Moving Men 1545-12 8-Piece Furniture Slider Set
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Moving Men 1545-12 8-Piece Furniture Slider Set
Customer Review: Great Moving Men
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought these little helpers because recently, my laptop became a combination of a desktop and laptop when the monitor on the laptop started to go haywire. Well, I had to buy a separate monitor for the computer and then decided to get a keyboard and use this little two "story" table to hold this stuff. I have the laptop on the bottom shelf and then the monitor on the top. Well, since the table is rough wood and didn't slide around too easily, I thought of buying wheels for it and then something of this nature came to mind. All of the other ones I looked at seemed too small or had adhesive on the bottom. These little ones are perfect and this table slides across the room, (really away from my couch), wildly now and with hardly any effort involved. I had fun with the bigger ones and actually stood on them and had my friend try to push me across the carpet. Hey, at 46 you gotta have some kid-like fun on occasion! Anyhow, I highly recommend this product. I know we will get use out of the large ones as well and they will be used for more than my goofy fun around the house. So, I'm actually using the smaller ones under the legs of the table permanently so I can move the computer to and fro. It took less than a minute to get them into place as the top area is a foam like substance and the legs rest on it perfectly. These are wonderful items!!Customer Review: Beware of scratching your floors!
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought these before we moved last year. I thought they'd be helpful for getting ready to move and that I could use them later for heavy cleaning (yes, I know I need to dust behind the armoire.) Unfortunately, it's a 2 man job for the heavy items. Not to push them - but to lift up the corner enough to slide in the moving men slider. Hadn't thought about that. Ok, but once we had the sliders in place - this was **AWESOME** to use! Our heavy furniture moved like a dream. Now, one note -- if you are using on a nice wood floor - putting a piece of microfiber cloth underneath the slider helps to avoid scratching. This was only necessary for our very heavy furniture. And you need to be sure to sweep up dust and crumbs before moving or you will get it caught underneath the slider and cause scratches with even lighter weight items. In my new house we don't have wood floors, just carpet -- and these have moved the same heavy furniture everywhere sooo easy! Even tight moves around corners are incredibly easy. When I need to vacuum underneath my big dining room table (for the crumbs that get stuck near the legs) I slide these in place and move the table with a little push. It's easier than hooking up the attachments! I keep these with my cleaning products.
Customer Review: half happy
Summary: 3 Stars
Sliders are very useful. It comes with 4 large and 4 small. I'm not sure what we would use the small size slider for. Heavy furniture usually has a fairly wide base. I'll keep them in the closet for now - maybe I'll find a use for these half-dollar sized discs. I almost bought another brand (same size/number), but the Moving Men brand was on sale. I figured the orange discs would be easier to find in a closet later. But, I wish we had gone with a more neutral color. Reason being. we used them for a heavy entertainment center. Since we're still in the process of hooking everything up, the slides have stayed in place. I'm tired of looking at the bright orange highlights in my living room. A neutral color may have been better. Obviously these things aren't designed for home decor - but that's the nature of moving sometimes. It takes time to figure out where you want furniture to set. Overall all, we're pleased that our backs aren't aching from lifting heavy furniture. Note: these work well on carpet, but you'll need another product for hard wood floors.Customer Review: Marginally Functional
Summary: 2 Stars
I used similar products in the past so I went ahead and ordered thinking I was getting a good deal. But after getting them in my hands and realized that sometimes you do get what you pay for. The build quality is poor, the plastic bottoms are very thin and scratch very easily. Some reviews have stated that these are only to be used on carpeting. The included instructions do say that they work best on carpets, BUT they also claim that these products are usable on hard smooth surfaces like polished concrete. I can't see how these sliders would last very long on polished concrete no matter how smooth the floor may be. I've had more expensive sliders that used harder plastic and were more "slippery" and I never had any scratches with those. And while these sliders do work, I noticed that there was more resistance when pushing stuff around than I expected. The plastic on these sliders was just not very smooth. I would gladly return these to Amazon if the return costs didn't cost more than the product itself.Customer Review: Fabulous little helpers, read advise
Summary: 5 Stars
I love these sliders. I bought them because I had some experience with my Mom's set and they are so worth it! Because I'm not a jerk like the reviewers who gave them only one star, I knew in advance that I shouldn't use these on bare floors because plastic is HARD. Yes, it actually is hard. My suggestion is to use these only on carpets and rugs and not smooth floors unless you know with absolute certainty there is not a speck of grit on your floors. Of course, this is how they're advertised by the maker, but you still have to tell folks. Okay, back to the sliders. I have no one to help me move my very heavy oak desk and once I got these puppies under each corner, I had no problems whatsoever. I also have two 7 foot high book cases and again, the larger sliders are perfect. The little ones I use for a teak wood coffee table, more to save the legs from stress, as the table is very old. It beats hiring someone to help with moving furniture.