We ordered two of these "Muscle Rack" shelf units (made by Edsal) in black because they were on sale at the time. We already own four of the same shelfs, three purchased from Lowes (gray) and one from Walmart (silver/black). The two units arrived via FedEx with no visible signs of damage on the outside shipping boxes. Each box is extremely heavy, use care when handling, definitely use two people to lift each box. These are no longer made in the USA, Thailand is now the country of origin. After opening and laying out the parts from each box we were delighted to find no damaged or missing parts and ALL Eight couplers were included! The couplers are critical to join all eight top and bottom posts together. We gave four stars for these units because the manufacturer does not include, nor do they offer rubber L caps for the bottom posts. The metal bottom posts rest on the ground without caps to protect the surface. We found some caps on another site which fit the bottom posts perfectly. Attached are photos of the rubber caps installed on the bottom posts. Another reason for four stars is the price. Although these were $40 off the regular price when purchased the price is still too high, they are now made in Asia, and do not include caps for the bottom posts.

The package is damaged. There's no foam or package support on the inside. The corners each shelf is damaged. There's a small package addressed to someone in Arlington, Texas. This is my first time ever ordering online and terrible disappointed. I compared pricing with Lowes. The specs were the same but something looked different but couldn't identify from the pictures. Someone suggested use Wal-mart. Why?

Bought 1 shelving unit and it was great. So I ordered a 2nd unit. 2nd unit was missing the post couplers. The shelving can't be put together without them. The $40 I saved when I purchased, I now have to spend to get post couplers. Very disappointing.

I ordered 8 of these shelving units for medium storage in my warehouse. The product is plenty sturdy for medium duty shelving and the Walmart price was the best by far. Considering I got free shipping the pricing was outstanding. I am very pleased with the shelves but the packaging needs a lot of improvement. I had broken shelves and missing supports on two shelves. I can't blame FedEx as the original factory packaging is to light considering the weight of the item. Would suggest you buy this product if you need good quality medium duty shelving, but picking it up at the store might serve you better as the packaging is sub par.

Something seems to be missimg How do you connent the posts to extend the height? Also it says that the height is 73" w/c can't be attain.This item is not recommendable unless description and installation is corrected. and adequate installation instruction is corrected.

Only after receiving this item did I learn that rubber end caps (to protect your floors) and post couplers (to join two 36 inch posts vertically to form a single 72 inch tall post) are no longer included for reasons I suspect have to do with cost cutting. The result is a very janky connection between the vertical posts that are now only secured via two very small pins for horizontal movement and the very small area of the post below it for vertical support. This makes it much more unstable than with the post couplers and much weaker. Be advised. I would add pictures but Wal-Mart's app has a bug preventing me from doing so.

The actual wood shelving is a little in the thin side so we doubled up on a few shelves, and used thicker boards we had on hand for the remainder. That being said, I would absolutely buy this again. I did a lot of research and this gave me the most sq ft of storage for the price. The two of us put them together quickly and easily. The frame is sturdy and they are just what we needed. Would have gone 5 stars if the wood shelving were more robust.

Package was torn open in top corner. Corners of the shelves in that corner were all damaged. Two side support beams were bent and I had to pound to get to fit bracket. One side beam was missing because of ripped out corner. Picture shows torn up corner. Driver knew package was badly damaged. I put up anyway as I had room torn apart for this shelf unit. I also couldn't return as too heavy for me to handle.

Assembly is horrendous for this monstrosity. The three previous Edsal shelves of the smaller varieties where very user friendly and easy to put together. The difference is that this model lacks the connector sleeves for the posts. Instead of these connective sleeves, this model requires that the posts sit atop one another and the braces and beams each owe the posts one rivet. It's terribly difficult to get these stamped metal deformities to match up and connect. I cut my hand and assembly time was over two hours. Shameful.

I ordered 2 which is at a lower price vice separately. Product is somewhat easy to assemble. May take 2 persons to build near the middle where there is a joint in the verticle legs...took me a while being a solo builder. Once got past that was a cinch. Seems to be very sturdy but wish they would provide a joint bracket at the middle instead of just relying on the pins of the upper and lower vertical posts. Shipping was not the best..ordered the two and only one came to the house. The other had disappeared somewhere in the shipping. Got a call from a neighbor whom had received the other one so issue was resolved. Best to be at home if you are ordering 2. They are over 100 pounds each and the boxes were not in the best of shape once they were delivered. Luckily no damage.