Customer Reviews for Rubbermaid 24 in. Black Single Track Upright for Wood or Wire Shelving

I too am looking at these nifty bow-tie anchors and I challenge anyone at Rubbermaid to figure out how they are supposed to be put thru a 1/4 inch diameter hole without destroying your wallboard. I am a veteran of wall shelf systems but this one has me stumped. Using the pin or scrunching with fingers or tools. I don't get it. Better make a video of this one when you figure it out.

Mounting holes are too small or too shallow - only a #4 flathead fits flush and those don't come long enough to get through the track, a layer of drywall and into the stud securely The head on a #6 or #8 sticks out, and the brackets completely butt up against with the track, so you can't use the slot above the hole and still slide the bracket into it. This results in TWO positions that are completely unusable at each mounting hole.

It was just what I needed to put up some extra shelves in a bedroom closet. I cut it in half because I only need a certain height for the shelves.

Easy set up and installation.

Worked good a bit pricey

Made shelving easy to install

These are not black as the description says. Beware

They worked as expected. Good

The item is called “black” in the product title but it is not, it’s just plain old metal. Pretty disappointed. The name needs to be changed for this item.

I LOVE using these for shelfs. I initialy was weary like others by the m flimsy wobblyness that you get from just having one track, but all you have to do is hammer them down into place. Makes a HUGE dofference and helps insure they are levelwith eachother aswell. Also just very affordable! Don’t bother with double track unless you’re planning to put a lot of weight on them

Finished a pantry job extremely well

Rugged, strong, easily modified, quick, cheap means of making shelves pretty much wherever you want them.

Simple to put up and really happy with the product

It was easy to install. I had to nail a small hole, having measured and made sure they matched. I actually spray painted mine (and the brackets) to match the simulated knotty pine paneling and it took the paint well and looked much better that way, less industrial.

Great Supports for ANYTHING.

Used it to make a circle jig for my Bandsaw. What else do I need to say? Speed up your server and send no more than 2 reminders.

good product

Must be used in combination with the right shelve bracket. It's not meant to look pretty, cost per shelf is it's main attribute.

A "standard" upright-accepts many different mgfs. brackets.Nothing fancy-they just work & the price is quite reasonable.

The tracks are pretty easy to install, though the screw holes are a bit tight. Had to buy ones slightly smaller than expected. Offers great versatility and doesn't look too horrible in the house. Seems sturdy enough (main frame/tracks.) My major problem was with the shelving brackets. They do not slide into place and instead get stuck when they are 1/4 of the way down. Tried to bend one slightly to allow room for the shelving to slide into the socket, but no go. Hammered lightly on a board, still no go. Shelves themselves are wobbly because of the bracket.

It's a great product with one huge exception: The screw holes in the uprights and their lack of countersinking, the lack of screw specifications and the lack of screws. I have installed thousands of dollars worth of this shelving for customers. I won't recommend or install it any more because of the pain of the install. The screw holes should be the right size, and properly beveled to accept a 2 inch (for hard surface mount) or 2 1/2 inch (for over drywall mount) color matching wood screw with a Robertson head. Rubbermaid should sell them with the product at a reasonable price. Without such screws I cannot easily or properly install the product. The screws need to be countersunk to permit a full range installation of shelving brackets into the uprights. Protruding screw heads not only prevent a bracket install above the heads, but prevent the use of adjacent slots as well. #8 screws have a head that is too big. I can make them work by custom countersinking, with a metal cutting countersink bit, each and every support hole. Thanks for the inconvenience, guys. #6 screws are a little better for countersink effort but are spindly, only available in max 2 inch length and so too weak for heavy loads on the shelves. I don't know if this is a Rubbermaid problem, or a Home Depot problem, but it's a problem.

I use these shelves all over my house. The only thing I'd like to have is some sort of recommended weight limit available. I can say from personal use, you can stack a lot of stuff on these, I have between 200 & 300 lbs on a 16" wide shelf with 3 tracks. So far, so good.

Sure would be handy to have some instructions on the 4C74 Single Track Universal Hardware. Nifty looking bow ties, neato screws and some really cool sticker dots. How am I supposed to use these properly?????