Not very good qualityLindsayPretty cheap quality. Just getting to build it now after a move. The pieces are bubbling. The back support piece also snapped. Very cheap. Also, expected it to come a little more put together....Hinges would have been helpful.1
HORRIBLE QUALITYGiorgioNormally, over time, production processes and quality should only improve, but not for IKEA!!!
I have known and had IKEA fornitures for at least 10 years, before the quality was more than sufficient, excellent weight, excellent finishing, now the products have been totally lightened, metal parts replaced by plastic, horrible gluing. Unfortunately there are not many alternatives to Ikea around...1
It's great!NickyI wanted a cabinet to put my liquor in. This works great. I also got the glass door and glass shelf. It was pretty straightforward to put together. The hardest part was the hanging on the suspension rail. Love it. Going to get another one soon5
Super wobbly.AshleyMy husband picked this out for his office To put his PC tower on top of, and use the rest for books. It's super unstable. It is so wobbly, I feel it will fall apart if I try and move it. Pretty disappointed, because I buy a lot of office furniture from Ikea, and I've always been happy. But for this price, I'm pretty disappointed. I know I can return it, but that means taking it apart, putting it back int he box, and dragging it back to the store. We shall see if he is ok with it, but if it was mine, I would not be.1
Wobbly, unstableSimonWorst shelf design. It wobbles so much, the weight of the door twists the frame so much, it’s unusable. Total waste!1
Required Stabilization AnnaVery wobbly and probably the lightest piece of IKEA furniture I’ve ever owned. A trip to the hardware store and 8 medium “L” brackets later, I was able to make it more stable. It t met my need for storage with a small footprint, but had I known about the quality issues, I would have waited and searched longer for what I needed.2
Chipped paint and defective JamalThe storage unit has chipped paint and the doors do not level 1
Way more than expectedMelanieIt’s the best shoe storage I have came across. Quality is stable and beautiful appearance. 5
Great shelving unitRichardI used multiple units to create a long low bookcase in my den. I liked this style because it is deep enough to hold large art books.5
Love them.DeniseGood quality product at a great price. Looks great in our finished basement.5
Massive downgradeWilI have an older version of this BESTA unit and it is absolutely solid. I use it as an entertainment center and it has no trouble with a tv, stereo, game consoles, and a bunch of vinyl records. So when I needed to add storage to my office this seemed like a now brainer.
The new one wobbles so much I’m nervous to put anything on it. I had to add corner braces to it to even make it usable.
I tightened everything as tight as I could get it, but the design no longer uses the wooden pegs to hold everything in place.
The instructions say to mount it to the wall, but it’s absolutely absurd that I need to permanently affix it to my wall to make my furniture not wobbly so a company can save 2 bucks on materials. How am I supposed to vacuum under it or dust the wall and baseboard behind it? Take it apart? Seems it would be easier for IKEA to just make it not awful in the first place. 1
Perfect for our needsJoeExtended an existing BestA bookcase on a wall and this was perfect in terms of the size/space we had to work with. 5
Perfect for my shoesBettyIt fit perfectly under my window and with the black storage boxes it always looks neat and clean. I did have a problem leveling it but then I realized I don’t need it to be perfectly balanced. 5
LovelyCynthiaInstalled in the living room. Beautiful!!5
Elegant!CynthiaInstalled in the living room. Beautiful!!5
LovelyCynthiaInstalled in the living room. Beautiful!!5
* For those using for home theatre componentsAnonymous reviewerFor those of you planning to use this cabinet to house a home theatre amplifier, you may have some rear clearance issues with cabling. Specifically with HDMI cables and banana-plug speaker cables. Make sure to calculate the extra depth clearance for these cables to plug in and for the amplifier to slide in far enough for the door to close.4
No complaints. Worked perfectly.KimberlyWe found these while looking for storage along a large fireplace wall in our multi-room. It matches perfectly with our existing Billy/Oxberg glass door bookcases. Plenty of storage without that “heavy” furniture feel.
Used multiple of these as double and single to create length of cabinet needed.5
Tall unit 23x50" is wobbly and doors on top won't alignAnonymous reviewerAssembled two tall units (23" wide x 50" tall ) and both base units were wobbly. Very strange as I have purchased ALOT of Bestas in the past. Added a 15" Kallviken door to the top of the frames and could not get them to align properly. The sides seems to be weak because the back piece is thin and doesn't provide stability. Added the larger 25" door on the bottom of the frames which seemed to be fine. However, I will be returning both of the tall units for the wider frame (47 wide x 25 tall). Stacking them will hopefully provide more stability when adding doors since the weight is distributed more horizontally. The taller unit is probably best with only one door on the bottom and open shelves on the top.3
Not the BestaAnnaI really like the versitility of this product. I purchasedThe base was a bit wobbily, however that is before I secured it to the wall. The smaller bases seemed to be more stable.3