Gladiator 24" Wire Shelf, GAWU24WSBH

This little shelf adds functionality to the GearTrack and GearWall systems, in addition to the many hooks, baskets, caddy, etc. that Gladiator sells. The Gladiator wall systems can be configured to store almost any item in your house or garage. While the hooks shown in the pictures are great and can hold heavy loads (even my post driver which I was always tripping over until I purchased the Big Hook), not everything is capable of being hung from a hook. As you can see in the pictures, I used the GearTracks to hang Gladiator cabinets, which are great, and extended them beyond the end of the cabinet. This makes a nice area with hooks and other accessories I use to store things that don't fit well in the cabinets. The shelf is a nice addition to place things commonly used or that do not fit in the cabinets easily. In addition to the wire shelf, discussed in more detail below, I highly recommend the Accessory Starter Kit Deluxe which comes with about every type of hook or bin you need to hang or organize every item in your garage using either the GearWalls or GearTracks. The wire shelf is a nice supplement to the Deluxe Starter Kit, and allows other items to be stored. The wire shelf is 24" long and is very sturdy. It held at least the listed 35lbs capacity. The wires are close enough together so items do not fall through the shelf. The installation was easy and it snapped securely in place. When first installed, the wire shelf when weight was added tilted slightly downward toward the front edge. After some investigation I determined that the wall the GearTrack was mounted on was not perfectly vertical, and the GearTrack needs to be installed ninety degrees relative to level so that the shelf will stay level when weight is applied. This wasn't a fault of the shelf, but rather an issue with the mounting surface. I added a couple shims under the lower edge of the GearTrack, which corrected the problem and the shelf was level while loaded and worked great.

I own several of these, and as others have mentioned, they slope away from the wall and are very slick, so anything you place on them will be on the razor's edge of sliding off. So plan on scabbing together some way of keeping your items on this shelf. Gladiator could easily fix this by adjusting the slope a couple degrees, but as you notice, they just give us a canned response to these critical reviews... then do nothing.