How Not To Sell Flatpack Furniture
I recently bought a Teknik Kneeling Stool from Ryman.
As is shown by these pictures, I was able to put it together and the product looks the business.
But the pictures hide the big fault of the stool!
It has the worst set of instructions, I’ve ever seen for flat-pack, which are shown in this image.
Basically, it’s just a parts list and a vague layout.
- I had to have several goes to assemble it.
- Assembly is job for at least three hands.
- Some parts must be assembled before others and this is not indicated.
- A colour photograph of the finished product would have helped.
- I did catch my finger badly at one point.
But then I like puzzles and eventually solved it.
I shan’t be buying any more Teknik products.
The Anonymous Widower 