Land Guard 8×2×1ft Galvanized Raised Garden Bed Kit, 108 Gallon Capacity Raised Garden Boxes Outdoor, Oval Metal Raised Garden Beds for Vegetables, Gray(with 10 Connecting rods)

First thing you should know, is that 19 lb box is all there is, do not make the mistake of looking for a second box. Everything is in the first box..Took about a half hour to install with all the bolts and nuts, and yes, you do have a few left over. It’s best to assemble half of the box at a time, but do not tighten all the nuts down at once, give yourself a little bit of wiggle room.How long gonna last that’s a different story and won’t know for a while.

Very happy overall with this planter… needed something to corral my Dahlias and this should do the trick… relatively easy to put together but the directions are kind of poor so I looked at the photo on Amazon of it put together for reference… the bars that go across for strength are kind of wonky and are tricky to join so I’m not sure how much they actually strengthen the bracing of this… overall very happy with this and got it the next day after ordering which is a huge plus

The instructions leave something to be desired, as it was only when I had it mostly assembled that I realized I was running out of hardware too quickly. The places where you install the support bars aren't supposed to receive a nut, though that is not stated in the instructions, so I ended up going back and undoing areas that I had believed were finished. That said, I like the bed itself and it is perfect for growing a garden in the flood-prone area of my yard.

The instructions definitely leave a lot to be desired. The biggest thing is the connector rods go on the middle 2 bolts (no nuts used).A cordless drill and 7/16 open wrench make assembly a lot easier.

I must have misread the description because I thought this was 2 feet high, but it's only 1'. I had wanted it to help keep rabbits out of my green beans, but this isn't going to be high enough to do that. It's also not the most attractive planter, but should serve its purpose now that it's finally put together. The putting together was harder than it needed to be because there are virtually not directions. What the manufacturer seems to think should pass for directions is a printed sheet of paper listing the parts and a drawing of the planter with the parts labeled.Parts were another problem. Mine came with one defective bolt, it had no drive on the top so there was no way to insert a screwdriver in it to screw it in. As it turns out, I didn't need that bolt because I was also missing several of the cross supports. I ended up using the cross supports on the top and then only had 3 cross supports for the bottom. Since the supports come in two pieces, that means I was missing FOUR of these. How does it happen then this was packaged with four missing pieces? They were tied together in two bundles. with plastic ties, so they are likely made in bunches of a certain amount in each bunch, (should have been ten in each bunch) and the ties on mine were tight with no room for any more, so this was made this way at the factory. They didn't accidentally fall out. That would have been obvious as the ties would have been loose if some of them had fallen out. Perhaps the manufacturer should include a couple extra parts to accommodate for the odd defective part, and have some quality control so that whoever is putting the bunches of dividers together, counts them properly.I have the planter put together now and it took much longer than it should have, because of the lack of directions and missing and faulty parts. It is not as stable as it should be because of the missing parts, so time will tell how long it will hold together.

The item itself is great. The directions are terrible. Doesn’t come with enough nuts. Had to figure most of assembly by myself. This took a hour and a half to put together. Should have been only a half hour.

Was east to put together, took approximately 1 hr.All parts were there however some threads were stripped. But, included were extra nuts and screws.Instructions were okay.

BLUF: If you purchase these you are getting EXACTLY what you pay for ... a cheap substandard product.Let me start by saying that I purchased two of these at one time, and I really wish I had not. I am seriously considering returning them. I realize "You get what you pay for" is not always true, but in this case it absolutely is.Pros: relatively light weight, and cheapCons: extremely cheap ... the beginning with the included instruction sheet. The instructions are just a few pictures showing where things connect, no words to explain it. It seemed obvious at first, but this thing is designed in numerous pieces that have to be screwed into each other from one side of the planter to the other. Even the bars (and I use that term VERY loosely) that are supposed to brace the middle come in pieces, and if you try to assemble one side then the other than put the braces in the middle, it wont work. Additionally YOU have to assemble those braces in the middle, they come in 2 bars and 3 double ended large nuts for lack of a better description. One of those large nuts goes in the middle and you have to screw each bar into it, but there is no stopping point built in, you can screw that nut all the way on leaving no room for the other bar, so you gotta back if off halfway to give you room for the other bar to go in the other end, this leave the entire brace feeling EXCEPTIONALLY weak and half the threads of the ends of the bars are sticking out because they cannot be screw in all the way. The same large nuts have to go onto the outer ends of your brace now and then the screws go through the sidewalls into them, but again, you have to guess how far to put that nut on because they are way too long and there are no markings or explanations explaining where or when to stop. Oh, and those bars you assemble ... there are 20 bars, which form the 10 braces you need, they should all be the same length ... in BOTH of the ones I purchased there are 19 bars one length and the 20th bar is about 1 inch shorter than the rest, that means whichever brace is made with that bar is even LESS stable than the others. And because of how they are assembled NONE of the braces are solid and secure.All in all this is the WORST item I have ever ordered. The manufacturers should be embarrassed by the amazingly poor quality of this planter. The only reason I have not tried to return them yet is I do not feel like taking them apart and trying to repackage them. They were not horribly expensive, and I definitely got the cheap quality that I paid for. I may just toss them in the back of the truck and take them to the scrap yard to ensure the manufacturer does not attempt to resell the these two if I return them.