Customer Reviews for Liberty 14 in. Soft Close Full Extension Side Mount Ball Bearing Drawer Slide 1-Pair (2 Pieces)

Does not provide any directions for framed cabinets. Brutal to install directions are terrible for any installation.

Slides installed easily and work great - they are good at keeping the heavy drawer stowed. The product did not have excess packaging and is still as good as it was when I bought it 5 years ago to replace a different brand that had failed on another drawer.

Fairly easy to install. An extra hand helped when using a level and marking where to place screws. I bought a cheap cabinet for a kitchen island remodel and put many coats of sanding sealer on the particle board to protect it from an water, glued the edges and made a "T" shape board under the bottom shelf to make sure it doesn't break with heavy pots and pans. The drawer had light weight slides so I replaced them with the 22 inch Liberty slides. They were about 2" short so I added and glued a 2 X 4 block at the back to extend the slide. Works great and will hold weight. Added some strips of plywood on bottom of drawer for additional strength.

After figuring out that I needed 22 inch soft close slides for my 18 inch drawers in the kitchen, install wasn't all that difficult. The directions are about useless as the only measurement they give that's correct is the 1 1/4" mounting of the slide to the drawer itself. The add on rear brackets needed for any face frame drawer (most any pre-built type stuff is face frame as was the run of the mill drawers I bought from Home Depot years back that these were going into), aren't very well designed. For a heavy duty slide setup like this, the brackets you are forced to buy to make it work are plastic (part D806), and the screws that come with them are all but worthless, too small in length and head size. After figuring out the proper measurements to mount them to the rear inside of my drawer housing, I used 1 5/8 inch dry wall screws that seated and held much better. The initial setup (figuring out which ones you need, vice hardware) will be a pain, but once they're installed and leveled, they work as intended even allowing the entire drawer to slide out of the cabinet itself unlike the low end slides that keep roughly 1/4 of the drawer hidden at max. As these were the only reasonable option I've found that was readily available, they are a good value and I would use them again.

Wanted new drawer slides on my keyboard pullout. Best way to go if you ask me. Removed existing drawer and attached the angle brackets to the slides attached the existing drawer to the slides and then just screw the slides in place. I sprayed a little silicone spray to the slides and they work even better just push easy the drawer and it goes back in and then it resets itself back in nice slow for the last inch or so waiting for the next time you need it.

I used this set for a pull out shelf in my garage. When fully loaded with heavy items, the shelf pulls out easily and closes softly. One "2-pack" is for one drawer or shelf. Depending on your drawer style, you may need additional brackets, sold separately Be sure to align the slides so they are parallel on both sides of drawer. If they are not aligned you may have improper closing of drawer or shelf.

These are professional, high quality drawer slides. They can also be a bit unforgiving when it comes to alignment, but they do have adjustment built in for aligning the vertical dimensions of the drawer if you choose to use them. My only tip would be to make very sure that the drawer and cabinet area are both square front to back, or else you will be using shims to get your alignment right. The action on these slides is incredible. They are ball bearing slides, so the pull is extremely smooth. The bearings are on both sides of the slide action, so no Teflon bearing surfaces to wear out over time. These slides will last you a lifetime of hard use. The soft close also works really well. The mechanism catches the slide as it lands the last two inches of travel and then slowly draws it closed for you. It works great, but you have to get the alignment perfect before it will work. That does take some degree of skill and patience. Fitting these is pretty simple. I fitted them to the drawer first, then the cabinet, but if your cabinet is already enclosed, you might do it the other way around. There is a lot of room between the slide sections to accommodate larger screw heads, so don’t worry about clearance. I used 1.25” sheetrock screws to attach the slides to my cabinet base, and .75” wood screws to attach the slide to the drawer itself. These are heavy duty and very sturdy. I made a large, 24”x22”x12” drawer out of pine. I’d bet the drawer weighs 10lbs by itself. The slides didn’t even seem to notice the weight. These would be great for things like a slide out trash can, or a pot and pan holder drawer. I’m using them in my shop for a drawer to hold all my finishing goods like sandpaper, stains, glues and putty. I highly recommend these slides as they quality is unmatched. Be patient with the alignment, and you’ll love the results!

