Post #249562 by Rattiki on Thu, Aug 17, 2006 8:52 PM

On 2006-08-17 07:51, Sneakytiki wrote:
You're joking that the target stools were poorly constructed, right? It's nice to have stuff that matches, but I'd always choose bamboo over rattan.

"Bamboo is a viable replacement for wood. It is one of the strongest building materials, with a tensile strength that rivals steel and weight-to-strength ratio surpassing that of graphite. It withstands up to 52,000 pounds of pressure psi."

Yes bamboo maybe stronger than rattan but as far as I was told by the different furnature makers in the Philippines when looking at the choices between the two, generally it was understood that the joints on bamboo loosen up quicker due to its large size. In the P.I. bamboo would be my choice as it is much cheaper (25% of the price) than rattan and I could have it easily replaced, but here that may not be the case as it is the shipping that adds so much to the overall costs.