Michelle, there are literally thousands of colors of stain, and dozens of top coat finishes. You seriously cannot have expected this item to match your existing cabinetry. Or could you?

These add-ons for Blum drawer boxes worked great for me.

Installation was not difficult. If your cabinets were predrilled for mounting holes on the sides, then those holes are perfectly spaced for the mechanism that needs to be mounted to the cabinet. Just one extra hole must be drilled for the rear of that mechanism.

Unfortunately, our Blum drawers did not have a similarly well-positioned hole already at the bottom of the box, ready to accept the little clip that is part of the kit, otherwise the installation could have been borderline easy. I don't know if other Blum boxes might have such a hole. If so, it would relieve you from needing to measure (or fashioning a jig) and having to drill a small hole through the metal part of the box, but even that isn't so much a bother.

Once installed, the mechanism is nearly invisible and works fantastically well. The closing action is smooth and quiet. My wife is so happy not to have to hear the drawers slamming anymore.

My only gripe is that the needed screws are not included.

This is a highly recommended add-on for existing Blum drawer boxes.

Be aware, this product does not ship with installation instructions nor does it ship with mounting screws. But panels are good.

Advantages: lightweight
Disadvantages: edges chips easily

Great value for garage cabinets. Not soft-close but will stay closed. Fairly heavy, so their 100lb. rating seems accurate. Don't expect any instructions or much adjustability, so measure carefully if you haven't installed many drawer slides. Vix bits are your friend.

I was nervous about ordering this without seeing it and trusting in my own measurements. We previously had a bottom style double waste container sliding shelf that wore out. This new one is amazing compared to the old one. It has sturdy hinges, a cool feature that automatically (slowly) closes the last half inch even if you tried to push it closed hard and let go. My cabinets did have a shorter height, but were exactly 18" wide and about 23" depth. I had some shorter garbage cans that fit the unit and modified my installation to accommodate for the different height. It worked perfectly. My wife loves it too. It takes a slightly more effort to open than what I was expecting but I prefer it now. Because I was performing a "custom installation" it took me a little longer than the 45 minutes the directions indicated. End result was worth it.

Advantages: Sturdy, Great Slide Bearings, Quiet

Have used these and the 18" slides so far to build my wifes dresser and a tool cabinet for myself. they have been in use for a couple years now and work great. will keep buying these for future projects

Advantages: price. why pay more than you need to, the name doesn't make them work better.
Disadvantages: no instructions or mounting screws. careful meaurements are very important. these work best at 9/16 rather than the normal 1/2" side clearance.

Very pleased with product.

Advantages: Very good quality. Affordable.
Disadvantages: Haven't found any.

great quality! could be used in any environment! Anyone who works with any kind of finish can use it! I buy it all the time!

Great lid supports that are made in the USA. These lid supports hold the lid at any angle and prevent the toy box lid from smashing my daughters fingers.

Advantages: American made, work as intended.
Disadvantages: no screws or mounting instructions included. Look on Carlson Capitols website for mounting instructions.

its beautiful its about 50 dollars cheaper than box store and made just as well. veryhappy with purchase

Advantages: easy install

I purchased Ikea Sektion cabinets. Ikea offered Utrusta hinges with 125 degree opening. At 125 degrees, on opening, the door would have hit my laundry room wall. I replaced Utrusta with Blum 71b9550 at 95 degree opening. The inline mounting plate was 177H3100E. I am very happy with 95 degrees. The soft close is great.
Blum also offers other opening degrees. With Sektion, an important point is to get inline mounting plates.

These hinges were a breeze to install and they work perfectly. I installed them on faced cabinets so I also ordered the mounting bracket set 20K6A01. Don't forget to order the plate set as well. In my case I had wooden doors so my plate set part number was 175H3100HKS-SET.

Advantages: Easy to install
Disadvantages: A bit bulky

This is my favorite scribing tool. I like to add a octagon Zebra 0.7 mechanical pencil to keep my line consistent. These are getting harder to find

Advantages: Lite, thin, fits tight places, dosent take a lot of space in tool bag, it reads pin point accuracy and transfers line simply
Disadvantages: Looks cheap, is cheap. But I’ve not found bulkier to be better.