Good Product. This may be a good piece of furniture, but as a former contractor for 30 years who has built everything from houses to multi/story condos and offices, and assembled hundreds of knock down furniture items, the instructions were a little lacking. When it came to the bottom drawer slides on PAGE 7 (NOT step 7), they were not marked properly or even drawn accurately, making it very difficult to understand. I finally looked at photos others posted to figure out how to mount the tracks. Also, the tracks were somewhat flimsy, and one of the ball bearing sets came out of the silver retainer on the left track, making it impossible for the extension track to go in. I finally spotted the two out of place ball bearings, coaxed them back into their holes then used a flat putty blade and hammer to tap the track down flat again, then it worked. The lady that wrote about the bottom drawer tracks having to be Gorilla glued was correct. the screws are tiny and particle board weak and thin, so they are not going to stay screwed in. I may even hot melt glue the tracks to the wood sides. Also the little white wedge clips that they give you to install in all the corners on the back panel are a little ridiculous. I used a framing square and hot glued the seams and its now square and solid. The shelf needs snap clips that hold it in place once installed so it doesnt flip up in the air and dump the contents all over the floor.
Packaging was great. The box arrived with the tape partially torn open, one corner chewed off of it by wild dogs, and covered with tape, and I was totally expecting the contents to be damaged, but got lucky, and none were, so 5 stars on packaging. Unfortunately, packaging isnt a rated category.
Good for the price, much cursing while assembling
Good Product. This may be a good piece of furniture, but as a former contractor for 30 years who has built everything from houses to multi/story condos and offices, and assembled hundreds of knock down furniture items, the instructions were a little lacking. When it came to the bottom drawer slides on PAGE 7 (NOT step 7), they were not marked properly or even drawn accurately, making it very difficult to understand. I finally looked at photos others posted to figure out how to mount the tracks. Also, the tracks were somewhat flimsy, and one of the ball bearing sets came out of the silver retainer on the left track, making it impossible for the extension track to go in. I finally spotted the two out of place ball bearings, coaxed them back into their holes then used a flat putty blade and hammer to tap the track down flat again, then it worked. The lady that wrote about the bottom drawer tracks having to be Gorilla glued was correct. the screws are tiny and particle board weak and thin, so they are not going to stay screwed in. I may even hot melt glue the tracks to the wood sides. Also the little white wedge clips that they give you to install in all the corners on the back panel are a little ridiculous. I used a framing square and hot glued the seams and its now square and solid. The shelf needs snap clips that hold it in place once installed so it doesnt flip up in the air and dump the contents all over the floor. Packaging was great. The box arrived with the tape partially torn open, one corner chewed off of it by wild dogs, and covered with tape, and I was totally expecting the contents to be damaged, but got lucky, and none were, so 5 stars on packaging. Unfortunately, packaging isnt a rated category.