The furniture industry is a large one, with sales of consumer furniture and bedding reaching nearly $102 billion in 2015, and the expectation of continued growth until 2020. A sizable portion of this (8%) are recliners and other motion chairs, according to Furniture Today.
But if you’re looking to get the most out of your rental property furniture or resort furniture, or just your sleeper chair at home, then you should consider purchasing commercial grade.
Commercial grade furniture is made much higher quality than your standard wholesale furniture suppliers can offer, and they’ll have a much longer lasting warranty for their products. Things like a commercial sleep chair will last nearly twice as long as the same product made wholesale.
But what kind of product is right for you?
Consider Your Site
Both commercial grade furniture and residential/standard grade furniture serve the same purpose. A commercial sleep chair is a sleep chair; that doesn’t change. What changes is the money spent in the short term compared to the long term, and that all comes down to usage.
Commercial grade furnishings will last much longer and endure much heavier use, including extreme conditions, over the course of their life. If your furnishings are being purchased for medium-to-high traffic areas or will be outside often, you want to go commercial.
Consider Your Costs
Short-term and long-term costs are the most important factors to many businesses. A larger investment up front could save you money in the long-term, but you might need that upfront money. It’s up to you to consider the costs.
A good price comparison is that a standard grade furniture piece will cost $69, with a warranty of one year, and will likely have only one color option in stores or online. A commercial grade piece will cost $625, with a 20-year warranty, and have 360 custom color combinations.
Assuming that all things last until their warranty ends, and factoring in 20 years of replacements, the standard piece costs more. Just think about having to replace it every year for around $70 compared to a $43 annual cost over 20 years for the commercial grade piece.
But in the end, the choice of what happens to your business is your own. Commercial grade sleep chair or standard grade sleep chair, what matters is that you do what’s right for your business.