reached out to me about my concerns with the product and we exchanged several emails. They seemed legitamately concerned about the end product and promised to contact manufacturer to replace the cheap particle board with better quality wood given the high price tag being charged for the product..
That being said, the end product actually looks great. I had issues with assembly but the end result is rather sturdy and does the job it was intended to do. I have my TV wall mounted with the center down below. I turned on the light strip when I first set it in place and have never turned it off.. It just adds something to the room. I am much more pleased with the product now a couple weeks later than I was on assembly day. I have updated my rating up to 3 stars from the 2 I originaly gaveit because it is fully functional even with the assembly headaches. It still loses a star for the assembly and loses another star for the high price tag.. I still think its worth about $100 maximum due to the quality issues in the product received, but like I said.. it does work and serves the function it was designed to do...
At an retail of $219 for a piece of furniture that I have to put together myself, I expected much better quality parts. I was very disappointed while putting this together. I used a low power electric screwdriver and a manual phillips screwdriver while putting this together. I broke the heads off 2 screws with with manual phillips head and stripped the wood out where I was screwing it in a total of 3 times. NOTE: it shredded the wood before the screws were even in all the way. This wasnt an over-tightening issue.. it was a cheap pressed wood issue.
The kit did come with several extra screws so I just had to adjust some of the screw holes over to new areas inline with the other pieces. And the end result looks just like the pictures in the listing. Its not a bad looking product and if it was 1/3 - 1/2 the cost I would just say that you get what you pay for.. in this case however you dont get the value out of what your pating for IMHO.
The LED lighting comes from a 3 lighting strip with a standard usb-A connector but no USB adapter to plug it into. So plan on having to purchase an adapter seperately if you dont have have extras laying around the house. The 3 LED strip is very high quality piece looking at it, its made of a plyable clear rubber that feels like sclear silicone caulking... Honestly it was my favorite piece of the entire unit. I wish the LED strips I have installed along the tops of my walls looked that nice. It looks like it may even be waterproof but Ill have to wait for a flood to find out. Needless to say if there ever is a flood in my house, the entertainment center its attached to will probably crumble into dust.. but hopefully the led strip will survive...
So in conclusion, without the light this gets a single star rating, but I was so impressed with the LED that I boosted it up to 2 stars. If it was priced at 1/2 the current retail of 219, I would probably boost it to 3 stars.
Review Update
reached out to me about my concerns with the product and we exchanged several emails. They seemed legitamately concerned about the end product and promised to contact manufacturer to replace the cheap particle board with better quality wood given the high price tag being charged for the product.. That being said, the end product actually looks great. I had issues with assembly but the end result is rather sturdy and does the job it was intended to do. I have my TV wall mounted with the center down below. I turned on the light strip when I first set it in place and have never turned it off.. It just adds something to the room. I am much more pleased with the product now a couple weeks later than I was on assembly day. I have updated my rating up to 3 stars from the 2 I originaly gaveit because it is fully functional even with the assembly headaches. It still loses a star for the assembly and loses another star for the high price tag.. I still think its worth about $100 maximum due to the quality issues in the product received, but like I said.. it does work and serves the function it was designed to do... At an retail of $219 for a piece of furniture that I have to put together myself, I expected much better quality parts. I was very disappointed while putting this together. I used a low power electric screwdriver and a manual phillips screwdriver while putting this together. I broke the heads off 2 screws with with manual phillips head and stripped the wood out where I was screwing it in a total of 3 times. NOTE: it shredded the wood before the screws were even in all the way. This wasnt an over-tightening issue.. it was a cheap pressed wood issue. The kit did come with several extra screws so I just had to adjust some of the screw holes over to new areas inline with the other pieces. And the end result looks just like the pictures in the listing. Its not a bad looking product and if it was 1/3 - 1/2 the cost I would just say that you get what you pay for.. in this case however you dont get the value out of what your pating for IMHO. The LED lighting comes from a 3 lighting strip with a standard usb-A connector but no USB adapter to plug it into. So plan on having to purchase an adapter seperately if you dont have have extras laying around the house. The 3 LED strip is very high quality piece looking at it, its made of a plyable clear rubber that feels like sclear silicone caulking... Honestly it was my favorite piece of the entire unit. I wish the LED strips I have installed along the tops of my walls looked that nice. It looks like it may even be waterproof but Ill have to wait for a flood to find out. Needless to say if there ever is a flood in my house, the entertainment center its attached to will probably crumble into dust.. but hopefully the led strip will survive... So in conclusion, without the light this gets a single star rating, but I was so impressed with the LED that I boosted it up to 2 stars. If it was priced at 1/2 the current retail of 219, I would probably boost it to 3 stars.