UL FSRI Home Furnishings Comparison (Natural vs. Synthetic)

In 2020, the UL FSRI team captured a new side-by-side burn comparison of natural vs. synthetic furnished rooms. Since the original comparison video was shared in 2009, UL FSRI has repeated the same experiment several times with similar results in terms of flashover times between the natural and synthetic furnished rooms. The flashover data from those experiments has been incorporated into this new video that has been captured in much crisper detail than its predecessor thanks to vast video technology enhancements.
For more on the research behind this video, visit the project page: ulfirefightersafety.org/resea...

[@wyster14]

The crime of this video was that the sofa on the left was gorgeous

[@ItsIdaho]

Biedermeier? I love the TV too.

[@vonwagner1257]

You guys nail it all the time. Thanks for doing these in higher resolution and with production quality instead of 2013 720p!

[@adamlea6339]

Not surprising, synthetic materials contain a lot of hydrocarbons, so your house is in a sense full of petrol.

[@teletubbytedd]

This video is under appreciated by fire fighters and student alike.

[@bettyrubble2628]

The intensity of raw primal fear that this video caused me to feel. I'm not being funny at all this is terrifying. I never knew a house / room could be overtaken by fire so quickly

[@franciscomagalhaes7457]

wow... thanks for this, came here from reddit, had no idea this sort of thing even made a difference...

[@melaniebaynes2730]

I can't imagine the toxic fumes from the synthetics burning would do anyone any good either

[@vo6172]

This was very eye opening. Another wake up call money hungry everywhere. Please be safe.

[@dane4890]

Scary Stuff... Great video !

[@brodaczszczuroap7329]

Pozdro ze szkolenia BHP

[@Kaspereq]

Pozdrawiam z książki „Zarządzenie powietrzem”

[@Black-Panther-Animal-House]

TRUE 100%

[@art77fun]

Dear sirs, I would like permission to use your video on my website. It is a website promoting fire safety. Let me know.

[@Chris-rg6nm]

Sure go ahead.

[@dbringerofdeath2028]

welp, I gotta write a paper on this so ill get to it.

[@jamesr2624]

So for all of our safety if synthetic materials fairs so poorly against natural materials? Then why do we have synthetic material in almost everything in our daily lives especially home furnishings? Where is our protection as consumers

[@wyster14]

Because protection went out the window as soon as companies saw profits from doing so. The flaw is that we reward companies for such terrible things

[@jamesr2624]

@@wyster14 Very true. Also most of these product safety testers and consumer protection groups are industry funded.

[@wyster14]

@@jamesr2624 yup, plus they will silence anyone that claims that their products aren't safe

[@andybrinson3406]

You can still buy natural material furniture. It just costs a lot more. It's not just a "they make money" thing, it's a "we don't want to spend the extra money" thing.

[@wyster14]

@@andybrinson3406 it's also the fact that they can literally raise the prices on you without even putting better quality into their products

[@cyutiepie]

my teacher showed me this lol

[@myke5696]

Yes but natural vs synthetic is very vague. I could assemble a natural room that would burn a lot quicker and a synthetic room that would burn a lot slower. Should give more details

[@rageonyx]

Not vague at all if you've ever been inside a home store. They aren't trying to trick you. They just filled the rooms with things a normal person can buy. Natural fibers are solid wood furniture, cotton and burlap fabrics, wool rugs, and ceramic or glass knick-knacks. Synthetics that have replaced those are composite fiberboard furniture with plenty of air pockets and petrochemical glue, fluffy polyester fabrics, and plastic knick-knacks.

[@user-qd6jt9sd3h]

Not really vague; cotton, wool, and solid wood are natural. Polyester, nylon, and particle board are synthetic

[@livelovedaydream]

Wood instead of MDF/particleboard. Wool instead of polyester comes to mind