Pros:"Well made in USA" Cons:"none" Best Uses:"Outside storage clutter" Bottom Line:Yes, I would recommend this to a friend. I found this very easy to assemble. It has great storage space and is well made. The fact it's made in the USA was a huge selling point to me. I liked it so much, I ordered another one. Best price is thru [...] at [$]. I Highly recommend, you won't be disapointed!

I always read and heed negative reviews but since there were fewer of them for Lifetime's deckboxes than others I was considering I took a risk. I was pleasantly surprised at the ease of assembly. All the parts were in the box and nothing was damaged. Everything fit together the way it was supposed to. I am not particularly skilled with tools and assembly so I took special care to read the directions and understand them before I began each step. Well worth the sffort-i am very pleased with the results. It took me three hours but considering my lack of skill I don't think that's too bad.

We purchased this 130 gallon storage box to replace the cedar chest at the end of our bed. It holds all the linens, blankets and pillows that we needed to store. Plus it is used to sit on to put on our shoes. Great storage box, I feel that we will have it a long time.

I love this storage box. Its just the right size for my pillows from my chairs. It keeps them clean and pretty much dry. It took me and my husband a while to put together, not because it was hard to do so. The reasoning was because we are both elderly and get on each others bad side when I get stressed. I wanted to follow directions to a t, and he wanted to put it together.Long story short, we did get it together and are still married. Oh yes the box is everything we wanted in a storage box. Well made and hopefully will be with us for a long time.

I just purchased 2 60012 boxes and am very satisfied. I was short one small item and no problem them sending it. Easy assembly, only front and rear panels difficult to fasten to floor panel, but a little wd40 fixed that, and happy about made in USA.

We love this deck box. Per all the other reviews-heavy duty, well-constructed and nice looking. The only disappointing thing was the assembly instructions. They were very difficult to follow. Not well written causing assembly to take a lot longer than it should have. Aside from that, very happy to have this in our back patio area. Well worth the price.

Bought this in 06-2014 and placed in the open. A week after a torrential downpour I noticed a terrible odor emanating from this deck box. I pulled all the stuff out only to realize that the panels filled high enough with rain water so that the interior weep holes began to expel water into the deck box. This was very disappointing as my other deck boxes are WATERPROOF. Lifetime Customer Service said they make no claim of being waterproof - so I'm the idiot in this transaction. If you buy this to store under a covering, you'll be fine but outside in the elements is NOT the place for this deck box. Look for a Suncast instead.

Are you sure this is American-made? Although I love my deck box now that it’s assembled and in in my backyard, it was very frustrating to assemble the lid hinges and fasten them to the box. Although the video made it look easy. It was not. I feel like there should have been a right and a left hinge. Because they were the same, one side did not fit flush against the deck box, making fastening the bolt and center nut almost impossible. But I persevered. I got longer bolts, re-drilled the hole in the box, in order to put in all four Bolts and centernuts! Dear Lifetime, please reevaluate the hinge situation. It would avoid a lot of your customers feeling frustrated. I would love to purchase more Lifetime products but I am hesitant due to the difficulty of the assembly.

Couldn't wait to get the deck box, we needed it ASAP for extra storage. As I was assembling it, I noticed the front panel was distorted and would not go together. We debated about sending it back, but we knew it would be another week at least, we decided to wait. I put it in the sun and manufactured a clamping system, long story short, after about two hours I finally got it assembled. The lid still does not close without a strong force on the right hand corner, but does close secure, The front lip on the front panel is also distorted. We order this over others, because we have found Lifetime to be a good quality product. We were disappointed! It is a nice heavy built box and holds lot of stuff.

You will probably need two people to put this together. The front and back panels do not slide into the floor panel as easily as the instructions would indicate. We had to turn the entire unit vertically, make sure the slots were correctly aligned and then lift the entire unit a few inches above the floor and drop it to force the panels to snap into place. Otherwise, the assembly of the unit went according to the instructions. Only time will tell how well this deck box will hold up. When buying any item that requires assembly, always assume that the work will be more difficult than the instructions indicate.