A Sturdy Little Number (Argos Solid Pine 3 Shelf Shoe Rack)

Member Name: DavyMichelle

Product:	Argos Solid Pine 3 Shelf Shoe Rack
Date:	05/11/09 (31 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Cheap, Attractive, Sturdy

Disadvantages: Hell To Assemble

The Argos Solid Pine 3 Shelf Shoe Rack costs £11.79 exclusively from Argos. If you've ever had the Argos Value 2 Shelf Shoe Rack, be aware that this is basically that but with a third shelf! I'm not sure why this doesn't have the word 'value' in it's name either, but the two products are definitely cut from the same template.

Because of the low price, this item comes flat-packed from Argos and requires home assembly. Although in theory this should be nice and easy to achieve, in practice the pieces are all cut very roughly and putting this together requires a certain amount of brute strength. The grooves which the slats are supposed to slot into, are that little bit too narrowly cut. So I wound up getting a hammer and basically smacking the shelves until they rammed into the grooves!

Although assembly was quite hard work, once built this was a brilliant little bit of furniture. We've got this in our bathroom as a towel storage unit, and didn't buy it for shoes at all. We used to use a hamper for towels but found they got all messed up because people couldn't find their personal towels, and were delving to the bottom of the hamper to get at them. So this has sorted that out and meant that everyone can find their own towels at a glance now.

This is a sturdy bit of kit that represents very good value for money. It's got more uses than just being for shoes, and it goes with the other Scandinavian Pine cheap bits of furniture that Argos sell too. I think I would have happily paid an extra £1 or £2 to make the assembly process easier, but despite that I still have to say this is very good and go with a four star rating.

Summary: Highly Recommended