Solid frame, but the cloth drawers limit how much weight you can put in them
On the positive side:
This rolling filing cabinet looks nice and its frame and wood surfaces are sturdy. Its size was perfect for my needs for extra storage space while working from home and it can be rolled into a corner out of the way when Im not using it. The gray drawers, black frame, and wooden table surfaces have a nice, modern look to them.
Between the 3 drawers and the 3 table surfaces, this cabinet can hold quite a bit, as long as you dont put too much weight in the drawers.
Overall assembly was straightforward, though the casters were a bit tedious to install. The frame was easy to assemble.
On the negative side:
The drawers are made of fabric and the only thing holding them to the desk is a couple of small plastic tabs on each side of the back of the drawer, which slide along a rail on the frame. When the drawer is closed, its weight rests on L/shaped slides on each side of the bottom of the drawer, which support it well enough. However, when the drawer is fully open, its weight / and the weight of everything in it / is supported mostly by those small flexible plastic tabs. The tabs are plenty to support the (very low) weight of the drawer itself and the weight of relatively small items inside, but they dont feel like they would last long if you had much weight in the drawers and were fully opening them regularly. Theres a picture attached showing how much the bottom filing drawer sags down when fully open, even with nothing at all inside it.
The fabric construction of the drawers also makes the unit look cheaper and more flimsy than if they were normal wooden drawers (largely because, well, it is.)
The casters on this cabinet do work and are nice to have, but theyre on the small side and dont roll all that smoothly even on a very flat hardwood floor. Im also concerned that, if much weight were on the cabinet, the cheap plastic casters might also start to damage the wood a bit. As such, Ill likely end up trying to replace the casters with larger and more hardwood/friendly ones.
The casters were also probably the most tedious part of the assembly process because attaching them involves using a very thin sheet wrench to rotate a small nut. It will get the job done, but its a bit tedious. Theres a picture attached showing how thin the wrench is and how easy it is to slip off of that nut. Unfortunately, you cant just use a normal ratchet wrench to tighten it down, since neither end of the bolt is accessible to put a ratchet bit over.
Solid frame, but the cloth drawers limit how much weight you can put in them
On the positive side: This rolling filing cabinet looks nice and its frame and wood surfaces are sturdy. Its size was perfect for my needs for extra storage space while working from home and it can be rolled into a corner out of the way when Im not using it. The gray drawers, black frame, and wooden table surfaces have a nice, modern look to them. Between the 3 drawers and the 3 table surfaces, this cabinet can hold quite a bit, as long as you dont put too much weight in the drawers. Overall assembly was straightforward, though the casters were a bit tedious to install. The frame was easy to assemble. On the negative side: The drawers are made of fabric and the only thing holding them to the desk is a couple of small plastic tabs on each side of the back of the drawer, which slide along a rail on the frame. When the drawer is closed, its weight rests on L/shaped slides on each side of the bottom of the drawer, which support it well enough. However, when the drawer is fully open, its weight / and the weight of everything in it / is supported mostly by those small flexible plastic tabs. The tabs are plenty to support the (very low) weight of the drawer itself and the weight of relatively small items inside, but they dont feel like they would last long if you had much weight in the drawers and were fully opening them regularly. Theres a picture attached showing how much the bottom filing drawer sags down when fully open, even with nothing at all inside it. The fabric construction of the drawers also makes the unit look cheaper and more flimsy than if they were normal wooden drawers (largely because, well, it is.) The casters on this cabinet do work and are nice to have, but theyre on the small side and dont roll all that smoothly even on a very flat hardwood floor. Im also concerned that, if much weight were on the cabinet, the cheap plastic casters might also start to damage the wood a bit. As such, Ill likely end up trying to replace the casters with larger and more hardwood/friendly ones. The casters were also probably the most tedious part of the assembly process because attaching them involves using a very thin sheet wrench to rotate a small nut. It will get the job done, but its a bit tedious. Theres a picture attached showing how thin the wrench is and how easy it is to slip off of that nut. Unfortunately, you cant just use a normal ratchet wrench to tighten it down, since neither end of the bolt is accessible to put a ratchet bit over.