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On a whim, I bought a cheapo storage box with a fold-down lid from Lidl the other day.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=lidl+storage+box&biw=1280&bih=857&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwjYoLeji9_OAhVqI8AKHa2-BEMQsAQIIg#imgrc=UzXMsesMI9VWXM:
I'm planning to use it a storage box in my little cria's bedroom, so want to fix a soft-close mechanism to prevent trapped hooves.

From what I've seen, the two options open to me are a friction support or a gas strut. What would the experts recommend? My handiwork skills are limited, but I can operate a drill and screwdriver. :)

Sort of thing I've seen;
Friction support
http://www.eurofitdirect.co.uk/toy-...e=GoogleBase&gclid=CIfmtIaK384CFaYW0wodhdEPcA

Gas strut
https://www.amazon.co.uk/150Nm-Stru...UTF8&qid=1472214482&sr=8-1&keywords=gas+strut


Re: the box, the lid shouldn't be very heavy - couple of kilos max. It's about 73cmx40cm.
 
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If it's the one HERE, it has a spring loaded lid which doesn't slam shut on fingers. Reasonably sturdy and quick to assemble, although fitting the spring things is a bit fiddly.
 
No, it was the one I added a pic of to the OP. It has a stay, but not a soft close. My kids are ingenious/naughty enough to release a stay and stupid enough to get their fingers trapped!
 
Ah! Your link takes me to a generic Lidl storage box image search, hence my confusion.
 
That one would actually have been better for Mrs Nod's needs than the one I linked to (which is what she's got!) Having said that, the ones she's ended up with are rated to 100kg and easily hold my fat donkey in the middle without bowing the lid so should be fine for her rather more svelte customers, even if they sit side by side on them. Better than the rather flimsy Makro ottomans she had before (which have lasted about 5 years.)

When I was a kid, if I hurt my fingers by closing a lid on them, I learnt not to shut a box on my fingers...
 
Nod said:
When I was a kid, if I hurt my fingers by closing a lid on them, I learnt not to shut a box on my fingers...
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He's already clocked up one trip to A&E and plastic surgery after shutting his thumb in a door at nursery. Anymore and social services will be paying a visit!
 
Ah! Best wrap him in bubble wrap then!
 
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