Heavy Duty 5-Tier Steel Shelving Unit in Silver-Vein Finish, 18" x 48" x 72"

Amazon Customer: While the frame looks like it could support the advertised 350 lbs per shelf, the deck material won't
The deck material is made of thin composite, which has two serious problems.

1) If used in an environment that sees humidity - i.e. a garage, the material will sag under its own weight. After 1 yr I had about 1/2" sag in the center of an unused shelf - never had any load - ever

2) The more serious problem is the glue used in the composite seems to be the perfect breeding ground for blue-green mold, after one year the mold on the underside of the shelving was as much as 1/8" thick

United States on Jul 25, 2022

Sonja Henderson: It went together easy enough. Unfortunately for Muscle, I have a different boltless shelving that I like more. The posts are stronger, & the shelves are laminated. It also came with rubber feet for the bottoms of the posts. I bought mine on Wayfair, & couldn't find another in the larger size I needed, so I ordered here the Muscle shelves. There seems to be no set brand for the shelves I prefer, and they're hard to find.

I would buy them again if I can't get my preferred shelves.

United States on Jun 03, 2021

Benjamin: Great storage shelves at a very good price.

Some other reviewers seem to be complaining about the sturdiness of the particle boards provided. All I can say is that for us these shelves are easily holding 100lb-160lb per shelf and no sign of strain at all.

We don't need them to hold 200lb per shelf but I'm quietly confident that they could.

The first unit took me (who am not so good at reading the simple instructions) over half an hour to figure out and assemble. Adding the top half was the trickiest part. By the fourth unit, total assembly time was around 10 minutes.

The reason I saw these reviews is that I'm back to order a couple more. Replacing miscellaneous flimsy shelves in our offsite storage area with these excellent ones.

I highly recommend them.

United States on Apr 28, 2021

Alan D Moberg: The materials are acceptable, but not real strong. The assembly instructions are difficult to understand. When the instruction says to "tap lightly to seat rivets" I expected them to seat in an interference fit and connect to the post. They did not, they sit with no restriction of upward movement. Any horizontal movement on the post causes the shelf brace to lift out of the slot and the assembly collapses.
The top portion of the shelf assembly post has no connection to the bottom post. The instructions indicate the brace rivets are supposed to make the connection between the post above and the post below. The dimension between the rivets on the brace is about a millimeter greater than the dimension between the slots if the ends of the upper and lower posts are in contact with each other. To have any stability at all for the upper half of the unit, the upper post would need to be held a small distance above the lower post. That would require some form of spacer or connector between them. Without it, the post looses its position above the post below and the top part falls down. An H shaped connector could provide the needed positioning.
There is no diaphragm (diagonal) member...

United States on Sep 27, 2020

James Ramsey: These shelves have transformed my garage from a jumble to fairly neat. They can be used as two short shelves or one tall one. I have three units and use them both as long and short. They can be assembled by one person, but it is easier with two. I used a rubber hammer to knock the shelf brackets in place.
There is one downside. The cross-members are pretty light and the boards are of a light particle board. If you are a bit rough when adding items to a shelf, the cross members can bend out enough for the boards to drop through. It seems like the shelves are more stable when they are well laden than when only a few items are one them. Now that I am aware of the problem, it is okay.

United States on Aug 29, 2020