Full extension drawer guides

I prefer Accuride

Re: Full extension drawer guides

Tom Norton

For a number of customers I have made furniture units and office piece with fie drawers . Both lateral files and regular. I have used Blum undermounts and they have performed well.

Slides for filing cabinets

Ellis Walentine

For file drawers, you need heavy-duty slides -- rated at least 100 lbs. whether side-hung or under-mounted. You also want full-extension (or even full-extension with 1" overtravel) slides, so you have full access to the contents at the back of the drawer when fully extended.

When I was a product manager at an office furniture manufacturer, we used Accuride slides -- the double-height units with overtravel and steel ball bearings (not the Delrin bearing models). I've also used Grant slides, which are virtually exact equivalents of the Accurides (or used to be -- I haven't checked recently).

Lately, for kitchen cabinets, I've turned to the Blum tandem Blumotion undermount slides, mostly for appearance reasons, but also for the soft-close feature. They're more expensive than typical side-mounted slides and IMO overkill for file cabinets.

Ellis

accuride v KV

ronster

I had a situation a few months ago where old slides were malfunctioning due to worn-out rubber hold-close bushings at the rear of the slides. Accuride customer service was quick to reply and sent free replacements. KV didn't reply. Just one data point.

I'm with Ellis on the Blum,

Keith Newton

KV does make a knockoff of the Blum undermount which sells for about $3 ~5 less, but I usually go ahead and use the Blum, mainly since I normally buy by the box, and have an assortment of lengths and clips onhand to fall back on for the unusual situations.

I've not had good luck with the soft close on the Acuride type side mount full extension.

Re: Full extension drawer guides

Dick Krieger

Thanks to all, especially to Ellis for specific info on file cabinets. I'll begin my search for full extension plus 1" guides.

This is a great resource and I appreciate all those who contributed.