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(More customer reviews)I just received this closet a few days ago, so I'll update in a week or two with some info about how it's held up with steady weight on it.
I was looking for a cheap closet that matched the decor of my room (white furniture). I'm moving at the end of the school year and didn't need anything resembling furniture, I just wanted something cheap that would hold up to a LOT of overflow clothes. I'm not talking about seasonal stuff that I would need to store and forget...I wear these clothes daily and would be going into and out of this closet frequently. This particular item caught my eye and I decided to give it a shot.
I am very impressed. Assembly was very simple. I was careful to fully push the rods into the plastic base pieces so as not to have any flimsiness or bending problems. I've got about thirty tank tops and dresses in there now, and I put ten pairs of boots on the "floor" of the unit (the white fabric thing has a bottom). I've also got a bunch of hats on the top. So far, no bending or warping (beyond the normal amount of bend you'd expect from a closet rod holding clothes) and the unit doesn't complain when I open/close it or move the clothes around.
The fabric covering it is definitely cheap-looking...it's a papery kind of fabric...but it doesn't look like it would tear unless you actually stuck something in it. You get what you pay for on that front. As a bonus, though, I stuck some paperclips through the fabric and am using it to hang some of my heavy/chunky necklaces. In a testament to the strength/durability of the material, the weight of the necklaces has not caused any further tearing in the fabric...the paperclip puncture holes remain small pinpoints.
Overall, I would highly recommend this product if you're looking for something that will do the job for minimum cost.Edit (1/27/11): I've had this product for a month and a half now and it still seems to be holding up fine. The plastic support beams on top are bent a little from the weight of my clothes, but they don't seem on the verge of breaking and the rod still seems firmly in place. As I mentioned in my original review, I am *not* taking it easy on this thing; I'm putting stuff in and taking stuff out every day and I have 73 pieces of clothing hanging in there right now (yes, I counted, just for you). I added some new pictures to the product page so you can see the bending I'm talking about. I'm still happy with the purchase; I have a LOT of clothes in here, and since the support pieces are plastic I'm not shocked it's bending a bit. (note: the metal rod is not bent.) Overall, the closet is still working fine and I don't fear for its stability.
Edit (4/28/11): Okay, it finally toppled over. I'm not exactly sure what happened; I was pulling some boots out of the bottom of the closet and it seemed like something just bent and the whole thing started tipping forward. I almost bought a different closet, but then I took all the clothes out of this one and realized that it wasn't actually broken. I still have no idea how it fell over except that perhaps there was just too much weight on it (I have a TON of clothes in there, plus boots on the bottom, plus heavy jewelry dangling on the front, plus hats on top. Since nothing was overly bent or broken, I cut up the power cord for an iron I was about to throw away and used pieces of the cord to brace the closet bars to the wall by nailing the cord into the wall with the bar braced in between. It seems to be holding steady again. I was ready to take off a star for this incident, but nothing broke and the closet is still functional. Additionally, I *KNOW* I am overusing this guy; there are almost 100 pieces of clothing hanging in there now and I reach into it more than once a day. So, still five stars considering it's so cheap and it's lasted this long.
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This 36-Inch wide wardrobe and storage closet provides an amazing value to store your garments, off-season clothes, hunting garb and other items. A heavy duty steel rod allows you to store a large capacity of clothes and other items while being protected by this non-woven fabric cover. Features a zippered door for easy access and a coated steel frame that is sturdy and rust resistant. Dimensions: 36" x 19.7" x 63".
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