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Eight children died from ikea drawers falling on them.

Reli said:
29 million people bought that crap?

How about doing 30 minutes of research to find out who makes good furniture?

Going to Ikea is like a clueless person buying a Harley just because it's the biggest and only motorcycle brand he's aware of.
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Probably more like 10 millino people that had to buy it 3x because the first 2 broke already

Ikea is absolute shit...we shop there from time to time :laughing
 
JesasaurusRex said:
Probably more like 10 millino people that had to buy it 3x because the first 2 broke already

Ikea is absolute shit...we shop there from time to time :laughing
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Yeah, that particle board doesn't hold up for extensive use, but the first couple years are pretty good.
 
Reli said:
Particle board = The New Wood
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Hate to break it to you, but particle board, or some variation of glue and sawdust, has been VERY abundant in the furniture world for decades.

Helped someone move some "Mid-Century Danish" book shelves recently. Supposedly from some well known brand, supposed to be choice shit, etc., whatever.

Based on the tag on the back, yeah, I'd guess they were probably made in the 70's, said made in Denmark.

Damn, suckers are heavy... must be some real dense... uhhhh... on closer inspection, yep, they're particle board.

Each bookshelf had exactly two pieces of real wood... one vertical, one horizontal. The entire rest of it was particle board.

Go to any furniture store and there will be buttloads of glue and sawdust.

Not saying I love Ikea or think they're great. I loathe going there, but in some cases, they are no worse than supposedly better furniture.

They save mega buxxx on shipping and labor by shoving all the parts of a huge piece into a small-ish box.

That, and horsemeat meatballs. :party
 
The dressers don't meet safety standards established BY the furniture industry. Sounds to me like they have and continue to sell a poorly designed product. If 8 kids have died, I wonder how many have been injured?
 
byke said:
My first thought is why people don't hear dressers falling over. Sounds like they're dying from suffocation and not the initial fall, so you probably have a minute or two to get there. Common parent technique with the young and mobile is to have a quiet house and go running when you hear something weird, or when you don't hear anything at all.
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There are some youtube vids of this kinda thing happening. Pretty sad that 8 kids died, I cant imagine how those parents feel about that
 
The parents should feel responsible for allowing their children to climb the drawers, overloading the drawers, or not properly anchoring the unit. It's not the dresser's fault it tipped over.
 
1sicv8 said:
There are some youtube vids of this kinda thing happening. Pretty sad that 8 kids died, I cant imagine how those parents feel about that
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I'd guess they feel suicidal. We had a taste when the kid was two, she fell out of the boat. For years I had nightmares about swimming underwater trying to find her and needing to go up to take a breath, but knowing that going up for air meant she was gone.
 
Mike95060 said:
Good furniture costs real money which is often in short supply when you have kids.
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still no excuse for buying crap from Ikea... plenty of deals on GOOD used furniture around
 
Ikea is crap.....wish I never would have bought any of it....but how many kids died/injured from any other brand of dresser...? on a per unit basis?

...especially dressers that are likely to be in households with kids..i.e. maybe on the cheaper side.

I'll bet the customer/installer ignored installing the strap in all of those cases.

Not Ikea's fault IMHO...but heartbreaking for the families involved.

Maybe this will bring awareness for everyone to install straps on any kind of dresser in homes with small kids.
 
planegray said:
still no excuse for buying crap from Ikea... plenty of deals on GOOD used furniture around
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Yeah sometimes. The only "new" furniture in our house is the mattresses we sleep on. Everything else is a hand me down. Not everyone gets that lucky.
 
When I was looking for a coffee table IKEA had the perfect one. Solid wood, no particle board.
Their furniture is for students, there is a market for cheap temporary furniture, they're filling that need and making a mint while doing it.
 
byke said:
I'd guess they feel suicidal. We had a taste when the kid was two, she fell out of the boat. For years I had nightmares about swimming underwater trying to find her and needing to go up to take a breath, but knowing that going up for air meant she was gone.
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I would bet youre right in some cases. The guilt would be hard

Norcalslowpoke said:
Ikea is crap.....wish I never would have bought any of it....but how many kids died/injured from any other brand of dresser...? on a per unit basis?

...especially dressers that are likely to be in households with kids..i.e. maybe on the cheaper side.

I'll bet the customer/installer ignored installing the strap in all of those cases.

Not Ikea's fault IMHO...but heartbreaking for the families involved.

Maybe this will bring awareness for everyone to install straps on any kind of dresser in homes with small kids.
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What most people dont realize is that you can buy those safety straps for anything.

Also, large book cases too
 
Yakoo752 said:
sad but true

no personal responsibility, blame the manufacturer
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BS..

now I hope people understand what it literally means to not be looking at a kid for *2 seconds*

re: Old furniture: it was heavier, with outwards-spreading feet, so it was probably not tipping over as much, yes sadly exactly the manufacturers are different today!

re: "telling your kid"... :laughing:laughing:laughing:laughing:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl

Does a 1 year old who can climb, can understand you when you tell him not to??? :rofl (No, it doesn't)
Same for 2 year old.. maybe will do it in spite, in fact!

Finally basically you have to get the drill and anchor.
 
AbsolutEnduser said:
BS..

now I hope people understand what it literally means to not be looking at a kid for *2 seconds*

re: Old furniture: it was heavier, with outwards-spreading feet, so it was probably not tipping over as much, yes sadly exactly the manufacturers are different today!

re: "telling your kid"... :laughing:laughing:laughing:laughing:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl

Does a 1 year old who can climb, can understand you when you tell him not to??? :rofl (No, it doesn't)
Same for 2 year old.. maybe will do it in spite, in fact!

Finally basically you have to get the drill and anchor.
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huh?

still comes down to parenting. Watch your damn kids. Whos fault do you think it is when your kid sticks something in an electrical outlet? PGE?
 
One death per 3 million pieces of furniture.
More dangerous than terrorists.
Less dangerous than the commute to pre school.
 
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