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(More customer reviews)Purchased two of these for placement in an AV closet holding media rack for home theater room. Packed well for shipment, the units arrived in good shape despite the delivery handlers' best efforts to wreck them. As others have noted, the dozens and dozens of pieces arrive finely coated with copious amounts of sawdust. Not wanting to generate a cloud of sawdust next to my AV gear, I wiped down each piece as I removed it from the box. However, given the magical static-electric properties of both the sawdust and the vinyl lined pieces, wiping them with a dry cloth just re-arranges each sawdust particle instead of removing them. You'll need to wipe these down with a swifter, then with a damp cloth to really remove everything.
Next, assembly was straightforward. The instructions were very iconic, though. A few words would have been nice to clarify things, but, consider it a visio-spatial skills test. The four vertical members look alike, as well as the top and bottom, so careful attention must be paid to the location of the pre-drilled holes and their relation to their front/back, top/bottom orientation. Everything fits with dowels and screws, though the precision of the hole line-up when inserting the front trim isn't very good. Nothing a hammer and scrap wood can't overcome.
Mounting is easy with a notched strip and matching strip for the wall. Given the heft of the unit itself plus the weight of the media, drilling into studs is essential. The width of the strip pretty much dictates that you'll only hit two studs, however. In hindsight, adding a drywall mount or two in addition wouldn't hurt, but I just hung with two large 1/4" x 3" wood screws driven into the studs, and I'm too lazy to take everything off now to add more screws.
The shelves are, of course, adjustable. I use one for CD media, and the other DVD media and they look fine.
Now the complaints. First, the vinyl covering must be vapor-sputtered on, as it is microscopically thin. Thus, is damaged by just looking at one spot for too long. Luckily, black magic marker covers the damage. Next, given how much money the manufacturer saved by the thickness of the covering, they could have had the decency to cover the BOTTOMS of all the shelves. Instead, they are a lovely MDF-tan color. Solution, mount the rack low and don't look at it using an upward gaze.
All-in-all, a decent media rack for a decent price when you factor in free shipping. Would I buy these again? Yes. Would I put them somewhere else other than in a closet? Probably not.
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Prepac Black Large Capacity Wall Media Storage RackA beautiful mix of practical storage and home décor fashion, the Triple Floating Wall Storage is designed to manage a large collection of CDs or DVDs with style. It mounts on the wall as a stand-alone décor piece or above a complementary piece to make a collection easily accessible. Floating wall storage is ideal when floor space is limited and, with the easy-to-hang design on this system, it can be mounted at any height to best suit room requirements. The shelves are adjustable, allowing for ideal personalization. Constructed from sturdy, high-quality laminated composite woods, the storage unit measures 48 inches wide by 34 inches high by 8-1/4 inches deep. Some easy assembly is required on arrival.
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