METOD hinges & soft close hinges

Soft close hinges: the secret to a quieter, longer-lasting kitchen

Whether you’re installing new kitchen cabinets or updating your existing cabinet hinges, small details like choosing soft close cabinet hinges can have a huge impact. As their name suggests, soft-close hinges allow your cabinet doors to close slowly—without requiring that you ever-so-gently close them every time you grab a coffee mug.

• Soft close hinges help protect your cabinets from the wear-and-tear—and potential damage—from cabinets regularly slamming closed. This can extend the life of your kitchen cabinetry, and keep it looking and functioning better for much longer.
• Also known as door dampers, soft-close kitchen cabinet hinges help keep kids safer. Because they close slowly, there’s less risk of little fingers getting pinched in a slamming door. Or a tail if you’re a pet parent.
• Soft close hinges also keep the contents of your cabinets safer, which can be especially important in a cabinet holding glassware, dinnerware and other fragile items. You no longer have to worry about accidentally closing the door too roughly or quickly only to hear items crashing behind it.

Once you’ve grabbed your drinking glass, plate or other desired item from the cabinet, simply close it and let the hidden cabinet hinges go to work softly closing the door in just a few seconds.