Customer Reviews

FIFO Can Tracker- Food Storage Canned Foods Organizer/Rotater/Dispenser: Kitchen, Cupboard, Pantry- Rotate Up To 54 Cans

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Just got two of these and set them up in my cellar.

Set up is quite easy, you just have to snap (force) the spacer pegs into the holes, then twist to secure. I had to use a wrench, as suggested in the instructions, to turn the pegs.

In the sample picture, you can see green cans on the left and right sections, and yellow in the center. The center yellow cans are separated by three shorter pegs. You can choose to put those in, or just use three of the longer pegs instead, which would give you three sections of larger (15 oz) cans. It comes with extra pegs so you can pick.

The cool thing is if your shelf is long enough, you can attach two units together - so you just keep going after you build the first three sections (as shown in the picture) and add the next three on, with a section in between, instead of 3+3=6, you get 3+3+1 (in the middle) = 7. Each unit comes with six extra pegs, three short ones for the smaller section if you want it, and three extra to attach another whole unit to the side of the first.

Each section holds 16 or more cans, I don't know, I don't have that many cans of one type. I ended up putting a [...] case (12 cans) in the top, which means they roll out the bottom, and then putting three or four other cans in the middle. The middle ones don't join the roll toward the bottom until there's about five of the bottom cans left.

The shelves are made of a strong sturdy plastic, and a smart design.

They don't hold the big soup cans (18-19 oz) just the regular 15 oz cans.

I just assembled my can organizers and my pantry is looking good! The plastic is heavy-duty and there is no flimsy, wobbly feel at all. I can see everything, I have much more room, and nothing is going to waste. No more stacks of cans being knocked over in the back of the cabinet.

These organizers don't fit every can, but I cheated and put two, side by side without the dowels. This allowed me to put those big chunky soup type cans in a slot. Height was their limiting factor. When both racks are loaded, they heavy enough so that the two racks that aren't joined by dowels do not drift apart.

These racks will not fit tuna-type cans or wide cans.

I will definitely buy more of these organizers if I need them.

well made and what I like is you can buy more and keep linking them
the middle cans come out last something to note when your filling it.
but all around great storage unit.

I purchased two units and joined them together. This gave me seven rows of storage for standard 15 Oz cans. Each row has three storage levels. Cans placed in the top level rotate to the bottom, first in first out. But in my unit, cans in the middle level just sit there indefinitely. To get them to move, you have to wait until the top to bottom rotation has gone down below the middle level and then you have to push the cans in the middle level to the back, one-at-a-time to make them feed out the bottom. This means you cannot keep adding cans to the top level until you have force fed the cans in the middle level.

In my units, automatic first in first out operation can only be achieved by not using the middle storage level which would be a waste of space and to a some extent, defeats the purpose for which I bought this can organizer

Although I am disappointed, I will use the ones I already purchased as they happen to fit almost perfectly in my pantry. But I will have to find or develop my own system of rotation instead of buying more of these can trackers for long term storage as I had planned.

This is sturdy, holds a lot of cans and works great. You do need fairly wide shelves as the measurements are 16 1/2" deep, 11 1/2" tall and 15" wide. I'd definitely recommend it.

This is an amazing and very useful product! My kitchen cabinets look so much better and organized now, I definately recommend this product! :)

What I purchased them for, organization. Nice to be able to grab what your looking for especially with less than ideal lighting conditions(always grabbing flashlight). Much better knowing exact location, if particular items are needed from store, and it's naturally rotating stock(FIFO-First in First out) oldest gets used first. Very nice, easy to assemble as well(Suggestion use pliers to turn rods much easier on hands especially smaller rods for small cans).

For holding regular sized vegetable cans as well as the small tomato sause/paste cans this works very well. This product does not adjust for larger/taller cans like baked beans, soups, etc.
Secondly, the assembly is a little rough in twisting the plastic stems in place. They could have added a tool in the box to make that process easier.

I bought two of these can rotators and love them. I have limited space in my cupboards and I hate when I don't know what I have in my deep cupboards. I have even found outdatated cans I had to throw out but now I know what I have plus everything is neat. Great invention.

After assembling the units and getting them loaded yesterday, I was stunned at the shelf space I had left vs. the space it originally took up on individual shelves for the same amount of cans. My food room is way more organized, and I can actually see what need to purchase at a glance. We had a problem (mostly from the male member of the family) keeping track of newer vs. older items, and the problem is solved. Living an hour+ away from a bigger city and 30 miles r/t from a more reasonable grocery store has been an adjustment. Being able to see what I have on hand, plus the first in first out rotation system will be great. Color me happy!