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    Queen of BithyniaClover Hope
    6/28/16 12:18pm

    So pardon if this question is dopey, but what makes these more dangerous than other dressers?

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      Pie-pieQueen of Bithynia
      6/28/16 12:20pm

      I wondered that too. Maybe the base isn’t heavy enough so loaded with clothes it’s more top-heavy than other dressers?

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      StartedatthebottomnowweslightlyaboveaverageQueen of Bithynia
      6/28/16 12:22pm

      It has to do with the fact that it tips easily and wasn’t initially sold with a securing kit. Most furniture has the kit with it when sold and instructions detailing the danger of unsecured furniture. It isn’t necessarily the dresser, it's the fact there are so many unsecured.

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    SheeshTheseNamesClover Hope
    6/28/16 12:25pm

    Anyone know if tipping dressers have always been a problem and we’re just more aware now? I have some old-ass furniture and the dresser is too wide to be tipped over by a little one climbing on it. Maybe the more modern styles facilitate the tipping?

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      MsMymlanSheeshTheseNames
      6/28/16 12:32pm

      My parents always fixed all furniture to the walls. I don’t know when it became a thing, but it’s not new.

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      seresySheeshTheseNames
      6/28/16 12:38pm

      My grandparents had a picture of my mom with her dresser tipped over on her. Apparently in the 50s, you just laughed and took a picture, not bothering to lift it off of you child until afterwards.

      She still resents the photo.

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    irritablevowelClover Hope
    6/28/16 12:30pm

    I’m really confused about all of this. I’ve bought a wardrobe, dresser, and shelves at Ikea and the assembly instructions for ALL of them very VERY explicitly showed how important it was to secure them to the wall, showing that they can tip and fall. Securing them to the wall is literally a step in the assembly. They provide anchor kits and will mail them to consumers for free. What else could they possibly do to alert consumers that THEY NEED TO SECURE THESE PIECES OF FURNITURE TO THE WALL? I get the feeling the type of people who don’t secure the furniture are also not the type of people to participate in a voluntary recall, but I could be wrong... >_>

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      MmmCandyCornirritablevowel
      6/28/16 12:57pm

      Exactly. Ikea doesn’t hide this information. (Though maybe they weren’t so clear about the ones from pre-2002?)

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      rentaduckieirritablevowel
      6/28/16 1:11pm

      None of the Ikea products I’ve purchased have come with the part that I need to attach it to the wall. They come with an anchor, but no drywall screws. And you need a power drill too. None of out furniture is anchored yet, but it will be as soon as our son is mobile.

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    MisterMcGibbletsClover Hope
    6/28/16 12:30pm

    How did they think “secure it to the wall” was a good enough option? What percentage of ikea furniture is owned by people who also own their walls?

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      AnchoweresqueMisterMcGibblets
      6/28/16 12:50pm

      You wouldn’t put a screw in the wall of a place you were renting?

      When you leave slap on a bit of spackle, do two minutes of sanding and apply two coats of paint. I’d rather not do it but I’d also rather not pull a large piece of furniture off of one of my kids, soooo...

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      MmmCandyCornAnchoweresque
      6/28/16 12:56pm

      Thank you. People are acting as if anchoring furniture is the biggest burden in the world?

      Not saying Ikea’s in the clear, but why is standard securing of furniture considered too difficult?

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    VIRTUAL BRITClover Hope
    6/28/16 12:22pm

    I am not trying to be a jerk... but how are these tipping over?

    I’ve had a MALM dresser before and it was pretty heavy and seemed incapable of tipping? Are kids opening the drawers and pulling them down?

    Its incredibly sad to think children have died from a dresser, but I am really curious to understand how it happened.

    EDIT: after reading several other pending posts - this shit is scary and I now see how it can happen!!

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      All Senses LostVIRTUAL BRIT
      6/28/16 12:24pm

      I think kids are opening the top drawers and pulling it down because their parents don’t want to anchor the dresser like it tells them to in the directions.

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      VIRTUAL BRITAll Senses Lost
      6/28/16 12:29pm

      I can see how that happens. I have a Hemnes dresser now in my daughters room and I can’t imagine it tipping if she tried. That being said, its not overstuffed to the max because... IKEA.

