The Benefits of Ready-to-Assemble vs. Fully-Assembled Furniture

If you’re preparing to purchase furniture for your home or office, you’re going to have two primary categories of furniture to consider with regard to how it’s shipped: ready-to-assemble (RTA) furniture, or furniture that already comes fully assembled.

As the names imply, RTA furniture in Hilo, HI requires you to assemble the item yourself, with assembly varying from simple to quite complex, depending on the product. Fully-assembled furniture, meanwhile, is ready to use as soon as you take it out of its packaging.

Here are a few of the factors you’ll need to consider when choosing between fully-assembled and RTA furniture.

Cost

If you are primarily concerned with the cost of the items you’re going to be purchasing, you can just about always expect RTA furniture to be less expensive than fully-assembled furniture, unless there is a massive difference in the quality of the items. The savings come not only from the extra work required to put the furniture together, but also the more compact shipping capabilities with RTA furniture versus fully-assembled furniture. RTA boxes are easier to fit into a truck, which means there are a wider variety of shipping options that will significantly cut down on costs.

Fully-assembled furniture will almost always cost more due to the greater convenience of not having to assemble it, as well as the higher price associated with shipping a larger, bulkier item. When assembled, the furniture takes up much more space.

Space

Any time you purchase new furniture, you need to make sure you actually have sufficient space for it in your home or office. If you’re getting an item that’s already fully assembled, you may have a harder time getting it into your building and then into the space where you want it to go. You’ll need to measure all doorways and hallways to make sure you actually have enough space to bring it into your home.

RTA furniture is much easier to get through the door and to transport to the location where you will construct it and set it up.

Convenience

Fully-assembled furniture does have a bit of an edge over RTA furniture in terms of convenience, because you don’t have to spend any time getting it assembled before you begin using it. However, the convenience gap isn’t necessarily all that large, depending on the kind of RTA product you’re talking about. In some cases, RTA furniture could simply involve attaching legs on an item. There are certainly some items that can take a lot more work that stretches out over a period of several hours, but this isn’t always the case. Therefore, it’s a good idea to get an accurate sense of exactly how much assembly is required from a piece of furniture, and whether or not it’s worth your while. If the assembly is minimal, then the convenience of a fully-assembled alternative will certainly not outweigh the slight inconvenience of RTA furniture combined with the savings and easy transportation.

For more information about the benefits of RTA furniture in Hilo, HI, contact Yamada Furniture today.

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