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Review on Atlantic Typhoon Media Spinner Unit: 360° Rotation, 216 CD & 144 DVD Capacity, 4 Shelves, Espresso/Silver Finish - PN82635716 by Will Rahman

Revainrating 2 out of 5

Difficult to assemble, not very stable.

As many others have pointed out, this block is difficult to assemble as the many wooden dowels (24?) inherent in its construction are too loose to even begin to hold it together while you there are trying to fix it with screws; There are also four fine-thread blunt screws for locking screw fittings that are meant to screw into what appears to be a nylon fitting, but the holes in the fittings are too small and it takes brute force to even unscrew them. starting at the hardware and then some of the hardware tends to turn when you tighten the screws. However, all the pre-drilled holes for the screws and wooden dowels matched up. Definitely collecting it is a two person job unless you enjoy watching it all keep falling apart because of ill-fitting wooden dowels; and since the block is made of pressed wood, after a while burglaries begin to affect the integrity of the holes drilled in individual shelves. One person can put it together with a lot of sweat, frustration, and perhaps the inappropriate use of random, as Mr. Spock says, colorful metaphors, but two people make it much easier and faster, and the result is a better end product. Together the base wobbles a little, especially on carpet, as the plastic platter assembly is flat at the bottom and only held in place by a single 1/2" screw in the center. And note that although the block itself is only about 12 inches square,

Pros
  • 8 shelves provide maximum storage capacity
Cons
  • Small parts