Oh Omar, weigh art thou? Ikea tolerances.
October 4, 2017 5:33 PM Subscribe
So I'm just about ready to drop a boodle on Metro shelving from The Container Store. For $reasons, I need wire shelving of these styles and if I needed super high weight tolerance I'd shut up and get Metro Commercial. But I need middling, ideally ~200 pounds per shelf evenly distributed. But nothing I can google is telling me the weight tolerance of Omar. Am I missing something? I'd much rather Omar than Metro if I can. Home Depot and Amazon and Target offerings are too lightweight compared to Metro, but hope me with Omar, please?
Best answer: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/00069768/
If you switch to the product information tab, it says max load is 35#/shelf.
posted by jon1270 at 5:38 PM on October 4, 2017 [3 favorites]
If you switch to the product information tab, it says max load is 35#/shelf.
posted by jon1270 at 5:38 PM on October 4, 2017 [3 favorites]
For whatever it's worth, when I needed shelving, I put a want ad on Craigslist in the "wanted" section, and it took a little, but I found a warehouse that was getting rid of some of their old shelving. I bought a PALLET of shelving, stacked about 6 feet high, for $100/ It was pretty nice, and would've cost me at least $800-1000 new.
posted by Slinga at 6:25 PM on October 4, 2017 [5 favorites]
posted by Slinga at 6:25 PM on October 4, 2017 [5 favorites]
If you have a Costco nearby you might want to check the store. Last time I looked they had some very well priced very heavy duty shelving. (They do not have the same shelving online). regards.
posted by jcworth at 6:39 PM on October 4, 2017 [3 favorites]
posted by jcworth at 6:39 PM on October 4, 2017 [3 favorites]
I have had really positive experiences calling the Container Store and talking to a human. They have been personable and smart and when they don’t know the answer, they go find out. Call them and ask!
posted by amanda at 10:04 PM on October 4, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by amanda at 10:04 PM on October 4, 2017 [1 favorite]
The Costco stuff is solid and NSF rated. It has lasted 10+ years in my garage holding a lot of stuff.
posted by jadepearl at 11:15 PM on October 4, 2017
posted by jadepearl at 11:15 PM on October 4, 2017
Costco. Trinity, I think.
posted by sebastienbailard at 12:07 AM on October 5, 2017
posted by sebastienbailard at 12:07 AM on October 5, 2017
Response by poster: Hrmm, now that I'm back on a real computer ... Omar still isn't showing any weights. I guess I should assume that the mini Omar at 35# per shelf is the same for the taller Omars.
b1tr0t - Those are too wide for what I need. I'm replacing some 2'L x 14"W x 3"H shelves that I got from Target ... still skinny but taller. These look closer but 30"L might be a little too far out (storing 5 gal water bottles in the garage) for my space.
amanda - Yeah, but it's ikea that isn't telling me.
I'll check out Costco, too, thanks. Forgot I have one nearby.
I started digging at Amazon last night and these might actucally end up being my better option, being coated wire (I had a spill on one that went unattended and the wires started corroding out).
Water's not that heavy, but you know how it is with storage ... once you have it all organized for what you plan to put on there, more and more ends up on there ... I've already broken a few milk crates (the heavy plastic kind, not the decorative time) by stacking things temporarily badly (two weeks of overweight not evenly distributed were bad).
Slinga if I had more time, that'd be a good way to go, but I've got to get my garage reorganized asap and get these bikes out of the front hall ... had to move a ton of crap for hurricane Irma to get our supplies out ... so I'm upgrading my old short cheap system (two 20$ short racks and about 12 2x4s to make "shelves".
and yeah, I'm not putting things to just sit and "sag" on the 2x4s ... the weight of the bottles and other things will be distributed on the shelves with support from the racks.
posted by tilde at 5:31 AM on October 5, 2017
b1tr0t - Those are too wide for what I need. I'm replacing some 2'L x 14"W x 3"H shelves that I got from Target ... still skinny but taller. These look closer but 30"L might be a little too far out (storing 5 gal water bottles in the garage) for my space.
amanda - Yeah, but it's ikea that isn't telling me.
I'll check out Costco, too, thanks. Forgot I have one nearby.
I started digging at Amazon last night and these might actucally end up being my better option, being coated wire (I had a spill on one that went unattended and the wires started corroding out).
Water's not that heavy, but you know how it is with storage ... once you have it all organized for what you plan to put on there, more and more ends up on there ... I've already broken a few milk crates (the heavy plastic kind, not the decorative time) by stacking things temporarily badly (two weeks of overweight not evenly distributed were bad).
Slinga if I had more time, that'd be a good way to go, but I've got to get my garage reorganized asap and get these bikes out of the front hall ... had to move a ton of crap for hurricane Irma to get our supplies out ... so I'm upgrading my old short cheap system (two 20$ short racks and about 12 2x4s to make "shelves".
and yeah, I'm not putting things to just sit and "sag" on the 2x4s ... the weight of the bottles and other things will be distributed on the shelves with support from the racks.
posted by tilde at 5:31 AM on October 5, 2017
Cautionary note: a lot of the weight capacity of a shelf depends on the strength of the hardware connection to the wall. Don't skimp, like I did, and you may not have a shelf failure, as I did.
posted by SemiSalt at 7:40 AM on October 5, 2017
posted by SemiSalt at 7:40 AM on October 5, 2017
Response by poster: I'm doing something like this, but with shelving units instead of ladders and 2x4s instead of thin shelf wood.
posted by tilde at 10:43 AM on October 5, 2017
posted by tilde at 10:43 AM on October 5, 2017
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