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Customer Review
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 March 2019
Positives with this style of shelf:
Easy to move
Lightweight but still strong
Adjustable shelves (1" increments)
Quick and easy to assemble without tools
Levelling feet included as well as castors (feet hold more weight)
Black ones plastic coated, so suitable for damp environments
Positives with these shelves:
Shelves have 15 wires, so stronger than those with only 10
Large 6 cm castors
Negatives:
The top shelf does not sit right at top of pole, but about 1 cm below (on chrome model)
Castors are not replaceable (use 5 mm bolts, not available to buy)
Not modular
No spare parts available
I now have 4 of these shelves in different sizes and by different brands, all similar prices. They are very useful, especially being able to move them. Quick and easy to assemble without tools (30 mins tops), shelves are adjustable in 1” increments, and they’re lightweight for moving around/moving house, but still strong. This one measures 59 x 34 x 82 cm, including the poles sticking up above top shelf. Don’t like that: didn’t notice that with the chrome one, the top shelf does not sit right at the top of the poles, but about 1 cm below (doesn't look to be the case with black one). This isn't a problem if you don't want to put anything larger than the shelf on the top, but my plant trays are slightly larger..
On the plus side, the shelves have 15 wires, whereas some only have 10, which makes these more stable and stronger.
Mainly, the weight restrictions are due to the castors, in my view. On levelling feet, I can’t see these shelves breaking under even heavy loads. The castors are larger than on some others, 6 cm diameter. But the fastening bolts are still 5 mm diameter – too small to use standard castors as replacement, which is very annoying and a failing with most of these cheaper shelves. You can’t buy castors with anything smaller than 8 mm bolts anywhere, as far as I can see. Once a castor breaks, you can only use the feet, or replace the whole shelf (as I had to do with my previous one).
I use these for plants/seed trays, and saw a few enquiries about wet/damp environments: outdoors/greenhouse/balcony/for plants etc. After buying, I realised that the black version is far more suitable for this, as plastic coated, so far less likely to rust. My chrome shelves are starting to rust in places – can be removed with elbow grease and WD40, but is work intensive. My black shelves, however, have not rusted at all . Would say the black ones are suitable for using in greenhouse/for plants/on covered balcony etc, but think outdoors they would probably still rust (at least eventually).
At the moment these are not modular (or very adaptable - you can leave out one shelf with these 3 tiered ones), but easily could be: the plastic caps that sit at the top of the poles can be unscrewed on one of my other shelves (but not on these), and if the same size as the screw fitting between the pole sections (and for the bolts for feet/castors), these could be modular. Ideally, they’d also sell spare parts/extra shelves etc, but even without that, you’d have the option of combining multiple shelves of different heights, or splitting one large shelf maybe.
You get one set of spare clips with these, btw, as with most of these shelves and I don’t think you can buy any other spares or extra shelves. But for this price, you can't really expect too much - even for double the price, you only get replaceable castors. If you want to be able to add shelves or other extras, or modify it, you've got to pay a lot more..
Overall, this is good quality for the money, and apart from the position of the top shelf, would be happy with it.
Easy to move
Lightweight but still strong
Adjustable shelves (1" increments)
Quick and easy to assemble without tools
Levelling feet included as well as castors (feet hold more weight)
Black ones plastic coated, so suitable for damp environments
Positives with these shelves:
Shelves have 15 wires, so stronger than those with only 10
Large 6 cm castors
Negatives:
The top shelf does not sit right at top of pole, but about 1 cm below (on chrome model)
Castors are not replaceable (use 5 mm bolts, not available to buy)
Not modular
No spare parts available
I now have 4 of these shelves in different sizes and by different brands, all similar prices. They are very useful, especially being able to move them. Quick and easy to assemble without tools (30 mins tops), shelves are adjustable in 1” increments, and they’re lightweight for moving around/moving house, but still strong. This one measures 59 x 34 x 82 cm, including the poles sticking up above top shelf. Don’t like that: didn’t notice that with the chrome one, the top shelf does not sit right at the top of the poles, but about 1 cm below (doesn't look to be the case with black one). This isn't a problem if you don't want to put anything larger than the shelf on the top, but my plant trays are slightly larger..
On the plus side, the shelves have 15 wires, whereas some only have 10, which makes these more stable and stronger.
Mainly, the weight restrictions are due to the castors, in my view. On levelling feet, I can’t see these shelves breaking under even heavy loads. The castors are larger than on some others, 6 cm diameter. But the fastening bolts are still 5 mm diameter – too small to use standard castors as replacement, which is very annoying and a failing with most of these cheaper shelves. You can’t buy castors with anything smaller than 8 mm bolts anywhere, as far as I can see. Once a castor breaks, you can only use the feet, or replace the whole shelf (as I had to do with my previous one).
I use these for plants/seed trays, and saw a few enquiries about wet/damp environments: outdoors/greenhouse/balcony/for plants etc. After buying, I realised that the black version is far more suitable for this, as plastic coated, so far less likely to rust. My chrome shelves are starting to rust in places – can be removed with elbow grease and WD40, but is work intensive. My black shelves, however, have not rusted at all . Would say the black ones are suitable for using in greenhouse/for plants/on covered balcony etc, but think outdoors they would probably still rust (at least eventually).
At the moment these are not modular (or very adaptable - you can leave out one shelf with these 3 tiered ones), but easily could be: the plastic caps that sit at the top of the poles can be unscrewed on one of my other shelves (but not on these), and if the same size as the screw fitting between the pole sections (and for the bolts for feet/castors), these could be modular. Ideally, they’d also sell spare parts/extra shelves etc, but even without that, you’d have the option of combining multiple shelves of different heights, or splitting one large shelf maybe.
You get one set of spare clips with these, btw, as with most of these shelves and I don’t think you can buy any other spares or extra shelves. But for this price, you can't really expect too much - even for double the price, you only get replaceable castors. If you want to be able to add shelves or other extras, or modify it, you've got to pay a lot more..
Overall, this is good quality for the money, and apart from the position of the top shelf, would be happy with it.
