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.

I bought these shelves a while back and they were built sturdy, really sturdy, but I just bought three more, and these are junk. They are a lawsuit waiting to happen. They used to have a strong piece of angle iron that went in between the two leg supports, now all they have is a little piece of plastic that will not hold this together. I had to add my own supports to hold the legs together. It says this unit will hold 4000 pounds, I doubt it will! Sam's has taken a huge hit in the quality department. I think a lot of the positive reviews came from the older better built shelves. I bought these on 9/24/2023, the older ones I bought about three or four years ago. If these units break, I will bring a suit against Sams for anything that breaks.

We have purchased these or similar shelving units from SAM's for the past 20 years. The quality has gone way down in recent years. These are so flimsy they sway and rock all over the place with just a light push of the finger once assembled. On the plus side, they are very easy to assemble and the price is decent. Metal is about 1/3 the thickness of the units they sold 10 - 15 years ago. We purchased 6 and are planning to return the 5 un-opened boxes and will search for something sturdier.

Just purchased 5 more on these. Regrettably there has been a HUGE change in quality. We just moved into our new home where I brought 7 of these shelving units that I purchased about 5 years ago with me that I disassembled and then reassembled in my new basement. Still extremely happy with the older units. Except of a slight color change, the 'appearance' of the new and older units is identical. But the quality is NOT close. I put all 7 of the older units i brought with me together in a little over an hour. This included putting then in place, moving them, pushing them around and lining them up. I then started assembling the new units. The first unit took me over 45 minutes to put together. The assembly process and construction is the same, but the quality of the steel, thickness of each piece is not the same. The new units are thinner, manufacturing quality is at best VERY poor. i ended up having to bend the metal pieces over and over trying to get them to fit. I am an engineer, and very mechanically inclinded, and 190 pounds. qualified and quite capable, but i struggled. A few examples: The four corner supports are two 36" pieces you put together to form your 6' corners. The older version was the same except the piece used to fit between the two for the older was a substantial piece of angled steel about 5" long and when the two 36" where assemble with this piece the 6' corner would be easy to work with and not come apart. The newer units, instead of this piece of steel to assemble the two pieces, us a piece of plastic that is all of about a half inch. So cheap, and assembling the legs, this does not hold them together allowing you to move it around assembling the rest of the unit's pieces. When i FINALLY got one put tother, took a deep breath and went to move it into place, only a 6-8" move, the unit came apart at this joint falling apart with the upper half landing on the floor. Another example: the rivets or small 'buttons' that 'fit' into the corner pieces should fit easily into the holes, then snap down. This was so much work and so frustrating, over half the units shelf rails would not slide all the way down and some i could not get to go in at all without tools and countless working of the pieces pounding wiggling into place. With the poor construction, IF I were to want to change on of the shelves location, the height of one of the selves, taking it apart and putting it at a different elevation was next to impossible because beating the shelves apart because they fit so forcibly together caused the whole unit to come apart in where you did not want it to. I wanted all my shelves new and older to match. i was excited to find i could still get these units so they all looked the same. My wife would not have put up with this and would have returned these units. I managed thru it. I do not plan to move again, but if i do, these newer units will stay here.

I bought 3 of these shelves 4 years ago and I was very pleased with how sturdy they were. Naturally, when I needed another one I bought the same one again. Only to find out the metal was flimsier, the powder coat finish not as nice, the brackets that connect the corner pieces don't have a stop bump to prevent them from sliding down into the corner piece, and the wood shelf is thinner, lighter and prone to chipping. I chipped the corners just installing them. The difference between how the older shelves look and new one is astounding! However, the price is the same! I want my money back!

I purchased 2 of these units in 2018…loved them…so easy to put together. I loved them so much I bought another in Oct 2021. I decided I wanted one more since I was so pleased with the first 3, so in March 2023 I purchased a new one. This new shelving unit was unbelievably hard to put together. I had to use a hammer to smash all the connections into place. It is not the same quality of the previously purchased member’s mark units. And…the price increased by $25 since my last purchase. Not worth it.

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 this shelving for my garage actually 4 units, it gave me enough storage to get everything in order. Putting together this shelving was super easy after the initial unit was assembled I could assemble one unit in 15 minutes and no tools except a mallet. I noticed it is rated for 800 pounds per shelf I would not try to test this unit at 800 pounds or even close to that. While these units are very strong and sturdy I put my heavy items like a meat slicer at the end for extra support. I believe the 48" rails could bow out if too much weight is put in the middle of shelf, just my opinion.

I have purchased 9 of these units so far. They have been an excellent way for shelving and organizing except for my last one I purchased a few days ago. The clips to attach the upper rails for the top half of the unit changed and not for the better. I did not trust the new clip compared to the old one. Luckily I had a set of clips laying around from a previous purchase. The metal to slot the rails for the shelves are of a flimsier metal than before also. Bend very easy and harder to align compared to the older ones. These have gone way up in price and to have quality like this is unacceptable.

Let me begin by saying that these shelves were well-packaged and arrived undamaged. How refreshing. No parts were missing, no corners were broke, no metal parts were bent. Everything was perfect. Design-wise, the vertical posts are much stronger than I expected, being made of steel that's rolled over onto itself. You can see what I'm talking about in the attached photos. Most shelves of this style basically use a piece of angled steel with holes. These look to be much stronger. The shelves are laminated. I don't know what's inside of them, but they seem a lot stronger than the bare particle board that's commonly used in shelves of this style. They also don't look like they'll sag. Time will tell on that, but the shelves certainly are better quality than most. The laminate should also help with sloppy things like jugs of motor oil, that tend to drip on and ruin bare particle board. In all candor, I bought this unit expecting the shelves to be garbage that I would wind up replacing, and just keeping the frame. But these shelves appear to be very durable. I'm pleasantly surprised. Assembly was simple and intuitive. Start at the bottom, and build up. You may need a rubber mallet to pound the rubber feet in or seat the shelf supports, but no other tools are needed. It's a simple one-person job. A helper might come in handy to hold things together until the first shelf is installed, but I did it alone with no headaches. Once assembled, the unit is very sturdy. There's no wobbling, rocking, or rolling with this thing. I didn't even bother securing it to the wall studs like I usually would. This unit isn't going anywhere. In short, I'm a happy camper. It's rare these days to buy something that winds up being better than expected. I'm attaching some odd pictures showing some of the details of the shelves that I think might be of interest. I hope they're helpful. Richard