• 𝓔𝓶𝓶𝓲𝓮@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    Thing must weigh like a ton and that without the gut. How do they even assemble this stuff? And whole thing sounds like an accident waiting to happen

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      6 months ago

      Yeah, they can weigh up to 2000lbs with a king-size bed. A king-size bed is 6,080 sq in.

      A fridge can weigh 300lb being 36"×30". 1,152 sq in.

      Fridge is .26 pounds per sq inch. A water bed is .33 pounds per sq inch.

      So while heavy the weight is distributed basically like a fridge. This is assuming an empty fridge.

      As for durability, a quality waterbed mattress is thick. You aren’t going to pop it or cut it without deliberately trying to.

      Even if you took a knife and stabbed it from the top, it’s not going to leak until you put weight on it.