The shelves arrived three days late and in a box that looked like they drug it behind the truck. There was minimal damage to a couple shelves, but nothing that impacted functionality and it's going in the garage, so I kept it. It was fairly easy to assemble, but not nearly as sturdy as advertised. Overall I'm not impressed.

The system is not sturdy. Sam's sells another silver metal shelving system that is much higher quality. I bought this one thinking it was a shorter version of the first one. Not the same metal or height. We bent 3 supports trying to get the shelves to 'sit' onto the shelf supports. I got what I paid for. Just wish I could take this back to the store with the bent supports.

I have assembled many of this type of shelving. These were far and above the ones I have purchased at Lowe’s / Home Depot and MUCH easier to assemble...largely due to the nice metal pieces provided to join the corner posts. And, at roughly 2/3 the cost of the inferior home improvement options. I’m sold!

Sturdy shelf for the most part, however the metal pieces that support the shelves tends to bow. My husband added a thin piece of wood as a middle support for the shelves, having to drill a hole in the front and back supports and secure with a screw. Also, they changed the metal shelf extenders to tiny plastic extenders (we had purchased the same shelf 2 years prior) which offer way less support than the metal.

I bought 2 to test out how sturdy and easy to put together they would be. Next trip I got 2 more, next trip I got 4 more after having tested the wieght capacity of not only the each shelf but structure tolerance in whole. Incredibly adjustable I was able to make a shelf for my heaviest items weighing over 90lbs on the bottom and it only made it more stable. Going back for 2 more-I think I'm addicted. Love Them

The finish on the framing is much nicer than most similar shelves. If you choose to assemble this as one tall vertical unit, you’ll appreciate the way the uprights stack. Similar shelves require you to have a shelf at the halfway point in order to attach the uprights together. These shelves use an insert that joins the uprights together securely while maintaining access to all of the shelf positions. Shipping really beats up the outer box, but I didn’t notice any damage to the product itself.

Overall, a good quality product. Easy to assemble. The only defect was the plastic L shaped cushions did not fit onto the bottom of the shelves. After much frustration, I had to eventually cut off the tips to make them fit. Other than that, a great product. I would buy it again.

Great sturdy shelves that are easy to assemble by yourself. A rubber mallet is important to use to tap the corners onto the latches in order to 'snap' them into place. Sam's had the best price around! We have 4 so far. On a side note, it was easier for us to add the rubber footings BEFORE starting to put it together.

we bought 3 of these. one of the boxes arrived dented from underneath, couldn't see the damage till we removed the top and got down to the bottom 3 shelves. an appx 5in chunk of each particalboard was broken. 2 of the side bars were twisted beyond use. so that pack was only partially used. had to borrow 2 shelves from the 3rd pack. however when I opened the 3rd pack, the bottom three of that pack had multiple cracks in the boards. had to make a short shelf out of these and turn them opposite the crack, hope they don't break. so paid for 3, only really got 2 full shelves because the shelves are too weak for heavy things.

Each individual piece of metal: beams, bars, brakets are flimsy during assembly. The columns/pillars are solid and have no give during the set up. Once the whole thing is put together the flimsyness subsides and it seems to be very solid and hold weight. Upon taking the parts out of the box don't be saddened as I was that it felt cheap, I think the flimsy lightweight parts are smart design to keep weight down where weight isn't needed.