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Select Costco Wholesale Stores (link for reference only) have
Whalen 5-Shelf Heavy Duty Steel Shelving Unit (48"W x 24"D x 72"H, Black) on sale for
$74.99 valid for
in-warehouse purchase only.
Thanks to Community Member
bucketeer for finding this deal.
Features:
- Steel shelving unit
- 5 shelves
- Industrial strength
- Dimensions: 48"W x 24"D x 72"H
- Black
- Z Beam design
- Black melamine shelf
- Concealed slot posts
- Silver vein powder coating
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Setting up seemed like a pain, but just get a rubber mallet. These have been in my garage for the last 3 years. They're sturdy. I definitely recommend!
However, if you want to use it as shelving that joint makes the whole thing a wobbly mess and is a real pain to build. There's no screws or anything other than the slots and pegs to install. Each time you get a side in the other side pops back out.
The shelves are listed as melamine composite, which has a tendency to warp.
Luckily, replacing this with MDF isn't difficult, especially since this will take precut shelves.
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Wondering if they'll price match? Will go today to see if they are selling at 75 at my local store.
In terms of assembly, it was surprisingly a lot more hassle to assemble than expected.
The unit is set up so you are slotting these low-clearance knobs into slots on the 4 posts. These appear to have been sized prior to coating all parts with a metallic coat. Particularly on the 48" long rails the necks of the knobs were thickened so much with the metallic coating that you had to pound away at these very hard to get them seated securely and evenly down into the slots. It was to the point that I noticed several of the slots warping out to accommodate the thickened neck of the buttons. This is not something you can snap down leveraging your body weight with just your hands.
These being thin rails, there isn't a good surface to apply the force without damaging the coating or warping the rail. With the amount of force I needed, even using a rubber mallet directly on the rail seemed a bit worrying. What I did was use a small segment of 2x4 hardwood to seat on the corner like a shelf and pound away on with a hammer.
Proper seating of the rails is necessary for sturdiness, reducing wobble, and leveling.
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