Prepac Four Sided Spinner, holds 1060 CDs

This is the second one I have gotten for my collection and looks and better yet, works great. It is easy to assemble by one person, though I recommend help in turning it over when its time in the instructions. Just wish this color was not always priced a few dollars more then the other color options. Holds many dvds and cds in any combination on its adjustable shelves and fully loaded, the spinners (made of plastic) have so far held out well.

The best piece of advice among the other reviews is to read the directions twice before you start. Also, inventory the parts and wipe everything down with a damp cloth. I'll try not to repeat what others have said - basically, I'm a single woman and I put the thing together in less than two hours. There are some tricky parts - while all the drilled holes seemed to be well placed, putting it together on carpet introduces some variations. And I concur with others - the packing is very good. 1. Yes, it comes with a marker to brown out scratches/nicks - some were already there, some I put in during assembly 2. It's fiberboard but it serves its purpose - it almost looks like real furniture and it stores a heck of a lot of dvds 3. It's a little tricky in that while all the holes are drilled correctly (no small feat apparently, based on other experiences) it is important to get the holes lined up before you commit to tightening too many screws. 4. Sides one and two are easy enough - but I tried to line up the screws with the holes on 3 and 4 before I tightened - they are well drilled but it's still difficult to see 5. It did not self destruct when I accidently knocked the half constructed piece to the ground - so yay! 6. I got ambitious and put in some shelf dowels while it was still upside down since it seemed easier: it was, but first, I miscounted (remember you'll want to use the "floor" so the bottom hole is not the bottom; and also some will likely fall out when you flip it. 7. It's strong. I'm a little skeptical about how long the rotating mechanism will work, but so far it's great - and I've loaded it with all my dvds and basically filled it = and rotated it a lot to try and organize things a little. The "cycle" is a piece of plastic but so far so good. The Directions aren't great but they're not that bad -- note that although it isn't listed, you will need a flat bladed screw driver as well as a hammer and a Phillips head screw driver. Note - I didn't think I had 400 dvds but it is basically full. I do have a lot of sets and some old style sets that take up more room, but I thought I'd have extra space and I don't have much. So in my book, it has delivered what it promised. ETA - almost 3 years later the spinner is working with no problem. So FYI

Several years ago I bought this same tower, I thought it was great. My CD collection filled the tower. However, within a relatively short time the tower was grinding and hard to rotate. It was when I moved and tore the tower apart that I found the problem. The swivel at the base had worn a grove into the raw particle board on the bottom shelf of the tower and it was binding. The sawdust created by this wear also gummed up the very small plastic rollers on the plastic swivel adding to the grinding and jamming. The harder and smoother melamine surface on the base board side of the swivel was still in perfect condition. When the tower is loaded the softer raw furniture board bearing surface on the bottom side of the tower's bottom shelf wears quickly. On the parts label, the manufacturer of the swivel says, "Thin disc turntable giving 360º rotation for use between flat melamine faced boards." Not one melamine surface and one rough unfinished surface as it is used in this product. This time I bought two towers because they are an excellent idea and a very compact way of storing a lot of media. However, the manufacturer still provides the same style of plastic swivel and still does not use this swivel hardware (Titus Plus Turntable 280) as the manufacturer recommends. Before I assembled the units, I purchased a couple of 12 inch metal swivels (turntables) to replace the plastic kits provided. I am sure the plastic swivel kit would function just fine if it were used as the manufacturer recommends, but it isn't. If you are handy you could always laminate the bottom of the tower bottom shelf with a piece of scrap laminate and that should provide a good bearing surface for the plastic swivel kit. You won't regret spending the extra money if you do this, or the extra bit of time fiddling around to mount the metal swivels. A single off set hole has to be drilled in the base board so the screws can attach the metal swivel to the tower bottom. The metal swivel I purchased is rated up to 1000 pounds, so it will easily manage the weight of a full tower. The swivel is usually shown as 'buyers also purchased' on the Amazon listing for the tower. Highly recommended. I still think this tower is a great product and could easily be an excellent product if not for this glaring deficiency. Well, at least now you know how to fix it. Do it before you assemble the tower because when the plastic one starts binding its a real job emptying out a full tower to replace the swivel. Caution, if you do this it may void the manufacturer's warrantee or any product guarantee from Amazon. A risk I'm willing to take.

I only received 1 of the 2 boxes. I contacted the company (Prepac) and they were unwilling to send 2nd box, even though I was willing purchase. Bad customer service! Amazon was great and refunded my money. Now I am stuck trying to dispose of unuseable parts. Also, the parts look like cheap particle board with damaged assembly holes. I would not recommend.

Arrived a week early, was lucky that the two heavy boxes came on the same day. It was good that I decided to replace the plastic turntable rollers with a heavy duty aluminum lazy-susan (16" for stability) that had a capacity of 225 lbs. There was no problem putting DVD tower together once the first two main sections were attached together. True the directions are not real clear - for example; should say attach main piece 'a' to peice 'b' amd make sure the holes for the dowels are all close to the floor and put it together standing up (it does't). The pictures are very good to follow starting with the first two main sections then section 3 and four, I used a electric drill with a #2 philips, less aggravation tring to hold pieces together and using the philips included. The main sections and sided are all held together each by one long screw, so is a good idea not to move the tower before adding the bottom which screws on. - I used a step-ladder with two steps to attach both the bottom and top. Next take hold of the bottom and gently lay it on its side, then walk around to the other end where the top will be attached and lift it until the bottom is on the ground. The capacity is very good : on the average of 18 DVD's per shelf with 7 shelves per side. Did something different for the top:; because the wood grain was above eye level, I turned particle board showing on the bottom over and redrilled the holes in the proper pattern on the wood grain side. I can see wood grain inside of the bottom of the top section now. Note: For those that want to see the wood grain inside the top - here is what I did: on the particale board side took a peice of printer paper and made a indentation of the two screw holes for one corner; then turned over the top section and drilled the holes in all four corners withe same pattern (on wood grain side). Overall very satified with this product : (DVD spinning tower) would recomend