Soft-close mechanism for children's toy box

[OliT]

Hi all,

I'm looking for recommendations for a soft-close mechanism for a children's toy box. I've put soft close hinges on, but they're not strong enough to slow the lid as it closes. It's a pine lid around 810x420mm. I was thinking of a gas strut or similar but wondered whether the collective wisdom had any good or bad experiences to share.

Thanks in advance,
Oli

 

[Doug71]

Looked in to this myself a few weeks ago, best I found was Sugatsune soft close lid stay from eurofitdirect.co.uk I used them with blum type hinges (think un sprung).

Worked really well, can post a link when I get home

 

[AndyT]

There's another happy Sugatsune user in this thread:

topic117715.html

 

[OliT]

These?
https://www.eurofitdirect.co.uk/product ... zvEALw_wcB

They were top of my list at this stage!

 

[Doug71]

Yes they are the ones.

Peter Parfit from the New Brit Workshop has a video on his channel showing him fitting them to a case/box for I think a keyboard.

 

[TheTiddles]

Gas springs are available from screwfix for kitchen cabinets etc... you can gang them up for more push/resistance

Aidan