Although, I will not be using this coat rack to hang coats, this is a really nice rack for whatever you want to hang because this rack seem strong enough to handle it. I placed this rack in my walk in closet.  I've placed every item I need to wear for the entire week on this rack. In the morning I can grab everything from one organized place. I place five scrub caps on the top center pole first. I distribute all of my under garments on the four beams below my scrub caps. I use two of the four middle beams on opposite sides to hang my scrubs on hangers. I lay all my compression socks across two of the three bottom beams. I recommend this coat rack, it's made of real wood, pretty, and fits perfectly in small spaces. Items hanging look nice and neat; I just love my new coat rack.I timed myself; it took eight total minutes to put the entire coat rack together