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    ihatebrasClover Hope
    6/28/16 12:24pm

    This happened to us when my youngest boy was a year in a half old! It was scary as hell. I was right there too. The bottom drawer was open, I was doing laundry and putting clothes away. He pulled himself up and was leaning on the edge of the open drawer. He wasn’t even climbing it. My friend was on the other side of my bedroom. I barely had a chance to say “no no... let go” and was walking towards him to pick him up and the whole damn thing came crashing forward. I freaked out. My friend grabbed the dresser and pushed it back. The only reason he wasn’t crushed is the drawer above it got stuck and it made this triangular tent like space over him and he was in that space. Ever since then I have been freaked out about crashing dressers. I only get my kids the low and long style dresser because I constantly think all dressers are going to fall... but no.. just shitty IKEA dresser do that. What a shit solution too from IKEA “Oh bolt it to the wall..” who bolts a dresser to the wall? Bookshelf? Of course but a dresser? Fuck that shit. I can’t believe they waited so long to recall these.

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      FloridianBuffyihatebras
      6/28/16 12:28pm

      Oh gawd that sounds terrifying. I'm glad your friend was there to help you and that your son was okay!

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      ihatebrasFloridianBuffy
      6/28/16 12:31pm

      It was horrifying. One of those moments where everything feels like it’s moving in slow motion but you can’t move fast enough. Heavy oak thrift store furniture is the way to go when you have kids I have learned. It’s a bitch to move but that stuff isn’t budging.

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    JujyMonkey: Clever tagline goes hereClover Hope
    6/28/16 12:32pm

    doesn’t most Ikea furniture simply disintegrate on impact?

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      ZabellaJujyMonkey: Clever tagline goes here
      6/28/16 1:22pm

      doesn’t most Ikea furniture simply disintegrate on impact?

      Tell that to the Skoby I purchased in 1996 and still use*.

      *I’ll admit I’m the only person I know who can maintain Ikea furniture for decades, but it can be done.

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      PuddingandthemissusZabella
      6/28/16 1:42pm

      My ikea furniture has survived multiple cross country moves in a pod. I'm waiting for it to die so I can upgrade

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    Das, evil rabbit and obnoxious (half)germanClover Hope
    6/28/16 12:39pm

    Any piece of large furniture, including dressers can be tipped over by a climbing kid, which is why childproofing is ABSOLUTELY necessary. I’m sorry if this sounds callous, but Ikea is not at fault here.

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      Colored FrancieDas, evil rabbit and obnoxious (half)german
      6/28/16 12:59pm

      Sure, but I think a bigger issue here, is that the dressers can tip over even if a child is not climbing/touching them. I have had one of these tip over because the top two drawers, filled with clothes, were open, and it just went on its own (even though the bottom drawers were filled, too).

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      KaeteDas, evil rabbit and obnoxious (half)german
      6/28/16 1:23pm

      I’ve had Malm dressers before, and they are extremely tippy. Not like normal furniture at all. Before I had kids and didn’t care about bolting things to walls, I had one fall on me just because I was putting clothing away and had a couple drawers open at once.

      Wasn’t a big deal because I’m an adult and caught it before it went far, but those malms are shockingly unstable. They would easily fall down even if the child wasn't climbing on them.

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    ireadstuffClover Hope
    6/28/16 12:39pm

    I live in southern California. We secure EVERYTHING to the walls, it’s in our blood.

    But I had just moved and hadn’t had the chance to secure my son’s (Ikea) dresser to his closet wall. Figures, right? The only time he’s ever tried to climb his dresser was the only time it wasn’t secured. The whole thing fell over on top of him. Fortunately, the drawers came out and he scrambled fast enough that it only pinned his leg and he was fine, just shaken up. Pretty much any tall piece of furniture can fall over with a 30 pound toddler climbing the front of it.

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      GinAndTonic Got Stuck in the BarneyClover Hope
      6/28/16 12:21pm

      Hmm, I have one of these. I’m not worried about it tipping over, but I would like to replace it!

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