We have purchased members mark shelves before and loved them. Got this Armadillo brand and it is awful. The price has gone up 30 bucks and the quality is terrible. The joiners to hold the sides together are tiny plastic pieces so the shelves keep coming apart. The side brackets do not line up correctly. If we hadn't thrown away the box we would have packed this junk up and hauled it back. We will not purchase again.

Bought this unit on special before thanksgiving. Had not had a chance to assemble it due to work. Finally got some free time to set it up this weekend, only to find that the shelves are measured @ 23 inches wide and the beams area 24 inches wide. Now i have to waste more time in taking it back for an exchange.

We purchased this unit to match the 3 we had purchased from Sam's 6 months ago. The unit - same product number as the others - was a different color (originals were dark silver, this one is black) and the bracing piece that ensures support/connection between the bottom and top upright posts was changed from a 6 inch metal insert to a barely 1 inch plastic retainer. Decent put together, but not nearly as sturdy as the original design. We have to be careful of what we put on the upper shelves of this unit due to this - but, hey, easy to differentiate, as it's a distinctly different color.

These are the best shelves of this type I have used so far. By this type, I mean two-piece legs, drop in rivet shelf supports, and composition wood shelves. For one, they include a leg coupler so you don't have to use one shelf to hold the top and bottom together. Second, the legs are made of two layers of steel with the out layer being solid so you don't have to see all the sloted holes and they are very sturdy. The shelves themselves are the best evolution of this not-really-wood material yet and seem strong enough for most reasonable loads. The metal is all done with a hammered looking black/grey powder coat that makes the whole unit look great.

Bought this for my daughter to use as a pantry. Holds a lot of weight. Made with heavy duty steel. We haven't gotten it put together yet as it comes in a lot pieces. Hope all the pieces are there. Otherwise I love it. Wish I had bought a couple more for the garage and storage buildings while they were on sale.

The shelves marked with the Armadillo brand are excellent. The Member's Mark are worthless. They may be the same design, but the quality of the Member's Mark parts/tolerances are terrible. I bought 10 units...6 were Armadillo and these all went together fine. After the 2nd of 4 Member's Mark I gave up after bending/hammering/straightening...put the parts back in the boxes and took them back.

I bought two of these a couple years ago and they were fantastic. I really liked that it had a steel frame, the shelves weren't wire mesh or made of press board that will warp and get destroyed from humidity, and had a substantial load rating. Assembly was also super easy. Fast forward to last week, and I needed one more for my garage so I bought another of these...The new version is crap. It has a different coating now so doesn't match my old ones; it also makes it look like cheap textured plastic. Functionally, I believe the coating is applied too thick now and affects how the rivet engages (or doesn't) engage. The result is you have to beat the snot out of the pieces to try to get them to engage in the slots, bending and/or destroying them in the process. I was able to get mine together but this was not a pleasant experience. I will most likely NOT be buying again.

We have three of the original version and they are definitely sturdier. The new design has a small plastic connector for the corner sections. Previous design used a metal connector that was much larger and sturdier. The new version can easily come apart at the connecting spot. Makes moving them risky. PLEASE BRING BACK THE OLD DESIGN!

Falls apart easily….shipped with no cushioning so pieces are scratched and bent, so it made it a nightmare to assemble. I looked at assembly and review videos online and realized that several metal stabilizing pieces have been replaced with cheap plastic ones that make the unit very wobbly. Shame on Sams Club for selling this when it is so cheaply made.

I ordered the Members Mark brand shelves (that is what was pictured on the website). I got Armadillo brand shelves. They were much harder to put together than the previous Members Mark shelves. The piece that holds the poles together are short plastic pieces, Members Mark brand had longer metal pieces to hold poles together. Too heavy to return so I am keeping them, but they not good quality! I highly recommend the members mark brand, definitely do NOT recommend the Armadillo brand.