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Hampton Bay Patio Furniture

Hampton Bay Furniture, sold by Home Depot stores, is manufactured by JRA Furniture, headquartered in Cerritos, Calif., which proudly boasts that its furniture is made in "factories throughout Asia." Yes, and we can think of many consumers who would have been happier if JRA's glass=top tables had stayed in Asia.

Besides Hampton Bay, JRA's glass-top tables are sold under a number of brand names, the most notorious being Martha Stewart. Her line of patio furniture, sold by Kmart, has produced an explosion of complaints from consumers about its nasty habit of exploding all over their patios and decks.

See Sounds of Summer: Martha Stewart Tables Shattering for all the gory details.

James of Levittown PA (07/18/08)
I have had my Hampton Bay 5-piece Pacific patio set for about 3-4 years. It has a approximately 48 glass topped table. I went out today 7/18/08 and the table was in pieces. There was no wind today but it was 95 degrees or so all day. I don't know if the heat had anything to do with it but it was a major cleanup with the shop vac.

I'm now out a table since it cannot be used. I read here that new tabletops can cost 200 or more just for the glass. I'd like to replace the tabletop with something besides glass now since I'm not going to spend that much money on a new top. Or, I might just purchase a new table elsewhere.

Roberta of Smithfield, RI July 18, 2008

Roberta of Smithfield RI (07/18/08)
I purshased a pation set made my hampton bay 2 summers ago. I also bought the ten foot unbrella which was approxiamtly 170.00. The rope on the umbrella broke and cannot be repaired as I can see. This was not a CHEAP set and I would like to have the umbrella replaced and shipped to me free of charge. Home Depot no longer carries this product as far as I know.

Edmund of Chapin, SC July 16, 2008

Edmund of Chapin SC (07/16/08)
I purchased two glass top Hampton Bay white wicker patio tables from Home Depot in the early spring of 2008. One table was placed in the back in the shade. The second table was placed in the front under a covered porch. Just a couple of weeks ago the glass tabletop spontaneously shattered overnight in the back yard. There was nothing on the table and fortunately nobody was hurt but it sure was a problem cleaning up about 10 lbs of glass shards. I was worried that my dogs would walk on the glass and cut their paws. I was looking for a replacement tabletop when I came across this website and was surprised at the large number of complaints with the exact same thing happening.

Patio table is ruined and now I don't trust the 2nd table that we purchased that is currently not shattered.

Bill of Arlington, TX July 14, 2008

Bill of Arlington TX (07/14/08)
What an eye opener. A friend of mine had a similar glass explosion earlier this summer with a 2 yr old set. In shopping for a replacement, we found Home Depot still proudly sellint the Hampton Bay sets with the tempered glass tops. Not looking to witness an explosion of glass, we're going to pass.

Spent 4 hours cleaning up the last mess.

Kristen of Waltham, MA July 13, 2008

Kristen of Waltham MA (07/13/08)
Bought a Hampton Bay Kampar 5 piece dinning set last summer. This summer, one random day we went out to our patio to find the table top shattered in a million pieces. We are lucky that our two children ages 1 and 2 were not around when this happened.

K of Monument, CO July 10, 2008

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