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4.5
So far so good. I ordered about 4 of these and 4 of the cube plus size to create 4 story stacked book shelf. So far they appear to be holding the weight of the heavy comic omnibus hardcovers that I have used them for and I have not noticed any bending of the shelves. They definitely do feel light weight and delicate when you put them together, but as I said they are holding up so far. My two complaints would be that the shelves were not designed with notches on the tops or bottoms to allow for a slightly more secure stack. I noticed that they have come out with a new line of shelves that now do have the notches on them for connecting them together. The other issue I did not account for was the very light, flimsy paper like quality of the exterior body of the shelves. I understood that they're made from compressed cardboard construct, but not how easy the exterior paper like veneer facsimile could be scratched. The corner of shelves happen to come into close contact with the back of my computer chair and the in the battle of chair vs shelf corners, the chair wins. To protect the corner of the shelves I decided to use black electrical tape to not only protect the shelves from further scratches, but also to blend in with the black color of the shelves. Oh well. Believe it or not, overall I am still pleased with the product and will most likely purchase more in the future. However, as other have stated you may want to be careful about adding to much weight to them and definitely consider finding way to more securely connect any stacked shelves together.Love this unit. I put it in my closet floor for extra storage. It’s not wood but still sturdy. Great purchase!Put it together, it fell right apart. I used gorilla glue and some clamps and that solved the problem. I would not recommend this.I bought this to use it for storing binders and folders on my desk. And it will work for that (including clipboards), but it just looked too big once zi put it in place. It just seemed to overwhelm the space. So it is now in my closet where it is functioning well as a way to store some oversized items. (I would have included a picture but it kept coming out too dark to see.) It is a very lightweight item and the box it came in was crumpled on one end, so I was concerned about damage. The four thick "boards" (it is a paper product but the "boards" are very sturdy and have a woodgrain look go them) were fine, but the backing board was a bit bent up on a corner. I was able to flatten it out enough to get it to fit in the groove, but that is the primary reason for the 3 stars. Not sure why it is called a shoe rack since you would have a lot of wasted space unless you kept your shoes in boxes. Not a bad item for the price. I ordered the cube with shelf for my desk as well. I am hoping it will work out better.I understand the purpose of this box, though it did not meet the basic functionality. After ~ 1 week the box fell apart I'm assuming because it is only held together by 4 pegs and some 3M tape. I feel like there should have been some quality testing done to make sure this could stand up to being a basic shelf before being sold. The 4 wood pegs that help fit together just ripped through their holes and out the side causing the box to completely fail. I think the heaviest thing ever put on it was my ~10lb cat.Along with that, I've built a lot of things that have been delivered in many parts. This was 5 parts (2 long walls, 2 short walls and a back) ignoring the 4 pegs. And it took me longer to build this than it should have. The back plate was warped/bowed, with made it near impossible to fit into the slats of the long board without damaging the cardboard. Then, trying to get the last piece on, getting it to fit into the groove, and stay while you line up the pegs was frustrating.Over all, I would not recommend you purchase this shelf.Update: I first wanted to say that I build the box, and put weight on each edge and let it sit for 24 hours before puting any torque/pressure on the middle of the box. Depending on the 3M tape, it needs time to set, so I really just built it and didn't use it for a day. Sadly, the box still died when the wood pegs ripped through the holes. To fix it, since I threw nearly $30 at this thing, was to 3D print ([...]) a couple small 90 degree brackets in Black PLA and GEL super glued 8 to re-form the box. It's now 100% more sturdy and working again. Leaving it at 1 star though as I shouldn't have to reinforce a "shelf" to make it usable/functional.I put this together and let it sit for a bit to adhere. I picked it up and carried it to its permanent location and when I set it down it fell apart just like a house of cards would. It was actually so comical I laughed out loud. I put it back together and put something with some heft to it on top of it so it would stick together. It definitely is not worth the price I paid, and I will not put anything too heavy on it. Don't buy this. Invest in the particle board.I really like Way Basics shelf units. You can tell the company cares about customer satisfaction. That said, the Shoe Rack version I got works very well for what it's supposed to do but is a bit too deep for what I'm storing in it. Regardless of that tiny flaw, it's good quality and works exactly as advertised. I've included a picture so you can see how deep it is. I ended up putting a box set I got in the back and setting the mangas it came with in the front. It still looks a little too empty for me, but I have two figurines that I hope will fit on top of it.I included two pictures. The first shows what it looks like without filling in the back, the second shows what it looks like with the stand.EDIT: This shoe rack is not stackable with the Cube, so bear that in mind when you buy. Otherwise it remains a good product.This arrived very well packaged. I was surprised at how light the whole thing is. It is held together by soft pegs and double-sided tape. I would not put anything heavy on this. Otherwise it looks kinda nice and hasn't fallen apart yet.If I had it to do over I would have spent a little more and gotten something sturdier. Probably a decent deal at $10, I'm embarrassed to say I paid more.
