Atlantic Maxsteel 5-Tier Heavy Duty Adjustable Wire Shelving Unit - Black Steel Media Storage Rack for CDs, DVDs & Books - Holds 153 CDs, 72 DVDs with 8 Adjustable Shelves (Model PN78205091) - Perfect for Home, Office & Garage Organization

Let me start by saying I think this is probably the best "shelf" I have ever bought for movies and I was lucky to receive one that did not have any damage like some of the other reviewers had. Now I did read lots of reviews on this shelf before I decided to spend my money on it. And I am glad I bought it and glad I read the reviews first, which made assembly easier. I bought the 8 shelf black unit and the dimensions of the unit are 4 feet tall by 2 feet wide. The shelves can hold 39 dvd's across and approx. 39-41 blu-ray's. I have to mention this review will not be about holding cd's, as I am not using it for that. (sorry) Now on to the actual pro's and con's.Pro's: It can hold approx. 234 standard dvd's in total and more if you are doing all blu-ray. Remember it can hold approx. 41 blu-ray's per shelf and there are 8 shelves. I personally don't have enough blu-rays to do a detailed review for just blu-rays but I can gauge a guess based on what I do have on the shelf so far. Also, very important, you can not keep the blu-rays in their cardboard outer shells (if they came with one) "IF" you want to get the maximum use out of the shelving space. I will go into detail of how I spaced the shelves towards the end of this review.Pro: This is an extremely easy unit to put together if you follow the tips given by several other reviewers that I will repeat in this review.Pro: This unit is small enough to fit in almost every home and yet sturdy enough to hold hundreds of dvd's, blu-rays, or cd's without worry. Now the key to this unit being successful in its job is to anchor it to the wall when done with assembly.Pro: This unit can actually be taken apart if you ever had to move to another home and you didn't want to try and move it as a whole unit which could scratch it. Which leads me into the con's.Con's: The unit has a very thin layer of outer coating for the finished paint. It can easily be chipped if accidentally banged by something or if when putting it together you are not careful. I was putting mine together and was using a mallet to hammer the shelves down onto the clips and accidentally hit it to hard and chipped the paint right off of one shelf in a small section. Not really a big deal since you won't see it when it's covered by hundreds of movies. And my unit is black so I could paint it if i felt the need.Con's: The clips are a little tricky to get on but with a tip I got from another reviewer it was a lot more simple than it would have been. (more on the clips later)Con's: Even though the unit comes with 8 shelves I was only able to get 7 shelves on the unit due to spacing issues. (more on that later)Con's: The backs of the shelves which have a backing to prevent the dvd's from falling off the unit backwards could have been a little taller, but they do get the job done.Assembly: Now if you decide to buy this unit, this is how I suggest you put it together based on my experience alone. First off when you are checking your parts to make sure you received everything, remember that the part labeled (2) which is a little spirally looking chrome piece that connects rod A to B is actually already in rod (B) so don't panic if you don't see it in the parts bag. Now the directions say to attach the round foot piece to the bottom of rod B first and that I did do as they said. I connected all four feet to the bottoms of the "B" rods and stood them up ready for the next step. The feet are able to spin even after they are screwed in all the way and this is normal. The next step is to attach rod "A" to rod "B" using the spirally screw that is sticking out of rod "B". Do this to all four rods. Then from there I did the rest in a little different order to make it easier to do since I was by myself. The next step was to attach one set of plastic clips to the bottom of the rod for shelf preparation. Now this step is a little tricky. The clips are all the same and they say "top" on them to make sure you put it right side up, but snapping them together is somewhat of an art form. First start at the very bottom of one of the "B" rods near the feet as far down as you can go. This is to make sure you get as many shelves on your unit as possible. I will go over the exact spacing as I put mine together as we continue on this review. As one reviewer suggested, place and hold one clip "top" side up on the desired section of the rod and then place another clip onto that one interlocking the groves as you do. Now remember you won't get them to close all the way just yet, so don't try at this point or it will just frustrate you. Now holding both clips together gently twist and slide them up just slightly (squeezing as you go) and slow enough that you don't pass the first indent in the rod. That indent (or visible line) is your grove. When you reach that first line you will hear a click, that is the clip snapping into place. That means you have succeeded in getting the clip properly set. At this point the mfg. instructions say to start putting on the shelf but I slightly disagree since I was putting it together by myself i didn't want any problems with trying to get the shelves on straight. And if you start to put the shelf on one clip at a time then you have to constantly be adding the additional legs and trying to hold the unit while doing it and therefore adding more grief to your set up. But that is just my opinion from already putting this unit together. So I put all four clips onto all four rods and then I got ready to put my first shelf on. When sliding the shelf onto the rods just make sure that your legs are spaced in the appropriate way on the floor so all you have to do is just slide the shelf over the rods and slide it down. Now when you are sliding the shelves down over the clips the first shelf is a breeze because you "want" it to go all the way down, so there is no way to make an error. So just slide the first shelf all the way down to the bottom and when you reach the clips don't go to fast or you will accidentally pop one of the clips off just from force. Slowly push the shelf down over the clips a little