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Safe seating, safe home: Top factors to consider for ensuring furniture safety in your household
Monday, April 24, 2023
When it comes to ensuring safety in the household, many homeowners focus on aspects such as fire safety, electrical safety, and emergency preparedness. While these are undoubtedly essential considerations, another area that is often overlooked is the role of furniture in keeping everyone in the house safe and sound – away from potential harm and accidents.
Have you ever considered that household furniture such as TV, chest of drawers or even a chair can be dangerous – especially to your children?
In line with its thrust to provide the best quality products and meet the desire of the consumers for durable and value-for-money household items, Uratex Monoblock launched its "Bawal Ang Marupok" campaign to educate and equip every homeowner to be keen and discerning towards investing in furniture - particularly in plastic chairs which are considered one of the essential and popular household items found in most Filipino homes and establishments.
Looking for Monobloc Chairs? Here's What You Need to Know to Make the Right Choice
Monobloc chairs are typical in homes, buildings and various indoor and outdoor spaces. They are affordable, easy to use, and quickly moved around, making them a smart choice for seating solutions. However, not all monobloc chairs are created equal. While they are generally durable and long-lasting, some common problems can arise. To ensure safety, Uratex Monoblock shares the top 3 essential factors that homeowners and entrepreneurs should consider before purchasing a monobloc chair:
Durability
Monobloc chairs are designed to be lightweight, stackable and easy to move. However, as you use them over time, they can become vulnerable to wear and tear, cracking, or breaking which can be considered a safety hazard.
There are a wide variety of plastic chairs available but looking at the quality of the material and how they are being made is essential to ensure that they are long-lasting and can withstand the test of time. Chairs made from cheap, low-quality plastic may be more prone to breaking, so it is ideal to ensure that the monobloc chairs have undergone the proper testing and inspection before being released to the market. It is also best to go for well-known and established brands with a reputation for producing high-quality products.
Seatload Capacity
Monobloc chairs have weight limits that vary depending on their design and construction. Chairs with higher weight limits are generally more durable and sturdy. Additionally, it demonstrates its quality by carrying a substantial amount of weight or impact without breaking, which is crucial for chairs subjected to everyday use.
Be sure to check the weight capacity of the chair you are considering through its seat load warning label to ensure its stability – preventing you from tipping off and encountering severe injuries, particularly for your kids.
Certification
Industry certifications ensure that products meet specific quality standards and have been tested and approved by credible independent third-party organizations. With this, customers may be guaranteed that the monobloc chairs are good quality and safe to use without any risks.
For homeowners, it provides assurance that their loved ones are safe using a certified, high-quality chair. In addition, this allows entrepreneurs to meet regulatory bodies safety standards by providing their customers and employees with durable and safe day-to-day monoblock chairs.
Now, as regular consumers, how will you know a monobloc chair's durability, capacity, and certification? All you have to do is check the warning sticker of a monobloc chair!
The Uratex Monoblock chair has the highest seat load capacity on the market at 200kg. To prove this and its durability, each chair has undergone a series of tests before being released to the public as part of the rules and regulations established by the Department of Trade and Industry - Bureau of Philippine Standards (DTI-BPS).
Among the tests executed are the Chair Fatigue, Breaking Point, and the Chair Drop – designed to assess the durability and safety of each Uratex Monoblock chair.
With this, Uratex Monoblock is the first brand in the Philippines to pass the country's highest plastic furniture standard, Level 5 of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) - ISO 7173.
Taking precautions when selecting household or commercial furniture is essential since making the wrong choice might result in accidents and injuries. Furthermore, the lifespan of a product is determined by its quality, which means that a less-priced option may be more expensive due to several replacements. Always look for a chair's durability, capacity, and certification to guarantee overall safety.
To learn more about Uratex Monoblock and its products, visit uratex.com.ph/collections/monoblocks. You may also follow/uratexmonoblockchairs on Facebook, and @uratexmonoblock on Instagram for updates and upcoming promos.
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