The 3 Hour Kitchen Upgrade I Wish I Did Years Ago

These little guys have been a killer upgrade in our kitchen and bathrooms. They’re easy to install, they’re not that expensive and anyone can do this. It’s one of those things that will have you saying “Why didn’t I do this a long time ago?”

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[kiwinakun]

I installed these exact ones on all my cabinet doors. They worked great for a while but one by one, they all broke. Some of them started leaking oil but they all pretty much stopped soft closing. Replaced them with the Blum Blumotion, which they have a clip on or screw in version. These cost more but they are higher quality. So far had them for a little over 3 years and still working.

[ScytheNoire]

The only bad part if you have soft close cupboards, drawers, or toilet seat, everyone else you go you'll forget not everywhere has them and people will think you are slamming things.

[jonwhittaker]

This is EXCELLENT. I just installed them on all 27 of my kitchen cabinet doors. Thank you so much, I never would have gotten to it if it wasn't for your video!

[rokhardware]

Thanks for using our soft close cabinet door damper! We are glad you recognized how easy it is to install!

[scottkolaya]

1:18 I installed those dampers and ended up destroying the cabinet in 6 months. They are like little crow bars putting stress on the hinges and screws. I ended up replacing the hinges with soft close hinges before I wrecked anymore cabinets. The soft close hinges keeps the dampening stress within the hinge that's designed for it, rather than putting the dampening stress from the wood through the hinge pulling on the screws each time the door is closed.

[toneystevens]

I sure am glad that I live in a place where this is considered a problem people have!

[stephenmorris]

I highly recommend the Blum soft-close door adapters that work with all types of hinges. I installed the Blumotion mechanisms (970.1002) in their solid metal face frame adapters (970.5701) for less than $4 a door shipped. Nice to get affordable solutions from a quality manufacturer.

[AkSonya]

I changed out all of my doors to soft close (wish I knew you only needed one per door) about two years ago and I am so happy I did. It was so easy to do, didn't take me long and cost me about a $150.00. I wish I had done that years ago.

[Jbiglin]

First time on your channel. This was really well done, concise and very informative. Now I have another item on the honey-do list to do - just what I needed. 😊.

[DiamondAngelX]

I've used the plastic ones for the past 3 years, bought them on aliexpress. Game changer, I love them. Non have broken or stopped working

[PatrickHealy]

Great video. Everyone should have this in their home. I've got the cabinets done but you've inspired me to do the drawers too. Thank you!

[shawnevans]

A great informative video as always Nihls! Thanks for the continuing content.

[the_kingdom]

The larger circular felt pads one on top and one on bottom of doors also prevent the sound of closing. The don't make the doors close slower but they do stop the sound.

[mrgallbladder]

Cant speak for drawers, but for cabinet doors, you can just buy soft close hinges for about the same price and replace your existing ones.

[mikejrog]

Nice kitchen! The lighting above island looks super nice.

[brianzachary]

For the spacers you can cut a small wood block of wood.

[Propnut]

I have these on all my cabinets in my new bathroom doors. They are fantastic!!!!

[BentleyWilkinson]

I'm used to this being built into IKEA kitchens for 20 years now here in Sweden. It's such a great feature.

[tiffanybuchanan]

This was one of the first things I did when we bought our current house about 3 years ago. I couldn’t stand the sound of the doors slamming. I went all around the house changing them in the kitchen and the bathrooms. Money we’ll sent!

[vickigonya]

This is great! I had no idea after market soft close additions were available ❤