Whitmor Natural Wood Drying Rack

I grew up with using folding clothes drying racks made from wooden dowels. They were nothing fancy, but they did their job. When I moved out, I had two of those clothes racks and I thought they were perfect. Until I got a boyfriend. After living together, we had a few "incidents" involving my beloved clothes racks -- first, they could not be easily moved when holding clothes (the top would easily come up, and the whole rack would collapse), second, they apparently are invisible when placed on a driveway and snap after getting bumped lightly by a car, and third, they are not sturdy enough to be placed beneath heavy boxes of books when moving (ha, go figure). So after gluing and re-gluing my wooden dryer racks together, I finally had to retire my two wooden racks and search for replacements.I found this clothes drying rack and purchased one to see if it stood up to my not-so-perfect wooden racks. I ended up buying a second one, so both of my clothes racks could be replaced. My search was over after this one purchase. This is why:1. The top of the rack "snaps" into place with a plastic/rubber stopper. So it's very sturdy. We're able to load the rack up with clothing and then MOVE it freely about without the entire thing collapsing! It's not difficult to "unlock" either. You just have to pull up (with a little force, but not much). I've expended more energy lifting an infant than unlocking this rack!2. The coating on the bars is super smooth. I've never had an instance where my stockings have gotten snagged (unlike with my old wooden racks).3. We haven't traveled with them, but they do seem like they could take a slight beating. I still wouldn't put a box of books on top of it or run it over in a car, but I think that it could easily stand a minor "incident" like riding a bike into it. (But I'm not suggesting anyone tries that, either!)4. My now-fiance does not cringe every time we need to hang clothes up on them because he knows that they are sturdy. There's no excuse not to help with laundry and you can't beat that!5. The price was very competitive when compared with a lot of other racks. This rack had free Prime shipping on top of it. It was a winner.The only downside that I can see between these metal racks and my old wooden ones is that these are a little heavier. I'd say that the weight of one metal rack is almost the same as one and a half wooden ones. And they take up a little more space (about and inch) when folded up. So if you're tight on space and are slipping it beside the washing machine, make sure you have an extra inch or two!

I bought this to replace a rack I had used for 20 years, wooden. I thought it would be helpful to have a rack that weighed less. The rack, which appears to be very lightweight metal with a plastic coating, arrived with the bottom piece of one leg missing, which was irritating but as long as I didn't drag it over my wood floors (lots of things I don't drag over my wood floors) not really a problem. Here's the problem. In warm weather I put the rack on the deck so the clothes will dry more quickly. NOT WITH THIS RACK. It is so lightweight that even when I put heavier items on the bottom and actually weighted it with my wrist weights (!!) it blew over at the first slight gust and actually collapsed. Thee thing is held together with screws and I was able to put it back together, but in the collapse one of those flimsy metal rods was bent. Furthermore, the rack is so small that it is almost impossible to efficiently lay out your stuff. If this were the old days and I had bought this at a hardware or department store, I could easily have taken it back for a refund (actually if I'd seen it and touched it I assure you I wouldn't have bought it, it's that flimsy) but when you're buying from Amazon, it's a real pain to return stuff, no matter how cooperative they are. So I'm using it since now the weather is really not appropriate for outdoor drying.

I really like this drying rack! I bought this one to replace an older wooden model that had warped and bent over time. I first thought I really could get along without a rack, but that turned out not to be the case. I had had the older one for several years and had become accustomed to air drying delicate items. I wanted a new one that could last at least that long and the search was on. I think this one will do that. It is sturdy enough to hold all the clothes I put on it including everything from lightweight lingerie to heavy jeans. I like the smooth white coating; it does not catch on any of the clothing. It is wide enough to hold a shirt on each rack plus some smaller item. The rack folds compactly and fits nicely between washer and dryer to be conveniently at hand but completely out of the way when it is not in use. The top rack clicks securely into place and it takes more than just a light touch to disengage it, which I like; if someone brushes by the stand when it is in use, it will not accidentally collapse. I looked at several choices before deciding on this one. One of my reasons for doing this review is to perhaps save someone else the work of trying to decide on a rack from numerous product descriptions. I personally am very satisfied with this particular rack and it is a bonus that it is not very expensive. I would recommend it for anyone wanting a rack that is lightweight enough to tote from room to room, sturdy enough to hold a lot of wet clothes, and inexpensive enough to fit almost any budget.

Junk product very flimsy and the screws that are supposed to be put into the ends are too small and fall out. I’m sure they are aware of this and are just trying to get rid of these buyer beware

Doesn't hold an entire load of laundry, if you do large loads like I do, but it's very sturdy and nicely spaced for air flow. Buy two if you want to get into some serious air-drying--you can even dry blankets and sheets if you space two of them correctly. Underwear and bras dry nicely and take up no space on the rack if you just hitch them to the sides where the bars jut out just slightly. If I knew exactly how much gas/electric my dryer used per cycle, I'd post how long it'd take to get an ROI--but I'm pretty confident that it's already paid for itself.ETA: Had this for a while, and there's a design flaw which allows it to collapse far too easily. Had to adjust stars from 5 to 3.