YOHKOH Overhead Garage Lifting Storage Rack, 4x4 Ft Heavy-Duty Metal Garage Ceiling Rack, Adjustable Organization System, 400lbs Weight Capacity, Black

The unit is installed and functioning, and performing as advertised. Overall, I am pleased. I gave this a 4-star rating because two improvements could make this a 5-star item. First, a template is included with the unit, which, when stuck to the ceiling, identifies where to install screws for the mounting brackets. The template is not aligned to standard 16 or 24" on-center ceiling joists. The mounting holes are spaced 47 1/4 apart, and in my case did not line up with the joists to adequately get a good bite into the wood. I was able to move the holes 3/4 of an inch to make it work but it would have been better had the template been drawn correctly. Second, once installed, the unit is raised and lowered with a hand crank. Each rotation of the crank lifts the unit very slightly. This makes raising heavy loads easy but requires hundreds of rotations to lift the unit from the floor to the ceiling, making it impractical for anything but infrequent use and long-term storage. A method to hook up the crank to a drill would alleviate this issue and improve the product.

The assembly was rather difficult because the template that they send is part of the shipping box. very difficult to lay out and get accurate. you want this accuracy so that the cable will feed on to the main shaft in a nice even line and keep the unit level when you lift it. other than that I'm very happy with this unit we have 300 lb of Christmas decorations on it and it is perfect.