IKEA Kallax for LPs?

Works for me too.

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Surprising how the Expedit seems to have faded away.

I remember the foofarraw when Ikea announced they were discontinuing the Expedit, and the antipathy towards Kallax

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I’ve got an 8 sitting on two 4s. I have to have the two 4s on the bottom because use they are slightly bigger than the 8. I think the top one is Expedit and the bottom two are Kallax. This is in an upstairs bedroom and so far it hasn’t plummeted through the floor!

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Is the older Expedit more robust than the Kallax?

Hard to tell really. As you can see, the Expedit has slightly wider frame but once I’d assembled the Kallax it never crossed my mind that it was in any was less sturdy. As long as it’s assembled correctly I think they are fine despite the fact that a shelf full of albums is probably heavier than the recommended weight for each shelf. I can’t remember what the IKEA maximum weight was.

13 kg per shelf, according to the current Ikea website.

(if anyone is interested, Tylko is rated at 60kg per compartment, I just checked their website, and think the two specs are the right ones to compare)

There isn’t much difference (if any) in strength, as others have said the Kallax is a thinner profile on the sides and top. AFAIK, the long fixings are the same, noting the sides are made from fibreboard. Best to glue for robustness, including the dowels et al.

I think Kallax comes in more colours than Expedit did.

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So the Tylko is way stronger but they are far more expensive. I’m assuming a compartment full of vinyl weighs more than 13kg?

Yeah, I posted earlier in the thread that it’s pricey stuff. Just putting it out there as an option. It looks lovely, IMO.

I reckon my shelves have about 20kg of vinyl in each compartment. Looking at some of the collections on here, there is a lot of weight being supported in some shelf systems! Another thought is the weight of the shelf itself, Tylko isn’t light, I’d guess Kallax is lighter, so if anyone is worried about the total system weight on their floor, that’s another consideration.

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It does look lovely. As I say, my collection is upstairs in a bedroom! :crossed_fingers:

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I’m a dedicated Expedit man, two sets :relaxed:

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This has stood the test of time.

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This is B.S. and 100% the result of user error. If you stand up Expedit/Kallax on its side instead of orienting it correctly, and load it with records then you deserve your pain for being a complete idiot and not RTFM.

These shelves are perfectly sturdy for records if you do it right. My Kallax have stood fully loaded for seven years, and my Expedit for about five years before that.

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How many records on average can you fit inside each compartment?

Just under 100 I reckon. I can’t be certain as I don’t have a full section without some box sets.

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100 seems a bit high. I reckon up to about about 70. The compartments are square, so why not just measure a 33cm run of your albums?

I used to have Eket (for less than a year) but it could not hold the weight of the records.

Expedit and Kallax works great and are cheap.

I counted one of mine and came to 88 - that’s including some Doubles which I counted as 2.

That’s very rude.

Bizarrely, you’ve just completely, absolutely, totally, unquestionably agreed with what I said.

It’s sturdy if you don’t tip it on its side.:scream_cat:

Pull yourself together. :worried:

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There is a recommended max load per shelf of 13kg.

So that’s 65 No. 1990s single sleeved LP’s
Or. 45 No. 1950s Decca LXT LP’s.