Reader Find: Coleman’s “Tuff Duty” Garage Cabinets
By Chuck Cage
Qliedtke writes: “I put these cabinets in my shop and I am in love with them. There’s nothing like an organized shop. Building them was very simple, and mounting the wall cabinets was easy. The quality of these cabinets is the best part: All of the corners are protected with metal guards, and there’s a highly durable coating on the Melamine – Coleman calls it “WorkShield” – and they use high quality hinges and draw slides. I couldn’t be happier with them. I now smile every time I enter my shop.”
These come in quite a variety of pieces ranging from a wall cabinet to large storage cabinets and a workbench with a hutch.
I’ve always been a bit wary of these type of cabinets, as I wonder how well they’d hold up to abuse. Not that I really abuse my cabinets, but I do tend to bump into the doors pretty regularly, and — in the cabinets especially — I tend to store some nasty stuff in them from time to time, like chemicals and such. We have a metal cabinet in the Toolmonger shop for that purpose.
Of course, Qliedtke seems to have had a good experience with ‘em. Has anyone had a set of this type for a few years?
Street pricing starts around $60 for the small cabinet and ranges up to around $200 for the largest cabinets. Packages are available; right now Froogle locates a 6-piece set for around $490.
Tuff-Duty Garage Cabinets [Coleman]
Street Pricing [Froogle]
January 19th, 2007 at 9:17 pm
I had these in my last house and they worked very well. Pretty good value if you don’t want to step up to the better steel stuff.
March 10th, 2009 at 11:27 am
i will like to know if you do metal wall cabinets and it will be pick-up after payment have been made and l will like to know the form of payment you do accept so that l will proceed with the order thank you
Kevin Johnson
Regard