Greetings Fellow Amazonians,
So i have never had a tool chest before and this draper unit stood as as a good first time buy. I was a liitle surprised upon receipt that it was a bit smaller than I thought it would be. I re-read the decription to find that there were no sizes mentioned (co'mon Amazon!) so here goes,
Total height 42 inches (107cm), Width 23.5 inches (60cm) and Depth 13 inches (33cm)
On unpacking it was easy enough to assemble with a cross head screwdriver and spanner - takes say 15 mins. maximum.
A decent quality unit with nice rubberised drawer liners and good quality dolly style wheels. The base has 2 wide drawers and a useful larger area underneath - good for lots of larger tools/paint pots perhaps. This unit is locked with a securing rod and a small padlock (padlock is not suppled).
The top section has several drawers and its top flips open to reveal a useful deeper compartment. The top section can also be locked with the 2 keys provided. I guess if you have 2 young kids (budding mechanics) like me then this is a handy feature to keep things a bit safer, man they keep stealing and moving my tools !!
A couple of suggestions. The unit proudly states ""ball bearing equiped" but I didn't find the drawers to be very smooth so applied a smear of grease along the runners. This has helped but the action isnt super-smooth like some others I have tried. But with some tools/weight in there I am sure it'll be fine. Also the front of the drawers where you pull are chrome ABS plastic - I hope this is durable enough and that they dont snap off further down the road. Rather than flashy chrome I'd have preffered an aluminium edge perhaps ?
By the way the top unit is seperate smaller unit and is not fixed to the base as such (but could be with a few holes amd small bolts). It shouldn't come off easily but it might if moved in a hurry over some bumps - as the pull along handles are mounted to the top unit.
I guess having 2 seperate units may be useful as the base could be left behind as a small rolling worktop and the top drawer unit could be left on your work bench - maybe it's smarter than I thought!?
Anyway its a good unit for the price and as I am not using it on a professional/daily basis I am sure it will be up to the job for me.
Thanks to Draper and Amazon for giving us a good product at a sensible price !
Hope this helps you all !
V Bests
Chris