Transforming bed for children and adults, what to look for

At the end of the 19th century, the first transformable bed appeared, which was invented by the American doctor William Murphy. The transforming bed is designed to free square meters for the day, and provide comfortable places to sleep at night. Today, a bedroom with a transforming bed is often found in small apartments. The product can hide not only a sleeping place, but also other furniture items ─ a table, a curbstone, shelves, and folding doors can serve for zoning the room.

Positive and negative sides

When arranging a living room, it is not always possible to find the best option for arranging furniture designs. To achieve the desired result, many spend a lot of time on repairs. Transformer beds, due to their functionality, greatly facilitate this task. In addition, they have found application not only in everyday life, but also in medical institutions. Like any other furniture designs, transformer furniture has both advantages and disadvantages. Strengths include:

Saving free territory - the built-in model adequately fulfills its task. In the daytime, the assembled look of the bed resembles a wardrobe, and at night it turns into a comfortable surface for sleeping;
Variety - furniture manufacturers have developed all kinds of styles of designs in the bedroom, from classic to modern, with all kinds of decorating elements. The facade is a mirror surface, which contribute to a visual increase in the area in small rooms;
A variety of mechanisms - devices for a transforming bed provide different possibilities for transforming furniture;
Adjustment - often the length of the transformer bed for children can be adjusted. This makes it possible to use the product for a long time as the child grows up;
The presence of fencing - a transforming bed for teens and young children is equipped with bumpers for protection;
Large range of dimensions - bed sizes can be not only standard. They can be ordered according to individual projects, focusing on the area of the room;
The presence of a built-in mattress - all models come with mattresses, so you do not need to buy it. The most commonly used orthopedic model of the mattress;
Availability of a changing table - most of the children's modular beds are equipped with changing tables. This significantly saves square meters and there is no need to purchase additional furniture, which saves money.

Like any other furniture, transformers have minor flaws. These include:

High price - the cost of the product is made up of high-quality lifting mechanisms, frame, upholstery material, as well as the type of mattress;
Depreciation - with regular use, transformation mechanisms quickly fail;
A bed with a transformation mechanism may suddenly form. This in rare cases occurs if structural elements are worn;
The drawers that the crib is often furnished with are mounted on wheels. This sometimes causes damage to the flooring;
Mattresses on baby cots are not adjustable. Therefore, with the growing up of the child, their replacement is required.

Kinds

Transformable bed can be attributed to the most popular design solutions. Today, such furniture on the market is presented in a large assortment. When choosing products, consumers are wondering, which model is better? It all depends on the personal preferences of consumers. The most common models:

Vertical - the design is a double wardrobe-bed-transformer. The headboard is fixed to the wall, and the main berth rises and hides in a closet;
Horizontal - this design is designed for a single place, which is attached to the wall with the side. On the rest of the wall, you can hang paintings or book racks;
Roll-out is the simplest and most demanded model. The lower built-in bed enters the upper part of the bed structure. The roll-out bed can have dimensions of an adult berth with a transformable base, as well as a child's bed, starting from the age of 8;
Lifting bed - a pneumatic mechanism allows you to easily remove a teenage transformer bed in a closet or wall;
Folding ottoman - folding bed ottoman when folded is a regular piece of furniture. Inside the structure is a couch with supports and a mattress;
With a transformable headboard - the product is suitable not only for domestic use, but also as a transforming bed for bed patients. Raising part of the product, it turns out a comfortable place for patients. Convenient model for medical procedures, reading books or watching TV;
Children - the model bed-table for schoolchildren is a design that uses high-quality fittings. The product consists of two items. They vary with the time of day. In the afternoon, the berth rises, and the desk lowers. Before going to bed, the opposite is true;
With a pendulum - the design is configured for longitudinal or transverse motion sickness. Experts recommend using transformer beds with a pendulum that resembles a baby's motion sickness in her arms. The length of the pendulum provides a wide amplitude of oscillation;
For childbirth - there are horizontal and vertical models of transforming beds for childbirth. Horizontal Rakhmanov beds have been used in maternity wards for more than 30 years, and vertical transformable beds in medical facilities have appeared recently. They are the developments, as well as the pride of Russian scientists;
Round - with the child growing up, the round configuration of the product turns into an oval transforming bed. Furniture reliably protects the child from injuries, becoming a full-fledged berth, sofa or work table. Some transforming beds also have a pendulum. This bed is designed for children from 0 to 5 years;
Two-tier - the model is designed for two children. The design has one mechanism by which the product takes on a different design look, and a ladder serves as a support for the entire structure. The product is the best option for children from 3 years;
9-in-1 bed - the design of the 9-in-1 transformer bed consists of several elements that, with the help of mechanisms, are transformed into sets from a sofa, a table and drawers or a wardrobe.

