How the Five Compare on the Numbers
A pullout basket is not finished when it arrives. It has to be joined to a cabinet, and what that takes is a small pile of pieces: screws, straps, a template, sometimes a bracket for the door and sometimes a lid. Four of these five supply that pile and two of them also name pieces you have to buy on top. One supplies none of it, because it sticks on instead.
Rev-A-Shelf includes the mounting hardware and publishes a code for the door mount kit it does not include. Knape and Vogt includes four screws and offers both lids and a door bracket separately. OCG includes a manual, a template and all the hardware. ClosetMaid includes hardware and nothing else. Kitstorack asks for no screws, drilling or nails at all.
What the table cannot tell you is whether a lost screw can be replaced. Two makers publish extra parts for sale and neither publishes a screw, a strap or a slide on its own, and the two listings that say only hardware included never say what the hardware is. So on four of these five a missing fastener means a trip to a hardware store with the old one in your hand, and on the fifth there is nothing to lose.
The Two That Sell You the Missing Piece
Rev-A-Shelf Publishes a Kit Code
Rev-A-Shelf is the only pick here that identifies a purchasable extra part. Its install bullet states that the unit comes fully assembled with simple four screw installation required, that the basket and mounting hardware are included, and that an optional cabinet door mount kit is sold separately, with the kit identified by its own code in the listing. That code is the difference between knowing a part exists and being able to order it.
It is also the heaviest unit here by a wide margin at 19.75 lb, against 12.9 lb for OCG and 9.0 lb for Knape and Vogt, which is what two steel baskets on full extension ball bearing slides weigh. It states 11.75 in wide by 22 in deep by 19 in high, a minimum opening of 11.5 in, and gives a full paragraph on measuring the cabinet before buying.
Knape and Vogt Offers Lids as Well
Knape and Vogt publishes two separately sold extras rather than one. Its last bullet states that optional lids and a door mount bracket are both available and both sold separately, so the thing you may want later is not just a way to hang it on the door but a cover for the bin itself. Neither is given a code, so you are told what exists and left to find it.
What arrives is the most completely described box on this page: a preassembled unit with heavy duty mounting straps that installs with only four screws, stated as included, a clip on handle, and an updated wire management system that holds the bins securely on the frame. It publishes 9.0 lb, a 9 in minimum cabinet opening, and 17.31 x 7.98 x 20 in in its own words.
Everything in the Box, and Nothing to Buy
OCG Supplies a Template and a Manual
OCG is the only pick that supplies instructions and a guide to drill by. Its install bullet states that it comes with a step by step installation manual, a mounting template and all the hardware necessary, and that both the upper and lower wire baskets slide out independently on precision ball bearing slides. A template is the piece that decides whether the holes end up level, and nobody else here includes one.
It is also the only pick whose own parts can be arranged two ways. Its design bullet states that the upper and lower baskets each have two height adjustment options, offered specifically to solve the problem of a lower basket that cannot clear the lip of the cabinet. It publishes 15.5 in wide by 21 in deep by 15.6 in high, a 16.5 in minimum opening, 22 in of depth required, and 12.9 lb.
ClosetMaid Supplies Hardware and Little Else
ClosetMaid is the shortest answer on the page. Its install line states that all hardware is included for assembly and easy installation to base cabinets, and that is the whole of what the listing says about pieces: no count, no template, no manual, no strap, no bracket and nothing sold separately. It states compatibility with a 12 in or wider opening and an easy glide system, in epoxy coated steel.
It publishes 4.0 lb, the lowest figure here, which fits a single tier basket rather than the two tier systems above it. Its stated size is 5.25 in high by 11.13 in wide by 20 in deep, and that is the figure to use, because its dimension fields are not in inches at all.
The One With No Hardware at All
Kitstorack Replaces the Screws With Glue
Kitstorack removes the question. Its install bullet states that there is no need for measuring, screws, drilling or nails, and that all you do is tear off the nano glue and put it where you like. Nothing is supplied because nothing is needed, and the trade is published just as plainly in its first bullet: the organizer is for frameless cabinets only and will not fit a cabinet with a frame around the door.
It still publishes more about itself than ClosetMaid does. Three stage full extension ball bearing slides, leather handles, 6.2 in sidewalls, premium carbon steel with a powder coating, and 4.61 lb. Its stated 11.8 x 15.7 x 6.2 in is repeated exactly by its dimension fields, which makes it the only pick here whose published figures and published sentence agree in all three directions.
Where the Published Figures Fall Apart
Two of the five file dimensions that cannot be the product. ClosetMaid states 5.25 in high by 11.13 in wide by 20 in deep and files 7.87 x 4.29 x 1.93 in, and the fact sheet flags the pair as the same measurements in different units, with one set sitting in an inch slot. Multiply the smaller set by about two and a half and you arrive at the maker’s own numbers.
Rev-A-Shelf is the odder case. It files 12.0 x 1.0 x 22.0 in against its own 11.75 in by 22 in by 19 in, so the width and the depth survive and the height has become a 1.0 in middle figure. A two basket system standing 19 in tall cannot be an inch in any direction, so this page uses the maker’s sentence and reports the field as unusable rather than as a thickness.
Which One Fits Your Kitchen
You want to be able to order the part you skipped. Rev-A-Shelf includes the basket and mounting hardware, needs four screws, and publishes a code for the door mount kit it sells separately. It states 11.75 in wide by 22 in deep by 19 in high and 19.75 lb.
You may want a lid later as well. Knape and Vogt arrives preassembled with straps and four included screws, a clip on handle and a wire management system, and offers optional lids and a door bracket separately. It states a 9 in minimum opening and 9.0 lb.
You want to drill in the right place first time. OCG supplies a step by step manual, a mounting template and all the hardware, over two baskets that slide out independently and each offer two height options. It needs a 16.5 in opening and 22 in of depth.
You want a light single tier with hardware in the box. ClosetMaid includes all hardware for assembly, fits a 12 in or wider opening, and publishes 4.0 lb with a stated 5.25 in high by 11.13 in wide by 20 in deep. Its dimension fields are in the wrong unit.
You do not want to put a screw in the cabinet. Kitstorack states no measuring, screws, drilling or nails are needed, only the nano glue, and publishes 11.8 x 15.7 x 6.2 in and 4.61 lb. It is for frameless cabinets only, which the listing says first.
What We Could Not Verify
Six things a reader buying for the parts would want, and no listing among these five supplies.
- A replacement screw, strap or slide sold on its own by any of these five, or any statement that one exists.
- What the hardware actually is on OCG and ClosetMaid, neither of which counts or names a single fastener.
- A code for the Knape and Vogt lids or door bracket, where Rev-A-Shelf publishes one for its kit.
- A template from any pick except OCG, which is the piece that decides whether the holes end up level.
- Whether the Rev-A-Shelf unit is the 19 in high of its own sentence or the 1.0 in its middle field publishes.
- Which of the two ClosetMaid figure sets is in inches, since the sheet reads them as the same size in two units.
