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4.5
I wanted to review this product after seeing all the other reviews. First of all, for me it is great and exactly what I needed. I am completely satisfied.My prior stand was an old subwoofer with a small piece of plywood on top of it under my desk so I had to slide it out to use certain of my printer functions- no wheels, so it was problematic to use it.The Kantek is simple to assemble in probably 5 minutes, no screws or tools required. The devil is in the details, so here are details. The kit includes 2 identical shelves (about 13 1/4 by 17 1/8), 4 legs (each 7" high and about 1 3/4" square), 8 risers (to adjust shelf height), 4 wheels (which you insert into a cap that attaches at the bottom, an 4 caps that cover the holes on the top otherwise used to receive the legs. You can adjust the height by adding or removing one or both of the two risers for each supporting leg. Each riser is approximately 1 3/16" high and the same 1 3/4" size as the legs.Notes: 1. Wheels or not? Although the Kantek is intended to be used with the wheels, they are optional in that you do not have to use them unless you are like me and desire the mobility.2. Height adjustment. The risers or legs can be added between the shelves or even below the bottom shelf if you find it necessary to clear some obstacle below the stand. Be aware that if you did add the legs to the bottom, it may compromise stability of the stand to some degree but I will say the parts fit together fairly snugly so this issue should be minimal.3. The design of the stand would allow you to purchase 2 of the Kanteks and stack them to add additional shelves. Using all 16 (2 kits = 16 risers) risers on one shelf would give you one bottom shelf, one shelf of almost 5"(4 risers high), and two 7" shelves.4. Wheels: One reviewer had a serious problem with the wheels falling off. Assuming it was assembled properly, he unfortunately received a defective unit. In my case and evidently for most of the other reviewers, this is not problem. Mine are firmly attached, swivel properly and moves well over hardwood and carpet alike with the printer aboard. There are levers on each wheel you can activate if you do not want the wheels to turn.5. Printers. Kantek limits acceptable weight to 75 pounds. This should not be a problem for most printers, but I have large, heavy, laser printer that I would not attempt use on this stand. My Canon MP560 has a large footprint but is no weight issue for the stand and pretty much covers the top shelf. For those that tried to use it for 2 printers, you are limited by the intrusion of the legs. The opening at the front (between the legs) is 14". The side opening between the legs is 9 3/4". My HP deskjet F380 almost fits the bottom shelf at a shade over 10" deep.I strongly recommend this stand.
