Kallax Vinyl Capacity

These steps will help assist you in building an ikea kallax or expedit and make it bomb proof for vinyl records.

Kallax vinyl capacity.

At 199 that s only 16 cents a record it can hold. I have probably close to 1200 records on my 5x5 expedit. That 2x2 model runs for 50 or 25 cents per record it holds. Shelf unit 16 1 2x57 7 8 49.

Is safely estimate 480 500 albums max. If you were to cut it open you would find wood strips where the joints are and the rest is vinyl slapped on top of a cardboard like honeycomb structure. Shelf unit 30 3 8x30 3 8 38. It s plenty strong for small things but i wouldn t put a 500 pound fish tank on it unless i wanted it to collapse.

With a mixture of single albums double albums and single album gatefolds it fits between 60 70 per square. This musical bed is the grand product of two expedit shelving units mdf wood screws a power drill and erm duct tape. 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. That said if you ve got room to play with it s also possible to construct a king size bed using exactly the same materials.

Also the colors light pink and light green are. Kallax is not solid wood or even particle board. There s a photo i saw of a 5 5 expedit that collapsed. Expand that out to the 5x5 kallax the biggest one available and you can hold 1250 records.

99 468 more options. 1 point 6 years ago. Topic author for 6 8 121 point 6 years ago. I have to say i do like the color choices available.

Ikea is specifically pitching these kallax as vinyl record storage shelves and championing them as a replacement for the defunct expedit. Ikea kallax shelving unit white https amzn to 2ggmdc2 today i am fine tuning the ikea kallax 4 x 2 cube bookcase to be 3 x 2 cube because of where it n. Shelf unit 30 3 8x57 7 8 69. Ikea says they are more durable scratch resistant and have rounded corners to be more kid friendly.

In this episode elijah shows you his new ikea kallax 5 x 5 shelf for storing his 2 000 collection of vinyl records. With a capacity of around 500 records it s an ideal small space living solution.