u/I_VAPE_CAT_PISS

Working from home slowly filled the bedroom. The desk took its corner a while ago, the treadmill is newer and took most of what was left. The bed was the last big thing in the room and the only one that could go up instead of out.

Most of what comes up when you search is built for kids. On the cheap metal ones the reviews come down to two words, wobble and creak. I wanted stairs instead of a ladder because I'm not carrying a laundry basket up a ladder one handed. Ceiling was never the question here, the floor was.

So I bought the thing the reviews kept warning me about: a $290 metal queen, OYUMOENTS, the version with storage built into the stairs. Assembly took most of a Saturday, and for a good part of it I figured I'd be repacking the box.

It's been up a week and change. No wobble yet. Changing the sheets up there is the part nobody warned me about, I've done it once and I'm already dreading the next round. The treadmill parks under it now when I'm not on it.

Anyone a few years into a metal loft bed: do you retighten the bolts on a schedule, or only once it starts making noise?

Looking for an under desk treadmill I can walk on during calls, probably 3 to 4 hours a day at around 2 mph. My desk job went fully remote this spring and most of my meetings don't need me on camera, so the plan is to walk through them. The desk already goes up and down, so that part is handled.

The listings aren't helping. Horsepower seems to mean whatever the seller wants it to mean, and on the cheaper pads the reviews swing between love it at week two and motor died at month eight. I can't tell which number predicts anything. I had about $500 in mind. If that's fantasy for this kind of use I'd rather find out now than in eight months.

Anyone still walking on the same one after a year of near daily use? Want to know which model, and what it's needed from you along the way, lube, parts, whatever.

Both run Friday through Sunday, and I'm looking for a hard cooler in the $60 to $150 range. I don't need something built for weeklong trips. Which one still had ice on Sunday morning in summer heat?