SmartCabinets vs. IKEA Cabinets
| SmartCabinets | IKEA |
|---|---|
| Cabinet box made of American plywood (moisture resistance) much stronger construction. | Cabinet box made of Particle Board |
| Any size cabinets custom cut for you. | Only 5 base cabinet sizes available |
| Many more style of doors and colors to choose form. | Very few door colors to choose from. |
| Much easier to assemble with our system, only need supplied wood screws. Please see installation page | Mix of cam’s, wood dowels , and small nails |
| The back of our cabinets are ¾” plywood, the cabinet is super strong and always square. | The back is a 1/8” card board, held by 30 small nails. More difficult to make cabinets square. |
| Our ¾” back system allows much more installation options. The cabinets can be screwed to the wall anywhere, where the studs are. | A metal track needs to be installed on the wall to hold the wall cabinets. Extra cost and the cabinets are only held on the top. Exposed plastic box inside the cabinet. |
| We have 2 options for base cabinets. With base included, or with separate legs. | Cabinets only come with separate legs. Box is particle board; it cannot touch the floors. Legs are sold separately. |
| We offer edge-banding the same color as the doors to match. | The edge of the boxes are the same for any style door or color. |
| Our Italian metal drawers are better quality and comes with soft close included. | Soft close for drawers are a separate option that is charged extra. |
| SmartCabinets look like cabinets, inside they only have a set holes for the adjustable shelves, with a clean nice look. It has specific holes for hinges drawer and slides. | IKEA cabinets look like closets. It has 3 columns of holes from top to bottom. More difficult to install the hinges and drawer slides in the correct hole. |
| SmartCabinets come in one package for each cabinet. Every part has a label with the job name, cabinet number, and description of the part. Easy and faster to assemble. | Many packages for one cabinet. Would take a lot of time to sort all the boxes, to know what is going with what. Time is money. |