Sauder Select 5-Shelf Wood Bookshelf (410842) vs DEVAISE 3-Drawer Metal Mobile Filing Cabinet
What separates them
These two differ on 2 recorded specifications. The Sauder Select 5-Shelf Wood Bookshelf (410842) is ₹3,000 dearer.
Sauder Select 5-Shelf Wood Bookshelf (410842) vs DEVAISE 3-Drawer Metal Mobile Filing Cabinet
Sauder
Sauder Select 5-Shelf Wood Bookshelf (410842)
₹14,990
The number that decides whether a bookcase works is shelf load against span, and this is the mismatch: 15 kg per shelf across a 76 cm span, when a full run of hardbacks is closer to 25 kg.
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DEVAISE
DEVAISE 3-Drawer Metal Mobile Filing Cabinet
₹11,990
Steel rather than board is the material point in a humid climate -- a particleboard cabinet swells and the drawers stop running, where steel does not.
Full details →Who the Sauder Select 5-Shelf Wood Bookshelf is for
Buy it if: Anyone storing paperbacks, files or display items rather than a full run of hardbacks.
Avoid it if: Anyone shelving heavy hardbacks across the full span -- the shelves will bow.
Who the DEVAISE 3-Drawer Metal Mobile Filing Cabinet is for
Buy it if: Anyone filing hanging folders in a humid climate where board furniture fails.
Avoid it if: Anyone needing more than one drawer open at once -- the interlock prevents it.
Specifications, side by side
2 of 17 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | Sauder Select 5-Shelf Wood Bookshelf | DEVAISE 3-Drawer Metal Mobile Filing Cabinet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹14,990 | ₹11,990 |
| Assembly | Required, roughly 90 minutes, and this one has many parts | Roughly 45 minutes |
| Weight | 32 kg | 24 kg |
| Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty |
| Anti-tilt | not published | Only one drawer opens at a time, which is what stops it tipping |
| Back panel | Thin hardboard, tacked on -- this is what provides all the racking rigidity | not published |
| Castors | not published | Four, two locking |
| Drawers | not published | Two shallow, one deep file drawer |
| File compatibility | not published | A4 and letter hanging files, rails included |
| Humidity behaviour | Particleboard core swells if edges get wet | not published |
| Lock | not published | Central, locking all three drawers |
| Material | not published | Powder-coated steel, not board -- so no swelling in humidity |
| Panel material | Engineered wood -- particleboard core with a melamine finish. Sauder's 'wood' means engineered, not solid | not published |
| Sag | Particleboard shelves at 76 cm span visibly bow under a full run of hardbacks over time | not published |
| Shelf span | 76 cm, which is where sag begins under a full load of books | not published |
| Shelves | 3 adjustable, 2 fixed | not published |
| Wall anchor | Included and genuinely necessary | not published |
| Weight capacity | About 15 kg per shelf. Books are heavy: a full 76 cm shelf of hardbacks is roughly 25 kg | not published |
Every row is a figure one or both products record. A blank is a figure the catalogue does not hold, not a zero.
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