at a time on each clip so as to keep the shelf straight. Don't try to get it on one clip all the way at first, just do each clip a little at a time until they are all down on all four clips. Now the instructions didn't say anything about using a hammer or mallet to secure shelves on the clips but I decided to use a mallet because I wanted the shelves to be on the clips tightly. I don't suggest doing this unless you are extremely careful because even I chipped the paint a tad while doing this even with extreme caution. But it does ensure that the shelf goes on tightly and is secure. Use a cloth to protect the paint if you do. I didn't think about that until it was too late for me. Now the spacing on my unit went as followed: The first shelf was all the way at the bottom, then the next shelf was 7 notches up (meaning there should be 6 visible notches between shelves). You will see a partial notch from where the previous shelf is actually sitting but that partial notch does not count when you are spacing so don't count it as a full notch when spacing, just ignore it. So count each whole section between the lines (or grooves) as one "notch". If you're not sure what I mean then get a standard dvd and place it on the shelf and hold it in place with the "book ends" that came with this unit. They get attached by simply squeezing them at the bottom and placing them on shelf where you want it, then let it go and the "book end" will hold your dvd's up by themselves. When you have the dvd on the shelf the next shelf up should sit practically right on top of the dvd. But don't worry there is still enough room to get it out even if it doesn't look like it. Now that you know where the next shelf should be placed repeat the above steps for placing the clips and place the next set of clips on the 7th notch on all four legs. Then add the shelf as you did before. However the only difference now is that you need to make sure that when you are sliding the shelf down onto the clips that the clips don't move off of the notch you have placed them on. This can happen if you try to push the shelf on to hard. That is where the mallet comes in handy. Because you can hold the shelf in place with one hand and use the mallet carefully with the other hand and gently hammer it on without moving the clips. If the clips do move don't worry just gently hammer the shelf up from the underneath with the mallet and it will come loose and you can start over. This did happen to me because I got over zealous with the mallet trying to hurry. I was able to get 7 shelves on this unit with 6 of them being for dvd's and one shelf for blu-rays. I put them on in this order starting from the bottom and going up:1st shelf all the way on the bottom2nd shelf is 7 notches up from last one (remember you should see 6 full visible notches (from line to line is a notch) between shelves)3rd shelf is 7 notches up from last one4th shelf is 7 notches up from last one5th shelf is 7 notches up from last one (this shelf was used for blu-rays that is why NEXT shelf is spaced differently)6th shelf is only !!!!!!!!!!! 6 !!!!!!!!!!!!!! notches up from last one7th shelf is 7 notches up from last oneWith this spacing I was able to only get 7 shelves on the unit. But I didn't have more than one shelf of blu-rays since this unit was going in my bedroom to hold all of the rated "R" movies and keep them out of reach of my younger children. I have lots of blu-rays but they are the kids movies and they are in a different movie cabinet in the main part of the house. So I spaced these shelves with the plan of holding more standard dvd's then blu-rays. However if you want to space for blu-rays just space them 6 notches apart. With that spacing you "might" get that extra shelf on the unit, but I can't say for sure as I have not tried it. And if your using this unit for cd's you will absolutely get all the shelves on for sure.When I was finished assembling this unit I placed it in its desired "home" in the bedroom on the wall and I used the provided anchors to secure it to the wall. Before I anchored it I adjusted the feet by making the front two feet less screwed in than the back so the unit slightly leaned back onto the wall. That was just an added precaution to prevent the movies from falling forwards and off the shelf completely. The anchors are a little bit tacky looking but remember you won't see them if you utilize the top shelf for dvd's which will cover the anchors completely. It is hard to explain how to use the anchors but the instructions do explain it a little bit. But what I can tell you is that when you have them on correctly you should not see the screws at all. I will attempt to explain how to attach the anchors but bare with me it is complicated to explain.Anchor assembly: First hold white anchor with the plastic clip on top and the two velcro strips on the bottom facing the wall. To get the right placing you will first have to loop the anchor strap through the plastic clip by folding down the top end (with clip) down towards the bottom near the velcro end. Now pull the bottom of the strap up to meet the clip and loop it through so the velcro meets back with itself to velcro to itself. This will give you an idea of how it will look when you have it on the wall and how much room you have to work with. Remember you should not be able to see the holes where the screws go once it's on the wall. Now that you have practiced looping it, undo it and now loop it again but this time make sure you include the back of the top shelf in the strap. Do this by wrapping the strap through the bar of the back of the top shelf "THEN" wrapping it through the plastic clip as you did before. Now you can use a pencil to mark inside the provided holes on the straps so you know where your screws will go. Once you have your holes marked undo the straps and drill your holes for the provided screws. Screw in the strap with screws that are provided and attach the strap as you have practiced before. Make sure you have the strap looped when you mark holes or you might get the holes to high up and you won't have enough "give" to secure the velcro to itself. That is why I suggest you have it looped when you mark the holes so you can get it spot on the first time.After the shelf is secure, place your movies accordingly and