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Ikea Besta ....What's the quality like?

  • 25-07-2011 09:05AM
    #1
    Fingers Mcginty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,597 ✭✭✭


    Hi, I was looking to kit out our family with a TV/storage unit

    like so

    Have any of you good folks done so? Just wondering what the quality was like?


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  • #2
    listermint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 34,227 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    Quality is as high as anything you can achieve flat packed. Its sturdy, So sturdy in fact that mine survived an 5 ft fall from the wall it was meant to be secured too. (do not ever trust stud finders they can lie very easily)

    Anyway i would recommend them. Mine survived the fall and is now back up and fitted. Show me any othe flat back that could do that ;)


  • #3
    Fingers Mcginty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,597 ✭✭✭Fingers Mcginty


    listermint wrote: »
    Quality is as high as anything you can achieve flat packed. Its sturdy, So sturdy in fact that mine survived an 5 ft fall from the wall it was meant to be secured too. (do not ever trust stud finders they can lie very easily)

    Anyway i would recommend them. Mine survived the fall and is now back up and fitted. Show me any othe flat back that could do that ;)

    is it the besta you have?


  • #4
    listermint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 34,227 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    Fingers Mcginty wrote: »
    is it the besta you have?

    It is one of the Besta range yes. Besta is a range they dont all look like the one you have pictured.


  • #5
    Fingers Mcginty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,597 ✭✭✭Fingers Mcginty


    Sound. I'll be taking a trip down so. Think I'll go for the white gloss. :)


  • #6
    Quality
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,900 ✭✭✭Quality


    I got a smaller black high gloss and I is very good quality. Everyone admires and I had it together in about 15 minutes


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  • #7
    Charlie 08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 93 ✭✭Charlie 08


    Another Besta question. I need a new TV unit and the besta ones look nice.

    https://www.ikea.com/ie/en/p/besta-tv-storage-combination-glass-doors-black-brown-selsviken-high-gloss-black-clear-glass-s39329459/

    I don't fancy a 3 hour drive + 1hr queue to have a look at them in Ikea. Can anybody advice which wood type looks the best/easiest to keep etc.

    - Black/Brown (not High Gloss)
    - High gloss
    - White high gloss
    - White/Oak high gloss

    Do they HAVE to be attached to the wall or are they stand alone?


  • #8
    Fingers Mcginty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,597 ✭✭✭Fingers Mcginty


    We have the white gloss and love it. Really brightens up the room and very easy to clean. They're supposed to be fastened to the wall but we don't.
    I never got around to it. I suppose the danger would be if the units were stacked high and a young kid climbed up there is a risk of tipping.


  • #9
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,327 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    2 L brackets onto the skirting board will stop them flipping over. You can hide it behind the unit itself. Saves drilling into the wall.


  • #10
    Charlie 08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 93 ✭✭Charlie 08


    Thanks for the replies. Good tip there re:the brackets.
    Does the gloss one scratch easily and attract dust?


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