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Your options are sleeping on a concrete floor (if you're lucky) or more likely dirt... or this bed? This is an amazing option. Is it the bestest life of luxury?
by ShakataGaNai 3y ago
Your options are sleeping on a concrete floor (if you're lucky) or more likely dirt... or this bed? This is an amazing option. Is it the bestest life of luxury? Hell no. But your home has been destroyed by a war or disaster and you're lucky to get a warm meal. Now you get a bed? Even if not an amazing bed? It's worlds better than the alternative.
- vGPU 3y agoI have a cheap folding metal cot that is likely a significantly better alternative for not much difference in price.
- coprogram 3y agoThese cardboard beds cost 16-17 euros to produce. There are 100 million displaced people in the world. Your cheap folding metal cot will never be so cheap as to even come close to being a competitor on economic terms.
- semiquaver 3y agoWhy on earth not? Tube steel and canvas are incredibly inexpensive. The article is blatantly lying about the wholesale cost of traditional cots to make their pricing sound reasonable. At even modest bulk quantity, folding metal cots can be obtained on alibaba for $14/ea or less. At humanitarian scales, quite a lot less. https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/HOMFUL-Hot-Sale-600D-Oxford-Folding_1600821389819.html https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/HOMFUL-Hot-Sale-600D-... https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Outdoor-Aluminium-Folding-Adults-Customizable-Single_1600604336396.html https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Outdoor-Aluminium-Fol... The article doesn’t mention how long the cardboard beds are intended to last before being disposed or recycled. Between the cardboard bed and one of those I know which I’d prefer, and since cost is not actually a factor, I’m not sure what the advantage of the cardboard beds is.
- expertentipp 3y agoWhat happens when I click and buy 30000 of these beds?
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- throw9away6 3y agoAnd it probably lasts 1-3 days a week max before it needs to be replaced. That camping cot will last long enough for the war or disaster to play out which could be years
- roflyear 3y agoAnd any water on them instantly ruins them?
- uoaei 3y agoWaterproof sheets exist and pack down quite small for logistics purposes.
- roflyear 3y agoThat's good for the top of it, what about the bottom, on the cement? If someone spills water, or mops the floor, it will get damaged very easily. Silly idea IMO - metal framed beds are extremely durable.
- uoaei 3y agoAnd much harder to pack and ship. You could probably fit 1000 cardboard beds in the same volume of a cargo hold as 100 metal cots. Also, there are many local shops who already have the tools to mass-produce cardboard boxes with arbitrary shapes; the same cannot be said of cots. And as the article explicitly states, these are intended for the first responders, not for long-term infirmary. They don't need to last more than a few days.
- roflyear 3y agoI don't think it's 10:1 volume, maybe weight. "Don't need to last more than a few days" well, maybe not, but they will be used for a while absolutely.
- quickthrower2 3y agoDirt (in a forest) is a great option by the way (just need an insulation layer because it is cold). Concrete is of course horrible.