12U Performance Series Wall Mount Cabinet

Good solid rack. Easy assembly. The door is built so you can change which way it opens but it is really hard to switch and the nameplate would be upside down. Also the adhesive wiring attachments had separated but was easily reattached. All in all a great rack for the price.

Pros - Price - Value - Numbered vertical rails - Screws/hardware packaged in labeled bags to simplify assembly - Detailed instructions included Cons - Shipped with defective fan - Fully unassembled - Low quality screws - No PDF manual on website - Would have been nice to have a template for wall mounting - Some parts had dust from machining Good quality when considering the price. Steel is thick and powder coating is even on all parts. Cabinet ships completely unassembled so budget an extra hour to your installation. Assembly was fairly easy with the included instructions but I installed the front of the cabinet backwards so be sure not to mix that up. Mine came with a defective fan so test that before you start assembly. I contacted the company to get a replacement and will update this review if they respond Update: The company responded quickly to my email about the defective fan. They couldn't ship a separate fan but did offer a partial refund

Excellent buy for the money, but with a few compromises. First however, mostly very easy to put together, and very good and solid feel to the construction. It also looks very nice, and is very quiet! On the compromises though; I do understand if you are buying this, you likely are reasonably capable of building something from instructions (as most technical people are). There are no tools included except for one hex wrench, which is fine but understand you will need (tools and materials): 1) a socket set for the lag bolts 2) wood to place on the wall to attach to studs in the right places (and then the cabinet to the wood with lag bolts) 3) long construction screws to attach the wood to the studs 4) a large and sturdy, thick faced phillips screw driver to be able to install any equipment 5) to bring your own patch panel (I made my own) 6) velcro/zip ties to keep it all clean and pretty and cooling well 7) a small-enough UPS battery to both power the equipment inside and still fit (if not placing it outside of the unit) 8) a rack-mount power strip for all of the equipment inside and 9) any plastic baffles needed to eliminate open unused U spaces (forces cooling to go one direction in the unit to assist cooling). Also, have some posterboard, etc (even tape together several pieces of printer paper if needed) to make your own wall template to make mounting easier since no template came with mine. Secondly, and to me the most annoying compromise: there is only one cooling fan and the other fan mount is covered with a blank. The picture does show this, but you have to look closely (the dark image hid it on the monitor I was using) and I didn't catch it. There is also a sentence in the ABOUT where they mention it, which I failed to catch. You always want two fans as the minimum for redundancy. This is because if one fails, the other can continue to operate (couple this with a temperature sensor of some sort and when one fails it will alert you). I just finished my install, so this is something I have yet to resolve. I can immagine this will be quite difficult if not impossible to find an exact match so I will have to get creative. If I can find it I will come back and add it to my review. Thirdly, if you put anything really heavy on the floor of the unit like I did (NAS and UPS), it will sag the unit downward which makes the side pannels difficult to take off/put back on. I right now have to lift the front up slightly with one hand to do so. I will be changing to adding a rear-mount shelf on the back rail on the lowest U, putting all of the additional weight on the wall lags instead. But, its ok for now. All in all, I easily could have spend $400-$500 and not had most of these compromises, but I have access to a lot of the equipment already from an earlier and more basic build so I chose to save money.. and overall I am quite happy about that.

It's a great enclosure. It's locks, though I am sure the lock is easy to pick, so imwouldnt consider it secure per say. Mounted on the wall and it's not going anywhere, very sturdy. Was simple to put together and fits all my equipment. That said, the included fan is too deep and becomes useless if something with a longer depth is mounted in the top. It might even block longer items because it technically creeps into that top U spot.

Great quality item for the right price, It has fulfilled my requirements and it looks great.

Put this together for my nas and network switch. Wanted it to sit on a shelf vs be wall mounted so stuck 4 1" stopper in each corner of the bottom and ran a m6x50mm screw through each instead of the provided ones for a easy mod. Needed to buy fan filters as there were none vents. Also should invest in some foam to keep the convenient cord slots on the top and bottom from becoming a source of dust if you use them. The screws on the top and bottom are very sharp and dont sit flush on the unit so be careful while assembling it, i took a chunk out of the wood table I put it together on. The 9th rack section is unusable for anything beyond 1" deep with the stock fan. There's plenty of room in the top of the unit so how they found a fan thick enough to get in the way is amazing. The amount of weight this can hold on each shelf is limited if you don't use both the front and back screws so be careful with certain shelving types. Over all it assembled quickly, fit everything I needed, and for the price it was a great deal. I would recommend it! Pros: Assembled quick. Affordable price. All 14" and under rack equipment fit. Looks sleek when finished. One M6 screw on each corner of bottom can be replaced with longer screw and footing or wheels in replace of wall mounting. Cons: Fans are so think 9th rack section unusable if more than 1" deep or fan is replaced with thinner model. No dust guards on fan slots Shelves that only use front or back screws will bend with too much weight.

Using this at my shop to house a UPS, network switch, and patch panel. The built in fan is nice and not too loud, the lock keeps people from fooling with it, and the glass front comes in handy for the non-techy people to be able to peer in and make sure the appropriate lights are on if there are issues. Assembly is not too difficult, just a little time consuming and the unit is overall pretty sturdy.

I really like the design of this rack. It does exactly what I was hoping it would do overall. Three issues (two were mentioned by others). 1) The fan is unsafe. Upon plugging the fan in a bare wire arc'd immediately sparked / arc'd and blew my breaker. Not a great initial experience. 2) Speaking of (cheap) fans - why not just include two higher quality fans. Honestly, if you can't put quality and safe fans then just don't put any, reduce the price by 5 bucks, and let buyers pair quality fans with an otherwise high quality rack. 3) Slight dent one one side of the door during shipping. I'm not losing sleep over it because it isn't that noticeable but others have mentioned it so I'll assume that the packaging could be better.

Damaged even with Styrofoam packing around it.