Experts reveal: Why are children's furniture expensive but not necessarily safe?

"Multi-brand explosion of non-conforming products children's furniture problems? ", 35,000 children's furniture smells pungent children's home products are not necessarily expensive", "famous children's furniture frequently on the black list" ... recent negative news of children's furniture frequently burst, the storm continues, all parties will look Focusing on the safety and environmental protection of children's furniture, it seems that an industry rectification is imminent.

Why are children's furniture prices generally more expensive than adult furniture, but there are still so many security risks?

Children's furniture has become one of the hot spots in the furniture market

There are more than 200 million children and adolescents in China. With the continuous improvement of housing conditions for children, children's furniture has become one of the hot spots in the furniture market.

Today, the only child in many families has a living room, and most parents want to buy environmentally friendly beds, writing desks and bookcases for their children. According to incomplete statistics, the sales of children's furniture has accounted for 18% of the total sales of furniture, and the sales of children's furniture are increasing every year. In the future, the children's furniture market is suitable for children from three to sixteen years old and suitable for children of different heights.

"Now the family is a child. If you have a certain condition, you will choose the best for them. Nowadays, the demand for children's furniture is also increasing. If you want to buy it, you will have all the furniture in one room. Recently. The annual sales volume of the year is about 30% higher than in previous years," said one salesperson.

"Separate second child" will benefit children's furniture industry

According to the survey data of relevant institutions, the release of “two children alone” is expected to add 8 million new births within five years. With the promotion of the New Deal, and the international home furnishing brands have entered the children's furniture industry in China, the competition of children's furniture in channels and brands will also intensify. Children's rooms and children's products suitable for many children will gradually increase.

After this policy comes out, especially in the city, one child or two children, plus the age of the child, whether there are elderly people living together, the size of the apartment, etc., the differentiation of each family will be more obvious. It can be described as ever-changing, so that related industries will face greater subdivision requirements in product R&D and design.

For many families, changing a room in order to increase a child's room is limited by economic conditions, and making small changes on the basis of the existing children's room to meet another baby is a very economical choice. As a result, the market for children's furniture for multi-persons has increased in recent heat.

Formaldehyde content and structural safety are still the main reasons for the failure of children's furniture

In the furniture store, we can easily find that there are many children's furniture brands, and each exhibition hall is decorated with colorful and beautiful. The salesperson's mouth is “safe and environmentally friendly” and “quality home”, and all kinds of sales are varied. But when it comes to price, it is generally high and scary. Children's furniture, which was originally used in a small amount of materials, is not expensive, but the price is more expensive than the same kind of adult solid wood furniture.

According to some surveys, children's furniture with unqualified formaldehyde emission is all made of panel furniture. Mainly because MDF, particleboard, large core board, plywood, etc. used in panel children's furniture use adhesive in the production process. If the sheet itself is unqualified, and the production process is rough, it is easy to cause formaldehyde to exceed the standard.

Xiaobian had the opportunity to interview Mr. Ding Haoran, a senior expert in the children's furniture industry. He once worked as a sales director in a large children's furniture company. He is currently responsible for the sales of many children's furniture brands. Mr. Ding said: "Now the price of children's furniture depends mainly on the height of the brand. It is also related to the complexity of its style, materials and crafts. The expensive furniture is not necessarily safe. For example, the more popular Xiaomei style today, they are more The focus is on the purity of the style, with metallic elements, tough lines and many features, but these features will affect safety."

Children's furniture is different from adults. It must be strictly checked in design and manufacture. For example, don't have a right angle, pay attention to the height and stability of the furniture; the drawer slide should have a buffer. In order to keep children healthy and safe, children's furniture must be safe to the top, so that children's chances of injury can be reduced, so that children can grow up in a beautiful space.

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Enterprises deliberately evade national standards affect consumers' understanding of national standards

Just this year, a number of well-known children's furniture brand companies were found to be unqualified, and more unnamed brands, the results of the pass rate test is even more shocking.

However, the results of children's furniture inspections announced by the local quality supervision departments show that there are still many children's furniture that are not in line with the new national standard.

The national standard for children's furniture is the furniture used by children aged 3-14. Due to the strict national standards, many companies have evaded the influence of national standards by flaunting themselves as “youth furniture”. There is such a phenomenon in the market - the appearance and design of the product is for children, and the sales staff will not be clear. If there is a dispute or the inspection is unqualified, the manufacturer will argue that it is "teenage furniture" and should be applied to "adults". Furniture" standard. In this way, both the structure and the environmental protection will be much looser. This situation is very common.

On the one hand, enterprises are deliberately evading, on the other hand, consumers are ignorant. The Global Child Safety Organization has released data that 61.2% of child injuries occur at home, and nearly 80% of parents do not know how to conduct safety checks on household items. The damage to children at home is mostly related to furniture. Xiaobian interviewed a number of parents randomly. After being asked if the children were bumped by the sharp corners of the furniture or locked into the closet, how did they consider it? Several parents said that they belonged to their own care, rather than thinking that they should choose safer furniture, and they would not realize that children's furniture manufacturers should deal with the sharp corners of furniture before selling.

Nowadays, the state and the media attach great importance to the safety of children's furniture products, but consumers' understanding of standards is far from enough, and it is impossible to form a supervisory force against enterprises.

The efforts and improvement of children's furniture enterprises

As an important “small partner” in the growth of children, children's furniture has received great attention to its environmental protection and safety. Creating a dream world for children is the wish of many parents.

There are certain methods and tricks for the matching and maintenance of children's furniture. Parents have mastered these methods and can make children more colorful.

In addition to environmental protection, safety is also a part of the selection process for children's furniture. Parents should pay special attention.

"The former children's furniture can be said to be the world of color plates, but now the color plates are at a disadvantage. All solid wood and water-based paints have become the mainstream expression of children's furniture, which has both a sense of value and environmental protection." Ding Haoran analyzes from a professional perspective "In particular, in the past two years, the country has introduced children's furniture standards, which has taken the lead in regulating the children's furniture market. The widespread use of water-based paints has greatly improved the environmental protection of children's furniture."

Relative to panel children's furniture, solid wood children's furniture is relatively more environmentally friendly. The introduction of the new national standard also triggered changes in the structure and materials of children's furniture products, such as changing the paint on the surface of furniture from oil paint to more environmentally friendly water-based wood paint, changing the design of the straight right angle to the round edge. The corners are designed with venting holes in the sealed space of the closet. The introduction of the new national children's furniture standard is more demanding on environmental protection, and water-based paints have become the first choice for children's environmentally friendly furniture.

Ding Haoran’s attitude towards the future development of the children’s furniture market is very optimistic: “Although the furniture market is relatively sluggish today, the development prospects of this section of children’s furniture are still relatively good. The current market reflects the choice of consumers for children’s furniture. The purchase is very important, and the choices of environmental protection, safety, and solid wood are very obvious. If the country releases the second-child policy in the future, it will inevitably give the children's furniture market a better prospect!"

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