Venture Horizon Media Storage Tower-Tall Triple

Value: Except for what I've stated below, it's worth the price if you have a lot of what it takes to fill this storage tower. I bought it with personal library expansion in mind.

Expectations: Except for what I've stated below, It holds everything I own. Well for now anyway. :)

Features: The instructions were easy to read and follow. Although, not much of an issue for myself, some of the pictures could have been a bit larger.

At 6'4" in height this thing is a beast. If you're height challenged you might need a ladder for this storage tower. Tower indeed.

Appearance: While it is just particle board, this media storage tower looks very nice. I'd expect you'd probably pay around $800-$1000 for solid wood. I bought the black finish and it looks great except for what I've stated below.

Overall rating: 4.25

The only complaint I have is the lack of thickness of the shelves.

I had expected for the price I paid that the shelves would not be so flimsy. They're only 1/4" H x 1' 11.25" W. Very flexible. Not good for holding the weight of what is intended.

While the unit does have center supports, which are located on the backboard, the shelves still sag a bit when filled.

This fact, in my opinion, detracts from the appearance slightly.

If this had 1/2" shelves I would rate this 5.0 in every category.

Also, the instructions as pictured told me to install the backboards with the red and blue color markings up towards the top of the tower. In fact the markings needed to be down as I ran into problems with the support pegs being out of line. Maybe just a factory error but check for this problem before you put all your shelves in. ;)

Synopsis:

The assembled storage tower looks great and none of the pieces were chipped, marred or broken upon inspection. The packaging was sufficient and arrived without damage. It is quite heavy as it is all in one box. I was able to carry it myself up a flight of stairs but I recommend help. The instructions were very easy to follow. Mostly pictures. If I didn't know English I still could have put this together.

When put together the unit is very sturdy and the supplied fabric-strip wall supports for earthquake prone territories were a big plus.

I'm happy with this purchase and would recommend with the above statement.

Our Spartak book(Media) case arrived as a 6' long box weighing about 130 lb. Inside was a complete kit including an instruction book that guided us well until we realized that the vertical supporting boards were missing the drilled holes needed to receive the front vertical covering pieces. We called Spartak and were answered by a slightly skeptical human. So we examined the situation carefully and called Spartak again and got the same man. This time he asked if we could send him photos of the boards and our email address. We did. We received a very polite and apologetic email offering to send us replacement boards. He said he had never seen this problem before. Their computerized system usually works or tells them of problems.

We had done a lot of work to install our boards before we noticed the problem, so we wanted to try to drill the holes ourselves. We did and finished the bookcase ourselves. The whole job took us about a day and a half.

The bookcase is inexpensive, made of particle board and masonite, but the pieces fit and the hardware is sturdy, so the final case seems solid enough. It is sold as storage for CDs and DVDs and video tapes, so the shelves are shallow. It holds my paperback books very well.

I would recommend these bookcases to people I think could build them. I will probably buy another smaller one.

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I saw a lot of negative reviews on this tower. It took me some time on purchasing it because i kept going back and forth on wither to buy it. Finally i said what the hell and bought it! I am so happy I did. I bought the walnut finish and it looks great. I have no problem with sagging in the shelves. The one thing i would say is take your time putting it together and to have at least two people putting it together. We had four and it went really fast. My son who is 9 helped me. Then towards the end I had my husband and his friend help me and my son lift it to put the back on since in till you have the back on its not to strong. Also read the instructions first before putting it together. A lot of people said they have sagging shelves.It wont happen if you use the supports they give you. You use the 6 support shelf brackets two in the back and two on each side then after that you use the round locking circles on the back two corners and VOILA` no sagging simply :)

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I have a large CD collection and when I found this rack, I thought my problems were solved. The biggest problem with this rack is the quality of the materials. On other CD racks I own, the shelves are made of a 1/2" 5/8" MDF or solid wood. The shelves on this rack are 1/4" thick. The span of these shelves is comparable to my other racks, which do not require any support other than either end. This rack, however, requires supports on both ends, the center and they have these other discs to keep the shelf from 'sagging.' The shelf wouldn't sag if it was made from a thick enough piece of material. The worst part is, when I have been adding CDs to the rack, if I just slightly bump one of the center supports, both of them fly out, then the shelf immediately sags. I have had to physically glue in center supports to keep them in place. Very disappointing. Also, to actually use the entire length of the shelf, you have to tuck CDs behind the front trim pieces on either end of the shelf, so you can't have a full shelf and just easily slide out any CD. The thing is...it's too big to even repackage or return. I bought this through Stacks and Stacks and they were super about getting it out quickly and they have the best price I have seen online. Otherwise, the rack is nice looking. The cherry color that I bought is a medium shade of cherry, not a red cherry color, but still very nice. If you have a large collection, save your money and have a cabinet maker build you a custom shelf. You'll be happier in the long run.. I wish I had.

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The shelves have little grommets to help prevent sagging but they do not do the job completely. I like the look of the unit and perhaps I'll be able to rig a shelf support system myself.

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