Add Soft-Closing Functionality to Your Wooden Drawers with Rok Hardware Soft Close Adapter

qwertyqwerty: Didn't want to spend too much money nor time upgrading our epoxy slide drawer glides to soft close ones. Happened upon these after watching a youtube video and decided to give them a try. Although most of the adapter guide tabs were broken off, I still managed to sit the adapter in the correct location for pre-drilling. Installation was moderately difficult due to our cabinet setup. After watching some videos on how to troubleshoot my issue, I got them installed securely. Only drawback is opening drawers require a little more oomph than desired, but they sure close softly without a problem! I'm a 60+ yo woman who managed to install them successfully, so anyone else can do it! Nice alternative for an easy upgrade.

United States on Nov 09, 2023

W G: Worked well and easy to install

Canada on Oct 10, 2023

TigerPilot: These little things perform their designed job very well. Installation was easy and fast. With face frame cabinets the back of the bracket can't be screwed directly to the side wall. I cut a spare 3/4" dowel 1" long to fill that space. The dowel was attached to the bracket and the other end floats free. I figured that the bracket couldn't move in as the drawer will push it out and the dowel then keeps it from going out too far. This seems stable and easy. Also, make sure you pull the trip mechanism out BEFORE you put the drawer in for the final time. It took me two times putting the drawer in before I remembered that!

United States on Jul 17, 2023

LongbranchLongbranch: Ordered 2 then another 4 and sadly a month latter one has broken.
If you pull the draw a bit too fast they fail to operate.
How one broke I don’t know?
For the cost I won’t bother buying anymore.

Australia on Jan 23, 2023

Paul: Took less than 20 minutes to install 4. They work brilliantly!

Australia on Apr 19, 2022

Brian A. Anderson: I thought that this would be an excellent cost effective to replacing all the kitchen drawer slides, some 37 in number, so I purchased one to test it out. This was easy to install and performed as expected when the drawer was closed. On the other hand, when you try to open the drawer there is quite a bit of resistance while the shock absorbing mechanism re-sets itself. My wife did not like this at all and I must admit neither did I. I have removed the device and will look for other options.

United States on Feb 28, 2022

Bruce Watson: these soft close devices are cheap and do the job.

Canada on Feb 11, 2022

KS: The units are nice. I would have given 5 starts but didn’t receive all screws necessary. I ordered a double pack and only received the hardware for half of my order. It would have been nice if they had been packaged in a box rather than a beat up fedex folio as some of the alignment faces have broken tabs from shipment which really doesn’t impact the install. I will have to buy the missing screws from a hardware store to finish install but otherwise I’m pleased

Canada on Oct 15, 2021

Hillbilly Bob: I had some custom cabinets made but in the confusion of getting everything right, I skipped soft-close drawer slides. The "oops" was obvious once the units were delivered. Swapping out the existing slides for soft-close versions turned out to be not feasible. I found these Rok closers on Amazon and they have solved my problem. As other reviewers have mentioned, my installation required spacer blocks to support the mechanism. I happened to have some 3/4" MDF scrap laying around; some 4"x9" pieces did the trick for me. The dimensions other than thickness aren't critical - no high precision woodworking required. Installation was mostly straightforward, although I think a template for positioning the smaller plastic actuator piece would have made my life simpler. My installation is in a tight spot so it was hard to get access to position the actuator pieces and make pencil marks.

The hardware seems well made, the appropriate fasteners were included and the instructions were clear. Some reviewers have complained about the closing force being too high. My drawers are on the heavy side so two closers (i.e. one set) per drawer is actually just about...

United States on Feb 12, 2021

Steven B. Merrick: Ok, I have been replacing all my kitchen drawer and cabinet hardware with soft close hinges. This looked like a very simple option to compliment my soft close cabinet hinges, so I ordered a pair to try out. For me they will not work. I believe others have reviewed this as well, you have to first check the drawers you want to use these for and ensure the cabinet sides you will attach these to are flat. My particular drawers have a larger space inside with a thin piece of wood the drawer rails are attached to. There is simply not enough space for these, since the are installed directly above the existing drawer slide. It is not their fault they do not work, I should have been more familiar with the installation process prior to purchasing. I suppose I could glue a piece to the existing wood piece but this defeats the "simplicity" of what I was looking for. I may go ahead and do this for 2 of my most used drawers, but would not be interested in doing this for every drawer in my kitchen. Moral of the story: Check your installation site to make sure there is space above the existing hardware for these to be attached.
Update:. Ok, glued a piece of wood to...

United States on May 08, 2020