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My take on this is that they make some real crappy stuff, like in: if you ever take it apart, you might as well throw it away. And then they also have some dec
by 5_minutes 9y ago
My take on this is that they make some real crappy stuff, like in: if you ever take it apart, you might as well throw it away.
And then they also have some decent, quality stuff, like some of their couches.
The problem is that as a consumer, it’s sometimes a bit unclear which category you’re buying into. Price is not a good indicator when it comes to ikea stuff: they have cheap stuff that’s great and expensive stuff that’s dispensible.
- geezerjay 9y ago> you ever take it apart, you might as well throw it away. I'm sure virtually no other piece of hone furniture was ever designed to be taken apart. Iikea's stuff is designed to be easily shipped and put together by unskilled people, but not to be taken apart. I'm sure that you won't rate your cellphone or laptop by how well it handles being disassembled.
- ryukafalz 9y ago>I'm sure that you won't rate your cellphone or laptop by how well it handles being disassembled. I do, personally - that's a pretty good proxy for how repairable/upgradeable it is. (But yes, it's much less often that I need to repair or upgrade my furniture. :P)
- ahartmetz 9y agoI have seen several over 100 years old wardrobes that can be disassembled and reassembled in minutes without damage because they are held together by metal fittings that hook into each other. Like the better Ikea stuff, but much sturdier, especially the actual metal fittings. The wardrobe I remember best had three doors - it would barely fit through any door if it couldn't be disassembled for transport. It had a socket part, separate wall parts with aforementioned fittings, and a top part that could be slotted onto the walls (and doors with their simple stick and hole type hinges) after assembling them. Assembly and disassembly was as simple as it sounds, if not simpler.