I am the unofficial resident expert on this problem :-( First of all, take out all of your dishes and weigh the drawer. Our 42 inch drawer weighed 30 lbs and the pegboard another 8 lbs. - I had exactly 75 lbs of dishes in the drawer - oops - crack - the side of the cabinet fractured. Once the dishes are out of the drawer and the drawer weighed - weigh your dishes. I took one of each size dish and then multiplied times number of sets to get my total. Now take the drawer out and look at how many screws are holding the drawer - you need extra reinforcement screws for the heavy drawers and not just the standard 3 screws -it doesn't matter if you have MDF, particle, or plywood - the weight is too much for the box without extra reinforcements. If you can, I would put in anchors. I have learned a lot since then and have been working with the KD and Brookhaven on the issue. BH would replace the cabinet - but getting in place could be a problem and we decided not to risk cracking the counter, messing up the tile, etc... The KD claims she did not realize the weight included the drawer weight - our drawer still closed and the glide did not break, but I felt that KD should have this knowledge and BH should have red flagged as a problem. So, we are going to stay with the big drawer but have a smaller inset drawer inside the frame (still waiting for it to come) - look at my Recipe for Disaster thread and michoumonster concept will be used for us. We are also changing the hinges to the 150lb Blum as an extra precaution. Take time to go through my post - lots of ideas from everyone. Recipe for disaster. http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/kitchbath/msg1020404519236.html Good luck

I can't image that the prices quoted include labor. If so, there should not be that much difference. But the basic question is why soft-close doors. Soft close drawers server a purpose -- they keep the contents from bashing about and possibly chipping or breaking. But, soft close doors serve no purpose other than looking cool -- for a while (everything wears off eventually). They make little rubber bumpers that you stick on the doors to keep them from going "thunk" when you close them -- about 25â per door.

These are hinged doors I assume not drawers as stated above. I am not that familiar with "Salice" because I always use "Blum". With "Blum" there is a way to disengage the soft close feature by flipping the little lever inside the cup so on smaller doors you can have only one active. Not sure if the "Salice" has the same feature on any of theirs or if the model he used has this. If not you could use one regular and one soft close hinge and get the same results.

I'm guessing that place in Santa Ana was Austin Hardwood? If so, I seriously doubt they were mis-packaged intentionally by Austin, but still hard to understand how K-Vs came out of Blum packaging? I buy all my glides and hinges there, one of the best selections in Orange County, and a reputable old time family business. As others have mentioned, to accommodate Blum bottom mount glides, drawer boxes must be ordered and made specifically with the proper recessed bottom. Your drawers have the 1/2" side clearance to accept side glides, and very unlikely have the bottom recess to enable the use of bottom mount glides no matter what mfg. FWIW, I've liked and used Accuride side mount glides for dozens of years with great results. Especially for extra heavy large drawers, pantry pull outs and file cabinets...