Customer Reviews
Great Console Let Down by Nearly Useless Instructions
The finished console is genuinely good, so let me start there before I get to my real complaint. At nearly 79 inches it finally gives our large television the proportion the wall was missing, the low profile height puts the screen at a comfortable eye level from the couch, and the walnut wood grain looks warm and convincing with clean mid century lines. The storage has transformed the room, four drawers now hold the remotes, cables and controllers that used to colonize every surface, the center cabinet swallows components behind closed doors, and the cable routing holes let me actually hide the wire chaos. The rounded front corners are a thoughtful touch with a toddler around. Now my genuine frustration, the instructions are bad and easily the weakest part of this product. The part labeling is good, credit where it’s due, every panel and hardware bag is clearly marked, which is the only reason assembly was survivable. But the actual instruction booklet is three pages of tiny images so small you can barely make out what’s being depicted, no written steps, no detail callouts, just miniature diagrams that had me squinting and guessing at orientation more than once. For a piece this large with this many components, three cramped pages is not adequate, and it turned what should have been a smooth couple of hours into a slower, more frustrating process than necessary. This is such an easy fix for the manufacturer, larger diagrams and a few written steps would eliminate the problem entirely. Beyond that, it’s engineered wood rather than solid, and the length makes it a two person job at moments. For the finished result and the storage I’d still recommend it, just brace yourself for the instruction booklet.
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Beautiful
Horrible to put together by myself but it’s the most beautiful thing in my apartment now that it’s put together.
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