Aobabo Lateral File Cabinet 2 Drawer,Lockable Metal Filing Cabinet, Suitable for Home Office School Hanging Files Letter/Legal Size,Required-Assembly,Black

This file cabinet was extremely easy to put together and didn’t take much time. The drawers are really easy to open and there is plenty of space to place all of my filing. I also like that it has a lock.

This file cabinet is pretty solid. It's made of metal and is pretty heavy. It looks nice and works well, especially for this price (about $100 at the time I'm writing this). Some of the parts have scratches on them that were probably there from the factory. It's not really a big deal though, as they're not noticeable in day-to-day use unless you specifically look for them. Otherwise, it arrived in good condition and was well packaged.When I tried to first assemble the cabinet, I made a mistake: I swapped the order of parts C and D that go on the bottom. This meant that the holes that secure the back panel were on the front instead of the back where they should be. However, it's not really possible (as far as I can see) to separate the plastic feet from the bottom once they're inserted, and I slightly damaged C and D and broke the plastic feet when trying to separate these parts and redo them. It was totally my mistake, so I messaged to seller to ask if I could buy these parts again. I offered to pay for shipping and everything. The seller actually sent them to me completely for free. That's really generous, since they didn't do anything to cause the mistake and therefore weren't obligated to do that.The downside is, I had to sit and wait with the whole cabinet just awkwardly disassembled all around the floor for almost a week, partly because of holiday shipping delays. At least the second time, the assembly went well for the main chassis. The part where you have to set up the locking mechanism was the only thing that was confusing, but I eventually figured it out.Be warned: The drawers are nightmarishly difficult to put together! There's something really odd about the way these screws go into the holes in the metal. At first, they go in smoothly for a few turns, then you feel a heavy resistance, and then they go in smoothly again at the end if they went in straight. I don't know what to say. They just didn't go in straight a lot of the time for me, so I had to fiddle around with them for an embarrassingly long time, but I finally did manage to get every single screw in the drawers to sit the way it should. I did use the screwdriver that was included in the package. Maybe you're really supposed to use a powered screwdriver like in the video.Then lastly, actually installing the finished drawers into the main chassis is tricky. I honestly couldn't figure out how to do it myself so had someone else do that part for me. As it turns out, some of the hooks on the sliding rails didn't have enough of a gap for the drawers to insert into them. Luckily, this could be fixed easily by just slightly prying them apart with a flat screwdriver.Overall, it was a quest and a half to get this thing assembled (to be fair, partly set back by my own mistake...), but in the end I'm happy with the result. On mine, the top drawer closes with a satisfying thud. The bottom drawer doesn't have as satisfying of a feeling when closing it, but does still close fully. The locking mechanism works fine, though I don't plan on actually using that. One thing to note is that if you try to open both of the drawers at once fully, the cabinet will tip over, so don't do that. I'm not using it to store documents but just objects in general, and it works well for that too. It has a lot of space to store pretty much anything I could ever want. I recommend this product, but keep in mind that assembling this may take some persistence. I especially appreciate that the seller was willing to help me out, even when something wasn't their fault at all. I noticed some people here left negative reviews for various reasons. Consider trying to contact the seller first because you might be able to resolve whatever the issue is.

Overall happy with it for the price. Very time consuming to put together- a drill helps for most of the 100+ screws but for the inside a screwdriver is the easiest. Looks really nice after complete!

Sturdy, attractive and overall good quality

Went together well and it’s perfect for filing!

Parts come broken. Wobbly low quality and missing right parts

Good quality material and perfect for the office

Really easy to put together, great value for the price. I bought two for my home office and love them. The only thing I have a complaint about is that they don’t have a safety lock feature. Some cabinets will only allow one drawer to open at a time. This keeps it from both drawers opening and potentially tipping over.