This is pretty much as advertised. The place I wanted to put it had an opening 15 inches wide, and this is 14 inches wide, so that was perfect. My cabinet depth was 23 inches, and this was 22, so that was perfect, too. The description says 22.5 inches deep, but I measured it and got 22. I'm glad, because the extra half inch makes everything fit nicely.
Installation: it was supposed to take five minutes, according to the directions. It took the better part of an hour, and I ended up with some small injuries - lightly skinned my big toe and scratched my ankle, plus I had to ask for my husband's help, and we don't work well together on stuff like this. The main problem was, it was hard to get at the floor of the cabinet to screw down the track that the drawer runs on. I had to remove the two shelves directly above to make enough room to maneuver. Then I discovered that the shelves are held in place with little support gizmos that not only support from the bottom, but also hold the shelf down from the top, which made getting them out tricky. I would get one support loose, go to work on another one, and hear the first one popping back in place. That was hard to prevent due to the third frustration, which was that the shelves were very heavy. I wrestled them out with much banging and swearing, and that's how I was injured - I was propping up one of the heavy shelves with my knee, having put my foot all the way at the back of the cabinet, and dropped the shelf, skinning and scratching myself. Then I discovered that the cabinet bottom was very dense and hard, and it was very difficult to get a screw to go into it. I had to borrow my husband's power drill, and that worked. I minded the comments that said to be sure to use the screw holes between the tracks and had no problems with the screw heads striking the drawer when in use. The instructions show very clearly that these are the holes to use, but I guess the outer holes are just too tempting - they are round, and the ones you are supposed to use are oval. Before installing the tracks, I examined how the rollers on the bottom of the box interacted with the tracks and practiced putting them together and taking them apart a couple of times, so when the tracks were attached, I had no trouble getting the box back on them.
I filled the new drawer completely with baking supplies, which is what I bought it for. Using all the space from the front of the cabinet to back due to the perfect fit of the drawer was amplified because I was able to pack stuff in, much tighter than I would ever pack stuff in when it's just sitting on a shelf. I discovered that I had more baking stuff than would fit, so I'm planning to get another one. Actually, I'm going to get three - I'll end up with two on the bottom of the pantry cabinet and two on the shelf directly above, and that should be enough.
One of the features that I love about this is the high sides. Not only did I set in canisters and boxes and jars, I fitted in bags of flour, corn meal, chocolate chips, and the like, and because of the high sides, nothing is falling out.
I'm very happy with this and highly recommend it. It looks really nice, works well, and really isn't hard to install if your cabinet cooperates.
This drawer took me less than 10 minutes to install. I loved it so much, I ultimately bought 4 to add to other sections of my kitchen cabinets. My only complaint? The screws included aren't flat head and impede with the drawers track, making it very difficult to close. It was an easy solution: I simply walked out to my garage and grabbed appropriate sized flat head screws. Easy peasy and they work wonderfully.
This pull out shelf is really excellent. It is installed very easily and is a very high quality wood shelf. The only problem I have is that the instructions for installation say nothing about securing the existing shelf to the cabinet, either with a small bracket that is screwed into the cabinet wall. The bottom shelf can be secured to the shelf below the pull out shelf. It the shelf is not secured, the whole unit could fall over when it is pulled out without securing the shelf below. I gave it 5 stars anyway.
This is fabulous! It's like having all new cabinetry. I used mine to store pastas and snacks. Once I pulled everything from the deep recesses of that cabinet, I had to throw away more than half as they had expired. I highly recommend that you pay attention to the brief instruction sheet. The set up has just 4 screws and 4 "obvious" holes to put them through. If I had read the instructions, this task would have been completed in about 10 minutes. That was a very long hour I wasted!
I love the pull out drawers, just what I was looking for. They are strong, well-made and look great. However, the dimensions given in the description for the small ones is not correct. It is listed as 18 1/2 x 11 x 11. The actual size is 18 1/2 x 11 x 5 1/2, which works great for me, I don't have cut my cabinet frame to fit them in. I'm delighted.
Feature Product
- (1) Wood drawer and mounting hardware
- Bottom mount 3/4 Extension Euro slide
- Designed for a 15" opening
- Attractive dovetail wood construction with durable clear finish
- Simple (4) screw installation
Description
The simple but effective wood pullout drawer by Rev-A-Shelf brings hard to reach items to your fingertips. Simple installation with only 4 screws and attractive wood dovetail design is a perfect addition to any cabinet.
Easy to install with basic tools. If you have a lip on the front of your cabinets, like most do, you'll have to make spacers. I had to raise the shelf with 1 1/2 inch blocks. Not a big deal to do. Simple design and looks fine.
A nice product with some good solid drawer construction. Very useful, especially for the lower part of the cabinets. I would have given five stars except that the tracking (sliding in and out) is a little loose and sloppy.
the runner rails and wheels may not be as solid as they should be. but otherwise this works well. easy to install if you read the instructions.
I bought one of these to try it out, and then bought three more. It turned difficult to access cabinets into easy to access drawers. Very nice looking as well, and seems well built.
I ordered these for my 21"D x 15"W vanity base cabinets, they fit perfectly. They are a little pricey but well made. My only complaint is that they don't fully extend and do not have soft close brackets attached. We installed these and attached them to the door with brackets for a pull-out laundry hampers.
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