Hey, got an email for the Karton group this morning with a 20% off voucher for their cardboard bed. I got one myself and they are pretty good. They have a load capacity of up to 1 tonne.
They onle have 50 in store with the 20%. Coupon code is BEDSALE
Bed costs $188 and with the coupon price goes down to $150.40. Postage is $20 to Melbourne metro, $25 to Sydney metro and $35 to Brisbane metro
yup add price to title - the linked bed says $188 + shipping (Melbourne metro ($20), Sydney metro ($25), Brisbane metro ($35))
Not recommended for bed wetters
Or for smokers…
interesting store & product. Impressive nonetheless
Yeah, I bought the bed and one of my friends has the TV stand. it is awesome and really sturdy.
What a bizarre product. Is the purpose of this something you can assemble and disassemble quickly as you need it?
But then I suppose you'd still need a mattress…
Yeah! It converts into all the storage boxes required to move a standard house.
Wow, where have I been? This is ingenious and about as beneficial as my idea of a Cardboard Coffin many years ago (which I see are now commercially available, bugger).
I don't mind blowing decent amounts of cash on cleverness but I'm cringing at this, even at $150! Under $100 and this would be far more attractive to me personally but heck I'm very tempted becasue it just so happens that I'm in the market for a bed right now! Hmmmm.
Cardboard coffin, great idea, but do you know the ones on the market offer NO saving on a cheap plywood coffin. Somebody is ripping someone off.
you could go to bunnings (or similar), collect a bunch of their boxes, and make your own.
may not be as sturdy, but definitely cheaper.
Coffin?
sure, why not
"Honey Whats that construction of cardboard and tape meant to be?"
"Our Coffins … wait - where are you going?"
i guess we all need to make statements about who we are and cardboard does not cut it in the stauts stakes
too close to the homeless hobo image?
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JV, you've done it again!
I'm actually L'ing-OL (not LOL'ing because I'm not a Gen-Y) :P
I don't know about the quality, but I think it's not durable enough for long term.
I have had mine for about 8 months and it is still 100%. The cardboard is surprisingly tough. I spilt water on the ground and some of it got to the bed once, but I was able to clean it up quickly and it left no marks.
this paper bed sleeps 1-10 comfortably.
These would be great to take onto a Contiki tour…
But can it stand up to the intense testing that a Contiki tour throws at it? ;)
"load capacity of up to 1 tonne" so it should be ok. Just don't get it wet ;-)
Some points…
How is your mattress supposed to breathe if its laying on a solid sheet of cardboard?
Better not spill anything on it aay.
How do you clean it?
If a bed base doesn't provide ventilation you may as well put your mattress on the floor.
lol…
would you do business with someone who had an office like this?
http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0067/9162/products/karton_o…
they're not even committed to this cardboard thing
not using the kartongroup stool
Guys I've got a few Pallets round the back, splinters removed, selling cheap.
i'll take 4.
and some used cinder blocks.
Milk Crates are cheaper.
This is incredibly clever and quite cheap for a bed base but I can't believe people would want it in their house.
I could see this in trendy uni students rooms but isn't that what ikea is for?
Ikea? Students?
Who other than students would buy from ikea?
I challenge any ikea product and these cardboard ones to be in as good a shape as a quality built piece of furniture in 5-10 years time.
(I'm a bit of a furniture snob because I was a furniture maker in a past life.)
Challenge accepted…
The Ikea high chair is the gold standard of high chairs. Lots of cafes use them too.
Weve had ours for 5 years and 3 kids and it is just laughing at us. You could put it back in the showroom and nobody would notice. Best $40 i ever spent.
to be or not to be?
Karton bed<-i see what they did there, clever! And perfect for your typical urban citizen, packed in trains/buses in the morning like sardines, boxed in a cramped cubicle at work, only to come home and lie down on um, well just face it, cardboard boxes! Those bums and homeless people were way ahead of these guys….
I actually remember a documentary quite some years ago about cardboard houses as cheap and sturdy emergency accommodation for earthquake zones like Japan.
my friend has one of these. needless to say he doesn't have a girlfriend as they look dodgy as. I just can't understand the pricing on these. I can get a reasonable bed frame from ikea for a similar price
This is what I don't understand. My friend also has one, and yes, they are very sturdy, but I don't know why you'd pay $150 for a bed made out of cardboard when you can get some el-cheapo metal or wooden one for less that doesn't look like it is made from garbage and is probably more durable.
I find it more effective to use the 5 ream paper boxes. Free from work and you can store infrequently used things in them (one year of tax files per box) and because they are A4 things fit nicely. Been doing that for the past three years. They have held up well and if i kick one or one gets a bit squished i just swap it out. I can stand on the bed ok jump on it without any worries.
for a king single bed a collection of 3 x 5 works well. But good deal on this frame.
5 boxes enough?
I would consider this if it was a bit cheaper, beds in Aus are so overly priced, even the cheapest ikea set up is about $300 for a queen mattress and frame. Ikea isn't very durable at all, one of the planks in my bed snapped one day when I moved, and no I am not heavy :x
But if you are a heavy bedroom gymnast then your answer is there ;)
price in title please