Gorilla Rack L-Beam Unit - 5 Shelf

This unit is very flimsy. The metal is very thin sheet metal, you can easily bend it with your fingers. They claim you can place up to 250 lbs on each shelf, I wouldn't trust it with 50 lbs on each shelf. The rating, I am sure is for a static load(no movement). With a dynamic load, like if you bump it, I am sure the thing would collapse. There is no cross bracing and if the shelf gets a kink, which will be very easy, its strength is compromised. The corner rails are 2 part and don't go together well at all. I didn't trust the strength of the shelf so I made them into 2 shorter shelves as the instructions suggested as an alternate construction. They are not worth the money. Don't buy them unless you are going to store pillows on them.

This rack is definitely flimsier than previous Gorilla Racks that I have bought. The racks are made with metal only 0.04" thick compared to 0.08" thick on a 54"x36"x12" Gorilla Rack that I have from 5 years ago. The price is still about the same, but the quality isn't. Oh well, I guess that is what you get with "Made in China".

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Very flimzey. These are not as heavily built as I was expecting. Would not buy this model again. When assembling the upper legs they continually slipped past the lower legs when trying to get the cross members driven into place. Upon getting them into place I found that the upper leg had slipped past the lower leg and had to tear them apart numerous times before they fit together right and stayed in place. So flimzy that I had to bolt them to the wall to stabalize them.

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I got these shelves to stack 6 gallon containers against a hallway wall. The 14 inch shelf depth fit the available space, and the 250 lbs advertised capacity for each shelf fit my needs. The shelves are too flimsy to hold 6 containers, and I had to limit each shelf to 3 containers. The thin particle board cannot support 250 lbs and I will probably need to replace it with plywood.

Because the 3 ft legs must be joined by a shelf, you can only change the shelf spacing within each 3 ft module. I installed the shelf supports upside down to get some extra clearance for two rows of 16 inch tall containers to fit within the remaining 34 inch space. I tried stacking containers on the top shelf of a 3 ft unit and found that the legs began to twist, indicating that they were ready to collapse. There must be a shelf some where near the middle of the 3 ft leg to prevent the twisting.

Joining the 3 ft legs with a butt joint to make a 6 ft tall shelf just looked dangerous. The top leg must stand perfectly on the bottom leg, but because the metal is so thin, the top leg can easily slip off and slide past the lower leg. A shelf is used to lock the legs, but the key hole of the upper leg will actually unlock from the shelf if the top leg slips past the bottom leg. The manufacturer needs to press z angles in the leg ends or supply a guide clip to make the butt joint work. If you need a 6 ft tall shelf, I recommend joining the legs with a 2x2 wood block or angle iron fastened with screws or bolts.

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perfect for my basement, not built to take care of extremely heavy loads, but for the price (and currently with free delivery) this is a no brainer. After reading other comments on this product, don't expect the best racks ever / super heavy duty when they are $50 each! Comon now. Yes, it was a little tough to connect the top and bottom on the rack (you will know what I mean once you try to assemble) but if someone helps you for 30 seconds when that time comes in the assembly, it is overall pretty easy to put together, maybe 10 minutes. They are somewhat sturdy in my opinion when fully assembled and joints lightly hammered into place, especially when stacked against a wall versus free standing. Plus they include small metal links that can be used to hold several racks together, which then makes them very sturdy imo.

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