How to choose a furniture hinge?

Look at the material, feel the feel, weigh the weight

The hinge with good quality feels thick, and almost all the cabinet hardware of big brands use cold-rolled steel, which is stamped and formed at one time, the surface is smooth, and it feels better to the touch. Moreover, due to the thick surface plating, it looks brighter, the color is pure, and it looks more comfortable. Such hinges are strong and durable, strong load-bearing capacity, and the cabinet door stretches freely, and there will be no tight door closure.

And inferior hinges are generally welded with thin iron sheets, visually not so bright, rough feeling, thinner, poor hinge quality, inferior hinges are generally welded with thin iron sheets, almost no resilience, a little longer will lose elasticity, cabinet doors are easy to lean forward and backward for a long time, loose and sag.

Do-it-yourself testing

At the purchase site, you can try a few more hinge samples, a good hinge opens the door with soft force and uniform rebound force, and the hinge with excellent quality will automatically rebound when it closes to 15 degrees, and the rebound force is very uniform. Hinges of poor quality have little resilience.

Look at the details

Details can be seen whether the product is good or not, so as to confirm whether the quality is outstanding. The hardware used in high-quality wardrobe hardware feels thick and has a smooth surface, and even achieves a silent effect in design. The hinge can be opened 95 degrees, and both sides of the hinge can be pressed firmly by hand to observe that the support spring sheet is not deformed or broken, and it is a very strong product with qualified quality.