ENJOY. I hope this review helped with your decision to buy or help with assembling your new unit. If there is anything important that I left out please comment and I will adjust my review accordingly to help others out. Thanks for your time.P.S. when you take the shelves out of the box these little blacks caps fall all over the place. They were used for shipping purposes only as far as I can tell. So there is no need to keep them.I looked around ALOT to find shelving for my CD collection. The reviews for this shelving were pretty good but I still wasn't sure. Finally I decided to take the plunge and order it. I'm very glad I did! It's not a fancy piece of furniture but it fits in fine with the modern look of my apartment. It's very sturdy. It comes with 16 shelf dividers, 4 extra clips and 2 anti tip devices. I was concerned that the CDs might fall out the sides, but that is not the case. Also, the lip on each shelf prevents them from falling off the shelves in back.For the most part the assembly was easy BUT spacing the shelves is tricky. It's nice that the distance between the shelves is adjustable, but do not just start at the bottom and keep adding shelves without a plan. I wanted shelving only for CDs but if I had just added the shelves as I went along the opening between the top shelves would have been enormous. It's helpful to put masking tape on the poles before you start adding the shelves to help figure out how to keep the openings more or less the same. Also, if you can, look at the post from Brklyn on December 15, 2013 to help with assembly.My 15-year-old son picked this out and put together himself. It’s a nice sturdy rack and is the perfect size - not any bigger than it needs to be. Not as deep as most shelving so there’s no wasted space behind/above like if you used a regular bookshelf.Decor-wise it’s not something I’d use in the rest of the house. It does look like it would be used in a video store, but that’s the vibe my son was going for with his collection so I won’t take off anything for that.Had some frustration putting this together at first, but that was only because I was placing the shelves on upside down, which made everything wobbly. Just make sure the shelves are going on the correct way and you should have no problem. For some reason they did toss in a couple dozen round plastic things into the box, but they must go with some other item the company manufactures because they certainly do not go with this unit.For DVDs I was only able to use 6 out of the 8 shelves. If you were using this to hold cds, you could certainly use all 8 shelves. I fit around 215 DVD cases with room for a few more. All in all it is a great unit for the price. Nice and sturdy.I used one for cds. Used one for blue rays and other to put some of my figures on. Also got lights to highlight the figures.We have a large movie collection and have tried many ways of storage over the years. We’ve never seen our collection looking so great while securely stored (no wobbling) and easy to access. They were a breeze to put together and we still have more units in order to handle any collection growth. We loved this product a great deal. Because of the shelf adjustability we were not only able to maximize how many shelves we could add per unit, but also the distance between floor and ceiling. As you can see from the first pic, very little space is wasted. As you can see from the second, it looks amazing when viewed together. No regrets.Easy enough to assemble, but I soon realized that the rods were too short, so I was only able to put six shelves on it instead of eight. False advertising makes it look a lot taller than it actually is. It's more wobbly than a stone drunk trying to walk home in an ice storm. Moving it is a pain, since the plastic shelf holders are the only things keeping anything in place. You have to drag it across the floor, but good luck keeping the rods from moving through the shelves' loops while you do that. For $114 this is a shockingly shoddy, worthless piece of scrap metal. I wouldn't dare put DVDs on this thing. Even if I wedged it between a wall and a much sturdier shelf, it would still lean against the wall it's set beside. It's that bad. It's unstable. Hopefully I can get a refund, because this is just beyond disappointing. Very unimpressed.Se arma en media hora y no requieres ninguna herramienta, todo es con las manos. Viene con repisas extra dependiendo si lo vas a usar para CD’s o DVD’s/Bluray. No vienen marcados los puntos donde colocar cada repisa, por lo que se hace calculando la altura con la ayuda de un DVD que tengas a la mano. Esto provoca que batalles un poco para que te quede perfectamente horizontal una repisa.Al final no es tan firme como uno de madera, tiembla un poco pero se siente resistente.La verdad si costara un 30% menos estaría acorde a la calidad que obtienes.El producto es justo lo que ofrece: Fácil de ensamblar, estables, resistente y discreto. Mi incomodidad y el por qué no alcanza las cinco estrellas de calificación es porque en algún momento, ya sea por el tipo de empaque o el manejo en la entrega, recibe muchos golpes. Varios de los separadores llegaron inservibles, con golpes fuertes que hacían imposible colocarlos. He comprado cuatro de estos anaqueles, he recibido tres y uno más viene en camino. Siguen siendo la mejor opción para organizar una gran colección de CD's y DVD's (en mi caso, ya que hay gente que los utiliza para video juegos) pero bien haría el fabricante en mejorar sustancialmente el empaque o control de calidad dentro de su proceso de fabricación, pues es una desilusión recibir un anaquel con pieas inservibles. En mi caso no requería de todos los separadores así que no hice reclamación alguna ya que era más importante para mí terminar con el proceso de almacenamiento.This was exactly as described. It is sturdy and easy to assemble. It has lots of spare parts that you probably won't use, but that in an of itself is comforting. There were some little caps that were not described and I do not know what they were to be used for. I gathered that they were covers for the posts, but those were already builtin. I would definitely purchase again from this supplier as I have been looking for this kind of rack at brick and mortar stores for some time. The price was also reasonable.