Very sturdy. Fairly easy to put together. But boxes are very heavy and cumbersome. I tell you this so you understand that by the time I got them home, unloaded, cut open and ready to assemble, I’m just dealing with the fact that the shelves themselves are busted and cracked. Disappointing, but not worth disassembling, packing it back up and driving 30 minutes to return.

We bought three of these in the past from Sam's and they were great for what they are. Five stars. So we bought another one the other day. However it is not made by the same company - Sam's has contracted with someone else, obviously cheaper or they wouldn't change providers. Prior shelves had some metal connectors to hold the shelving sections together when building it in the vertical design. It made the system secure from the top part tipping off and over from the bottom half. This new one has little plastic inserts. I contacted them asking for some of the metal pieces and of course as a different supplier they don't have any. I can just picture one of my grandkids climbing the shelving, grabbing the top and having the whole top section tip over on them. It is my opnion as a parent and grandparent that this is inherently unsafe in the vertical build and I'm shocked that they claim it is safe and that Sam's buys that. Wait until someone gets hurt. It also makes you question the quality of the other Armadillo products.

I've had this shelf for 7 months now. And I can confidently say, it isn't worth the price. I feel the people writing reviews are being paid to. 1st, the shelves are thin particle board, I broke one in half with 1 arm getting it out the box. Do you really think it will hold 800 lbs, uh no! 2nd, even when you get it built, do not move it or lean on it, cause the brackets will shift, causing it to go all kinds of crooked. Straight junk!

We have a dozen of these shelves in our pottery studio and load them up with 200lbs on each shelf with no issues. The shelves do seem thin, but they hold everything fine. The units can be installed as shown, or 2 half height units. Are they as good as gorilla shelves? No, but they are also half the price.

Purchased 3, laminate protects from moisture, shelves constant use allowable weight is about 200lbs per shelf, plenty good for most customers. Love the 24 x 48 area, holds 4 milk crates with extra space. This price was still 50% less than competition.

I bought these thinking they were an upgrade to the uncoated version that had the exposed holes for shelf assembly. They old ones were solid, heavy and didn’t move. These new ones don’t seem to be steel, unless thin enough to be pliable and bends easily like aluminum. They seem to hold the weight well but twist and flex with any movement. Concerned about stability and safety with children in the garage. May need to return or anchor them to the wall and have never had to consider that with other similar shelving. Anyone else have this experience? (I am skilled at projects and even used a mallet to ensure all shelves we locked in).

These will be perfect for our needs (just extra basement storage that no one will see but us) and great for the price, but beware they are flimsy metal sides and particle board shelves. We will definitely scratch the life out of the shelves before too long every time we slide something off and on (and you're definitely sliding things since they're such deep shelves). It will be interesting to see how long they last, but we're pleased with them for now.

Let me say, that this recommends using a rubber mallet. I didn't see that until I bought it. I don't have one, and I needed to get this put together ASAP so we're skipping that part, I think how hard can it be. GET A RUBBER MALLET. I spent probably an hour just trying to get the first section put together. 4 bars, 1 shelf. An hour. And even that took the lord, a hammer, and the entire marine Corp. I was sweating. Had to take it apart and reassemble it several times because it was turned the wrong way, guess I can't read. Anyways, I still couldn't get the rivets in one side, I gave up. Close enough. Then I had to take a break before I decided to wrestle with the other 4 shelves. I haven't finished, I had to stop and warn others of my suffering. Idk what others are doing to get this put together hassle free, maybe some kind of wizardry. The actual quality is good, I think it'll hold the weight I need but next time I'm finding one that uses screws. This has been such an event.

I have everything to say about this unit! It’s all good. I’m using this for pantry space in a spare bedroom. It’s 80# of pure awesomeness. Zero tools required to assemble, any shelf spacing options imaginable, I loved how the rails and braces were tapped in pairs, and seemingly endless shelf space. I’m so glad I found this and recommended it to my daughter. Shortly after she received hers…they are sold out. Hope to be using this for many years to come.

Bought two of these. One was missing instructions and 4 pieces essential to sturdiness of the top and bottom connections. Packaging was not sufficient to prevent 2 bent pieces and small damages to each panel. It looks nice, but not as structurally sound as it should be. Takes 2 people to assemble, as frame won't stay together as it should without someone holding it all together. Okay if not putting on too many items, I would buy a different brand next time.