UNICOO® 14x14 Inch Multi Use DIY Bookcase & Shelf | Closet Organizers and Storage Cabinet - 12 Cube Wire Grid Organizer, Wardrobe Closet Organizer, Storage Shelves for Bedroom (12-Black Wire)

I'm the last person who is going to tell you that this is a breeze to put together. It took me three hours (and one meltdown during which seriously considered beating the unit to death with the wooden mallet enclosed) to get roughly the configuration I wanted. However, I'm in my mid-60s, with limited mobility because of a couple of injuries, and I was doing it by myself, so I think I did pretty well. Also, take into account that I was doing a configuration what wasn't a straight up-and-down rectangle, and I made a couple of mistakes early on that required me to pull apart pieces of what I'd already done in order to fix it.I'm not sure you can see how it's set up from the pictures, so let me walk you through what I did so you can understand the possibilities and the drawbacks. I built a three across, one forward base. My intention was to use two of the spaces to store my vacuum, floor scrubber, mop, broom, etc. What this meant was that I had to build two spaces that were four units high and hope that the rest of the units would support the configuration. My intention was to do five unit towers in the other two spaces, and top the open spaces with a unit apiece. I realized pretty quickly that this wouldn't work.And in fact, as I built it, I discovered that a number of my ideas wouldn't work, so here's my first tip: Sketch out your configuration, then lay out the pieces and figure out in which direction the connectors have to be attached (these things are remarkably flexible in terms of how you can put panels together, so just work with them a bit.)Good advice 2: Build from the bottom up. Do one level at a time. I'm serious here, if you do this any other way you're going to be sorry and end up having things pop loose on you because they don't have support. And speaking of support, don't leave a wide space (two or more units) open on the bottom, because the weight of the panels above it will make everything sag. That was a huge mistake I made, and one that made it necessary for me to take a couple of layers apart to add a supporting panel.Good advice 3: Don't try to muscle these things into place. It probably won't work unless you're a lot stronger than I am, and if it does you'll end up bending the panels and everything will be out of kilter thereafter. Let the connectors and the wooden mallet do their jobs, and make sure each level is solid before you build up from there.Good advice 4: Respect the wooden mallet, it's your friend, not a murder implement. Use it with finesse and things should pretty much pop into place.Good advice 5: Contrary to what some reviewers have said, the panels can be taken apart and put back together again. In some cases it's not an easy task, but it's do-able, and better than letting an unstable configuration stand.Once it was together, after the screaming and colorful language was over, I started putting things away. Each unit is just wide and deep enough to hold my biggest floor cleaners, and with the addition of S-hooks, I could hang a lot of other cleaning tools around them There are also two bars in the package which would allow you to hang clothing if you wanted to. Mine hold dusters and so on.The size of each unit is not exactly 14"x14"x14" unless you're counting the panels. It's more a 13" cube and the large DII storage cubes fit perfectly in those spaces, which means that Ikea Kallax/Expedit storage bins should also fit. 11" cubes also fit nicely with room to spare on the sides. You can see how the bins look in my photos. The open nature of these panels makes it easy to run electrical cords up through the cubes to allow charging of things like cordless drills, or to add a light. It also makes the entire unit easy to move around.Problems:1) There's a learning curve here. It's not a huge one, but if you don't have good spatial awareness, or you're just winging it as you construct your unit, you're going to find yourself frustrated at some point.2) The instructions aren't much help, but honestly, once you understand the idea behind the panels and connectors, you don't really need a lot of instructions.3) I didn't think there were enough connectors. I have a bunch of leftover panels and not nearly enough connectors to do much of anything with them.4) A couple of the panels had broken bars, and they were not badly packaged and damaged in transit. Eh, it happens, but I'm thinking they may not be useable. However sans sufficient connectors, it's moot.So all things considered, and at the current price point, I would recommend this unit. As put together, it seems solid, and it's giving me some much needed storage for household tools and cleaning supplies.

I’ve used this cube system in my laundry room, bedroom, kitchen, classroom. Easy to put together and can be taken apart for moving.

This is an easy product to put together an great for much needed storage

Good combo and large enough to hold a lot. A little tricky to put togetherat first then easy. Not meant to hold very secure together but buy some 4in with 40lb plastic pull ties and VOIA. They stick together very well. Save your carboard boxes and install for bottoms and this distributes weight quit well and cost is 0.Very handy units that Im using in my garage. Only negitive is I was shorted a sleave of connectors 4. Contacted seller and its weight and see if they send me them.

These were bigger than I expected and they hold a LOT! I put some together to test them out and they are sturdy if you are patient enough to do them correctly. All tapped in snugly. However, I have a different reason for using these cubes. Rather than sitting them on the floor, I am putting them on the walls. I live in a very small place and need the extra space on the walls as floor space around the walls is rather used up. I found this gave me a bit of a problem, however. The darned things are about 2" too deep to really get along with my wall space.Not to worry, I just did a DIY work-around and did a cut and grind on the sides to make them fit my space. All sides are now 12", minus a little. I had to cut and grind the very corner where the small wire is welded onto the thicker one, so the end could fit into the connectors. Still sturdy and giving me a good workout with my little dremel. I will be using my glue gun to attach a strip of small air tubing to the edge, both for looks and for safety. ( I wasn't as good at the grinding as I could have been.) One set is for the kitchen, with the bottom slightly tilted up and tied, to use for my pan lids. With top open and one of the cut-off pieces added onto the lower front, I will have no problem with grabbing the lid I need while the rest stay put. 2 In the bathroom for TP and other supplies. Two others in the kitchen for small appliances. The rest are going to be for yarn storage and current projects. For that I bought collapsible boxes to put in them.I do wish that Unicoo made 12 x 12 as well as the 14" models. Or perhaps they could make 12 x 14 sides that could be purchased separately to use as I am for wall units or as shelves or dividers within the cubes.All in all I am very happy with the quality and strength of the units and will be getting some more to fill out my wall storages.If used on the floor as shown in most pictures, they would make awesome room dividers with units facing both side and a couple open on top as well. Wish I had the space to use them like that.

It would have been nice if there were a few more corner pieces in case someone didn't want to have the one giant shelf structure as pictured on the product page, and if it actually came with the zip ties as well. It takes a bit of patience and finesse to get (and keep) all the shelves in the corner pieces and not knock them back out, but this trouble should be overlooked, as it does attribute to it's strength and sturdiness. I had a few of the cornering pieces break on me (too much force), so a few extras would have been nice. I honestly doubt any other seller of such type of shelves could really improve on this design though. The shelves are a little wobbly, especially if taller than wide, but anchoring the shelves to the wall easily fixes that problem. Otherwise, the shelves have held up to my expectations, and I am content enough with the product to keep it and just pay a little extra for the replacement pieces and extras that I do wish came with it, but I'm okay that they don't.