storgage space.