Review on ChooChoo Rolling Kitchen Island: Portable, Drawer & Glass Cabinet, Wine Shelf, Towel Rack, White by Robb Fillmore

My wife and I both loved the look of this island and we wanted to spend a little more money to get something we thought would be better quality. I enjoyed building this piece and it went pretty quickly until I got to the final step of putting in the drawer. After completing the entire piece I went to slide the drawer in and the counter top was slumping in the middle preventing me from closing the drawer (probably slumped down about 3-5 millimeters). This then turned into the most time consuming part of the build. I had to reassemble parts of the back to try to level off the cross piece that I noticed was a bit crooked. I tried everything, but it appears the pre-drilled holes were just off maybe a few millimeters on both side pieces and that made the back rise a couple millimeters in one corner. I thought this was the source of my problem, but then noticed that even without that problem the counter top slumped slightly in the middle. I don't know if this was the result of damage or if the counter top is too thin. After about 30-40 minutes of trying to fix this, I ended up putting a few washers on each of the front corners to slightly raise the counter top at the front so the drawer would fit under (thankfully the gap is hardly noticeable from above). I would have liked to return the item, but decided to just deal with it considering the hassle it would have been to disassemble and re-box the entire item. My suggestion for the manufacturer would be to either thicken the counter top so it doesn't slump, or divide the one long drawer into two separate drawers so that you can put in some support in the front center of the unit under the counter top. If you're willing to spend this much money, you might first check out a furniture store to see if you can get something already built. Aside from that "small" yet major defect on our unit it's still a nice piece with good storage and feels sturdy.