# How sturdy are loft beds? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 6, 2007, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-sturdy-are-loft-beds/414576 "2007-08-06T04:24:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-sturdy-are-loft-beds/414576/21 "2007-08-10T08:16:32Z")
When we remodeled my daughter’s room a few years back we put in an IKEA loft bed. Since then I have been up there several times for various reasons. Seems perfectly sturdy to me. How is it with two people going at wild monkey sex? Frankly I don’t know. Any lady dopers want to volunteer? ---
**Author:** ![Surok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Surok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surok)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-sturdy-are-loft-beds/414576/22 "2007-08-10T09:47:08Z")
[QUOTE=Rick] How is it with two people going at wild monkey sex? Frankly I don’t know. [/QUOTE] Depends how wild and monkey-like you’re going to get. **percussion** , we had a wooden loft bed, which was probably originally from IKEA (looked something like [this](http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/10064379) IKEA model). It always felt a little wobbly - might have been better if we had attached it to the wall, as previous posters have said. For sleepy gentle sex it was fine. For anything more energetic - I didn’t feel too confident that the bed _wasn’t_ going to collapse, which tended to take my mind off the job at hand. If you’re going to get a loft bed, make sure you get something good and sturdy. I don’t think the IKEA model that you’re looking at is going to enhance your sex life. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-sturdy-are-loft-beds/414576.md?page=1)