The cabinet serves its purpose well. It is in a back office, and its plain looks are appropriate there. It is certainly not intended to be a show piece, after all. It was not the easiest to assemble, but patience makes things go better.
Although well packaged in its shipping box, my unit came with an important structural component severely cracked, unfortunately. The cracked piece (see photos) is the bottom cross piece at the front that stabilizes the sides at the bottom. The engineers of this cabinet ought to change this piece to make it much more robust. Because I didnt want to ship the whole thing back (quite heavy), I used wood glue and some solid wood stripping to reinforce the cracked piece and use it anyhow. Works OK.
I do not like that the cabinet drawers are each connected to the sliding rails only by FOUR TINY SCREWS into pressboard. That is extremely weak construction engineering. It means that, if you want this cabinet to last, youd best treat it as if it were a delicate antique. No jerking or twisting or overloading the drawers and slamming them back closed unless you want to turn your cabinet into a pile of junk. Treat it nice and it will do fine.
OK, But Dont Treat It Roughly
The cabinet serves its purpose well. It is in a back office, and its plain looks are appropriate there. It is certainly not intended to be a show piece, after all. It was not the easiest to assemble, but patience makes things go better. Although well packaged in its shipping box, my unit came with an important structural component severely cracked, unfortunately. The cracked piece (see photos) is the bottom cross piece at the front that stabilizes the sides at the bottom. The engineers of this cabinet ought to change this piece to make it much more robust. Because I didnt want to ship the whole thing back (quite heavy), I used wood glue and some solid wood stripping to reinforce the cracked piece and use it anyhow. Works OK. I do not like that the cabinet drawers are each connected to the sliding rails only by FOUR TINY SCREWS into pressboard. That is extremely weak construction engineering. It means that, if you want this cabinet to last, youd best treat it as if it were a delicate antique. No jerking or twisting or overloading the drawers and slamming them back closed unless you want to turn your cabinet into a pile of junk. Treat it nice and it will do fine.