Boori sleigh or Boori sleigh royalle??

[lilmisspositive]

Cannot make up my bloody mind. Found a new baby shop and walked in and seen the new Royalle. Omg fell in love and only $100 difference including the drawer.

No difference really in size or anything.. Will be reselling nursery set in 18 months and worried that the sleigh will not give me as much return for my money...

Any thoughts?

[skybie]

if it has a drawer go for that one,those things are so handy to have!

[MissM]

We LOVE the Royale! OMG they are gorgeous - If there is only a $100 difference I'd be going there!

Here in Syd there is still a $4-$500 difference! What is the franchise name? I want one!

[helle]

Knowing what I know now i would never buy boori again. All you have to do is look at it and a ding appears. For the amount you pay you'd think they're source out a harder timber.

[MissM]

Knowing what I know now i would never buy boori again. All you have to do is look at it and a ding appears. For the amount you pay you'd think they're source out a harder timber.

Are you serious? ... Thats a bit silly!

[helle]

Are you serious? ... Thats a bit silly!

Yep. I wrote them a letter (in one of my tired "I need to let rip at someone" hazes that us mothers tend to get) and they never got back to me.
Things like opening the draws, there are all indents around the handles from fingernails. To me that shouldn't happen, and I'm not using cotton gloves or amputating my nails out to use my furniture!

[MissM]

Yep. I wrote them a letter (in one of my tired "I need to let rip at someone" hazes that us mothers tend to get) and they never got back to me.
Things like opening the draws, there are all indents around the handles from fingernails. To me that shouldn't happen, and I'm not using cotton gloves or amputating my nails out to use my furniture!

OMG! :O How rude - Well thats put me off Boori! I have long hard nails that would def scratch/dent the timber then!

How disappointing, but at least I know now (sorry for hijacking tams)

[feeb]

We have the Boori sleigh and LOVE it. Only dents ours has is from DS1 chewing on edge of cot but all my friends with all different brands have same issue.

[lilmisspositive]

Well, my mate just got rid of the regular Boori sleigh and loves it. She just recently sold hers and had no dents in it. Trust me she was not wearing gloves when touching it. If anything I would say the wear and tear is awesome. That is however after 2 bubs in her case. I love that it is such a heavy solid piece which is what sold me on Boori to begin with. Everyone is different though as some people I know cannot get over the price I paid! I just think of the return and that settles it for me. : )

Btw with my regular sleigh, I got the drawer.... but had to pay separate. With the Royalle, it comes with the drawer so after that it comes down to a difference of $100. Hmmm. seriously considering....

[MissM]

Hey tams, if you know someone and they have had good wear and tear I would be buying the Royale. It is a beautiful cot

Me on the other hand ... dont know anyone with a Boori ... and am now divided on what to get ...

[CrazyLady]

We have the Boori sleigh and LOVE it. Only dents ours has is from DS1 chewing on edge of cot but all my friends with all different brands have same issue.

My cot has a plastic strip across the top of the rail to stop biting. Name eludes me right now but after we bought it I realised I wasn't happy with how flimsy the bars felt.

[helle]

Google munchie cot rails and they sell rail covers that fit the booris

[helle]

there ... just thought I would let you know in my travels today DP and i questioned the Boori cots and tested the wood itself. Much to our disappointment, without ANY pressure what-so-ever DP ran his fingernail along the wood and sure enough a scratch line showed up, I pressed on with with my nail and it dented!

Speaking to the lady instore she said Boori has split into '2' companies where the wood comes from overseas and the cots are painted here, the wood USED to be sourced from New Zealand and was New Zealand hardwood, but since the company has split into '2' they outsourced to obviously a cheaper option (and less quality) to an asian country.

We will not be buying a Boori - the representative said Boori is not what they USED to be, before the company split they were fabulous quality, now its cheap crap sold at a ridiculous price.

We will be buying a Love n Care sleigh bed, they retail for around $700 the love n care also felt sturdier than the Boori.

Hopefully those who have purchased the Boori dont have any issues with their purchase!

That's what the baby shop said to us too. When we first got our cot the two ends hadn't been joined properly and popped apart so we had to get replacements. N'yeah. They said about the asia thing. Coulda said prior to buying. It is extremely disappointing. I feel gutted whenever I look at mine. Such a waste of money. we also got the baby to youth cot - so it converts to a king single - so I'm gonna be looking at it for a long while yet!!
Glad you won't have to make the same mistake tho!

[KimB]

I have the Australiana Heritage Collection Cot and couldn't be happier. I bought it 2nd hand and it had no scratches or marks on it and it has now done 2 of my kids and will be used for a 3rd and there is still no marks or scratches. Bugger about the Boori cots though. What a rip off.

[Ahurani]

Oh what are you serious???? I might need to go back to the shop and do some investigating!

[MissM]

Im just really glad that tams raised the subject! (Thanks Tams!) otherwise we would have bought one ourselves!

Sorry to hear that you were stuffed around and wasted yout money on it

[Ahurani]

It says on the website its made from Araucaria Queensland sustainable plantation timber.

[CrazyLady]

It says on the website its made from Araucaria Queensland sustainable plantation timber.

That means it's a faster growing wood and as a result softer. How disappointing they use inferior wood now. Glad I didn't buy one for DD then. My friend was raving about her's but it would have been bought about 4 years ago