Atlantic CD Storage Rack (ELF464C47)

by Atlantic

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 11 x 27 x 48 inches ; 18 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 18 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000YRUSG
• Item model number: ELF464C47
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #72,341 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001

Product Description

HOLDS 464 CDS/240 DVDS/120 VHS TAPES; EASY ASSEMBLY; WALL-MOUNTING SAFETY STRAP; SLIDING DIVIDERS WITH SPRING-LOCK; 3-ROD STORAGE SYSTEM WITH EACH LEVEL ADJUSTABLE ;FOR DIFFERENT MEDIA; 2 ANGLES OF INCLINATION FOR EASY VIEWING; CAN ADD ANOTHER TIER BY ADDING ATLELF35335008 ;OR ATL35335009; TITANIUM; DIM: 55. 13 inchH X 27. 25 inchW X 10. 88 inchD SUBCATEGORY2: CD/DVD STORAGE & ORGANIZATION.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fine storage rack with a few assembly problems..., July 21, 2007

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Matthew G. Sherwin (last seen screaming at Amazon customer service) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Atlantic CD Storage Rack (ELF464C47) (Electronics)

This attractive media storage rack stores any combination of CDs, DVDs and even VHS tapes. Of course you can use it for just one of the three types of media, too. It fits nicely up against a wall and the design with its titanium coloring goes with most contemporary and modern décor. The rack also comes with easy to install and move shelf dividers so that you can split a shelf between two or more different types of media. Very good!

The rack is easy to lift and carry around your room or your home. If you wish to carry this rack across several rooms you would be well advised to carry just the bottom half first and then re-install the upper half of the rack after you place the rack in its new position. One cautionary note: I wouldn't move the rack when it was full or even just partially full, either. Empty the rack before moving it so that you don't risk media spilling all over your floor or shelf dividers coming loose and falling onto your floor.

This rack is particularly useful for persons with large CD collections. Amazon correctly notes that the rack holds over 400 CDs--excellent! At just less than four feet high it won't get in the way of most windows or artwork hanging on the walls of your home.

I have some concerns about the overall construction of the unit and its assembly. Frankly, the instructions were very difficult to understand and I had to actually get a handyman to assemble the thing for me! Amazon states that the rack comes in two pieces--they couldn't be further from the truth. There are a gazillion small screws connecting things and the assembly can take some while. Moreover, even after it's fully assembled the top half and bottom half are connected--but not tightly. This creates the possibility of the top half of the rack leaning either forward or backward depending on the distribution of weight on each shelf. In addition, please be careful not to overload a shelf--it can cause the shelf to bend downward because of the weight on it and then it looks pretty ugly. Even after you cover up that shelf with media, the media themselves are not even because the bent shelf on which they rest is uneven. Sigh.

In short, this is a good rack as long as you are great with mediocre instructions that can be rather cryptic at times. It reliably holds a great deal of media but as I mentioned above it cannot be manhandled--use care when moving this rack! Once you do get past the instructions, however, I would highly recommend this media storage rack by Atlantic for anyone with larger media collections.

18 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Acceptable, December 13, 2004

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A Pohick (near Crystal City) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Atlantic CD Storage Rack (ELF464C47) (Electronics)

A simple, straightforward approach to arrange DVD's in a convenient fashion for browsing just like at a retail outlet, but...

the buyer should only purchase after carefully thinking this transaction through because Amazon hides this item from recent history until Circuit City "completes" the sale (true story). This minor lapse in ethics prevents the optional ease of cancellation of the order which a regular patron of Amazon might have grown accustomed to.

Good product. Lousy approach. It's price recently rose from $60 to $90 new. Still, it has more capacity for the buck than the wave racks; though, it absolutely lacks in style--a nice, effective, ugly, sturdy and practical rack (not toad ugly--just a little homely): 1950/60-ish back when Tang came in any flavor you wanted as long as it was orange. It could appeal to anybody who appreciates the artistry of formica on pressed wood, yet jammed full with DVD's, the guests should barely notice.

Good deal, would buy from same again (3-20-05: out of stock--dang nabbit!)--some e-shops have it for $50. Yahoo! No offense meant, Amazon.

--tick-tock--2008: still have it and should have given it more stars, good deal.

17 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Waste of money, January 8, 2006

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Travis Dockweiler "tdockweiler" (kalamazoo, mi USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Atlantic CD Storage Rack (ELF464C47) (Electronics)

This thing is a piece of junk. I put it all together and it's wobbly and if you lift it from the top it will fall apart. Filling the entire thing with DVDs is a real chore. You have to balance them perfectly or they will fall off. If someone accidently bumps into this you're pretty much going to have to redo everything. This thing is way overpriced. The only positive thing is that it looks OK. Whenenver I try to put back a DVD or two I always seem to have about 3 other DVDs fall off into the back of the unit (it's against the wall).