Polar Aurora8x11.7 FT Outdoor Storage Shed, Metal Garden Shed with Updated Frame Structure, Tool Sheds for Backyard Garden Patio Lawn Black

One of my hobbies lately has become buying some things from Amazon that are priced much lower than I can find locally. The least expensive I could find a shed of this size and construction was around $1,100. This was just under 400 delivered. It came in two boxes which were slightly damaged but not too bad. I checked the manual and everything seemed to be included. While the instruction manual could have been done a little bit better it is perfectly usable as is if you pay attention to detail. Others here have complained about holes not lining up I did not experience that, except for when I did not pay close enough attention to the drawings to realize that you could install that particular piece in more than one orientation. Undoing it and putting it in the right way made all the holes line up.I didn't try to assemble this all in one day. I spread it out over about a week to a week and a half due to having other things that I had to do. I'm pleasantly surprised. It was not that difficult it seems quite sturdy. Everybody is right about taking the plastic off so I chose to not bother to take the plastic off at all. I figure it will come off in time. It may also act as a protectant for a short amount of time while it's on there, which can't hurt. The lock and hasp is cheap and should probably be replaced with something a little more sturdy. Other than that it's a phenomenal value. There's a great video embedded in the pictures with the item that helps fill the gaps in the manual. If you have the patience even if you're not incredibly mechanically inclined you can build the shed yourself and you will have it saved yourself at least 60%.UPDATE 1/2025 The shed did great until our first snow storm, which happened while I was away for work and was 16.5 inches of heavy, wet snow. The roof did not survive (nor should it have, I lost large limbs on and old growth oak tree nearby) however it collapsed in a manner that will allow a fairly easy repair once spring rolls around. I will be using stronger beams this time and then it should be able to stand up to most anything. If you live in snowy areas, you may want to reinforce the stock roof beams, or at least tie them together to better distribute the load and keep them from twisting, as these seem to have..._-------------------------------------------------- UPDATE 03/20/2025-----------------------------------------------------------I contacted the company via the link on the product page and they told me it was under warranty. The sent me a PDF of the manual and parts list and told me to let them know what parts failed. They sent me new ones NO CHARGE and it only took about 3 hours to fix the fully collapsed roof. I added 40$ worth of threaded rods to the roof assembly to strengthen it. Time will tell, but this seller has been great to me!!!!

This was a nightmare to put together and will take at least 2 people to build it. It will be a 2 day job minimum unless you do this kinda thing often, the metal sheets were also covered in a plastic wrap that was nearly impossible to take off, it was also slightly shorter than the dimensions listed and the base we had pre built was way off. I recommend building the frame first before building a base to ensure accuracy. But, compared to spending 5000 plus on a similar sized storage building, it does the job even though it’s a headache to build. It’s been through several hard weather events at this point and has held up well, it would also be a good idea to add some spray foam insulation to protect from leaks. It did come with a few dents as well from shipping, but we were able to just push them out.

Biggest waste of money on Amazon so far, didn’t get any use out of it. The seller helped me when the boxes arrived damaged and missing pieces, which was great, but the actual shed when assembled isn’t suitable for outdoors like the description states. Spent $200 building a nice sturdy pressure treated foundation for it and anchored it exactly as stated in the instructions but it still just crumpled, blew over and snapped every frame join with the first gust of wind. Not even a storm just regular wind. The frame is thin rusty 1 inch hollow steel pipes joined together with short self tapping screws into brittle plastic. Every panel arrived pre scratched and bent which I would have been okay with if it would’ve stayed intact during weather. they’re untreated steel that rusts immediately after the paint flakes off. because of the delay caused by the missing parts, by the time it was assembled the refund period had closed. I think these might be returned sets being resold because of how incredibly poor quality and condition it was.

Great customer service. They were very ĥelpful with a few prices I had missing and shipped them fast. Very Easy to assemble if directions are properly read and followed.