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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?
if it has a drawer go for that one,those things are so handy to have!
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? :lol: I want one!
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!:
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)
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.
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....
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 ...
my yet to be used boori set was bought brand new (newpot cot and the matilda drawers in walnut if anyone wants a stickybeak) already has dents in it, not looking forward to this bub chewing the paint off with his teeth either!
Thanks Miss M. I really think I will go in and tell them my mind is changed. : ) Skybie: My dd never chewed the crib at all but as I am selling this one after 18 months I was told to go to bunnings and get the piece of plastic and cut it so it slips on the crib. Will get dh to do that. Omg already dents??? Not good. : ( If you have not used it why don't you take it back? Btw mine is walnut too! Love it.
because bub sdue in 6ish weeks and thats how loong it takes to order them in! if not longer with the chrissy break. theyve been caused by me and the other kids, i dont reccomend wearing a metal clasp belt around the cot! expecially if its one of the darker colours
Ah okay. No it is not metal it is just clear plastic and it snaps on if done correctly. Dh knows how to do, I don't know all the details. I just know it is a clear plastic tube that gets cut and then it snaps onto the rail. : )
Ours standard sleigh also came with drawer.
I did buy some things to wrap arund edge to stop DS1 biting instead he pulled them off, the hard plastic ones I found were not wide enough to fit in edge.
Google munchie cot rails and they sell rail covers that fit the booris :)
Yep the standard used to come with a drawer.. I missed out as they have changed that now. : (
This one is at bunnings and you just get the same mm as the rail and there is no issue with it. I am definitely getting dh to complete this task though... He is a bunnings expert. Ha.
Not to try to change your mind Tams :) But often people buy expensive cots only to find that when bub arrives they prefer to co-sleep. Our 3rd child was like this... hardly ever used our beautiful cot (second hand that I'm keeping in the family for my grandchildren LOL).
If you are keen on a Boori I strongly recommend buying second hand :)
Hey Bathsheba,
Whilst I am not against co-sleeping for other people. I really believe everyones choice for themselves is the right one. I am pretty strong that bubs will be in their own room and their own bed. DD was straight into crib and this one will be too. I suppose i dont mind paying the extra as my first was a lot different then now. We were moving overseas so I did not get to pick anything as it had to be sold before we moved to Australia. Then once we arrived everything was second hand and picked out by others for us. Nothing we had for bubs was what we wanted.
This time I am really enjoying being able to pick out exactly what I want. This is a first and I am loving being able to do this. Thanks so much though. Much appreciate your thoughts. : )
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.:
tams Bubs baby shop (next to ikea where we having lunch) has that teeth stuff too and its soo coool:
Thanks for that Kylz, maybe I will wait before sending dh to bunnings then. Ta darlin : )
I have the Borri sleigh and have had it for 4yrs and it doesn't have a single dint in it. Its in perfect condition and I plan on keeping it for all my babies. Hasn't dated what so ever. I'm not familiar with the other brand.
:hello: 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!
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.
Oh what are you serious???? I might need to go back to the shop and do some investigating!
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 :(
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:
This is the one I was going to get. Looks the same to me without the huge price tag. In the end I got something second hand.:
It practically is the same without the Boori tag and price! It even comes in the same colours as Boori!:
It annoying how companies justify the price when they are all about profit!
blergh cant stop thinking about it now
Okay everyone, just did my research. : )
Have a look at product review and look up Boori. All raves about it. : ) I have yet to hear a bad thing about Boori from someone who has had one so going with my gut on this one.
The Boori line is made from Qld wood. Not asian. As for the nails on the crib. Tell me a crib that does not dent if you put your nail in it? Lmao. There is a baby store in brisbane that currently has dents in all 20 something of their cribs as I did the nail test and they all failed! The white ones showed up less though. : )
I believe it comes down to how you personally care for your crib. So far everyone I have spoken to with a Boori is more then happy. I am super excited by my purchase and I must
say that I will be letting you all know in 18 months how I have gone.
Btw did the change over from the sleigh to the sleigh Royalle and saved $50! So decision made! Thanks everyone. : )
Btw I have gel nails, not acrylic. just a dent in Boori when pushed in but other cribs paint was quick to come off. : )
MissM: Have a look on product reviews before buying the love and care sleigh. I also looked at that one before making my mind up with the Boori. Good luck! xx
Thanks, will do. GL with our boori! I hope all goes well:
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Thanks darlin. : )
Ok so.. I may have gone to the store and stuck my finger into the wood lol. It didnt dent. stuck my immobiliser into it and dented. But what cot wouldnt.
I quizzed the lady and she said yes they have downgraded the timber. She showed me the new boori (like mine) and an old one. She said the old ones are heavier and only a slightly better wood. They are still QLD wood. She said I can change to the old cot but it would be $790 not the $480 I spent. I cant justify that. She also mentioned about the slats being wider.
Hope that helps anyone.
I must have a lemon then because all I have to do is look at mine the wrong way and it dings.