I bought 2 of these shelves to elevate my TVs, when I got them I loved them, they were easy to put together, the color matched my furniture quite well, so they fit kind of looks like they are part of the furniture, i have had them for almost 2 months now and i noticed that one of them looks like it sags a bit in the middle so i have my 24- Got an inch ruler and sure enough, it's 1/8" slack in the middle, the tv weighs about 9 pounds, I went to check the second one and it's less than 1/16" I think the second tv weighs less than 8 pounds. They still look good, I like them, if you're using them for a TV or computer monitor you should be fine as long as they don't weigh more than 8lbs.