This shelf is unsafe, unstable, and could not hold 500lbs let alone the 3,600 it is rated for. If you have purchased any other Member’s Mark shelves that you were satisfied with, this is not like the other ones at all. The pieces bent the whole time assembling it .

The shelf brackets will not lock into the slots in the legs making it difficult to assemble. Should have taken less than 30 minutes but took over 3 hours because when you attempted to put a bracket into the leg slots the previous bracket you assembled popped out. Basically, you need about 8 people to hold things together while assembling. Haven't attempted moving it yet, that will likely be the next challenge. DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY...JUNK, JUNK, JUNK. I really expected better from Sam's Club

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.

Bought two of these shelf units along with two others of a smaller size for garage in new house. So far have only received these shelves and not the two smaller ones yet. Opened the boxes to find shelves broken in both boxes. Decided to try and make at least one shelf unit out of the pieces that I had, but as soon as I started trying to put them together, I found the uprights weren't square. So couldn't even assemble one shelf unit out of two boxes! Returned both shelving units to our local Sam's Club and bought Muscle Rack shelves from a well known DIY store.

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.

We have bought many of these over the last few years and been very pleased. This latest version is beyond worthless. As others have said, the rivets are so loose in the holes it's like setting up domino's and holding your breath but nothing you do will allow these to be usable unless you want to duct tape the heck out of it. Waste of time.

I bought 2 racks a month and a half ago online and picked them up in the club, assembled them the following day. Comparing to my older racks from Sams these two are made of thinner steel, which is never good for the end user. There are 2 design changes implemented in these racks: 1) The rivets in the beams have a very loose fit to the key-slots in the posts. Now you don't have to use a hammer for assembly and assembled product is not secure until loaded. This results in a difficult assembly process. 2) The upper posts do not rest on top end of the lower ones, instead they sit on a stamped shoulder at the top of the lower posts. Considering how loose the whole assembly is, this is not the best way to support the load from the top shelves. I did most of the assembly by myself, my wife just helped me to put the upper frame on top of the lower one. I did use a few C-clamps in the process to secure already assembled joints. Once loaded the rack becomes more stable and it will support a considerable load, but maybe not the full advertised 600 lb per shelf. With all the drawbacks this was the best shelf I was able to find at the stores. I do not know where are we going as a society, in a few years all shelves may be made out of plastic or cardboard or eliminated completely in favor of computer storage. Right now I would happily pay a little more to get the following: 1. Solid (not 2 pc) posts 2. Thicker and stronger metal 3. Tight fit rivets like in prior years 4. Thicker and stronger decking, 3/4" plywood sounds good Unfortunately this is what I, the customer want. But manufacturer will only do what is specified by the purchaser (read Sams). It appears Sams has other priorities.

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 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.

The size is exactly what I needed, and the height and 6 shelves was better than I was expecting to find. The down side is that the sizing is off between the pins on the shelves and the thicknesss of the frames, and the. shelves will not stay in place during assembly.