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Firstly I thought about putting this in the equipment section but I think more people gravitate to this section first.
Being about to take our 4 year old grandson away for the first time, we decided we needed a double step to help him in and out of the caravan, said step also had to be robust enough for me as I am no lightweight. We looked at a few offerings and eventually chose the Milenco Giant Double Step. They also make a standard double step which didnt suffer the issue I am going to highlight, but we felt that was a little too narrow for an inexperienced child. The Milenco Giant Double step is rated as being tested to 200kgs and I should say I am nowhere near that weight, but Ill never be a supermodel.
Our caravan is stored at home on a block paving surface, and on Sunday I was doing some work in the caravan and using the new step. Climbing in with a plethora of tools, I put my weight off centre of the step and the whole thing deformed, flattening almost to the floor and tipping yours truly into a heap surrounded by the tools. Luckily I was completely uninjured if somewhat slightly embarrased. Looking at the step it had sprung back into shape and so I tested it again and got the same problem. The problem is that the step has too long a span between front and rear legs and it really ought to have an extra leg. Other steps of a similar size have six legs. I guess the step centre will take 200kgs, but certainly off centre it wont. It may in fairness be better on a grass surface where the legs have more traction, even so, it shouldnt deform like that. On a hard surface/all weather pitch I would be very concerned about using it.
http://www.milenco.com/products/steps/mgi-milenco-giant-double-step
I did check with the moderators first to be certain it was OK to name a product and I do so in the hope it will prevent anybody here from being injured. I have written to Milenco about this and if I get a reply, I will of course post it. Taking the step back to the retailer, they were absolutely fine and gave me a refund without quibble. I did show them the issue and in fairness to them they too were quite concerned and of course surprised. I am certainly not knocking Milenco, as like many of you I have used a number of their excellent products happily for years. This step though is not of their usual quality.
Just for the record, I have being using the single Giant double step for years with no problems.
Being about to take our 4 year old grandson away for the first time, we decided we needed a double step to help him in and out of the caravan, said step also had to be robust enough for me as I am no lightweight. We looked at a few offerings and eventually chose the Milenco Giant Double Step. They also make a standard double step which didnt suffer the issue I am going to highlight, but we felt that was a little too narrow for an inexperienced child. The Milenco Giant Double step is rated as being tested to 200kgs and I should say I am nowhere near that weight, but Ill never be a supermodel.
Our caravan is stored at home on a block paving surface, and on Sunday I was doing some work in the caravan and using the new step. Climbing in with a plethora of tools, I put my weight off centre of the step and the whole thing deformed, flattening almost to the floor and tipping yours truly into a heap surrounded by the tools. Luckily I was completely uninjured if somewhat slightly embarrased. Looking at the step it had sprung back into shape and so I tested it again and got the same problem. The problem is that the step has too long a span between front and rear legs and it really ought to have an extra leg. Other steps of a similar size have six legs. I guess the step centre will take 200kgs, but certainly off centre it wont. It may in fairness be better on a grass surface where the legs have more traction, even so, it shouldnt deform like that. On a hard surface/all weather pitch I would be very concerned about using it.
http://www.milenco.com/products/steps/mgi-milenco-giant-double-step
All our steps meet strict safety guidelines (EN1645 and EN1646) to ensure criteria such as the ability to safely carry a load of 200KG and a tread that is non-slip, even when it is wet.
Not to be confused with dangerous Chinese Steps which are only tested to 100 or 150KG.
The MGI Milenco extra safe steps are produced using 100% recycled plastic, to minimise the environmental impact.
MGI Milenco Giant Double Step
Product Code: 3773
I did check with the moderators first to be certain it was OK to name a product and I do so in the hope it will prevent anybody here from being injured. I have written to Milenco about this and if I get a reply, I will of course post it. Taking the step back to the retailer, they were absolutely fine and gave me a refund without quibble. I did show them the issue and in fairness to them they too were quite concerned and of course surprised. I am certainly not knocking Milenco, as like many of you I have used a number of their excellent products happily for years. This step though is not of their usual quality.
Just for the record, I have being using the single Giant double step for years with no problems.