Customer Reviews for VEVOR 12U Open Frame Server Rack, 23-40 in Adjustable Depth, Free Standing or Wall Mount Network Server Rack, 4 Post AV Rack with Casters, Holds All Your Networking IT Equipment AV Gear Router Modem

It feels sturdy now that its built but it was a pain in the ass to build, the instructions don't help much and the screw placement is go awful, but it still gets four stars for being 1/3rd of the price of a star tech rack.

Bonjour, Après plus d'un an d'usage, rack robuste mais les vis autoperforantes font que le démontage et le remontage sont parfois délicats. POINT très NÉGATIF si le rack est lourdement chargé (100kg), les roulettes semblent adaptées pour des charges lourdes MAIS LES SUPPORTS DES ROULETTES se TORDENT très FACILEMENT (tôle trop mince) et vrillent la roulette.

Works great and the price is unbeatable, however the holes in the metal are not threaded and getting the self-threading screws provided into said metal without unintentionally putting them at a super aggressive angle is a nightmare. If they provided tapped holes and bolts that used an Allen key instead of a Phillips head screwdriver this would be a 5/5, but they falter there. Otherwise it is super sturdy and is able to hold my Proliant server along with all my routers & switches no problemo.

The rack itself is nicely made, but as others have mentioned, the M5 holes are not tapped. Although self-tapping M5 screws are furnished, they only work when the holes are perfectly aligned, and none of the corner support holes are. I ended up redrilling to align the holes and purchased some M5 nuts to fasten with the M5 bolts. Since inside corner access is next to none, I have the bolts pointing outwards with the nuts on the outside, and appearance isn't bad at all. As far as the wheels go, they are useless for after installing more than 20 lbs of equipment on them. The wheels are mounted on cross braces, not the frame itself, and the cross brace twists and skews when the rack is rolled. I got rid of those wheels and purchased some nice 4" heavy duty poly casters and mounted them to a 2 foot square piece of 3/4" plywood and placed the rack on top of this platform. Much easier to wheel and the rack is solid after bolting it down to the platform. The M5 bolts worked fine on the top plate but I strongly advise using a power screwdriver unless you have a strong wrist. My power screwdriver had enough torque to work the self-tapping M5 bolts into the frame, only because those holes lined up. Overall a very nice rack if you're resourceful and can work around the gotchas.

Several parts have small patches of missing powder coating. I used an impact driver for assembly, it would have been difficult with a screwdriver

Hard to put together.

I was struggling to find something that wasn't $300+ to house all my new networking equipment. This looked perfect for what I wanted to do. Only 4 stars simply due to the screws and hardware not fitting perfectly and some of the assembly needed a little more elbow grease than anticipated, but for the price cannot complain at all. Put this together and had everything mounted properly in an evening. Definitely recommend if you are looking for an inexpensive setup for your precious equipment.

Was straightforward to assemble, just make sure you have appropriate tools, power tools preferred. Quality is good for the price, not the best but you get what you pay for. Holds all my equipment pretty well, except there is a little flex with my ups. My ups is a three battery 1500 ups so its a little heavier than most. But I put it on the very bottom so its not noticeable. Overall I would buy this again and if its all you need for your homelab or server it works really well. I would recommend it to anyone that only needs a 9u rack.

The rack went together fine. The only issue is the shelves supplied are attached only on the front of the rack. Anything heavy causes the larger shelf to deform. It was intended to use as a 48V 100ah battery rack and is big enough but the shelf is unsupported at the back so it will have to be modified. The second shelf is very weak and of no use . Someone mentioned that possibly you could the unit taller instead of longer but that’s not really possible unless you do not plan on using the caster’s. Although rated for 500 lbs on the wheels the one shelf cannot hold 100lbs so unless you’re putting something on the top of the unit that rating is meaningless.

Rack arrived quite fast and packaging was in good condition. Only problem was that assembly instructions were missing. Anyway, rack is quite easy to assemble, so instructions are not necessary. Also those can be downloaded from product page. About rack itself. Paint job is not best. There is scratched and other flaws in paint. Also paint is quite thin, so it scratches quite easily. Also, top cover does not cover whole rack when depth is increased. Top panel cover whole top only when rack is not expanded at all. Most problematic is that rack is little flimsy. Product page says that you can load up to 500lbs (226kg) of stuff to the rack.I have loaded some 120 kilograms of equipment to the rack, and wheel mountings are starting to bend. Also when moving rack around, it feels like it is going to collapse. I do not have needs to move it around. It might be that i remove wheels and keep it stationary. Conclusion is that rack is quite nice for it's price.