Amazon Customer
This gizmo is AWESOME! I’ve only had the opportunity to use it twice, and I broke it out specifically because I was going to have to move things up and down stairs…I wanted to see if it worked as advertised.
In the interim, I’d been keeping this thing stored, and I have to say that they aren’t kidding with regards to its capability to collapse down; it folds down to a very compact form. Storage is at a premium in our house., but we were able to find a nice place to slide this thing out of the way until the opportunity came to use it.
Despite it being able to collapse, the manufacturers designed it well in terms of making sure it would be robust when assembled. There is an extra panel that folds down into the bottom which, in particular, helped to give me the impression of this crate being something sturdy that could take items with some weight to them…all of the rest of the pieces inspire confidence, too, with their heavy-duty-plastic feel.
Those stair-climbing wheels actually do work! I’m not sure what engineer came up with that particular piece of voodoo, but it’s ingenious. I had to carry a stack of books and some other knick-knacks up a small set of steps, and that rotating-wheel design worked near-flawlessly: I was able to pull my items smoothly up the steps! Coming back down was interesting, too, as the wheels work in reverse (they sort of “drop” into alignment on their own when going down each step, as opposed to you having to pull them into rotating)…but again, it worked like a charm! Only time will tell with regard to its durability, but based on my impression of the materials and mechanics involved with this crate, I feel confident you’ll get plenty of use out of it…this thing is an easy five stars!
Imported From: Amazon