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.

I wish I'd opted for shelving without rivets. Shelving stays connected once nuts and bolts are tightened. These rivets are constantly popping out of the slot throughout the entire assembly process. The beams are easily bent which makes seating the rivets even more aggravating. I thought a rack was a rack. Now I know differently. When I go back to purchase another rack, next time I will opt to pay slightly more money for a better quality rack.

I have an engineering degree and I have never put such terrible made assembly together. I believe the tabs are suppose to snap a different lock in the grooves. The grooves are oversized so assembling this unit is like trying to juggle six balls at once. Definitely a two person job. I bought this for my winter home and would of returned it if I didn't need to leave the next day. Would not sell this my rival

So far so good, Yes, It is a challenge for one person to put together. But, when together, they seem to have potential. They won't hold an anvil, but fine for storing Christmas stuff. I think they are a bit too tall , I have one completed as one tall and out of reach top shelf, I think I will reconfigure it and the other two as a four and two on the side, and for safety, screw the whole thing to the wall. One final note, if you're alone, Talk to this thing, don't give up and you will think it is worth it when you are done.

They're a nightmare to put together because the connections keep coming loose whenever you move the thing. They come loose even after it's fully built! Just moving the shelves a little makes them come loose. The second set of shelves that goes on top just sits on top of the first set without any strong bracket to keep them there, which leads me to believe they can easily bend and injure me. The vertical supports bend easily. Nothing about it gives me the confidence that it can hold more than maybe 100 pounds each shelf max.

I assumed this was comparable to a Muscle Rack at a great price. Got it home, and disappointed it is not nearly as beefy. The cross bars actually fold over a bit as we slide boxes onto the shelves. If we were storing heavier things, I would go through the trouble of returning it.

I collect comic books so the shelving I needed had to be strong and stable. These fit the bill perfectly. Not only are they strong but they are also very stable. They can be arranged in a number of configurations to fit any area you have. I bought 5 sets and I'm extremely happy with them.

Hmmm....this shelf is not very difficult to put together as long as you have 2 people work together otherwise it might be very frustrating because the beams keeps popping loose. I also found out that if you put the sheet down after putting each level of beams together it won't fall apart so easily. Overall, with the price I paid it's not too bad. Plus we ended up having 2 individual shelves rather than a tall tall one.

I bough 3 of the deeper 5 shelf version of this and love them, but needed some shallower shelves so I bought these. The other version has a "coupler" that attaches the top portion to the bottom portion and it works well. For some reason this design omits that feature. Instead, the top and bottom are "joined" using one of the brackets for a shelf. The instructions say to "build" to the top portion, sans shelves, and lift and place onto the bottom assembly using the shelf bracket to attach them. Unfortunately the brackets don't fit snugly enough into the rails so the whole thing falls apart. So you have to start again. This is definitely not something that you should try to put together by yourself. In fact, I'd have TWO extra people with you. With some sort of coupler I would give this 5 stars. As is, it only gets 3.

I'm giving 3 stars because the shelves are sturdy, attractive and go together easily. I'm deducted 2 stars because of the corners cut to save a couple pennies in boxing these heavy shelves. The box is 48" long x 18" wide and had 3 heavy 1" plastic straps around the width. They worked great. The bottoms, however, are 2 pieces of med weight cardboard folded over and stapled closed. UPS did a wonderful job keeping the damage to a minimum but w/out reinforcements these boxes are doomed to fail. Great shelves but my advice is pick them up in person. 3 people make assembly a breeze. Put 48" section together and add a couple shelves for stability. Put 36" section together and add top shelf. Set top on bottom with one person on each end. 3rd person adds middle shelf supports and taps them in place with a rubber hammer.