These steps will help assist you in building an ikea kallax or expedit and make it bomb proof for vinyl records.
Kallax vs expedit vinyl.
Now it looks like they don t make the expedit or kallax for that matter 5 5 at all.
In response the the uproar about their discontinuation of expedit ikea released photos of the kallax yesterday.
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.
It served as storage for my young daughters toys books etc.
Sold the 5 5 due to a 1000 mile move where i would ve had to store it for 6 months in a pod.
Wanted one for my new home office.
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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.
The only difference between both is the expedit has an extra cube so its slightly longer than the kallax.
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.
Kallax vs expedit shelves.
It s cheap seriously this can t be underscored enough.
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.
The kallax is the best shelf for storing vinyl records and not just because its dimensions are big enough for vinyl record storage.
Here is a personal vinyl hack i use on all of my ikea kallax expedit shelves.
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The kallax is best because.
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A look at the differences between the ikea kallax and expedit shelf versions of the drawer door inserts.
You can fit around 50 60 records in each cube in a kallax which means a 2x2 model can hold 200 records.
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There s a photo i saw of a 5 5 expedit that collapsed.
Like many of you mentioned in the comments the kallax is a slight tweak on the beloved shelving system.