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IKEA instructions are not quirky, they are actually quite good. Compare them to intructions provided by to some no-name brand or any other smaller furniture pro

by krzyk 11y ago

IKEA instructions are not quirky, they are actually quite good. Compare them to intructions provided by to some no-name brand or any other smaller furniture provider - those are quirky (and low quality, photocopied paper).

dogma1138 11y ago
They are quite annoying but most of the no-brand Chinese furniture I ordered from amazon came with better instructions, the English wasn't stellar in some case but it had all the dimensions of every part including the angles in the instruction manual, they've also always used standard nuts and bolts and specified the exact type including diameter, torque and thread count. IKEA used non-standard parts in most cases they are "easier" to assemble in some cases since they are always designed to be pretty much with only a standard flathead/philips driver but GL getting replacement bolts if they missed one in the packaging or you lost one during assembly or disassembly, so yes I rather have a cheap photocopier paper with the measurements and part part numbers on it than the graphical IKEA instructions because I can just buy missing or broken parts or make them myself when needed rather than chug the entire thing into the garbage 3-4 years down the line. My grief with IKEA is that these days it's pretty much neither here nor there unless you are in luck and something is on one of their 80-90% discount sales then the cheap stuff will be of horrid quality sometimes being even worse than no-brand crap from Amazon or you nearest big-box while their expensive stuff is in the price range of the big department stores, furniture boutiques and depending on the country even custom made furniture (My parents have had several closets and a study custom made fitted and assembled for cheaper than IKEA's mid and upper range prices and it looked 100 times better). Not to mention that IKEA is just horrible when it comes to shipping and customer support compared to both Amazon and large department stores.

by krzyk 11y ago

dogma1138 11y ago

They are quite annoying but most of the no-brand Chinese furniture I ordered from amazon came with better instructions, the English wasn't stellar in some case but it had all the dimensions of every part including the angles in the instruction manual, they've also always used standard nuts and bolts and specified the exact type including diameter, torque and thread count. IKEA used non-standard parts in most cases they are "easier" to assemble in some cases since they are always designed to be pretty much with only a standard flathead/philips driver but GL getting replacement bolts if they missed one in the packaging or you lost one during assembly or disassembly, so yes I rather have a cheap photocopier paper with the measurements and part part numbers on it than the graphical IKEA instructions because I can just buy missing or broken parts or make them myself when needed rather than chug the entire thing into the garbage 3-4 years down the line. My grief with IKEA is that these days it's pretty much neither here nor there unless you are in luck and something is on one of their 80-90% discount sales then the cheap stuff will be of horrid quality sometimes being even worse than no-brand crap from Amazon or you nearest big-box while their expensive stuff is in the price range of the big department stores, furniture boutiques and depending on the country even custom made furniture (My parents have had several closets and a study custom made fitted and assembled for cheaper than IKEA's mid and upper range prices and it looked 100 times better). Not to mention that IKEA is just horrible when it comes to shipping and customer support compared to both Amazon and large department stores.