I was fully expecting a fairly sturdy shelf but not nearly as sturdy as this turned out to be. I am so pleased by the quality of the steel and powder coating on these. While assembling you have to hit the bars pretty hard with a hammer to seat the bar in the side but it didnt chip even the slightest bit or bend at all on the bars and I was hitting it pretty hard to seat them in the slots. I have already recommended this to many friends and will continue to. My only issue was that I ordered silver and mine came in more of a silver black speck powder coating. I can live with that but I will be ordering these again in the future!