Edsal UR-364BLK Black Steel Industrial Shelving, 4 Adjustable Shelves, 3200 lb. Capacity, 60" Height x 36" Width x 18" Depth

The couplers shown in the photograph are NOT the ones that ship with the product. They instead ship couplers that go along the inside of the beam, as shown in the below picture.Aside from simply being different than pictured, these couplers are, as others have mentioned, absolutely horrible, horrible, horrible. Good luck getting the two beams to align straight. The couplers hang about a half inch off from the beams and seem like they might pop out under stress. I would be afraid to put anything heavy on the top two shelves.Also, the attaching piece of one of the beams was bent and would therefore not attach. I had to use a wrench to bend it back to a semi-usable position.This product is utter crap. Buyer beware.

This company ought to be sued (in a perfect world) for claiming these shelving units can hold even 320 let alone 3200 pounds. And folks ought to have their head examined for giving it 5 stars just because it held their kids toys. As part of a total screw up, I was sent the 5-shelf, "4000 pound" version. Same deal. IF you redesign the means for holding the upper and lower halves together by overlapping and bolting them AS ONE, and rebuild the shelves by laminating triple thickness layers with stiffeners and with oil resistant top laminate as I did (final drop-in shelves weighed 75 pounds altogether), you CAN make this unit free standing on the floor and able to hold maybe 800-1000 pounds maxed out. As supplied, it is a joke for the claims made, a lawsuit in the making for someone eventually hurt trying to load it to the rated capacity, and even the maker tells you to BOLT IT TO THE WALL. Be very careful buying these units if you really want to store anything even vaguely resembling the rated capacity. Unfortunately, unless you spend a great deal of time, effort and money redesigning and modifying the unit as I had to, you won't find anything out there able to hold the rated weight, not without spending a great deal of money or making it yourself. As supplied, I'd trust this thing to hold maybe 20-40 pounds per shelf--- poorly. Sad, as I proved that with minor alterations, it could be made much stronger.

I'm really not sure why this has so many 1-star reviews. I was hesitant to purchase, but it had so many positive reviews I decided to roll the dice.Here's the thing, know what you're buying. I agree the 3200lb rating it a pipe dream. Maybe if 90% of the weight is one the bottom shelf,but even then it's going to crack the cheap MDF board.It's a perfectly fine storage shelf for a garage, or other household utility area. They aren't pretty, they aren't fancy. But they hold all the junk your wife isn't willing to get rid of yet.Assembly is no big deal, if you read the 4 step directions. The couplers were a little tough to get on, but not the nightmare other reviews made it out to be. Maybe bend a little with pliers. Just took a minute of patience and an extra hard bang of the mallet.Oh yea, you WILL need the rubber mallet.Seriously, I got exactly what I paid for. I plan on buying another set - because our junk keeps growing!

This is A LOT of shelf for the money, and for a really industrial purpose and a handy person these pose zero challenge. I was a little dismayed at the quality of boxes used to ship them, but overall it is truly remarkable just how much shelving you can get for almost no money. The particle board shelves themselves feel terribly cheap and do come chipped often, but this doesn't hurt their functionality. The snap-together design of the shelves themselves is aided with a rubber mallet. The steel pieces are VERY sturdy, if a bit rough from their anti-corrosion coating. Wear some gloves when assembling or be cautious. Sharp edges too...Trust me, you CANNOT assemble these by hand alone. Get the mallet if you don't have one. Or cover a hammer in a soft piece of durable material to cushion the blows. You will be tapping these beams into place with some considerable force!The "lip" of the metal crossbeams is a bit annoying as other reviews have noted, but that's okay... it keeps the shelves firmly in place. I have no major complaints about the lip since I use these to store very large boxes and sturdy things which I don't mind raising over the lip.They can definitely hold weight but I'm certain the 2000lb advertisement is being a little generous. Easily 500-1000 I'd say, though. I keep about 200-400 on each unit, all told. And I own 3 total units, for a total of 12 shelving spaces...

Either I did not get the correct couplers for this shelving unit or the couplers I received were not checked by quality control on their way out the door. I never could get them to fit onto the support posts. Instead I had to watch a video on Youtube to figure out a different way to assemble the shelf. (Search for "How To Assemble Edsel Steel Shelving" on Youtube.)These are NOT industrial-quality shelves whatever the manufacturer may claim. The shelves themselves are particle board and there is no way I would trust them to hold something as heavy as my tool box or miter saw. They worked fine for my art and craft supplies, even though I was always paranoid that since the unit was not braced together with the couplers it was not as sturdy or safe as it ought to be.For the price they were okay, but now that I need to upgrade my storage I'm getting rid of this shelf and opting for a shelf similar to the Whitmor 6060-322 Supreme 4-Tier Shelving Unit here on Amazon. I have had another one for almost 7 years now and never had a single problem with it. They're much easier to assemble and I can store much heavier items on it without worrying about over-burdening it.