Whitmor MDF, Wood, Steel Wall Mounted Drying Rack for Storage, White

Bought this to use in a small space. It is very sturdy and easy to use. Meet all my expectations.

So I read a lot of people's reviews and fortunately all of my holes lined up "enough" and it came with all the screws and washers and mine seemed brand new. As for assembly, it's definitely not that difficult. It just requires some patience and assembly know-how. By that I mean things like don't tighten any screw until all the screws are at least threaded in the holes they're supposed to be in. This gives you some room to move it around in the event that you need to make adjustments before you tighten it.I assembled it in 25 minutes between meetings because the load in the washer was about to be finished. I started by putting one side on the floor with the holes where the rods go facing up. I then took the screw and washer, put them in from underneath, lined up the rods from the top, and turned them onto the screws by hand. Essentially the rods were perpendicular to the floor and pointed straight up/down. The screws were pointing up to the ceiling. This prevents cross threading because anyone can tell you when you are working with metal and screws once you cross thread it's pretty much over and you'll never get that screw in correctly without retapping the hole. I didn't read the directions and i noticed that some of the rods had large holes without screwholes. Those go where the joints are. Get all of your rods screwed in on one side, put your 4 or 5 in the large holes and let it sit upright with all of your rods pointing up in the air. They will flail all over the place that's fine.Now this is where I found in another review that he kept his in the position mine was in and just put the other side in on top. This I found to be the spot that needed the patience since the rods are all flopping all over the place and not playing nice. I ended up just taking it one at a time, starting from the legs closest to me, lining up the rods and screws/washers, and just barely getting the screws in to stop it from flopping but not tightening all the way. I even found that I had to lift the piece I was trying to screw down off enough to get the screw to line up to screw in to prevent cross threading. Once I was able to get all of them in, and yes as I lifted pieces to get other legs in and others fell out, this is where the patience comes in. But just take your time and move from closest to furthest and it should work.Once I got them all lined up I tightened up the screws, stood it up, and tightened all the screws down. I want to note, as someone else did in some review somewhere, that it seems flimsy with those tiny chains being the only thing keeping the weight of everything together, but I will deal with that if/when it breaks.As far as I can tell I love it and it's large and in charge and fits the bill perfectly because our old one was wayyyy too small. I'm excited to try it and will let you know how it goes. Just wanted to share some assembly tips, which hopefully help some other people.

Ok, assembly would be frustrating w/o a helper.Here's a plan:1.put the washers on the srews & stand them up on their heads to make em easy to grab.2.strip all the plastic off all the rods & separate the 4 (slightly) shorter rods. Confirm those 4 do not have female thread bosses in them & set them aside.3. Place one end frame, chain up, on your kitchen counter (mine was exactly the right height).4.start at the end furthest from the counter, insert a rod into a hole in the frame with a screw hole, insert a screw, start by hand to avoid crossthreading, then tighten. A cordless driver drill is handy once started, but not necessary. It's ok to tighten these screws (actually a good idea, as if too loose, all those pesky captive rods may fall out just when you think you're done)5.now place the end frame on the floor, all the rods sticking up, splayed all over, including the shorter rods, sitting in their pockets (were i to do it again, i would put a piece of sturdy foam packing in each of the pocket to apply pressure to prevent rotation. These 4 rotate like they're on bearing! That's going to annoyingly drop an evenly placed, unbalanced piece of laundry on the ground. I'll probably put a stainless #6 sheet metal screw through each leg and rod end) No worries.6.this is where your helper comes in. Place the 2nd end frame, chain up, on top of the rods. Don't go crazy trying to line up all the tubes. Start at one end (i started at the bottom). Line up the 2 bottom tubes & screw down ALMOST tight while helper supports the frame.7.Now line up the 4 short tubes, in their pockets & helper holds pressure downward, while you sneak the rest of the longer rods into their pockets, in turn, & loosely tighten screws.8.check that no tubes popped out & tighten all screws.9. Finally make sure the chains aren't kinked up. If they are, rotate the captive link around the rivet in the direction that makes the chain look happier. (You'll know)10. Kick back w/your helper w/your favorite libation & admire your work!😊🇺🇦

The drying rack is a bit cheaply built, but sturdy enough for clothing in an apartment. Given the price, it’s good enough 🤭 took 40 min to assemble. Make sure to have extra tools handy, can be tough to get some of the nails in.

Ordered one of these to replace a smaller but similar design of rack that I've had for a long time but which is wearing out. Very pleased. Exactly what I was hoping for.Took about 15 minutes to put together. Tip: When you get to the part where you have one side all screwed in place and are putting the other side on and lining things up, starting from one side start lining up the poles and screw the screw for that pole in just enough to hold it in place. Once you have all of them like that you can maneuver the 4 middle poles that don't have screws into place and then tighten everything up. (I had to loosen a few screws to get the 4 poles in, but easy enough.) Once assembled it is acceptably stable and a good size.When I first got it put together one of the chains had a little kink in it, but I just needed to partially close it and rotate the chain on one side where it connects to the frame to remove the kink. It had gotten flipped around during assembly.

I love these drying racks. Plenty of space, efficient, good heights, sturdy. We own several.They do need a significant amount of assembly though. Set aside an hour and some patience if using hand tools.They arrive without any of the cross slats installed. Make sure you install them on the correct side of the side assemblies, the cross slats go INTO the large holes in the sides. Lots of Phillips head screws. Would go faster with a power tool.