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My most recent lesson of IKEA is that quality has gone to shit. And prices are pretty high, all considered. Bought a couple new Hemnes dressers a few months b
by rootusrootus 3y ago
My most recent lesson of IKEA is that quality has gone to shit. And prices are pretty high, all considered. Bought a couple new Hemnes dressers a few months back and they are just garbage compared to the older stuff. Material quality is same as usual, but the precision of manufacturing is gone. In the end, only one or two drawers actually open correctly. The rest bind up to varying degrees. I'm tempted to partially disassemble them and rebuild with my own hardware and glue in order to get tolerances that are adequate.
- ukuina 3y agoThey have also replaced previously metal joints and screws with wooden pieces. I had to bolster my chest of drawers with additional wooden center beams to prevent it from bowing from evenly distributed weight. Oddly, there were already provisions for these additional beams, leading me to believe the design was "simplified" on the way to manufacturing.
- yencabulator 3y ago> Oddly, there were already provisions for these additional beams, leading me to believe the design was "simplified" on the way to manufacturing. More likely is that an earlier version of the product did have those supporting beams. Not on the way to manufacturing, during manufacturing. The typical IKEA experience is that the first 1-2 years of a product are built sturdier than later versions. They figure out ways to cut the cost of existing products. This hurts the consumer, because even if you hear "oh the Flybnort is very sturdy", that might no longer be true.