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Your cart is empty.The Vertical Desktop Sorter is a literature and document organizer with 10 removable hardboard shelves that form up to 11 letter-size storage compartments. Furnished with compressed wood, laminate finish and solid hardboard back. Rated up to 15 lbs. Easily assembled with pre-glued dowels.
Jess
Reviewed in Australia on January 7, 2025
I've used these for at least 3yrs now. They're great and strong. I bought 3 units and accidentally ruined one by hammering one of the little dowels too far and it split the wood on the other side. My own fault. The other 2 are great. I love all 3. I love being able to take out some shelves if I need one slot to be thicker / wider.
Bob
Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2025
I bought this to store various grits of sandpaper. It’s a little bit of overkill and a little more decorator than I thought, but it sure does the job and it is very sturdy and a good fit and size.
T. Franklin
Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2024
I'm happy with my paper sorter (and plan to buy another one) but have to use it upside down from how I originally planned because the wooden dowels broke through the finished top as I was assembling it. I was careful and followed the instructions, but the dowels do not perfectly match the size of the holes and broke through along an entire side. I'm happy with the finished product and just have that side down, but I wanted other buyers to be aware.
Beth D
Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2024
I followed all of the directions, even the weird one about wetting the dowels first, but this still broke when assembling because it’s such a cheap product. I’m assuming the dowels weren’t in far enough, but it’s hard to tell, because they’re too big for the holes and seem like that’s as far as they go. With other products, when you hammer the top on, it will naturally push the dowels in the lower piece into the proper position, but this is so cheaply made, that there’s not much material there and the dowels burst through and wreck the top. I emailed customer support, as Amazon refers you to do, but they never got back to me. I thought if they worked with me, I might find it worthwhile to rig it up and use my nail gun with some other wood. Right before returning it, I decided to call the number just in case. They answered, but the woman was borderline rude, asked where I bought it and said I had to deal with Amazon. She said it’s their product, but Amazon is the one who billed me, so I have to call them. I have never heard of that, and the few issues I’ve had, manufacturers are good about communication. My takeaway, Safeco doesn’t care about junk they peddle as a product or their customer service. Safe to say, I will never order from Safeco again.
wenderic
Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2023
The desktop sorter look nice. It is study, but once you put it together you can't remove the shelves. I was hoping that they shelves could be taken out, but once they're in, they stay in unless you remove the nails in the back. The material is prefabricated wood with a white laminate. It peels on the edges under high usage, so it's not as durable as I would have liked.
Penny
Reviewed in Canada on March 24, 2023
it is sturdy, and basic to fit into any office or warehouse decor.
David MacDonald
Reviewed in Canada on October 3, 2021
I use this for storing different grades of sheet sandpaper and it fits well and is easy to use.
Mr. Splabby
Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2020
I was a little concerned after reading some of the reviews, but these little shelves are great, especially given the cost. I purchased three of them and they were quick and easy to put together, I had no issues at all with anything fitting together. These are not ultra-high end, but they they look great and do the job. I work as a writer and I needed an organizer to place folders in and this does the job at a great price point. My only (minor) concern, is that the inserts could be a little sturdier, but so far they seem to be able to handle the weight I'm putting on them. I like these so much that I just ordered two more!
TiCi
Reviewed in Germany on August 31, 2019
solides kleines Regal, etwas hochpreisig, doch alternativlos, Möbel kommt zerlegt und muss noch zusammengebaut werden. Die Rückwand ist leider nur aus Pappe.
Fiona Leeper
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 23, 2018
We bought this for the home office for filing of pending paperwork etc but the shelves are made of cupboard and the sides and top are made from chipboard. I was expecting a solid piece of wood or equipement. This is cheap materials How this can have a value of £55 is beyond me as it is not worth the month at all. I will be sending back as its not of the quality we were expecting.
David Brown
Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2015
It's difficult to imagine they could cut any more corners and still have a functional product. It is nevertheless functional, and it's the narrowest organizer I could find to efficiently store various label stocks and bits of fancy papers next to a printer.Bad:The back is just a piece of cardboard, "fiberboard" they call it, that is maybe twice as thick as what you'd find shipped inside a dress shirt. It is just raw unbleached fiber, not covered with the plastic "veneer" that the rest is, so make sure you can put the unit against a wall, not anywhere the back will be visible.If the back were more substantial, it might have been able to help hold the sides in... each side bowed out about 2mm (1/8") at the center. But with the back being just thin cardboard, I figured the stress would tear the nail holes, so I just nailed it in as it came.The shelves are unfinished particle board, only about 3/32" thick. They talk about leaving some of the shelves out to store larger items, but I wouldn't trust them to be able to support even a ream of paper over time. Maybe leave the bottom shelf out if you really need to store something large/heavy in this; it could rest on the bottom piece. You won't easily be able to flip them over (have to remove the back or cut the veneer on the front edge), so don't plan on doing that to straighten them if they bend.The slots in the sides that support the shelves were go completely through the front and back edges. On the back the shelves are held in place by that piece of cardboard and a few loose nails. On the front, it's just the laminate veneer, less than half a millimeter (Meh:The "pre-glued" dowels are a good idea; easier to dip them in water than ship a tube of glue. But wear a glove: they coat them with some sort of green dye (hopefully food-grade) that came off on my fingers.Hammer needed for assembly: sinking the dowels in pre-drilled holes and pushing nails through the fiberboard back and into the chipboard. Not a problem; everyone should have a hammer, right? Not a lot of force needed; could improvise with some other reasonably solid object in a pinch.Good:They use four dowel pins on the top and bottom of each side (16 total). Considering the overall low quality, I might have expected just two or three. Having four really makes it much more rigid than might have been.The frame did go together pretty much square; I did not have to rack or twist it to get the back to line up pretty well..The package seemed to survive its trip from Taiwan pretty well.
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