If you have toddlers around beware. It is very light and falls over very easily.
Even when used as designed we found the unit to fall over very easily. With the grandkids around it was worse.
The picture is not the same shade as the stool that arrived. I agree with other reviews this is poor construction and you should not stand on it. I will probably use it just to prop my feet up. I did not like that the legs have to be put on the stool. If I wanted to work for a China furniture factory I would do so. There is no reason that the store needs to come disassembled.
The store arrived with a rip in the underneath side. Well I know will probably make this right. It is not worth my time to try to return it.
I will make do. I will make this a listen to read all reviews and wait and carefully.
I was in a hurry I needed something to prop my feet.
In future I will spend more money and get better quality.
Are usually write reviews about inexpensive things saying its good for the price. This is NOT good at any price.
The footstool is made in China by an unidentified manufacturer, and is distributed/sold in this webpage under the registered brand Ibukye, whose legal owner has an address in that country.
Its frame is a box without a top, made of pinewood, which is filled with some type of foam of medium density. (As the foam is likely polyurethane, I left the stool ventilating in a safe place for the 72 hours recommended by the EPA to reduce VOCs off-gassing). It is covered with the upholstery fabric but at the bottom, where is covered with a black polyester cloth. The manufacturing quality of the footstool I received is nothing short of disastrous.
1. The upper piece of the fabric has been sewn in an amateurish way that creates numerous ripples along one edge (see panel A of my attached figure).
2. The black cloth on the bottom, whose edges are irregular in some spots, is affixed only by a few, widely separated staples (panel B), and its drooping edges are visible (panels D-E).
3. The circular marks around the four openings of the wood-inserted nuts for fastening leg screws (panel B) show that the stool legs had previously been attached to the frame before delivery. The stool seems a returned item being sold as new one by , but I cannot exclude a factory testing of the legs where too much force was applied. The anti-slip pads claimed as part of the footstool were not included.
4. The more damning defect is the _incomplete construction_ of its frame box. In one of its corners, the lateral wall is totally missing and the shape of the corner is deformed -- panel C shows this, with red arrows marking the horizontal and vertical limits of the incomplete wall, and panels D-E provide a visual comparison of a normal corner (D) with the defective one (E).
Even for persons weighing non-trivially less than the stool load limit, the missing corner of the box poses a potential risk if it were used for sitting, like this page suggests, and a much more dangerous risk if used as a stepping stool (an action explicitly opposed in this page) since --with the full body weight on one foot-- the altered distribution of structural forces of the design may lead to the tilting or collapse of the stool.
I returned it. I cannot exclude its terrible construction might have been an isolated or rare case of production error, but the fact it was nonetheless shipped to be sold is evidence of dismal quality control. Beware.
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Exactly what I needed! perfect design and comfortable. Nice height as a foot rest under my desk
Exactly what I needed! perfect design and comfortable. Nice height as a foot rest under my desk
Dangerous with Toddlers
If you have toddlers around beware. It is very light and falls over very easily. Even when used as designed we found the unit to fall over very easily. With the grandkids around it was worse.
NOT worth the $ poor workmanship arrivef TORN
The picture is not the same shade as the stool that arrived. I agree with other reviews this is poor construction and you should not stand on it. I will probably use it just to prop my feet up. I did not like that the legs have to be put on the stool. If I wanted to work for a China furniture factory I would do so. There is no reason that the store needs to come disassembled. The store arrived with a rip in the underneath side. Well I know will probably make this right. It is not worth my time to try to return it. I will make do. I will make this a listen to read all reviews and wait and carefully. I was in a hurry I needed something to prop my feet. In future I will spend more money and get better quality. Are usually write reviews about inexpensive things saying its good for the price. This is NOT good at any price.
Just what I wanted!
Was looking for a small footstool to place in front of an arm chair and this is exactly what I had in mind.
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It was just right for the my pub chair!
It was just right for the my pub chair!
A great little stool
The stool is very easy to put the legs on. It doesnt take up a lot of room. The material is great. Our cat loves it too!
Dismal manufacture and quality control
The footstool is made in China by an unidentified manufacturer, and is distributed/sold in this webpage under the registered brand Ibukye, whose legal owner has an address in that country. Its frame is a box without a top, made of pinewood, which is filled with some type of foam of medium density. (As the foam is likely polyurethane, I left the stool ventilating in a safe place for the 72 hours recommended by the EPA to reduce VOCs off-gassing). It is covered with the upholstery fabric but at the bottom, where is covered with a black polyester cloth. The manufacturing quality of the footstool I received is nothing short of disastrous. 1. The upper piece of the fabric has been sewn in an amateurish way that creates numerous ripples along one edge (see panel A of my attached figure). 2. The black cloth on the bottom, whose edges are irregular in some spots, is affixed only by a few, widely separated staples (panel B), and its drooping edges are visible (panels D-E). 3. The circular marks around the four openings of the wood-inserted nuts for fastening leg screws (panel B) show that the stool legs had previously been attached to the frame before delivery. The stool seems a returned item being sold as new one by , but I cannot exclude a factory testing of the legs where too much force was applied. The anti-slip pads claimed as part of the footstool were not included. 4. The more damning defect is the _incomplete construction_ of its frame box. In one of its corners, the lateral wall is totally missing and the shape of the corner is deformed -- panel C shows this, with red arrows marking the horizontal and vertical limits of the incomplete wall, and panels D-E provide a visual comparison of a normal corner (D) with the defective one (E). Even for persons weighing non-trivially less than the stool load limit, the missing corner of the box poses a potential risk if it were used for sitting, like this page suggests, and a much more dangerous risk if used as a stepping stool (an action explicitly opposed in this page) since --with the full body weight on one foot-- the altered distribution of structural forces of the design may lead to the tilting or collapse of the stool. I returned it. I cannot exclude its terrible construction might have been an isolated or rare case of production error, but the fact it was nonetheless shipped to be sold is evidence of dismal quality control. Beware. .
Perfect size and light to carry.
My 2 cats are 16 yrs old and both use the footstool to help them get on the couch or bed. Sometimes either one would just sit on it to rest.
Happy Feet
Used for under my desk
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