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Tried those fancy soft-close drawer slides from a no-name brand online. Lasted 3 weeks before 4 of them failed completely.
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kelly_west7417d ago
No-name brand was the problem, not the soft-close mechanism itself. I grabbed a set from a random seller on Amazon last year and three snapped within a month. Swapped them out for Blum slides from a real hardware store and they've been smooth as butter for two years now no issues. Cheap metal just bends or cracks under regular use, good brands use thicker steel. Bet those no-name ones were stamped from recycled pop cans or something.
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emery1917d ago
My buddy Mike had the exact same experience with some off-brand slides he found on a local discount site. He installed them in his kitchen and within two weeks the left drawer just sagged and stopped closing right. He replaced them with a set from a brand called Accuride he got at a local cabinet supply place, and that was about three years ago now and they still work perfect. I think the price difference is usually around ten bucks a pair, but it saves you the headache of having to redo the work.
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felix_lane9917d ago
Man I read somewhere that cheap slides are often made with really thin gauge steel that just can't handle the weight... it's like they're designed to fail so you buy more.
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