Best Choice Products 8x2x2ft Metal Raised Garden Bed, Oval Outdoor Deep Root Planter Box for Vegetables, Herbs w/ 4 Support Bars, 215 Gal Capacity - Charcoal

Yes, as others have said, there are many, many screws and wing nuts/washers to fasten, and it takes a while. But once set up, it seems fairly sturdy. Its sides are meant to contain the outward flex that comes with the weight of the soil, and the three braces are flimsy at maintaining the structure of inward flex, which matters only when moving the containers into place. The only negative element I found was that the rubber trim that fits on the upper lip of the container doesn’t fit especially well - it’s meh at best. At yet, overall it’s still worth five stars.

Well made, with decent hardware. This is not difficult to assemble, but it is much easier with 2 people. I would have liked to see all stainless steel hardware, but that would increase the cost significantly. The instructions say to retighten the hardware in 90 days is sort of funny, as most of it will be buried under the 20+ inches of soil and plants.

The metal panels are excellent, and the finish is a good quality that I expect will last many years. I purchased three of the 2' x 8' planters. These required 104 individual screw, washer, and wingnut sets to assemble. The hardware is chinesium and the production quality is poor. There is no taper on the screws so holding the panels together while fighting a cheap quality wingnut to thread is enough to drive a guy nuts. One or two low quality pieces of hardware would not be so bad, but when you have to assemble 104 of them for each bin you will fill your cuss jar quickly. Once built, they are sturdy and will survive as long as the cheap hardware. I would suggest the manufacturer abandon the wing nut idea in favor of some locking nuts. Don't try to use a drill driver to speed the tightening of these either because they will strip out as soon as any torque hits it. You will need to tighten each one by hand with a screwdriver and pliers. You will hate your life before you finish. Once done though, good planter.

I purchased two of these (different colors, same size) this last fall/winter, but only started assembling them this past month. Put the first one together, which took about 3 hours for 1 person to assemble, got to the end and I was missing 5 bolts and 5 wingnuts, but had about 9 extra washers. (Probably to account for the half washers and not fully punched washers also in the package.) I figured it was a fluke, went to the hardware store and purchased the missing pieces. Fast forward to this weekend when I put the second one together, and it was ALSO missing 5 bolts and 5 wingnuts, but had a surplus of washers. The band that goes around the top will not stay on unless you fasten it in some way. I'm about ready to grab silicon caulking and permanently attach it. It's designed to semi-prevent water from going between the panels and preventing rust, but it's worthless if it doesn't stay in place. Assembling them is tedious. You have to think about which way you want things to overlap for the final product. Instructions are bare bones, and order only somewhat matters. It will 100% be a challenge to get at least one of the bolts into the spot where all 4 panels meet on the ends of the curved spot, so be sure to leave wiggle room with the bolts around it to adjust. You can tighten at the end. I also found it easier to flip the product over throughout the process, so I had better access for tightening the bolts. I did assemble them both by myself - the second one only took about 90 minutes, and that included removing bolts from 3 panels when I realized I had flipped the outside to the inside when pre-building. Exposed metal *will* rust. The paint surfaces are fine. The bolt holes are larger than the bolt/washer/nut combo, so there will be exposed metal just in that gap. That being said, for the price these will work for 2-3 years. I'm not expecting them to last much longer than that. I'd rate them about 3.75/5. Would I buy again? Probably not. If I wanted similar, I'd probably shell out the money for the "name brand" one.

Oh my gosh these planters are the bomb! They are powder coated. They hold up very well and are attractive to look at. The quality is fantastic and the color is very nice. I bought 2 green ones.

I bought these last year but only now was able to unpack and assemble them. Very impressed all around. The packaging was excellent. All of the corrugated panels were bubble wrapped and packed very neatly and securely. The instructions were crap but it's easy enough to figure out. They supply a generous amount of fasteners so you don't need to worry if something falls and rolls away. I built mine in my old barn and more than a few times I dropped a screw or wingnut that fell between the floorboards. No problem though. There were plenty left over. The paint finish seems to be excellent. There was no chipping or bare spots. When assembling, just me sure that all of your fasteners are installed on the right part of the corrugations. IOW, all your wingnuts on the "hills" or the "valleys". If you keep that in mind you can pre assemble sections without realizing you did the end caps different from the straight sides (like I did at first). Also, it's great that they give you wingnuts rather than regular nuts. It makes assembly so much easier, even if it is tedious.

I absolutely love these! Yes all the bolts are time consuming, but we now have a system. I have bought 8 more and replaced all my wooden raised beds with these. Getting the hardware out of the shrink wrapped packaging was kind of a pain, but makes sure the bolts, washers and wing nuts don't get lost in transit