The cheapest, worst engineering shelf I've ever tried to put together. Absolute garbage. What a waste of my time. Sam's Club...shame on you for selling this trash to your customers.

They are very flimsy which makes it difficult to build. The top and bottom side beams don't stay together and bend when you try to add a shelf. The shelf couldn't even finish being built because it bends anytime you let go of any part of it.

A majority of the 5 star reviews seems to have come from customers who purchased the unit many years ago. It appears the quality has since gone down considerably. My shelf did not connect easily and I am truly afraid it may fall apart some day!

Do not buy!!! I have bought approximately 40 of these shelf units in the past 16 years. Sam's redesigned how they are put together. Loose fitting, have to use screws to hold the top and bottom section together. Very unsafe shelf unit.

The top half of the shelving slipped onto the bottom on one corner of the shelving. This wasn't an installation problem, it looked liked it was caused by two things - the rivets didn't hold the shelving tight enough and the metal corner bar was just a little out of whack so that it wouldn't stay steady. I suggest model 016054-1 if you don't need the NSF rating. The way those shelves get put together, it doesn't have the same problem. It's a much better unit.

This took a rubber mallet and all the swear words known to put together. I have assembled shelves like this in the past but the quality of this is inferior. This would probably work well as two pieces but putting the top to the bottom is a nightmare. Even after getting it locked in properly the next morning I found that it had popped apart in some of the corners. I would not buy again and I do not recommend.

This shelf unit is great, sturdy, holds a ton of weight - exactly as advertised. You don’t need an engineering degree to put it together but get a friend to help - I does take 2 but pretty straightforward. Holds all of my Christmas Decor on the upper shelves and tools and paint supplies on the lowers. My garage is all organized and couldn’t be happier.

I bought these on a member only sale so the price was a bit less than the every day price and that is part of why I am happy with the purchase. Some of the reviews mentioned difficulty in putting together but we had no problems and used a rubber mallet like the picture showed. We made them into two shelves and are happy with them for garage storage but they would work great in a utility room too. I like the material that the shelves are made out of and I feel the shelves are study but I would urge folks to anchor to the wall to prevent injury.

Very few of the shelf support brackets "clicked" into place and remained in place, if I moved it, they would come unfastened. I finally had to build it in place, once the shelves were installed, it seemed to hold the support brackets in place. I do believe it will stay together when loaded but worried if I pick it up to move it to a new location, it could fall apart. Will not buy another one of these. This is my first negative review ever.

I have about 6 of these shelving units in my basement. They hold a lot of items and are still in good condition after 5 years. Sure, it was a pain to put together, but after I did the first one, the others were a breeze. Soon I bought 5 more for my husbands shop.