UL FSRI Home Furnishings Comparison (Natural vs. Synthetic)

[@vonwagner1257]

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

[@wyster14]

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

[@ItsIdaho]

Biedermeier? I love the TV too.

[@azuquirtle]

"I really expected synthetic to be a lot worse than natural" gets to 0:55 "oh"

[@teletubbytedd]

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

[@TimpBizkit]

Not only faster fire (apart from at the very beginning when the left room was marginally ahead) but also far more suffocating smoke.

[@adamlea6339]

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

[@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...

[@KrisHughes]

In the 60s and 70s people hugely bought into the hype of synthetic materials and modernity. At first, they weren't even cheaper, because they were novel. Then people started to think that plastic and nylon were somehow easier to care for than leather and wool/cotton. Over time, we've decided that we need to replace our furniture every few years instead of once or twice in a lifetime.

[@melaniebaynes2730]

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

[@thingmaker67]

Read about this in John Vaillant's book Fire Weather. Thx.

[@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

[@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.

[@vo6172]

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

[@Kaspereq]

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[@dane4890]

Scary Stuff... Great video !

[@brodaczszczuroap7329]

Pozdro ze szkolenia BHP

[@dbringerofdeath2028]

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

[@Black-Panther-Animal-House]

TRUE 100%

[@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

[@CookSidney-n2c]

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[@cyutiepie]

my teacher showed me this lol

[@RajuSikder-zt1mg]

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