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Eight children died from ikea drawers falling on them.

I have that Ikea dresser and I have had it tip over before. It doesn't take much to get a drawer going, which makes the rest open too and it comes crashing down.
 
All our IKEA crap (most of which have performed flawlessly for years) has come with anchoring equipment.

I never used it until our kids became adults and started having kids of their own. Then every damn thing got anchored.

It ain't rocket science. Think of the dumbest thing a person could do and the toddler has already exceeded your imagination in about two seconds.
 
AbsolutEnduser said:
Finally basically you have to get the drill and anchor.
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MysterYvil said:
All our IKEA crap (most of which have performed flawlessly for years) has come with anchoring equipment.
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saying what we have been saying

IKEA absolved themselves from the risk by including anchoring equipment with all their product.

I just built out a nursery. The crib (pottery barn) comes with an anchor system

It's too cheap to not absolve yourself.

this will settle because IKEA doesn't want the fallout
 
MysterYvil said:
It ain't rocket science. Think of the dumbest thing a person could do and the toddler has already exceeded your imagination in about two seconds.
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This is parenting 101, nailed it.


My girl has an Ikea night stand (I did not build) and the drawer only opens about 7-8" and hits a hard stop. Maybe this is the answer. Restrictor plates for drawers :p One of these days I'll take it apart and figure out the builder's error.
 
fraz said:
This is parenting 101, nailed it.


My girl has an Ikea night stand (I did not build) and the drawer only opens about 7-8" and hits a hard stop. Maybe this is the answer. Restrictor plates for drawers :p One of these days I'll take it apart and figure out the builder's error.
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Screw backed out a little bit...been there, done that. :laughing
 
If their instruction say clearly you need to secure them then it is all on the parents assuming they met all other laws.

What a tragedy for those families.. :(
 
Reli said:
Ikea wasn't around when your parents bought furniture :dunno
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And my furniture was either shitty particleboard and Bakelite from the 1960s that they found at Goodwill, or stuff that my dad made.

IKEA offers a product that sit at a price point that appeals to many families, while maintaining decent quality and appearance. Sure, none of it’s going to be heirlooms it get passed on for generations, but it’s not Ikeas fault that physics is a thing and tall objects tip over when improperly secured
 
JesasaurusRex said:
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?
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Still not that easy. I know you know this. That’s why there are engineering solutions like anchor straps and a childproof outlet covers. Because parents cannot be perfect in every moment, and a lot fewer kids die now from dumb shit than used to 50 years ago.
 
When I was a kid I used the chest of drawers as steps, at age five or so. I pushed them out into the room and then climbed up them to screw in the lightbulb so I could read longer. My parents left it out once and I got shocked. Can I sue?
 
Cycle61 said:
Still not that easy. I know you know this. That’s why there are engineering solutions like anchor straps and a childproof outlet covers. Because parents cannot be perfect in every moment, and a lot fewer kids die now from dumb shit than used to 50 years ago.
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Safety dashboards. Slightly less painful to smash your face on a pointy piece of rubber than cold hard steel. I mean you still get a closed casket funeral, but you get to contemplate your short ass life a fraction of a second longer.
 
aminalmutha said:
Safety dashboards. Slightly less painful to smash your face on a pointy piece of rubber than cold hard steel. I mean you still get a closed casket funeral, but you get to contemplate your short ass life a fraction of a second longer.
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Airbags. I’ve walked away from two major accidents in modern Hondas that would probably have been fatalities in a 1950s or 60s vehicle with lap belts only.
 
Think it's a question of obligation. What's nice to do vs what needs to be done. I don't think Ikea needs to do anything.
 
Toast said:
I have that Ikea dresser and I have had it tip over before. It doesn't take much to get a drawer going, which makes the rest open too and it comes crashing down.
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many of you might are missing the important information of this post.

it is not *just* a dresser, but one with easy drawers , which make an immediately lopsided center of gravity and it falls over, AFAIU

back to anchoring. I'm pretty sure the first times I bought IKEA furniture, I might not have owned a drill. AND IT IS forbidden to drill in rental apartments (!!!!)
Just translate this to 6-12-18 months ahead and you have the same person, but with a family and a kid in the same room with the same dresser.

sheet/drawer happens.. :dunno
YMMV
 
They could improve those crappy dressers where the drawers flop down at near 45 degree angle instead of staying level. Just takes the addition of a dew cheap runners.
Add a thin vertical slot to the back of the dresser so you can drop in some plate steel as a counterbalance weight. Don't anyone here steal and patent that idea :mad
As mentioned by Applesolute kick the legs out front a little extra.
Put barbed wire on the handles.
 
AbsolutEnduser said:
many of you might are missing the important information of this post.

it is not *just* a dresser, but one with easy drawers , which make an immediately lopsided center of gravity and it falls over, AFAIU

back to anchoring. I'm pretty sure the first times I bought IKEA furniture, I might not have owned a drill. AND IT IS forbidden to drill in rental apartments (!!!!)
Just translate this to 6-12-18 months ahead and you have the same person, but with a family and a kid in the same room with the same dresser.

sheet/drawer happens.. :dunno
YMMV
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Nowadays you can buy adhesive strips for picture hanging and such that might do the job as well as that tiny anchor included with IKEA dressers.
 
Do we know if any deaths occurred if/when a wall anchor pulled out? A poorly put in place dry wall anchor is practically useless.
 
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