MonsterRax 4x8 Hammertone

Helped to organize my garage. These shelves hold a lot of stuff. Nice heavy duty shelves. Installation was as to be expected. If you are installing near a wall and want to use the extra storage hooks put them on the base frame before you bolt base frame to the horizontal braces. My wall ended up being too close for me to add the hooks after base frame was bolted to horizontal braces. I would recommend these shelves to anyone looking for this type of set up. Good price, good looking, good quality.

So I finally got around to installing this and wow! It was easier than I thought it would be as I was able to install it by myself in about 2 hours. What made it so easy was the ability to install the supports directly on the back wall of my garage. This is much easier than intalling the ceiling supports. The instructions on this are not the clearest but I made my way through and it worked beautifully. Once completed, it is rock solid. The grates were slightly bent but still very usable and I blame that on FedEx as the box was beat to he!! when it arrived, so much so that the nuts and bolts broke out of the bag and were all over in the box. Fortunately none were lost in transit. I liked this so much that I just bought the 3' x 8' version to install along the side wall for additional storage. When you install this, just make sure everything is left loose until all parts are installed, then tighten everything. This allows for some adjustment in positioning.

I got the 18-33" model and actually just used the single hanging bars (which was the perfect height). With 21" of clearance, I couldn't make the hanging bars any longer without interfering or bumping into the garage door. This gave 15.5" of clearance from the ceiling for storage; which is near perfect height for those plastic storage tubs that I have. This is a great system for storing stuff you only need once or twice a year and just wanted it out of the way. So they clear up a lot of space and clutter by utilizing, previously, useless wasted space.

I really like all the extra storage this 4' x 8' overhead storage provides. The materials are very sturdy, the powder coatings are all well done, no sharp or jagged edges anywhere. The installation instructions were clear, with one minor annoyance regarding which way the mounting bars should be situated when screwing into the ceiling rafters. Early in the instructions, they show mounting with the large oval holes up, then later in the instructions it looks like the oval holes should have been on the side. I mounted with the large oval holes up, thinking that would make it easier to get stud center on both sides. This restricted me when mounting the vertical bars, which need to be perfectly straight down, since I could only move from one hole to another, not slide within a hole. It didn't cause a problem though, all the vertical bars look straight. All in all, I really like this product and recommend it to others.BTW - The biggest problem I had when installing was trying to locate stud centers. My stud finder didn't leave me confident that it was finding stud center and I wanted to be absolutely sure I got that right, I didn't want this thing falling on my car later. I then stumbled on a YouTube video that showed the guy using the stud finder to get close, then poking a nail through repeatedly to find the two sides of a stud. I balked at this at first, not wanting to poke holes in my garage ceiling, but then realized, who cares about a few tiny holes, the important thing is to get the lag bolts installed into the stud center. I then used the smallest drill bit I had and a drill to do the same thing as with a nail. I would use the stud finder to mark what I thought was both sides of a stud, then drill through the drywall and poke with the drill bit. It I hit wood, I would move a little further out and repeat. Once I had both edges identified, I then knew for sure where stud center was located. The stud finder itself was good at finding a stud, but terrible at locating the two sides. Once I adopted this process, things went very quickly. Of course, I wouldn't want to do this inside my house, but for the garage, this process worked great.

This product is very sturdy and has an excellent coating. I would have given 5 stars but there were two issues. 1. NONE of the holes in ceiling brackets line up for 16" on center. 2. The directions state to place the ceiling brackets 48.5" apart (this makes the side rails bow and hard to tap into place). They need to be 48" apart. I was able to make adjustments for both and all was well.

Give yourself 3-6 hours to install this one. Having a friend would make this much easier. Take your time orienting the pieces and it will save you a lot of time. It took me 4 hours by myself. I did mess up a few times and had to reposition the rack by 1 inch away from the chain that drives the garage door. I also messed up when mounting the vertical extension a few times. All in all this can be done by yourself in about 3 hours if you do not mess anything up. Instructions are accurate and can be trusted when installing, do reference them for measurements! I already ordered a second one for the right side. This is a great storage kit that comes with everything you need, just make sure you do your measurements correctly, although it does come with very short vertical brackets, I think it will fit any garage. I did a few pull ups once it was installed and that thing seemed solid so I did not hesitate to start throwing some of my less used items up there and its been 100% solid ever sense. If you are on the fence, don't be - this is a good product at a great price!

This over the garage door storage unit looks nice, and is very sturdy. You can put a lot of containers on it with ease. My husband prefers this vs crawling up/down the attic steps. Easy to install, but it's best to have 2 people.

Sturdy and wish I had bought sooner. Takes awhile to put together but awesome product