Are Montessori floor beds actually safer for toddlers?

Community opinion is genuinely split. Specialist threads in r/Montessori and r/floorbed praise floor beds for autonomy and the lack of a height to fall from, while several high-trust r/toddlers commenters call them 'gimmicky' and note you can replicate the effect with a mattress on slats. One r/floorbed parent warned that the rails and corners on gated Montessori frames actually created new trip hazards. The safest configuration most often cited is a low, crib-size mattress on or near the floor.