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.

Beware there is a real chance of collapse if heavy items are placed up top. Really poor engineering, the upper section is loosely stacked on top of the lower unit using a very thin plastic connector. Adults and children may be tempted to step on a lower shelf to reach the top, the top section could easily disconnect and collapse.

I bought two of these for a long storage closet. For the price, they are nice, but a couple notes to buyers. It is NOT easy to put together; you definitely need a hammer or something to pound the rails in place. They do not lock easily together as described. I have a ton of cuts from putting this together, all over me. So, grab a hammer before you start. I also thought I could do it by myself but ended up needing my spouse to help me hold sides together while I hammered in place. Also, I'm not sure that I trust the weight limit for each shelf as described in the advertisement. As a matter of fact I will not be putting more than 100 lbs on each shelf, if that. If you stack it together tall, like the main picture, I cannot see that 100 lbs would be stable on the top 2-3 shelves. They are barely held together by the bolts, and all of my posts are aligned. I made one the tall shelf, and made the 2nd set side by side. I think the side by side will be more stable. For the price I shouldn't complain, but the frustration of putting it together and being leery about the weight per shelf makes me give it only 3 stars. They did arrive ahead of schedule though, by 4 days! Would recommend these shelves if you knew what you were getting in to with the caveats above.

I bought four sets of these shelves and every box had multiple bars that were painted poorly with the outer coating. The paint ran and was too thick were the bars were suppose to snap into the frame. After closer inspection, I realized this mistake in production. I tried to scrape some of this coating off, but it took a long time and was dangerous working with a knife. These would be great if this problem is corrected...

Junk! I bought these as I thought they were the same old Member's Mark shelves I purchased years ago, but I'm extremely disappointed in the new "Armadillo" version. The paint is rough and scratches itself off, way worse than the nice powder coating on my older Member's Mark shelves. The fit for the keyhole/peg is horrible, but forget using a rubber mallet because you'll bend the paper-thin metal shelf brackets with barely a tap. The shelves are flimsy too; I barely tapped one with a mallet to try to get it in and it chipped off a corner like it was made of sawdust. I'm extremely disappointed. I've owned about 5 different brands of this type of shelf and these are the worst by a longshot. I'm too far into the project for it to be worth returning, so buyer beware!

These shelves are extremely wobbly, and flimsy. it took forever to put them together. I've never had shelves so hard to put together before. I was missing one of the plastic inserts for between the section so hopefully I don't have an issue with that. I still haven't gotten the top shelf on yet because every time I try to do it it just slips out of the holes that you put the brace into. I tried to move it and the whole thing just rocks side to side. if this wasn't so heavy for me to take back to the store I would have taken it back to the store. it definitely was not worth the money. I did so much research on shelving, and these got good reviews, but then I see that some people now are saying that the quality has changed on them. very, very disappointed.

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.

Classic bait and switch. The new version is black metal with plastic joining pieces if you want to utilize the full 72" height shelf. The original gray shelf had sturdy metal joiners that pushed deep into the outer supports. The new joiners are short plastic nubs that require a shelf to be installed at the midway point. You now have less control on your shelf height choices since it requires a shelf in the middle to hold the top and bottom together. Appears to be a POOR way to save a dollar on the cost.

I purchased one of these shelving units after having bought six several years ago for use in my storage shed. This one looks the same, but instead of the sturdy five inch metal corner connector brackets that used to come with the ones I purchased years ago, the connecting piece is a now a small, cheap plastic part that is meant to sit in the top/bottom grove of the corner metal piece. It's hot garbage and often pops out of place as you are trying to help secure it with the horizontal metal shelf holders. I wouldn't dream of testing the stated weight limits with this flimsy piece of plastic in there. What were you thinking Sam's?

Broken shelves