Baby changing stations are the little fold down tables found in restrooms, usually imprinted with a koala or cartoon child. One sample declared a weight capacity of 50 lbs, but the baby changing station definitely holds more.
Purpose: Test how much mass an average baby changing station will hold before breaking.
Start ideas off slowly.
1. Use actual babies or toddlers, striving for abnormally heavy builds, and methodically place them on changing stations found at various locations. Use multiple subjects at one time to maximize weight, in addition to diaper bags and siblings. Start with the heaviest subjects and slowly add weight until the station breaks.
Pros: convenient test location
Cons: either felony if broken tables left unacknowledged, or expensive, changing station costs range from $140 to $450 and up; willing participants may be difficult due to risk of injury
Rejected
2. Use actual metal weights, and perform the test on only the cheaper baby changing station models.
Pros: No child injured, semi-convenient test locations
Cons: Still expensive
Rejected
3. Use metal weights and test the changing stations in bathrooms scheduled for demolition.
Pros: Cheap, no damage, no child injured
Cons: inconvenient, communication with strangers, tests results may be skewed due to the age of the changing stations
Most logical and responsible Option
4. Go to the nearest public restroom and sit on the baby changing station. If it doesn't break, bounce a little, and then declare your weight to be the holding capacity.
Pros: Cheap, extremely convenient, maximum researcher participation
Cons: A researcher significantly larger than a baby will almost always break the changing station.
College Student Option
Wow.
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