Furinno TURN-N-TUBE TV Riser Stand, 2-Tier Small Elevated No Tools TV Stand, ...

Perfect For a small sized roku tv

… the size actually makes it a great budget “audiophile” media stand. It’s sturdy and totally usable as-is, but you can make it look a bit more high-end just by swapping in your own legs (I used hairpin ones that even came with their own little “isolation” rubber feet lol). If you go that route, you’ll want to grab a pack of plastic hole plugs—like five bucks here on Amazon—to cover the round holes on top where the original legs would normally go.I only needed one tier, as you can see in the photo, but I like that I can add more levels later if I ever need to.Honestly, it beats spending hundreds on what other companies call “media stands” that are really just the same thing: slabs of wood with legs.Only downside is the MDF is obviously cheap and the edges are a little rough but it still looks totally fine, especially for the price.

I’ve bought a lot of RTA (ready to assemble) furniture over time and there are at least two things that are universally true. One is that some of it is pure junk while other brands are acceptable considering the fact that it is economical to buy. The other thing is that the finished product rarely looks like the manufacturer’s advertising photos. So this review will be aimed at whether or not this TV stand is even worth considering, and whether or not it looks halfway decent for the price.First off, consider that this is at the very bottom of the price scale of anything remotely similar being sold by Amazon. It is simply unreasonable to set your expectations too high. Don’t expect real wood of any kind. That being said, the majority of similar “manufactured materials” products being sold today are either solid compressed wood products (sawdust) or laminate over a hollow core which may be 100% hollow or be filled with corrugated board (cardboard like a shipping box only thicker). The compressed wood product furniture generally can support an equal amount of weight over the entire surface up to the total weight the manufacture specifies, while the hollow core product is strongest around the perimeter, a heavy object placed toward the center can break right through the thin laminate. This Furinno TV stand uses solid compressed wood products. To break it down further, there are generally two types of compressed wood products, one of which is very densely compressed and the other (logically) is very loosely compressed. Both can be made to support close to the same amount of weight but the loosely compressed product will not hold a screw hole, while the densely compressed product works with screws similar to real wood. This stand is a more densely compressed wood product than some I've seen but definitely not dense enough to hold a screw.How the product assembles is important to know. Since it is compressed wood product you can’t screw it together without it falling apart. That’s why Furinno uses plastic tubular legs that tap on to a pre-cut holes. That arrangement works out ok as long as all of the weight on the stand is downward (which would be normal for a TV stand) and you don’t move the stand with anything on it because the legs are not designed to withstand a lot of side-to-side pressure.Assembly requires no tools and almost no effort, the instructions show using a book to tap the legs in although I’ve learned that one of the handiest tools I own is a basic rubber mallet. Do NOT tap on the shelves, but rather lay the shelf on a towel spread over hard flat surface and gently tap down on the fasteners to fasten them in place. I highly recommend using glue on any RTA furniture, my preference is Gorilla brand glue which seems very well suited for the types of materials used here but any good wood glue will work.I bought this stand not for a TV but for a wide-format color inkjet printer which is 24” wide. The fit is acceptable. I wanted/needed the stand to be low to fit under a desk and it is very hard to find a printer stand that is only 16” high. My printer is very heavy at 43 lbs. which is right about at the limit this stand is rated for, but because all of the weight is equally at the edges the stand holds my printer just fine.Another suggestion (besides using glue) is to use stick-on feet on any RTA furniture. Use plastic/nylon guides if you have carpeted floors and felt pads if you have hard-surface floors. That way if you do need to move the stand with some weight on it there is less of a chance of the legs snapping off.As far as looks, this is a very plain functional design so it looks pretty good. The black unit I bought has a smooth simulated woodgrain finish that doesn’t try to pretend it is anything other than laminate over pressed wood. This isn’t a fancy or heavy-duty stand but it is a good value for the price.

so the top doesnt secure onto the rest of the table which is kinda weird. it just slots onto the poles. i guess if you are using it as a tv stand, you wouldnt have to worry about accidentally lifting it, but i wanted to use it as a floor table so i feel like it would get annoying to re set it all the time. it is at least pretty and can hold a lot of weight

I recently decided to update some of my furniture to make it less "ghetto". After five years of marriage, I'm finally deciding to take my wife's advice and have nicer things than a teen living in the slums.Up till now my 42 inch plasma TV has been resting on a Playstation 3 Console box made of cardboard to raise it above the coffee table it's sitting on in the bedroom. I started looking for TV stands and risers, but all of them were either too low, too expensive, or too ugly. This piece fits the bill nicely. Not only does it raise the TV as high as the box it was previously sitting on, it lifts it around TWICE as high, leaving room underneath for home theater components (roku, switchbox, Playstation 4) which were previously spread around. So now there's room for a space heater, video game controllers, and a plant on the coffee table without blocking airflow and making everything really crowded.Build QualityThis piece of furniture is made out of the kind of plastic used to extend your vacuum cleaner and particle board. Don't kick it around, body-slam it, beat it with heavy tools, or move it a ton. If you are expecting something made out of solid wood for less than 20.00 than I'd like to know what rock you've been hiding under. At any rate, if a cardboard box can hold up a 42 inch plasma, certainly particle board (which is basically as strong as wood) held together with plastic pillars can handle it no problem. If you item arrived scratched or broken that's not the fault of build quality. Solid wood would arrive heavily scratched or shattered if it got smashed too. Just send it back and get another one.AppearanceThe one I got is a lovely solid black and unless you are inches away staring at it in a brightly lit room you're not going to notice the pillars are plastic. Likewise, just about all home theater furniture is made of painted particle board unless you're rich and buying something really high grade. I think it looks great. The black virtually disappears when the lights are out and complements my black TV and black PS4, switchbox, and Roku nicely.Build TimeIt took me 6 minutes to assemble this item and maybe 10-15 minutes to install everything (lift the TV on top, rewire components so they sit inside the stand). There's basically three steps to the instructions and they couldn't be more simple. You COULD use a rubber mallet to make it easier to tap in the plastic screw holes, but any flat heavy soft object would do (I used an allen wrench rubberized tool I got for free years ago to tap them in). There's not a lot of resistance and they tap right in. The rest of the stpes are basically just hand-tightening (don't overdo it or you'll probably strip the plastic threading). I think a five year old could assemble this with a little help in like 20 minutes.All-in-all I am extremely happy with this item. It's much more useful and attractive than a cardboard box. I wish I had bought one years ago. Now to replace my Rubbermaid nightstand...