Thread: Kitchen drawer box systems

Could you provide some examples? I've just been looking through both the Blum and Hettich catalogues and can't seem to find 2 sets of components

Check out p34 to 36 of the Grass catalogue: NOVA PRO SCALA DRAWER SYSTEM

There are also two listings for Hettich Actro runners.

Hettich online catalogue

And

Hettich online catalogue

There was also more detail (including diagrams) in one of the big Hettich pdf docs, which I can't find again now...

OK, that is extremely weird and I have absolutely no clue; it's almost like they're trying to make things less complicated but they accidentally made it much worse.

I've always preferred Blum because I think their soft-close action is better than the others, but after this I'd go with them just to avoid the headache.

We spent a bit of time yesterday opening and shutting drawers in display kitchens. Blum Legrabox did seem to have the nicest action (and was the quietest), but the Grass was also very good, and has a nicer side profile than the Hettich or the Blum Tandembox. I think it's between the Legrabox and the Grass at this point, so we'll see what the respective pricing is like for the two systems.

One plus for the Grass is that I wouldn't have to faff about routing those wide rebates in each side of the base piece that you need for the Legrabox.

You could do the rebate on the table saw in 2 cuts instead of stuffing about with a router; stand it up on edge for the first cut, then lay it flat for the second cut. Used to do it all the time at my old work.

Don't have a tablesaw I will be using a track saw for cutting everything out.

Originally Posted by elanjacobs

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I've always preferred Blum because I think their soft-close action is better than the others, but after this I'd go with them just to avoid the headache.

I agree with Elan.

Eight years ago, as "practice" before a kitchen rebuild, I built a nineteen drawer cabinet for my shed, and trialled every type of soft close drawer slides that I could then find. My conclusions were:

• Blum under drawer slides were smoothest,
• Next were Hettich metal sided, (by very small margin),
• Followed by Blum metal sided (by very small margin),
• Price differentials did not justify slightly inferior actions of other brands,
• Powder coated stuff sold by BigChain was grossly overpriced junk.

Eight years later I have not changed my mind. For our kitchen I eventually went with Blum on price. Still very satisfied.


Cheers

Graeme

It'll be interesting to see where the pricing lands. Nobody actually lists prices for these things publicly, so I have to go asking the suppliers to find out how much they deem me worthy of paying. If I can negotiate something nearish to a trade price from one supplier but not another, the price difference between systems could be quite significant.

Originally Posted by NZStu

It'll be interesting to see where the pricing lands. Nobody actually lists prices for these things publicly, ........

True. And prices are linked to order volumes. You have to talk.

Having got a few quotes in now, the Blum legrabox is looking good. The Grass option is only slightly cheaper ($200 over 15 drawers), and the Blum supplier has impressed me more with their service - they seem much more on to it and offered a healthy discount straight off the bat.