Installation was a little challenging but solved the problem by using 1/2" plywood screwed to the inside of the cabinet to support the slides.

The soft close full extension draw slides from LIBERTY are pretty simple to install with included directions and mounting hardware. The draw slides function flawlessly and draw is easily opened and closed thanks to good size and quality ball bearings. The soft close spring system kicks in at the last inch or so to close draw completely without slamming against face of cabinet, etc. These sturdy 20 inch ball bearing draw slides are sturdy and can hold up to 50 pounds of weight. The only thing that could improve these draw slides would be if a stronger spring was put on soft close system to help pull draw closed. I installed these on a work table to make a pull out shelf similar to a key board shelf on a computer table to give me more work space for certain projects.

These ball bearing drawer slides are just what I needed for a top dresser drawer. They're full extension, so I can open the drawer all the way to get to everything inside of it, without having to peer into the dark interior of the dresser. There's also a release lever on the side to remove the slides completely. Good instructions are included as well. The soft close feature is great, and actually closes the drawer for you the last 2-3 inches. It's a little bit harder to open the drawer initially, since it's setting the spring loaded soft close mechanism, but the tiny extra effort is definitely worth having the feature. The slides are very well constructed, and surprisingly heavy. They're definitely built to last!

The drawer slides are very well made and slide easier than ever - quiet too! easy to install and purposeful

very well made and slide easier than ever - quiet too! Easy to install with step by step instructions and placement

Very well made and slide easier than ever - quiet too! Easy to install with step by step instructions and placement

The drawer slides are very well made and slide easier than ever - quiet too! Easy to install with step by step instructions and placement

The drawer slides are very well made and slide easier than ever - quiet too! Easy to install with step by step instructions and placement

I previously used one of these slide systems to replace an Entertainment System Drawer Slide, which worked perfectly. This time I was faced with the need to replace a Kitchen Drawer system. The old drawer had nylon wheels and a side bar system that had all worn-out. Rather than replacing the cabinet which would have taken a full kitchen remodel, rebuilding the drawer seemed a better choice. The only thing you need to remember is this system needs parallel cabinet supports and 1/2 inch clearance on each side. These slides give you all of the advantages of the best Euro Cabinets without the high cost of a full remodel.

These slides seem well constructed and strong. It is good to note that there is pretty much a zero tolerance on installation. If they are off by 1/32 of an inch in any direction, they are not going to slide easily. You will need to be extremely precise, which in these days of poor lumber choices is very difficult.

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This installation was easy and works very well, BUT, the door is way to hard to open. You have to almost fight to pull it open. It's so hard that you have to retighten the screws on the mounting brackets every two days....ridiculous. Why would a company design a drawer like that??

They installed fine, and initially the soft close was nice. But now, 7 years later, every single slide’s soft close mechanism has failed, they all slam snug. Not only that, but now many of the springs frequently fail to engage with the drawer, and remain in the shut position, and then prevent the draw from closing fully. Manually pulling the spring loaded closing mechanism and resetting the trigger will fix it for a bit so the drawer will at least shut, but it inevitably disengages again after a few days. Note that the soft close failure has occurred in every draw, even the ones that are very rarely used. Now we are going to have to replace these all again with just regular ball bearing slides so the drawers will at lease close all the way.

They have been working flawlessly. Very good product for the money, I used this type a lot and they are very easy to install.

LIberty needs to redo this installation video. It is impossible to level a drawer that is removed from its holder. You need to restate that the mark made 1 1/4" from teh bottom is parallel and equidistant from the bottom on both sides. I would expect better from you guys!

Just what I expected

And there's NO left or right side.

The slides were easy to install in place of the original ones that had lost their ball bearings.