New study reveals IKEA’s most stressful items to assemble from ranges including BRIMNES, HEMNES and PAX
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IKEA is a staple for many households, offering great prices on a range of furniture pieces. Also renowned for its tasty hot dogs, they almost make the heated conversations that will inevitably come while constructing your flatpack purchases worthwhile .
A new study from hotukdeals found 8 out of 10 people say they’ve had an argument with their partner while assembling furniture. So with that in mind, in January 2023, the company conducted the Flat-Pack Stress Index.
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Hide AdThe study tasked 100 people with assembling 20 of the most popular IKEA products - all while having their stress levels measured across a range of physiological factors in a controlled environment.
Vix Leyton, Consumer expert at hotukdeals said: "Flatpack furniture is renowned to try every element of your patience and, if you’re working as a team, it is a unique test of how much you really like each other, but there is no satisfaction quite like putting in that final piece.”
During the study, people were put into teams of two and fitted with heart monitors to measure both their heart rate (lower is better) and heart rate variance (higher is better). Under supervision, they were then tasked with assembling IKEA items under a time limit based on the average difficulty rating of each item.
Explaining the results, a spokesperson for hotukdeals said: “We combined our stressors along with the completion rate for each piece of furniture to create an overall stress score out of 100 - the higher the score, the higher the overall stress level.”
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Hide AdSo, what are the other most stressful items to assemble from IKEA? Here’s the full breakdown.