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26 of 26 found the following review helpful:
 Great Capacity, Minimal FootprintApr 04, 2011
By Shortey Girley
This media stand has incredible storage capacity without hogging an entire wall of your room. It's a quality product, made of sturdy wood that I'm confident will have no issues supporting a media collection, books, or any other odds and ends you may choose to put on the shelves.
It takes up about as much space as a 5-foot-tall person would if you put a box around them and is suprisingly easy to assemble: there are a total of 12 pieces, not including screws, and all you need is a philips screwdriver and a hammer (hammer use is minimal, and mindless). Once it's assembled, it's relatively easy to lift (the boxes it comes in are HEAVY - one is 70 lbs; the second is smaller, but awkward to lift). The pieces are nicely labeled as being part of Box A or Box B, and are so easy to identify that there's no risk that you'll mistake one component for another.
As someone else mentioned, be ready to spend some time cleaning off the sawdust that coats the packaging - it took me more time to clean off the assembled unit and shelves than it did to put it together.
Storage capacity (MAX):
- 26 CDs per shelf; max of 10 shelves per side (so if you wanted to fill all 4 sides with CDs, you could fit 26 x 10 x 4 = 1,040 CDs)
- 18 DVDs per shelf; max of 7 shelves per side (so if you wanted to fill all 4 sides with DVDs, you could fit 18 x 7 x 4 = 504 DVDs)
- 22 Blu-rays per shelf; max of 8 shelves per side (so if you wanted to fill all 4 sides with Blu-rays, you could fit 22 x 8 x 4 = 704 Blu-rays)
Note: The above numbers assume that you're using basic CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays (no box sets, etc.). Keep this in mind when figuring out whether or not this will be large enough to hold you current (and future) collection.
Or, you can be like me and mix and match the above. I also have every intention of buying a second one of these to store my library of paper-back books :)
18 of 19 found the following review helpful:
Very dense CD storageJul 13, 2006
By Aydin Koc
I was somewhat apprehensive before puying this product, because I wasn't sure how difficult it would be to assemble it. Although the boxes were very heavy, the assembly job turned out to be very manageable. Instructions were good and I was able to complete the whole assembly job within 45 minutes, with very minor help from my wife.
What I like about this CD-rack is that it allows for very dense CD storage - about 1000 CDs in a footprint of 18"x18". It also looks like furniture and blends in well with other furniture.
If you have a lot of CDs, DVDs and Videotapes languishing in various places, I'd highly recommend it.
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Excellent productDec 28, 2009
By D. Leahy
"Maverick 30"
Awesome product. I have almost 400 dvds in my collection and i still have lots og room for more. Withthe extra room, I am storing old VHS Tapes and Video games. Its very convenient because it is so small in width and it rotates, so you can holddvds on eachside. It isvey tall though, about 65 inches. Thats not a problemnless your a pygmy though. Definitely reccomend.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 HUGE amounts of CD storage in such a small space...but what about better directions ???Nov 28, 2006
By Matthew G. Sherwin
Once you get past the hurdle of assembling this four-sided spinning tower, you'll be very glad you bought this product. It is relatively attractive compared to other media storage racks for sale and it does spin rather well even when loaded to capacity. I am amazed at how little space it actually takes up in order to hold so much media.
Moreover, the shelves are adjustable so you can choose to use this to store just CDs, just DVDs, just VHS tapes or whatever. You can also adjust the shelves so that part of the tower stores one type of media while the other sections store other types of media.
If you are not mechanically inclined I recommend you get a friend or even a handyman to help you. I had a handyman help me because I am "all thumbs." SMILE He made faster progress after I suggested that we stop reading the cryptic directions and just follow our instincts about how it should be assembled. The directions are rather vague.
The shipping charges are high (about 70 dollars for UPS Ground when I bought it on Amazon) and it is heavy but it's still worth it. In order to hold over a thousand CDs or many, many DVDs you need a very large storage rack or tower. That results in higher shipping charges and a heavier storage rack. Nevertheless, it's a miracle the manufacturers could design it to take so little space!
The instructions are vague and therefore I can only give this product four stars. The manufacturer needs to write clear directions so that anyone can assemble this tower.
Overall, I recommend this four-sided spinning tower as a great way to store media including CDs, DVDs, VHS tapes and more. It costs a little more with the shipping charge but it's worth it. It does look like furniture and this is a must for those of us who have large collections of CDs, DVDs and/or VHS tapes.
6 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Books! CDs! DvDs! & More!Jan 19, 2010
By JoanneLDS
"CT Yankee"
I highly recommend this unit for storing/displaying books as well as CDs, DvDs, video games, etc. Very sturdy, stable (even on carpet), and great space-saver.
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