Best Furniture Anti-Tip Kits (2026): Metal Anchors and Straps for Dressers and TVs

Quick answer: anchor every dresser, bookcase and TV a child could climb or pull, using a kit with metal brackets and a heavy nylon or braided steel strap, screwed into a wall stud [3]. Skip thin plastic kits: the CPSC has recalled or warned about several that break, and it says to use tip restraints that comply with ASTM F3096-23 [4][11]. Tip-overs injure about 17,800 people a year, and a child is treated in an emergency department for one every 53 minutes [1].

Why plastic kits keep getting recalled

The CPSC’s recent actions share a pattern: thin plastic brackets joined by a zip tie. In January 2024, Alliance4Safety and 31 furniture companies recalled millions of plastic New Age tip restraint kits that came with dressers and other clothing storage units [11]. Since then the CPSC has announced recalls of plastic kits from Cranach Hardware (about 55,000 units), 4our Kiddies (about 253,500) and Childcraft furniture from School Specialty, each offering a free stainless steel replacement [12][13][14]. In January 2026 it warned consumers to stop using KareKlub plastic kits sold on Amazon after its testing found they failed ASTM F3096-23 [4]. The CPSC calls that a hidden defect, because people who install such a kit may think their furniture is secure when it isn’t [4].

How we chose

We picked these from their makers’ own product pages and checked them against the CPSC’s recall list. We didn’t test them ourselves.

• Metal or heavy-duty materials. Anchor It! says good kits generally have metal or thick plastic brackets and a heavy nylon or braided steel strap, and to choose a different kit if one feels flimsy [3]. Every pick uses metal anchors, steel cable or nylon strapping that its maker describes as heavy-duty or strong.
• A wall-stud connection. Each QuakeHOLD! pick screws into a wall stud, the way Anchor It! shows [5][8][9]. Dreambaby’s page doesn’t list the hardware [6].
• Different furniture. One pick each for dressers and bookcases, tall cabinets, and big TVs and appliances.
• No recall. We searched the CPSC recall database for each brand on November 6, 2026 [10]. We found no recalls for Dreambaby or QuakeHOLD!.

Our picks

How to install a kit

Anchor It! lays out the steps [3][5]:

1. Gather tools. For drywall or plaster, you’ll need the kit, a stud finder, a pencil, a drill, drill bits, drywall screws and a screwdriver. Brick needs a masonry bit, a hammer drill and concrete screw anchors [3].
2. Attach a bracket to the wall, into a stud, at the height the kit’s instructions show [5].
3. Move the furniture close to the wall and attach the other bracket to the furniture [5].
4. Connect and tighten the strap, then tug on it to make sure everything is secure [5].

Pick a drill bit about the size of the screw’s shaft without its threads [3]. Do it the day the furniture or TV arrives, Anchor It! says, before it slips down the to-do list [3].

Beyond the kit

• New dressers have a federal stability rule. Under the STURDY Act, clothing storage units such as dressers and armoires must meet stability requirements, effective September 2023 [2]. Older pieces don’t, so anchor those first.
• Check what came in the box. Anchor It! says to check whether new furniture or a TV came with an anchoring kit [3]. If that kit is plastic, look it up: the 2024 New Age recall covers plastic kits shipped with clothing storage units made November 2019 or later [11].
• Make climbing less tempting. The CPSC says to keep toys and remotes off high spots where kids may climb to reach them, and to store heavy items on lower shelves [2].
• If you can’t anchor a TV, put it on a sturdy, low base, push it back as far as it goes, and keep cords out of reach [2].