r/uofi • u/Moss_isswag • 13d ago

Bed weight limit

I asked the housing dept what the weight limits on the beds are, and they didn’t know but they estimated about 250 pounds. I weight 260ish, should i just get a normal bed or is it fine to tough it out?

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u/Certain-Paper9306 13d ago

The frames should be considerably more than 250 pounds - very likely more than twice that amount. There are instances of three or four people being on a bed chilling out and the bed frames do not fail under that weight. Who the heck gave you the 250 estimate?

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u/Moss_isswag 12d ago

Some person i emailed in the housing department. They said they weren’t sure but estimated 250 pounds. I thought it was a little odd considering thats a pretty low weight limit for adult beds. Thanks for the help tho

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u/Sorta_jewy_with_it 13d ago

Are you asking if you should bring your own bed into the dorms?

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u/Moss_isswag 13d ago

No im asking what kind of bed to use, they have bunk, normal, and loft beds. Im asking if i should do the lofts or normal.

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u/taylordandsavior 13d ago

what dorm are you in

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u/ConiferousSquid 11d ago

I was about 250-280 when I lived in the tower and I was just fine in my loft bed. Mind you, this was 2011-2012, but the beds couldn't have gotten worse in that time, one would hope lol

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u/Plastic_Berry_5573 10d ago

I was around 280+ when I was in Wallace but I just slept in the bottom bunk. No issues! My friends and I would watch movies 5+ at a time cuddled up!

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u/Moss_isswag 10d ago

I got my bed moved down to a normal level, it actually worked out cuz we have more storage now. Thanks for the response tho!