[BitwiseFool]

I don't want flame retardants in my products. I suspect most of these requirements came from the era when a lot more people smoked. Sure, put flame retardants in oven mitts and things that will reasonably catch fire, rather than things like pillowcases.

Even still, how common were couch fires 20+ years ago when flame based (non-vaping) smoking was so much more common?

[kwhitefoot]

> .. oven mitts .. that will reasonably catch fire, ..

Or make them from densely woven wool. The ignition temperature is higher than all of the common textiles and it does not melt.

See https://iwto.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IWTO_Wool-Fire.p...

[ruined]

couch fires happen every day. a thing to note is that couches are really just very fluffy aerated flammable plastic, and they burn extremely well.

i don't want fire retardants in couches either, but it's easy to see how the choice was made to mandate it.

[fomine3]

But how without cigarettes?

[tharkun__]

Like my sibling sort of did I want to point out that this possibly was meant to counter another trend. Unfortunately furniture nowadays burn much faster than before.

They did an experiment. Built one room with old furniture made from solid wood and other "old style materials" and set it on fire. Then they built another one with modern materials with the typical particle board furniture. Set it on fire.

Not many more words needed. Just watch: https://youtu.be/aDNPhq5ggoE