Under Cabinet Cookbook Holder-All Acrylic

by CSHP

Product Features

• Heavy Polished Acrylic Construction
• Rugged Spring Loaded Metal Action
• Stores Out Of Sight
• Holds Large Books - 9.75" x 18"
• Fits Standard Cabinets

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B001EZZ48I
• Item model number: 7125
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #109,146 in Home & Kitchen (See Top 100 in Home & Kitchen)
  • #35 in Home & Kitchen > Kitchen & Dining > Kitchen Utensils & Gadgets > Kitchen Accessories > Cookbook Stands & Recipe Holders > Cookbook Stands

Product Description

Acrylic Cookbook Holder permanently attaches to underside of cabinet. It folds down to display large cookbooks and folds up to stow away out of sight when not in use. Clear heavy polished acrylic enhances any kitchen décor and is easy to clean.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not wide enough, December 2, 2009

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K McGuiness - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Under Cabinet Cookbook Holder-All Acrylic (Kitchen)

The cookbook holder is well constructed but most of the cookbooks I use don't fit, so it will probably not get used that much. Measure the cookbooks you use most before you order this item.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sturdy and convenient, January 23, 2011

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G. Bartley (Chattanooga, TN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Under Cabinet Cookbook Holder-All Acrylic (Kitchen)

My wife received this for Christmas and I finally got to installing it yesterday. We love this thing! It's pretty sizable and sturdy to boot. The installation only took 5 minutes, which thrilled me to death! One thing that almost upset me was the fact that the instructions are printed on the template used for positioning and alignment. However, I realized that the template wasn't going to do me any good as we wanted the holder installed across 2 cabinets with a little lip in the middle where the cabinets met. This turned out to be a non-issue, though. I basically held the holder in place while my wife made pencil marks in the screw holes. It even turns out that that step wasn't really necessary either. The 4 screws that it uses to mount are pointed (self-tapping), so I was actually able to install the unit without drilling! Once installed, it worked great. My wife wanted it installed toward the back of the cabinets to help maximize countertop space. The only issue that caused is that there was a shadow cast over the top 1/4 of anything on the holder. A quick little battery-operated under-cabinet light fixed that problem pretty easily.

To give you an idea of the size and sturdiness of the holder, I was able to put my 15.4" MacBook Pro laptop on it with no problems. If we had mounted it at the front of the cabinet, we could even use the laptop with the screen open! For now, we'll just have to stick to cookbooks, printed recipes, and the iPad.

Also, per the other review that says this is too small for cookbooks, I find that it is not. It is able to hold my wife's largest cookbook, The Chocolate Bible: The Definitive Sourcebook, With Over 600 Illustrations. It's a snug fit, but it does fit!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great product; not-so-great instructions if you needed them, February 9, 2011

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kalawika - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Under Cabinet Cookbook Holder-All Acrylic (Kitchen)

I have nothing but great things to say about this handy-dandy cookbook holder except for two things that I will elaborate upon later... The acrylic itself is just under 1/2" thick and feels pretty substantial. The hinges also feel substantial, move smoothly, and appear to be zinc- or nickel-plated(?) to prevent them from oxidizing. All-in-all it performs the job well.

However, the acrylic holder itself is constructed from two pieces that are fused together and make the seam where they meet pretty evident. It would have been nice if the acrylic was cast in a molded form rather than cut from a flat sheet. I don't think the cost of the item is merited for the construction method used, but this particular model is one of the least expensive I could find that wasn't totally terrible-looking.

My only other beef with this is the instruction pamphlet and template. It's supposed to help you drill the holes under your cabinet without having to actually hold the cookbook holder while marking the holes, but (ha ha ha) when the instructions were printed out, the size of the template was no longer 1:1 with the cookbook holder and therefore becomes unusable... so you still have to resort to holding the cookbook holder while marking the holes (oh well!)

Hope that helps!