Support American manufacturing and purchase Lifetime products! Their products are durable and made in the USA. This storage box is strong and yes you can sit on it. I also own the Lifetime picnic table I have it for 2+ years and it still looks new and is well made.

Awful design. Installation was horrendous. Tabs don't line up. Had to cut so much excess plastic off. Factory quality control should be ashamed. The designer stole an engineering degree. "Screws are a bit larger than the metal they go through. Use a ratchet to put them in" Ok genius. No problem. Anybody know what happens to threads when you ratchet them through a smaller diameter metal hole? Yup. It ruins the threads. So they are loose when you screw into the plastic. You will curse while assembling it. I guess the positive is the plastic will last forever. Congrats. Don't buy this.

We have had our deck box for 5 years. It sets in our campsite in the middle of our woods in Wisconsin. It’s seen lots of snow, thunderstorms cold and hot weather over the seasons and it’s held up extremely well. We even had a bear “play” with it, overturning it and biting it in several places. Couldn’t be happier with this product.

This is being used as a dock box. The assembly instructions were good - and reading through before starting is a fine idea! The precision of the large plastic parts is almost perfect - but far enough off that some creative work was needed to get the hinges installed. Hoping the metal parts won't corrode too soon.

We purchased this product and assembling it was ridiculously difficult! We had to grease the parts and use a rubber hammer to get them to slide together. It took two of us and was still awkward and difficult. Screws did not line up well and no tools were included to help with assembly. I would have paid extra to have the two different sized wrenches needed, included. It would have been best to have the same size screws and one size tool, included.

I LOVE this huge container, I can get so many large patio things stashed in there for winter. I was calling to get a new hinge and shock for one side. Altho I didn't have my receipt and purchase date anymore, the customer service gentleman is sending me the parts free of charge!! yaaay! Thank you so much!! I am a customer forever!

Before I bought this 130 gallon lifetime product, I did research several reviews which I found to be very good. Once the product arrived it was easy to assemble. It’s important to read the instructions thoroughly before proceeding with the assembly. Make sure you match up the proper screws which are self tapping, a great convenience. I like the way they laid out the tools needed which was very helpful. I did look into third video which was helpful though the instructions also are very good as well. I highly recommend this product and it looks like it will give many years of service and has double wall construction. WG, Oviedo Florida

It was very easy to put together and took me about an hour. You will need tools, 7/16 & ½ wrenches, 3/8, 7/16, ½ sockets, rubber mallet and a Philips screwdriver. I would recommend avoiding the temptation to use power tools as you are screwing into plastic and it would be very easy to strip the treads. So do not over tighten the screws. Make sure you align and securely fix the back, front and sides to the base, (I did use a rubber mallet) and you will find the box is very sturdy. The instructions suggest two people to put it together, but I put it together on my own. It might have been helpful to have someone when you put on and align the top, but I had no real problem. I had to clean out some of the pre-drilled holes and I pre-drilled a few holes on the front of the lid to make it easier to insert screws, otherwise no issues. Read the instructions and you should find it easy too. The box is very large and it already stores eight of our folding chairs and will comfortably accommodate our chair cushions when they are ready to be stored away for the winter. The other reviews said it is waterproof, so I hope that’s true. I hope my review was helpful.

I bought this storage bin to hold all our outdoor toys. Balls, inflatable pools, Tonka trucks, camping chairs, sand toys, rakes...all these things have been well protected over 3 years in our yard. My kids climb on it and in it, and it is holding strong.

So far we are very pleased with this purchase. This is a solid and sturdy deck box. So far we have seen no water inside from rain storms and we are very pleased. It was a little difficult to assemble the sides to the bottom - getting all the small clips engaged correctly while sliding the side into place was not easy. Not sure the hardware attachments will hold up over time, but thus far we are very pleased.