According to the picture it was setup with the cross member boards going vertical instead of horizontal but still thats scary when you are trusting your investment in.
Kallax vs expedit vinyl.
The vinyl factory is the world s foremost vinyl enterprise.
Here is a personal vinyl hack i use on all of my ikea kallax expedit shelves.
The kallax is the best shelf for storing vinyl records and not just because its dimensions are big enough for vinyl record storage.
It served as storage for my young daughters toys books etc.
You can fit around 50 60 records in each cube in a kallax which means a 2x2 model can hold 200 records.
Now it looks like they don t make the expedit or kallax for that matter 5 5 at all.
Like many of you mentioned in the comments the kallax is a slight tweak on the beloved shelving system.
Kallax is available in many different sizes and colors and is easily personalized with a selection of doors inserts boxes and baskets.
These steps will help assist you in building an ikea kallax or expedit and make it bomb proof for vinyl records.
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There s a photo i saw of a 5 5 expedit that collapsed.
Also be aware that some variants are just 25cm deep in which case you might be better served flipping them on their side and using like a crate.
Sold the 5 5 due to a 1000 mile move where i would ve had to store it for 6 months in a pod.
A more scratch resistant surface slightly rounded corners and thinner outer boards but the same internal dimensions see the full side by side image after the jump.
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The only difference between both is the expedit has an extra cube so its slightly longer than the kallax.
A look at the differences between the ikea kallax and expedit shelf versions of the drawer door inserts.
Among the most affordable and readily available vinyl storage solution for yo.
It s cheap seriously this can t be underscored enough.
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In response the the uproar about their discontinuation of expedit ikea released photos of the kallax yesterday.
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The eket cube is slightly more snug than the kallax or expedit which may be a little problematic for bulkier gatefolds and box sets.
The hacks in this post not only work for the kallax series of shelves they also work for the older model of the kallax called the ikea expedit series.