Dreambox 3 Assembly || Tips + My HONEST Thoughts
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- If you're looking to buy a Dreambox for yourself, here are my tips after experiencing what the assembly process is like. I also share my thoughts and opinions on the Dreambox and some points to consider if you're thinking of buying one.
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Thank you! I just bought one and it arrived a few days ago. Because the Dreambox 3 just came out a few weeks ago, there isn't much information on the specifics or any videos at all about assembly except yours. Im so grateful you took the time to make this video.
Although you aren't a fan and wouldn't buy one yourself, I'm not a "DIY guy" like you are. I like the design of the box and the simplicity of having everything already measured, cut, planned, and with the right hardware.
I have a TON of art supplies, and if I can't see them, like in the wood taboret I have, I forget they're there. It also doesn't help that not everything I have even fits in it, despite its very large size, so my supplies are spread around in different places. That just makes it worse as far as keeping track of what I have and therefore what I can use.
Looking at my oil paints, pencils, pastels, watercolors, mediums, papers, canvases, and brushes puts me in a much more creative mindset.
I like the clear totes for that reason - that I can see what I have, but I agree they could be made of a significantly higher quality given the price. They're not SUPER flimsy, but the they are definitely overpriced.
I bought the standard tote package because I have a lot that's already in storage containers. It made sense to use them and not fork over an extra $400 for the full tote package for 17 large totes, 11 mediums, and 5 small.
My one real gripe so far is that the standard package has NO TOTES at all! Theyre super useful for storing brushes because they shouldn't be stored with the bristles up. It causes water or solvent to run down into the ferrule of the brush, which weakens it over time.
Just FIVE small totes are $60 and they dont aupply the tracks which are an extra $15 for ten (2 per tote, if anyone is reading this) its a whopping $75 + tax for just 5 of the smallest totes. The totes are criminally overpriced.
Personally I feel everything from the company is overpriced. I do think the box is cool from at the design perspective, the ability to close the doors and hide everything away is nice. My issue is simply for the price of the box and totes I would expect better quality. I completely understand that as someone who does not do DIY, you just want to be able to buy and quickly assemble a pre made product. I have no issue with that as there are things I will not do simply because it would take to much time or I don't feel like I could produce a better result. The dream box is a product where I may not be able to produce a better product by doing it myself but for the price of it I feel it should be better quality. At minimum I think the totes need to be better for the price or at least lower the price of the totes. Like you said five small totes for $75 is criminal. Especially considering how flimsy the plastic is, to me that just does not justify the price tag.
@thediygrunt I totally agree. I got the basic half tote package so that I have plenty of room to use my own, and better, storage containers. They're also not all exactly the same.
I'm an artist, not a crafter, so I like when something has personality. The full tote package is the opposite of that. I know some people make inserts for the drawers, but it's still very uniform. I have things of all different sizes and shapes. It's a lot more visually interesting to me that way.
Thank you again for making this video and thank you for taking the time to reply. I appreciate it a lot!
@@thediygruntI wrote a reply, but it deselects names when a reply is too long. Idk if it's my phone or RUclips's android code that's the problem.
This comment is just to bring your attention to the other comment.
Excellent video!❤
Great video! Thanks for posting!
Left Audio only had me tilting my head the whole video lol😂
Sorry about that, new mics. Trying to figure out camera/mic settings so it doesn't do that
We are building are own but having issues with the hinges rubbing when closing the doors. Any insight on the hinges? Do they have an offset?
No there is no offset the left and right boxes are exact mirror images. When the box is fully assembled and the doors are shut the hinges just barely avoid touching. The swing doors I would say are roughly an 1/8" maybe 1/4" smaller in combined width compared to the width of the main box. So when the doors are shut the hinges avoid hitting each other. With both doors shut there is a slight gap in between them so if the main box is 36" inches wide you don't want two swing doors at 18" wide. You want each swing door at 17 and 7/8" or 17 and 15/16" wide so you will have the small gap to keep the hinges from hitting.
On step 6 where the instructions are again blatantly wrong, did you have a problem with the base pins? The holes for the base pins are obstructed by the bottom piece so we can’t get it on with them in.
Actually at 5:07 I can see your base pins are in. How did you get the bottom tightened in place with them in?
Sorry I didn't get to you sooner, had a lot going on with work. Were you able to figure it out? Looking at the instructions I have, I have a note saying that on step 6, they show CB base going into CB2 but my notes say it should be CB1. Was that the problem?
I ordered a dream box and it never came. And I can't get ahold of them. Very upset
I was not very impressed with the company or the product.