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As a current user of the said item of furniture I'm curious what makes it really bad as a book shelf. It's a shelf and in the past few years it has not yet fai
by avian 7mo ago
As a current user of the said item of furniture I'm curious what makes it really bad as a book shelf.
It's a shelf and in the past few years it has not yet failed at holding my books.
- tokai 7mo agoThe shelves will start to sag substantially if you fill them.
- Ekaros 7mo agoCan't say I can observe this with a few years old ones. Even with shelves having reasonable amount of magazines or bigger books.
- shagie 7mo agoIt depends on the loading. If you've got it 9-12" high apart and are putting paperbacks on there... that shouldn't be a problem. However, when the shelf becomes multiples of that, then people start putting hardcover volumes or laying the book flat and stacking them high within the shelf. It won't necessarily fail, but it can substantially sag with heavier loads. This is an issue for boardgammers who are after larger and heavier shelf spaces which is why the Kallax shelving is much preferred. I'll also note that Ivar shelving is solid wood rather than particleboard.