The TRUTH About Ready-To-Assemble Kitchens Online

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In this video I am comparing four online RTA kitchen companies to see how they stack up against each other in price, quality, shipping, warranty and extra services.
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[@DavidBugea]

As I’m shopping for cabinets to remodel my 50-year-old kitchen, it amazes me how attitudes have changed towards the expected lifespan of cabinets. Some cabinets - including those installed in new homes - seem like they’re intended to be replaced as frequently as a cheap sofa.

[@billvojtech5686]

I'm kind of surprised you didn't include Ikea. I bought an Ikea kitchen when they were discontinuing their old line and got a good deal. I've had it for about 7 years and it's holding up just fine.

[@MTKDofficial]

I only wanted to include online brands. I have done other videos comparing ikea. I may do a similar video however as you are not the only person to mention this.

[@billvojtech5686]

@@MTKDofficial Ikea has changed since I last looked. Last time you could easily access all the different cabinet sizes and order them online. Now they push you to the store or an online consultation.

[@davidecasassa8679]

While I haven't surveyed the industry, I've noticed that several prominent online cabinet suppliers have list prices that are essentially a formality (to put it in polite terms). They advertise massively discounted "sales" several times a month, so it's pretty clear that nobody who is paying attention is coughing up the list price. More troubling is the lack of transparency and/or accuracy in construction details, which you encountered in a couple of cases. I've seen one site that diagrammed their boxes as having nice beefy plywood stretchers, which is great. But then I saw some customers' videos of their unboxing the same brand of cabinet, in which there were no such stretchers, just puny plastic or wooden corner braces. Hard to know what to trust after seeing that.

[@ellen8996]

And one cabinet company I checked has constant "sales" but the cabinets available in those styles are so limited that almost anyone is going to end up paying full price or going elsewhere to get the sizes and styles of cabinets they need/want/

[@keradee8742]

Thanks fo the information Mark as I'm leaning towards RTAs. The title made me wonder if you were talking about cheap price or cheap quality. Nicely done.

[@MTKDofficial]

Hey thanks!! Glad it was helpful. There are so many options out there!

[@teri-joscott8279]

Thank you so much for this Mark!! The cabinets I was looking at (they were recommended to me) are a bit difficult to price out--they want you to go to a dealer--but I know they are quite a bit more expensive than some of the options you highlighted. I have to say that I am surprised the options you chose all have plywood boxes. That is a non-negotiable for me. This is such valuable information --I can't even express!! I got tunnel vision on the cabinets and didn't even really look at other options. Now maybe I can afford the countertops to go on the cabinets!!🤪 How awesome is that!?!

[@MTKDofficial]

Haha. Awesome. Well, I am really glad this video was helpful. There are so many options out there. I appreciate the comment.

[@JenniferKucharski]

This has been super helpful for me as I’ve been looking at RTA companies but didn’t know what to look for specifically. Always nice to have that “insider” perspective. This is a great baseline for me to compare against as I’m shopping.

[@MTKDofficial]

Hey Jennifer! Super glad it was helpful! Thanks for sharing.

[@luzy]

Thanks this was very helpful!!

[@Cannazar7979]

Thank you so much, Mark. This is really helpful. If someone asked me what RTA options were out there, my only response would have been IKEA. I’ll be checking out the companies you highlighted in the video.

[@MTKDofficial]

Cool. Thanks so much. I’m really glad the video was helpful.

[@user-xq8zj5hc3t]

I was also hoping you included IKEA - very curious. Thank you again - great videos - been watching them like crazy and I appreciate all the information Mark!

[@MTKDofficial]

Thanks so much. I may include IKEA in another similar video, but I wanted to highlight these online companies.

[@stephenbrickwood1602]

Excellent perspective 👏 👌 👍.

[@jordyjustine]

This is a super valuable video, maybe you could make the concept a mini series.

[@MTKDofficial]

Thanks so much. There are many brands to look at, and I think doing another like this is a good idea too. Glad you liked it!

[@ryansoo4000]

Do it again! How about Barker Cabinets and three others? Ikea, perhaps?

[@MTKDofficial]

Yeah! IKEA has come up a few times. I think I will do another like this.

[@davidecasassa8679]

I second Barker. They are commendably open about their construction specs, which are excellent IMO. That comes at a price, of course.

[@michaellogan8359]

I built a Barker kitchen a couple of years ago and was very impressed with the quality. I think they are in a slightly different category than the companies in this video, though: they build to order (if I recall correctly) with a substantial lead time.

[@helendorning4450]

I considered RTA in Australia but custom was only 20% more so I went totally custom. Result = perfect.

[@ps4402]

Very informative. If there is interest, we are looking at two European RTA companies, FORM Kitchens and Reform Kitchens. They both have more of a modern European look.

[@MTKDofficial]

I’ve heard of both and I think I’ll do a similar video comparing those brands as well.

[@Caeric77]

Thank you for this review! By the way, this prompted me to look at the websites and I found the KCMA certification on the website for The RTA Store. I still haven't made the decision to move ahead with my remodel due to the cost, as I was holding out for a more premium (3/4") cabinet, rather than the cheaper 1/2" that was offered by my local contractor to reduce the cost. I *think* that the cheaper one offered (made by Fabuwood) is exactly the same as one of the styles offered by The RTA Store - at least the look and the specs are the same.

[@MTKDofficial]

That’s cool. I’m glad to hear they have the cert. and I agree a 3/4 box is probably a better way to go. But overall I think 1/2 does the trick. As long as it’s plywood.

[@clara0hernandez]

Unfortunately the Cdn option falls way short of the online offerings from the US, a country that understands & values consumers, knows that information is not only king but inspires trust & promotes sales.

[@jaketheauroran]

It's a good, informative video, but the one thing I would have done is compare the cabinets not just to each other, but to a pre-assembled cabinet site. You can't know if RTA cabinets are a good value if you don't know how much the other options are. Would $7500 in RTA be $8k of preassembled cabinets, or $20k?

[@MTKDofficial]

Thanks. I’ll keep that in mind when I do another one of these comparisons. I think you are right.

[@whytedad164]

I am just starting my research on cabinets. I thought 100 percent wood doors and drawers was the best quality for cabinets? None of these were in this category??

[@peashey]

Try giving cabinets2you a call. They have great quality wood cabinets for half the price of other places!

[@MTKDofficial]

Most RTA companies have a mixture of particle board, MDF and plywood.

[@maysasaber8960]

Check out lilyann cabinets all plywood boxes too

[@MTKDofficial]

Cool. Thanks for letting me know.

[@ellen8996]

This is one of the companies I was following. They had constant sales on different styles, but the available cabinets in those lines were always so limited as to not be able to build a kitchen that would function in my space. They carried the cabinets I needed, but never in the lines that were "on sale" that month.

[@darlene19668]

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