Lifetime 6418 8by5Foot Outdoor Storage Shed

It works great as a plastic shed. I haven't had any issues with leaking or structural problems. We get a fair amount of wind and it holds up just fine. I would definitely recommend building a sturdy base, as it makes all the difference because the floor is extremely flimsy. I agree, the shed can be quite difficult to install, especially the tabs at the bottoms of the wall panels that go into the floor. Hit is with a little WD40 and push hard! Also, the screws can be stripped quite easily, so be very cautious to not over-tighten the hundreds of screws(there's a lot!).Overall, it's a great shed for the price and ease of installation. I would definitely buy another! If you want a bombproof shed that will hold up to anything, build a wood one, because plastic will never be as strong.

This shed so far (only had it built for a little while) seems absolutely fine, and just what we wanted. I was a little worried about the plastic construction of most of it, but it's actually fairly robust. Every panel is hollow plastic with embedded ridging reinforcing the structure, and once constructed there's very little flex. I was also concerned about how water tight it would be, but I conveniently got it constructed just before a few weeks of near constant storms and was checking it every day, and I haven't seen any evidence of any water getting in. The interior size is good - unlike every other shed we could find the internal width of this shed is actually large enough for adult bikes (all sheds like this lose maybe 4-6" from their external dimensions, which caught us out initially). The "skylights" are actually fairly opaque so it's not super easy to see inside, we just got some battery powered led puck lights to mitigate it, but you should be aware that that may be an issue.It's very nearly possible for a single person to build this. There are just a two steps where you absolutely need someone to hold a piece in place for the first two screws, and there are a few places where I think I had a slight twist or warp in the assembly so the roof wasn't sitting absolutely flush with the screw points and I had to have my partner (gently - no force needed) hold the panel in place to get the screw started.The instructions are mostly clear, and explicitly call out places to watch out for when there are similar looking pieces, or pieces that appear to fit in multiple orientations. There are a number of different sized screws and washers, but each step includes to scale illustrations of each part. The instructions are split into what I'd call "stages", where a stage might be something like the floor, pre-assembling some components, the walls, etc. Each stage is then split into steps. All the components (screws, washers, smaller components) for each stage are group in their own separately labeled bags, each step in a stage then lists which parts you'll need from that stage's bag, and as I said above, includes true size drawings of them.There are also instructions included on how to construct an appropriate wood foundation for the shed. I'd already constructed a paver based one, but in hindsight I might have chosen the wood if I'd realized that was viable, so that's something to consider if you don't already have an existing concrete or wood foundation.There are a few steps to the construction that weren't super great - they worked, but I feel it would be possible to improve them. The most annoying was the connection from the wall sections to the floor panels, they are largely clipped into place, but while many of the clips just worked, there were a number where the floor panel would simply flex in response to the pressure. It might be possible for the manufacturer to improve this by reinforcing the edge of the floors a bit to make the area around the clip points more rigid. My solution to this issue was to push a strip of 1/4" (or there abouts) plywood under the reluctant clip so that it was raised above the rest of the clips and so couldn't flex as much, and then as gently as possible (the walls are hollow plastic) whack the top of the wall section with a rubber mallet to jolt it into place. That's not a great construction experience, but it's also not the worst I've ever encountered :DThe other overly challenging part of construction is insertion of a split pin on the base of the doors, I think this is one part where I'm not sure if the instructions were not great, or the actual step required it flawed. Certainly I think it's the worst part. As far as I could make out at that point you're expected to be lifting up the base of a half completed shed while also holding two doors in place that aren't supported at the top yet, so you can try to get a split pin through a hole in a metal pipe (the "hinge") but the pipe can't actually rotate so you have to move the entire door to find the hole for the split pin. In the end I simply did not bother trying for the second door panel, and I'll update this review if anything does go wrong down the line.But again, other than those two specific issues, everything else in the construction was easy and clearly explained.

Dislike is that the door hardware was to wide. Instructions should be made clearer, especially for when attaching the door latch. If door latch parts were numbered, it would make it easier. Inside pattern on wall panels did not match, but no big deal. Like is the customer service. Called about the doors not fitting, and within 9 days we had replacement parts.Even though we only gave sturdiness a 3. Would we buy it again, probably yes.We will see what it is like in 10 years.

There are a number of good and bad points to this shed.First the good:It came in two 150 pound boxes which is much easier to lug around the yard than one 300 pound box. Items were well packed and very well labeled for assembly. The instructions were pretty clear and in addition there was a place on the instructions that you could scan on your smartphone and it would direct you to a site with more detailed instruction. In addition Lifetime has a YouTube page where you can watch the installation process. All the metal parts seem nicely powder coated and sturdy. Assembly took me about 6 hours not counting the preparation for the pad which took me another 6 hours. The plastic parts seem very sturdy.Now the bad:The door hinges go into a plastic bushing on the bottom and require insertion a cotter pin through a narrow slot in the bushing and a hole on the hinge rod - this sounds much easier than it really is. Since we are on the topic of the doors, the metal edge piece is VERY difficult to insert and the latch instructions are a little confusing. The panels do NOT snap into place as easily as they indicate - the corner pieces were particularly difficult and after final assembly two corners were partially adrift from the floor. All the panels have pre-drilled holes to accept the screws and seem built to close tolerances....but therein lies the problem. If things don't line up perfectly, screwing one panel to another was next to impossible even if a little off. The roof was particularly difficult in this regard and could not have been successfully installed without the use of a jury-rigged pipe clamp. Though most parts seem to overlap one-another, I worry that it will not prevent a driving rain and may require application of sealer to many of the roof panel joints.That said, I do compliment Lifetime on their obvious effort to try to balance quality with price. They miss the mark in some aspects but are right on target in others.If you buy it, do not expect it to come together as easily or as perfectly as shown in the video.

The shed when it was finished looked good but took more effort to assemble than I thought it would. You definitely need 2 people for certain sections and the directions at times are not that clear. They do provide some QR codes in the instructions which will help in assembly but it is held together by a lot of screws.