Kesfitt Galvanized Raised Garden Bed Kit,18" Tall 9-in-1 Outdoor Metal Planter Boxes with Safety Edging,8×2×1.5FT Modular Large Steel Raised Beds for Gardening Vegetables Fruits Flower

I love it. So far so good. Easy to put together and looks so pretty.

The garden bed looks great, & it wasn't difficult to assemble after the protective film was removed - just time consuming. It appears to be well made and sturdy. Unfortunately, I bought an 8 X 2 bed and before installing I noticed the picture showing a 6 X 3 and decided that would be better. Not! I only have the 2 ft. connection and didn't think of that until I had the bed almost completed. In contacting the maker, they do not have extra parts for sale. So, be sure of the size you want before purchasing. It will be interesting to see how the bed holds up. The bed itself is very good quality, and the green color is beautiful. The provided tools are excellent. However, the connectors are thin and joined in the middle which appears to be a weak point. The 8 X 2 only comes with 2 connectors.

I’ll give them and it a five for now. I don’t even have the soil yet. Got it together. Just remember screw heads on the outside or you’ll think you’re done and have to redo them. Use a drill with a Phillips bit. Looks good. Fit the spot I wanted it perfectly. I assumed it would be really thin sheet metal. But it’s pretty thick. Should hold up for a long time. For now I’m filling the bottom with the card board and sticks and leaves. Will get the soil next pay day. Hopefully I can afford another, smaller later in the spring. Have fun. Grow food.

For context I have 5 different Vego beds, so I will be comparing this Kesfitt bed to Vego. Shipping box: much more compact than Vego for the same item, this is due to the fact that the size of the panels, are only about 60% of the width of Vego's. The curved panels and the hardware are sandwiched between flat panels on both sides. Plastic protection: Kesfitt's plastic cling wrap is much thinner and fragile, basically a plastic version of wet toilet paper. This doubled the time it took to strip the plastic off, and it resulted in a lot more paint damage to the Kesfitt panels because it didn't offer much protection during manufacturing and shipping. Metal thickness: pretty much the same Paint quality: Vego wins this hands down. The interior side of the panels on the Kesfitt looks like it could use another 4 coats of paint, it's very, very splotchy. The paint itself on the exterior, had a dime to quarter size blemish on every other panel in different spots, which when it's a dark color like the midnight blue, really stands out up close, but from a distance the shiny finish causes them to not be super visible. Support rods: Vego wins this. Theirs are round, screw together, and will withstand a lot of errant digging around them. Kesfitt's are hinged and that creates a really weak joint in the middle which I suspect will break after a couple of years, it's a very flimsy joint, and could be a different material which will weaken being in moist dirt permanently. Panel sizes: Vego wins this easily, 12 panels for the same size bed vs 18 for Kesfitt. For every additional panel, that's another 5 screws, 5 washers, and 5 bolts you have to orient, screw on, and tighten down. Basically that's 30 more bolts to put together, and 6 more panels of plastic you have to peel off. Fitment: Vego wins this easily. On the Kesfitt, the curved pieces are not curved enough, so you end up forcing the sides together because they are angled out. Because of this, I assembled it in two equal halves, loosely tightening the bolts until all the panels are together. Then joined the two halves together with the 4' leverage on each side. The top of the panels also don't line up flat next to each other (vertically), thankfully the rubber edging will hide some of that. On the Vego, it's pretty much perfect. Shape variations: Kesfitt is a joke for this. All their "shapes" are just not assembling panels together, this is because of the curved end pieces being a set of 3, rather than 2 90 degree pieces like with the Vego. So you just get one shape with the Kesfitt, while you get 3 truly different shapes with the Vego. Overall impression: it's going to hold dirt, and going to hold it for a couple decades barring any unforeseen events. I don't see it having any issues with that job. For the price, it's hard to argue with the faults that it presents. Vego is definitely the better brand, but unless you're looking close, the end product is going to be very similar...you just pay for the difference with some extra labor, and disappointing imperfections. I can live with that. If you need more rectangular beds, you'll want to go with Vego or Birdies, because this is just long and narrow, and your only options are to make it shorter and narrow.

Great investment for your garden. These do take some time and patience to assemble but it’s not difficult and they provide all the tools you need per unit plus extra nuts/washers/bolts (I bought 4 of these and now have 4 wrenches and 4 Allen-wrenches and a bunch of extra hardware). I will say this - one side of every panel has a stubborn cling-wrap protective plastic layer you have to peel off and this is by far the most onerous and time-consuming task you have to do prior to assembly and if your motor skills aren’t the best, ask for help because it ain’t easy. But, in the words of Arin Hanson, you can “savor the peelies” in a weirdly cathartic way. Anyway, they don’t warp in shape or come loose when you pick them up, have stabilizers in the middle to help brace them, and a rubberized edging to put on the rim so you don’t scratch yourself while working in them after filling. The paint is scratch resistant - I used my weed whacker along them, no damage visible to the surface. The boxes are pretty heavy on arrival, but well-packaged without unnecessary materials. I like ‘em.