Aobabo 2 Drawer Wide Lateral File Cabinet, Metal Filing Cabinet with Lock, Suitable for Home Office School Hanging Files Letter/Legal/F4/A4 Size,Black,Required-Assembly

This file cabinet is pretty solid. It's made of metal and is pretty heavy. It looks nice and works well, especially for this price (about $100 at the time I'm writing this). Some of the parts have scratches on them that were probably there from the factory. It's not really a big deal though, as they're not noticeable in day-to-day use unless you specifically look for them. Otherwise, it arrived in good condition and was well packaged.When I tried to first assemble the cabinet, I made a mistake: I swapped the order of parts C and D that go on the bottom. This meant that the holes that secure the back panel were on the front instead of the back where they should be. However, it's not really possible (as far as I can see) to separate the plastic feet from the bottom once they're inserted, and I slightly damaged C and D and broke the plastic feet when trying to separate these parts and redo them. It was totally my mistake, so I messaged to seller to ask if I could buy these parts again. I offered to pay for shipping and everything. The seller actually sent them to me completely for free. That's really generous, since they didn't do anything to cause the mistake and therefore weren't obligated to do that.The downside is, I had to sit and wait with the whole cabinet just awkwardly disassembled all around the floor for almost a week, partly because of holiday shipping delays. At least the second time, the assembly went well for the main chassis. The part where you have to set up the locking mechanism was the only thing that was confusing, but I eventually figured it out.Be warned: The drawers are nightmarishly difficult to put together! There's something really odd about the way these screws go into the holes in the metal. At first, they go in smoothly for a few turns, then you feel a heavy resistance, and then they go in smoothly again at the end if they went in straight. I don't know what to say. They just didn't go in straight a lot of the time for me, so I had to fiddle around with them for an embarrassingly long time, but I finally did manage to get every single screw in the drawers to sit the way it should. I did use the screwdriver that was included in the package. Maybe you're really supposed to use a powered screwdriver like in the video.Then lastly, actually installing the finished drawers into the main chassis is tricky. I honestly couldn't figure out how to do it myself so had someone else do that part for me. As it turns out, some of the hooks on the sliding rails didn't have enough of a gap for the drawers to insert into them. Luckily, this could be fixed easily by just slightly prying them apart with a flat screwdriver.Overall, it was a quest and a half to get this thing assembled (to be fair, partly set back by my own mistake...), but in the end I'm happy with the result. On mine, the top drawer closes with a satisfying thud. The bottom drawer doesn't have as satisfying of a feeling when closing it, but does still close fully. The locking mechanism works fine, though I don't plan on actually using that. One thing to note is that if you try to open both of the drawers at once fully, the cabinet will tip over, so don't do that. I'm not using it to store documents but just objects in general, and it works well for that too. It has a lot of space to store pretty much anything I could ever want. I recommend this product, but keep in mind that assembling this may take some persistence. I especially appreciate that the seller was willing to help me out, even when something wasn't their fault at all. I noticed some people here left negative reviews for various reasons. Consider trying to contact the seller first because you might be able to resolve whatever the issue is.

Ok, so truth be told I didn't research these as much as I should have and ended up with smaller cabinets than anticipated. MY fault, not theirs but there's a silver lining and I'll tell you why!• I use these for comic book storage. I had a space of 122" exactly so I purchased four cabinets. Each cabinet was just under 29" meaning it was JUST big enough to NOT fit four rows of comics across, but it fits 3 rows inside a short box PERFECTLY! That means if you can fit 150 comics in a shortbox, you're looking at around 1300-1400 comics per cabinet. The shortboxes fit VERY tightly, with maybe a half-inch to spare but they still fit so there's no need to find black foam posterboard and spend hours cutting it up!• There are NO tools provided, but also only a screwdriver needed to bend tabs for assembly. I'm one of those people who will ruin an Ikea cabinet if I don't pay attention...these were VERY easy to assemble once I got the first one done that took me an hour. By the time I got to the fourth one, it only took me 20 minutes!• They are lightweight and feel very sturdy for what you pay. I was very worried about getting a "no-name" brand from overseas, but I was NOT going to spend $700 each on a HON or something similar...and I am very glad that I took that risk!Take your time, read the directions and they'll go together perfectly. I even made a few mistakes on the first cabinet and was able to reverse some of my work without breaking anything...a HUGE relief! I am just now putting my cabinets to full use and I will report back with how they hold up to the weight!

Really easy to put together, great value for the price. I bought two for my home office and love them. The only thing I have a complaint about is that they don’t have a safety lock feature. Some cabinets will only allow one drawer to open at a time. This keeps it from both drawers opening and potentially tipping over.

The flat pack arrived well packaged with minimal amount of styrofoam and cardboard. This was very much appreciated. None of the parts showed any dents or damage.The included assembly instruction drawings were rather tiny and it was difficult to clearly make out the correct orientation of the pieces. I recommend that the manufacturer incorporates larger images in the next version of included assembly instructions. Fortunately I had watched the online video on how to assemble the cabinet and this made it easier to put together. It would have helped if I had watched it again just before or during the assembly. It took me more than "just 15 minutes" that the video claims. Nevertheless, this is a excellently engineered product and the design makes it rather easy to put together with no screws involved.The file cabinet can be repositioned on hardwood floors due to the plastic slides on the bottom- another nice touch. The cabinet is quite sturdy and was able to hold both my scanner and a heavy printer. It can accommodate both letter and legal size hanging folders. I had a slight difficulty getting the legal size hanging folders to fit- but they do fit (see attached photo). All in all I like this cabinet. It is an easy recommendation.

I can't even give this one star (but it forced me to) The instructions are so awful that we broke it trying to put it together. Get better instructions and just maybe I could give you a better review!