I bought several of these and another from the same manufacturer for an ongoing remodel of my office. They are decent enough pieces of furniture for the price you are getting them for. I was expecting the bookshelves to be taller and deeper than they are but that's my fault as the description clearly gives the dimensions of each. I just personally fail at spatial recognition.
Assembly Notes: First off get yourself a power drill with a 5/32 (4mm) hex head bit. It will save you from exhausting yourself while trying to put the shelf section together. You do NOT want to do it with just the included allen wrench. Next, when putting the bookshelf section together make sure that all of the holes line up with each other as it will save you from needing to take it apart and reassemble it. For the desktop part, there is one of the cross bars that has a hole with a washer mounted around it. Make sure that this points down. Same goes for the legs on the short side, there is what looks like an odd hole on one of the legs. That needs to point inwards and needs to be on the same side as the above mentioned hole from the desktop side.
Pros:
- Cheap
- Fairly straight forward to assemble.
- Comes with everything you technically need and a few extra pieces.
Cons:
- The instructions while straight forward do not show alignment of various connection points and holes for future steps very well. So it's easy to assemble things wrong and not realize until you are several steps past and things don't line up.
- The boards will chip/splinter if you need to do any drilling on it. I had to drill through in a few spots to install some grommets for cable management and a monitor arm. Thankfully I drilled from the top through to the bottom, but even with brand new drill bits it still ripped off a good chunk of the finish on both drill holes. As they are underneath it doesn't really affect anything but still be aware.
- Desk wobbles slightly while typing on my keyboard causing my monitors to shake. This isn't really so much the items fault as it's just a light weight desk and without strapping it to the wall/floor there is not really anything to keep it from shaking as you move your arms.
Decent desk for the price
I bought several of these and another from the same manufacturer for an ongoing remodel of my office. They are decent enough pieces of furniture for the price you are getting them for. I was expecting the bookshelves to be taller and deeper than they are but that's my fault as the description clearly gives the dimensions of each. I just personally fail at spatial recognition. Assembly Notes: First off get yourself a power drill with a 5/32 (4mm) hex head bit. It will save you from exhausting yourself while trying to put the shelf section together. You do NOT want to do it with just the included allen wrench. Next, when putting the bookshelf section together make sure that all of the holes line up with each other as it will save you from needing to take it apart and reassemble it. For the desktop part, there is one of the cross bars that has a hole with a washer mounted around it. Make sure that this points down. Same goes for the legs on the short side, there is what looks like an odd hole on one of the legs. That needs to point inwards and needs to be on the same side as the above mentioned hole from the desktop side. Pros: - Cheap - Fairly straight forward to assemble. - Comes with everything you technically need and a few extra pieces. Cons: - The instructions while straight forward do not show alignment of various connection points and holes for future steps very well. So it's easy to assemble things wrong and not realize until you are several steps past and things don't line up. - The boards will chip/splinter if you need to do any drilling on it. I had to drill through in a few spots to install some grommets for cable management and a monitor arm. Thankfully I drilled from the top through to the bottom, but even with brand new drill bits it still ripped off a good chunk of the finish on both drill holes. As they are underneath it doesn't really affect anything but still be aware. - Desk wobbles slightly while typing on my keyboard causing my monitors to shake. This isn't really so much the items fault as it's just a light weight desk and without strapping it to the wall/floor there is not really anything to keep it from shaking as you move your arms.