Prepac 4 Revolving Display Cabinet Media Storage, Large Four-Sided Spinning Tower, Espresso

This media tower solved a major storage problem for me. I've accumulated around a thousand CDs over the last 30 years. They were getting scattered and stored in different places because I was running out of room where I was storing them. This brings them all together in a small space where they are all easy to see and get at. I left a few open spaces on each shelf for future CD purchases. I have DVDs stored in different locations because of the same problem. I'm going to get a second one for those.This is a do-it-yourself piece of furniture. It comes in two boxes. Make sure they are both delivered before starting assembly. The boxes are heavy, so it's not a bad idea to have another person handy to help carry them. You will want to assemble this near the location you intend to use it. Once it's assembled, it's very heavy. It's a two person job to move it. I have assembled bookcases like this before, so I had some experience and the assembly went smoothly. It took about an hour. This should be fairly easy for anyone to assemble as long as you follow the instructions carefully. Once again, having a second person to help during assembly is a good idea, at least for the large panels. I would recommend keeping dishes nearby to put the hardware pieces in. That way you can stay organized and not loose anything.Have a vacuum cleaner with a nozzle attachment or a good Dustbuster on hand when opening the boxes and assembling. You're going to have sawdust. There are a series of holes in each panel for inserting the shelf supports. Run the vacuum over them before assembling the large panels. You'll still have some sawdust when it's all put together but it's easier to manage if you've pre-vacuumed it.This has a plastic ring that goes between the bottom shelf and base for rotating. I was concerned the ring might not be durable enough for the job, but it's been working perfectly. The more you fill the this up, the heavier it gets and it actually rotates more smoothly. The product description is wrong on one point. They say it takes up a little over one square foot of floor space. You actually need a little over four square feet of floor space to rotate it. That's still a minimal amount of real estate to store this many CDs. The minimal, no nonsense design is unobtrusive in any room with casual decor. I think it would look out of place in a room with formal decor and/or high end furniture. I have it in my home theater room next to a lounge chair and it looks fine. It's compact enough to not dominate the room.This is a great, perfectly efficient storage solution. It takes some work to put it together, but I kind of enjoy the satisfaction of having put it together myself. Highly recommended.

I recently ran into a problem where I was desperately running out of space on my old media rack. Too many video games, I suppose. At first I was thinking about getting a massive bookshelf of some kind, and I researched a ton of those, but the ones that could hold a lot of stuff were all quite large (obviously). I was put off of the idea since I don't have a lot of space in my apartment. That's when I stumbled onto the idea of a spinning media rack. This is probably the ABSOLUTE BEST choice when it comes to efficient storage of media. I decided to go for broke and get a really big one so that I could get maximum value.I decided on the espresso colored one because I wanted something that matched my pre-existing furniture and looked at least somewhat like real wood. I really don't care for the matte black stuff because it just reminds me of cheap and fake furniture. Thankfully, I wasn't disappointed; it looks quite nice fully assembled (see my customer pictures). I was trying to match this to a computer armoire in "antique black" paint, and it's not quite that dark, but the brown blends well enough with the dark brown of the armoire that I'm pretty pleased with it.I was pretty lucky in that my unit came completely undamaged. It took 3 hours to assemble fully, which isn't too bad. What is kind of bad are the instructions. They are a bit confusing in parts as they skip a few steps. If you aren't spatially-minded you might find it difficult to assemble this thing. My only advice is to keep in mind the function of the unit and the fully assembled form. You should be able to figure it out so long as you take your time and think critically about it. The thing that'll take the longest amount of time is simply putting in all the pegs for the adjustable shelves. Once fully assembled, the unit is quite heavy, but I found that you can easily slide it across the floor (so long as it's carpet) if all the shelves are off by pushing it from the bottom. It's quite sturdy feeling, but take care to load the shelves evenly so that it doesn't tip over.Now, onto the dimensions. It's an 18.75 in. by 18.75 in. square, and is 65 inches high. The important measurement though is the diagonal, which is 26.5 in. So, that means that if you're trying to fit this into a tiny space, you'll need at least 26.5 inches width and depth so that it can rotate fully. As for other measurements, the shelf depth is 5.75 in. Of course, you can stick a book on there that's wider, but it'll stick out past the edge if you do.Overall, I'm thoroughly pleased with this media rack and I'd strongly recommend it to anyone looking for a space-saving storage item that isn't hideous. It feels strong and sturdy, the particle board is the heavy firm kind that is of better quality than the cheaper crap, it spins nicely and easily, and the nice faux wood laminate sufficiently resembles real wood to make the unit look like real furniture. It certainly beats a crappy plastic rack in terms of aesthetics. So, yeah, I can't recommend this item highly enough!