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(More customer reviews)I carefully researched my purchase for media storage and came up with this unit. The product is what I expected, and seemingly a good value. I like the oak finish and the fact that it leans back slightly and does come with a tether to the wall (zip tie and a hook). Also has metal pins to easily position the shelves, with the shelves having channels built in the bottom to accept the pins. Because it is triple-wide, it easily housed my DVD collection with room to spare.
My problem with this product is that the directions are fatally flawed. The assembly directions were not "step by step" but pictorial only. In following the pictures, I was more concerned with matching the parts to the picture. The sides of the walls are particle board and in order to save money, they only laminated one of the two sides. I matched the walls to the picture provided in the directions and I was able to attach the top and bottom.
The next step of the assembly was to attach the backing. The directions called for standing the unit up to nail the backing on. After struggling with this for some time, I was able to drive at least a dozen nails in, but the backing wasn't straight. Fortunately, after I laid the unit down again, it was much easier to drive the rest of the nails (about two dozen more).
Much to my horror, when I stood the unit upright to admire my work, I noticed facing me the sides of three of the four walls showing the particle board and not the oak laminate. I still need to go to a home improvement store to see if I can purchase laminate strips to cover the exposed particle board.
There are two errors in the poorly written assembly intructions: 1) Make sure the laminate side of the walls are facing forward when you attach the top and bottom and 2) leave the unit lying flat on the ground when you attach the backing. If I had done this, assembly would have been much easier and I would have been much happier with the finished product. As I had already driven a dozen nails flush, I would have ruined the backing had I tried to remove it. If these directions were corrected, I would have given the product four to five stars. Hope I am able to spare someone else some aggravation.
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