10U Open Frame Rack

Very well made. Easy to assemble. Very pleased. Recommended.

If you are pondering about getting this rack then dont, buy it as it's a great bit of kit. Well made, very strong and prefect for the job in hand. 5 Stars

Only 8U is usable. There are markings for 10U but the construction covers the top and bottom slots. The cage nut orientation only provides 8u I feel a bit ripped off but I didnt pay a fortune for it so... I got an 8u rack Update. After putting the rack together and trying to use standard cage nuts i found that the upright where you insert the nuts is too thick. Impossible to fit the nuts properly. I spent an hour fitting the nuts only to find that the distance between the stands is every slightly too narrow. In the end i used provided bolts and mounted to the holes. Know what you are buying. This will not support cage nuts and its only 8U

First, the TLDR: this is a high quality open rack for home office home lab, or even small office with little traffic. The price is very reasonable. I highly recommend for these usage. For a commercial communication rack, or for location with tough environment (e.g. high dust, humidity, or even semi outdoor) this unit lacks the powder coating needed to survive long term (think 10-15 years). You need to look for more expensive racks than this one. Now the detail review: I was looking for an affordable rack to replace my self made book shelf turned network rack when I found this product from EchoGear. The price looks good enough, especially with the accessories it comes with. When I opened the package the first thing I noticed is now well packed this product is. And the steel frame is made out of thick steel that I don’t typically see on server racks. They felt more like the metal used to made the electrical boxes. It is sturdy, and the glossy paint is thick. The design also made it fairly strong. The main structure are the two side frame, plus 2 pieces of steel at the back. It feels like a reverse of how most of the open frame racks are designed, where the 4 “legs” are hanging at the back, and they expect you to mount the legs directly to the wall to get the rigid strength from the wall. For the free standing apology, I think EchoGear’s design works pretty well. The rack was easy to assemble. Although it may take a little bit of effort to put the cross pieces into the left and right frame. But the final fitting is not an issue. Once you tighten the nuts, everything fells in place. The shelf are made with thinner sheet metal, but retain the glossy black paint. One side has the ears bent. No problem there, with the screws tightened, the metal straighten itself out. One thing that’s interesting is that the 2 pieces of metal completing the front section are effectively two 1U cover pieces. And when it says 10U rack, they counted the top and bottom slot, which are occupied by the black metal pieces. The instruction manual did mention you can remove them with shelves and equipment racked in for more spaces. I end up flipping one of the shelves and put it at the very top slot, plus the provided blank metal piece. I did that to give myself an extra space to put my printer on top. The instructions are easy to understand, and with plenty of humor. One thing I wish I found out earlier is the level for L and R are on the very bottom of the left and right shelf, printed along the numbers for the Sections up front. I was looking for stickers inside to tell me the left and right pieces. But their method made a lot of sense. I was just trained to look for that stickers… Overall I like the rack a lot and highly recommend it, especially for the price. For a home network rack or an AV rack. This product makes a lot of sense. However, the rack is made of thick metals. So it is going to be heavier. They also choose to use the glossy paint, and presumably, these are not powder coated paints. So the paint job is a lot easier to chip off. It is also a very simple open frame rack, so you don’t have a top, side walls, swing out sections, and may other features. Although I haven’t looked at their offerings to see if there are additional accessories for those purposes. So if you need something more industrial or for a commercial network rack, there are other racks with the installer friendly features, and the more durable powder coated paint. In a less than ideal environment (besides living room, office, or a lab, or an indoor network closet), this might not be the best choice. But for home users like me. I think they provide a very good quality product, at a very reasonable price, while also look good (thanks to that glossy paint job!) Also a side note, after you assembled the rack, if you don’t find it completely leveled, loosened the screws up front just a little. Let the left and right frame fully touch the floor, and retighten them. You will get it leveled in no time.

Very solid. Well built. It is 2 less U then stated, but the price is good. Please be aware it. Is 2 LESS rack units. This. Is due to the placement of the top bar and the bottom. Bar.

I love this product. Solid produt and good price. I do recommand it,

This was super easy to put together and it's nice that it comes with two shelves. The sides are welded together and the back mounting plates are very stiff and secured with thick studs/nuts, so it was A LOT stronger than I thought it would be. If you follow the instructions and use the blanks at the top and bottom, then you have an 8u rack, but you can just put your equipment or the shelves on those spots and it's just as sturdy. The equipment mounting holes were a bit unusual - the front and back verticals use the included screws, and they thread directly into the verticals, which is nice because you don't have to install the cage nuts, but those screws are not standard cage nut size. Contrary to what someone else posted, you CAN use cage nuts on the sides, so I guess you could rotate the whole rack 90 degrees if you prefer those. I found it nice to have the cage nut holes on the sides for mounting my PDU and you could of course also use the sides for other shallow equipment. I could knock off a star for not having cage nut holes on the front and back, but it worked fine for me and I didn't have to hassle with the cage nuts.

Solid build.