When buying wood panels, never be greedy for small savings.

2025-11-04

In daily shopping, people often prefer to choose items that are good quality and inexpensive, hoping for value for money or even more. However, for some products, only by spending a higher price can one obtain a high-quality experience. This is especially true in home renovation. Some consumers, in an attempt to save on renovation costs, often take a chance and focus on choosing low-priced engineered wood panels, neglecting the quality of the materials. This leads to numerous problems after the renovation is completed, wasting money and potentially harming their health.

Low-priced engineered wood panels often lack guaranteed raw materials.

The main raw materials of low-priced engineered wood products are not guaranteed. Most of the base materials used in low-priced engineered wood products do not have legitimate sources. In order to make huge profits, manufacturers purchase some waste wood from timber mills, or even rotten or burned wood chips. After artificial polishing and refurbishment, they are injected with glue and cold-pressed to produce "black-hearted engineered wood products". From the appearance of the board, it is not much different from high-quality boards, but its interior will be moldy and black, and thus rotten.

Low-priced engineered wood panels lack quality assurance.

Low-priced engineered wood products are made in very simple processes and produced in extremely harsh environments. Although they are very attractive in terms of price, the various parameters of the products do not meet the corresponding standards and requirements. Their quality cannot withstand the test of practice. After long-term use, problems such as delamination, peeling, blistering, core voids, weak load-bearing capacity, easy breakage, unstable moisture content, easy dampness, and easy deformation will occur, thereby increasing furniture repair costs, depreciating quickly, and having a very short actual service life.

Low-priced engineered wood products can negatively impact human health.

Formaldehyde is a major problem facing the wood-based panel industry. It is a toxic substance and is known as the "number one killer" of indoor pollution. The incubation period of formaldehyde can be as long as ten years or more, and it can cause serious diseases such as skin allergies, asthma, birth defects, and childhood leukemia. Low-priced engineered wood panels often use very inferior glues, resulting in seriously excessive levels of formaldehyde, which can have a severe negative impact on the health of family members.

The desire for good quality at a low price is a natural consumer psychology, but when buying engineered wood products, never be tempted by small savings and end up regretting it later. Although high-quality engineered wood products are more expensive, they provide the best possible health protection for your family.