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Seen a lot of custom cabinets which are priced more than 5000. These cabinets are perfect for garage in terms of depth, sturdiness, wood quality and value for moneyInitial look, I was satisfied with what I saw. Packaged so it wouldnt move in the box, even UPS damage to the box corners didnt damage the product inside. Instructions well written. What seemed like a good hangar system, designed with flexibility for the fact that no 2 installations are the same. Heavy and style appropriate handles. Glad to see the manufacturer is in Canada (USA would be nice, but CA is ok too.) However, after assembling 8 units, hanging them, adjusting for plumb and getting to the final finishing steps, my satisfaction fell to zero. As I pulled out each door, they were a mess. Half the boxes had sawdust in each door. There was nothing protecting the doors themselves from each other. Each door was scuffed, scratched, or blemished. One door was an obvious manufacturing defect, where the laminate application machine either malfunctioned or the thin laminate tore. The solution was to put on as much as they could and fill in the rest with a paint pen? Hidden back or side, I wouldnt give it a second thought, but this was the door front. There is a ladder pattern up the entire door. Needless to say, Im expecting 16 replacement doors (8 units x 2 doors). I want them in my hands with a few days to get them installed before the return window ends, or Im returning the entire lot of 8 units. If they make good, I will update this review accordingly. Other quality issues included EXTREMELY THIN laminate. I dont believe it will hold up to scratches and light wear and tear. The units are 6ft tall but only have 2 hinges per door. There should be 3. Doors are thin, and when you look down the line of 8 of them like I have, you can see a wobble. I can adjust some of that out, but over time, they will sag and it will look like crap. I will have to add a brace bar to fix. Just more $$. Lastly, these things sway at the bottom. You need to reinforce them by driving a screw through back plate near the bottom into a stud. This made them solid on the wall. There is still some flex in the sides, Im concerned when they get loaded, shelves will sway side to side in the middle (even though secured at the top and bottom). I already ordered replacement L pins because the round ones are junk. So far, the Lowes/Depot higher grade RTA units have much better doors, much thicker laminate that is continuous / molded to the door. None of this sandwich of many pieces. If this doesnt work out, its likely I will return these and buy the Lowes/Depot units. Unfortunately assembly time will be greatly increased as I will have to adjust them for depth because I have very specific dimensions Im trying to achieve, something that drew me to these units in the first place.UPDATE: After speaking with PrePac, the lady was nice, but as a company, PrePac would not stand by their product. The lady I worked with is obviously not the decision maker in this case; I cannot fault her. She stated replacing 16 doors was ‘excessive’ and would require more hoops. I dont have time for hoops. Her offer was to replace a few doors and use a paint pen for the rest. 100% not acceptable. I contacted Amazon, as usual, Amazon had no hassle return for it. I do not need to disassemble. They will pick up, no additional charge. The whole ordeal has cost me multiple holes in my walls, scuffs on the paint, and my time. I will likely cover the holes and paint scuffs with another cabinet product, but I cannot replace my time. I do not recommend this product. (Photos posted on my review of the single unit SKU). I purchased both 3 packs and singles for my project.Pretty straight forward to assemble and install. I did it without help in about 4-5 hours. Two complaints: doors have gaps which detracts from overall look and one of the handle connectors wasn’t fabricated properly so had to hack getting the screw to hold. Value for money - I couldn’t do it cheaper buying the components separately esp. doors these days, but does feel expensive for what it is. On the plus side, it has plenty of storage and allowed me to retire some ugly shelving.Overall this is a good product. It is sturdy and well planned to do the job. They also use quality screws to ensure stability. The instructions are easy to follow and well laid out. The customer service is excellent. I was missing a few screws but after calling them they were promptly mailed to me. My only objection is that it does not include a back panel, so the back is your garage wall. I suppose you could get some plywood and cut it to size but it would then protrude from the wall by the thickness of the plywood so you would then have to attach a piece of wood the thickness of the plywood (probably the plywood) to the back of the hanging rails, which may or may not affect the hanging strength.Addendum: If you do not have someone to help you lift the cabinets on to the wall brackets I suggest you leave the cabinet doors off until after the cabinets are hung. This will make it a little lighter plus you can better leverage to lift the cabinet by pushing from under the top shelf without the doors getting in your way.So this unit is just as advertiesed and looks just like the picture on Amazon. Its a great unit for a garage and it took me 5 hours to put together and hang, full installation working non-stop through the day. The instructions are very good and its VERY easy to assemble. I had a cracked back drawer panel but was able to use it (put some wood glue in the crack). Also, the only negative was in the assemble of the drawers. The way the back panel screws in, if your not careful, you can break the press board or buldge it out if the screw goes in even at a slight angle. So if your careful, its not an issue, just be careful puttting in the 1 1/2" black screws in the final step of drawer assembly. I bought two drawer units, the one with the defect I had that drawer and one other that kind of got jacked a little. The 2nd unit I bought went together with NO issues, perfect. They all hung VERY easy, I did it all by myself. Althought it would be easier to have a helper hand the units and the doors. Love it and it looks great in my garage!!Best thing I ever bought for my shed. If you follow the instructions which were very clear you will have no problem with this. I put the whole system together and up in 4 hours by myself. I really like everything about them.These cabinets were easy to assemble and hang on the wall. We did get a damaged piece but the manufacturer sent a replacement right away. They're very sturdy and look really nice!I love these cabinet sets. Very good quality and very easy to assembleVery well packaged and just as described . Very good quality
