NavePoint 9U Open-Frame Server Rack for 19" IT Network Equipment & A/V Devices Free Standing or Wall Mount with 180 Degrees Gate Swing, Black

I was not expecting this to have been this high quality material. This thing is heavy, and I am honestly afraid to hang it on the wall, even with studs. Not a problem though as I have this sitting on a desk, which gives me even easier access than if I were to mount it on a wall. If you want a solid server rack, this is the one for you. My only complaint is that not everything fits perfectly, or I had to fight everything to piece together. The directions were good, but it was hard to figure out which piece it's referring to, but it made sense after I screwed up and had to disassemble it, and start over. The one thing I couldn't make work is having both locking latches for the swinging door to fit into their place. I could only get one to latch, however, I really only need one anyways. I still recommend this, because it's a solid server rack!

My home Ethernet/cable wiring comes into a panel in the laundry room right where the door to the garage swings open, so I previous had to cram everything into a narrow space and it looked really tacky. Mounting this above the door and pulling the wiring into a nice bundle and into a rackmouted switch looks much better. My stud spacing was a bit off, so used some 2x4 scraps to bridge the gap.Included wood screws were a bit short, so ended up purchasing some different ones to mount with. It’s been quite sturdy and I appreciate the fact it swings open. Just be mindful you probably shouldn’t mount super heavy equipment and be mindful of the shorter depth.

Easy enough to assemble and use. Sufficiently sturdy. My only complaint is that when, not if, you drop ANYTHING while working on something being mounted, you will not get it back. It falls into the frame at the bottom. This happened to me, ohhh... six times in one session.

The ability to swing out to access the back of the gear is great. Good value.

Worked perfect for mounting sound equipment for my church. Swing out option is too awesome for connecting wiring. Screws are definitely cheap and the heads will strip out easily if you don’t have enough pressure on. I had to mount 3/4” plywood to the wall and the mount spacing is 19” and doesn’t line up with 16” centered wall studs. Securing the plywood to the stud makes it easy to mount this anywhere on drywall. Very happy and it seems to be very sturdy even will all of this weight mounted on it. It definitely should come with more rack screws and nuts so if you’re purchasing this I would buy extra.Actual frame measurements are 20 7/8” tall x 20 7/8” wide 17 7/8” deep

Worked well

Once the thing is mounted, and with the frame closed up, this thing is solid. Easy to assemble. There is room for improvement however.Definitely seriously consider whether you need the rack to swing out. I thought I did, but the implementation makes it not really worth having. With the rack empty, it's quite awkward to release the top and bottom latches at the same time. If the rack is fully populated, or just if you have devices in the top and bottom positions, it makes reaching the latches for the swing-out frame impossible to reach. Keep this in mind, because losing 1U each on top and bottom of a rack that is already just 9U is substantial. Ideally the latches would be accessible from the outside of the rack. In addition, if you swing the frame out, the stability of the whole thing is compromised and with enough weight, the side that is still latched can pop out (the frame can be opened from either the left side or the right side). Just not worth it.In addition, the lack of horizontal braces at the back of the rack complicates things when trying to mount to a wall with 16" stud spacing, requiring spome kind of reinforcement that is mounted into studs for the rack to screw into. However if the rack had horizontal braces with screw holes in them, it would be significantly easier to mount on the wall since the width of the rack does span across studs.Keep in mind also that this unit does not come with any screws for actually mounting to the wall. I think that's fine given that there may be a lot of different ways users may want to mount this, but something to be aware of.With all that being said, it is heavily built and sturdy when the frame is closed, and it still feels like a good value even discounting the swing out feature. I'd give it 3.5 stars if that was an option.

Very sturdy, well designed, and packaged at a value price.Recommend and will but again.