Pendulum

Lifting

Horizontal

With transformer headboard

Vertical

Rollout

Clamshell ottoman

Bed table

Generic

Round

Bunk

9 in 1

Additional features

The transformable furniture design has a second name ─ “smart furniture”, which has a whole arsenal of additional functions:

Adult beds are transformed not only into wardrobes or sofas, but also converted into a table, chair, chest of drawers, wardrobe with a desk, a closed shelf, as well as other additional elements. One such element is a box with a lifting device for bedding. An electrical transforming system can be installed;
Transformer metal beds are made for boarding schools where elderly people live, or for hospitals. With the help of lifting mechanisms, the height of the berth, the inclination of the headboard, back, and also the section for the legs are regulated. Such models are often remotely controlled. There are additional items on the medical beds:

Racks, grips for self-tightening the patient;
Compartment for the toilet;
Brake devices at the rear of the structure;
Side rails.

Transformer cots are additionally equipped with changing tables, a chest of drawers with drawers where you can store baby things. Designs complement with lamps or canopies. For the smallest cots are equipped with a special pendulum mechanism. An automatic swing mode makes it easy to care for your baby.

Transformation mechanisms

Modern furniture manufacturers have presented a wide range of transformation mechanisms for beds. When choosing a bed, you need to familiarize yourself with its characteristic, which depends on many factors.

The most important is the type of mechanisms that are installed on the transformer bed (video can be found on the Internet). You must understand that the main element in the adult design of the product is a lifting device. It should easily lift a few tens of kilograms of the structure and turn the bed into a closet or wall. The main options for lifting mechanisms include:

Manual - this device belongs to cheap and physically expensive mechanisms. Raising the product is carried out completely by hand. The device does not have additional springs and shock absorbers;
Spring - carbon steel wire is used to make coil springs. The service life can reach 70 years. The disadvantage of this mechanism is noisy work, as over time the springs stretch and make an unpleasant sound. Therefore, they require periodic replacement;
Gas lift - the device is one of the most convenient, but at the same time the most complex mechanisms. Piston devices filled with compressed air take part in the module. No need to make an effort, the mechanism will do everything by itself. Gas lift ─ this is the most expensive device.

Some mechanisms are equipped with electric drive or remote control. The latter is often used in transformer beds with a pendulum.

Consider several models in the photo of transforming beds with a variety of transformation mechanisms:

Sofa bed Disco. Consists of two frames, pneumatic springs, lamellas and assembly accessories. They are single beds. On the upper tier there is a reinforced side. Assembled size: 760 * 2120 * 905 mm. Unfolded size: 1450 * 2120 * 905 mm. Size of a berth: 800 (900) * 2000mm;
Hip-Hop bunk bed. It consists of a bed frame, belts for mattresses, fixing accessories, elastic lamellas, gas lift. Dimensions of the mechanism: 1900 * 900 * 100 mm. Unfolded: 1280 * 2050 * 1030 mm;
Bed-wardrobe-sofa Foxtrot. It consists of a bed frame, a transformation mechanism, holding belts, gas springs, a push up opening mechanism, fixing hardware, slats for a bed. Product dimensions: 2000 * (900 * 1200, 900 * 1400, 900 * 1600) * 200 mm;
The transforming bed of the Italian factory DRS Traverso Collection with a lifting mechanism is made entirely of natural material. The beech frame has an orthopedic function. The transformation mechanism is available in two models ─ single and double. In the second version of the elite design, boxes for seasonal items are provided. To fix the mattress, special belts are provided.

DRS Traverso Collection

Disco

Hip-hop

Foxtrot

Which models are more reliable

The transforming bed drives the lifting mechanism. The service life depends on the reliability and quality of the device. To find out which transformation mechanism is the best, you must first select a furniture structure according to the following points:

Is there a place to store bedding?
Is the sleeping place comfortable?
Decide on the dimensions of the bed. The compact product should not disturb the free space and reduce the space in the room.

Modern furniture manufacturers introduced to the market designs with three types of lifting mechanisms:

Spring loaded;
Gas lift;
Manual lift.

If we consider the first two mechanisms, then clearly the gas lift has more duty cycles. And preference should be given to models with a gas shock absorber, and not with an air filler. Nitrogen gas does not form corrosion in the pipes of the lifting device, the operation of the mechanism is designed for 90 thousand cycles.

The operation of the spring mechanism is designed for 20 thousand cycles. This is due to the quality of the springs, since they tend to stretch, their elasticity weakens over time. Models with a manual mechanism are cheap, but the transformation requires maximum effort. Experts recommend choosing a model with a gas shock absorber, a vertical lifting mechanism. She quickly folds in the morning, and before going to bed, falls in a matter of seconds, without effort.

Transforming furniture allows the owners of the room not to cover the product with a blanket, as the existing belts hold the mattress and bedding.

The optimal model is a product in which the mechanism has additional amplifiers, blockers. They will be able to protect those present from injury in case of accidental collapse of the structure.

Modern manufacturers are guided by the needs of people, so all furniture designs are functional, practical, reliable, comfortable.