In my quest to remove inefficiency in my life and make activities more functional, I purchased this Gladiator Geartrack Gardening Pack by Whirlpool Corporation. I want to make it understood that I do work for Whirlpool and they in no way sponsor, support or endorse any of this. I was given an opportunity to get this pack at a bit of a discount and the purpose of this kit “fit the bill” for an organizational pain-point at my house. My gardening items have been sitting in a 5 gallon bucket in the garage in the corner with several other items scattered about on the floor or haphazardly shoved on a shelf.
I am continually looking for ways to enhance efficiency. I have more tasks to do in any single day, generally more than I can effectively accomplish. Time is short when running a house, being the sole provider, home educating and wanting to give my kids as many fun or interesting memories through their childhood. Gardening is an activity that I enjoy. It doesn’t take up much time and I can teach my kids a thing or two about caring for plants.
This is another “best effort” attempt at learning Kdenlive, a video editing software package for Linux. I am running this on openSUSE Tumbleweed seemingly trouble free. Feel free to be critical of the video, I have my list of things I need to do in order to improve video content creation. Maybe… someday… it won’t be terrible. I also can evaluate all my areas for improvement on presentation of an idea or thing.
Unboxing, packaging engineering
Since spending time in the product engineering area, I have become more and more impressed with packaging engineering. So much time and effort is put into making sure that products arrive to their destination without damage and most consumers just chuck it and don’t take the time to appreciate it.
Installation
The instructions that come bundled with this pack are nicely detailed. As long as you have the least bit of knowledge and the right tools, following these instructions will be no problem.
The tools I used were a cordless drill, stud finder and a level. It is recommended that you fasten the Geartrack into the wall studs for maximum strength
Quality of Components
The quality of components is pretty clear when you handle them. The Geatrack Channel is solid and stout. It doesn’t have even the slightest bit of flimsiness to it. I think you would be hard pressed to really mess it up.
The hooks are all of solid steel construction with pretty generous welds. The spring retention keeps the hooks in place so they are not likely to just fall off the Geartrack.
The gardening basket is a fine piece of kit that is not only well made, it gives you more storage options than I can immediately use which is far better than the typical insufficiently featured and lacking utility designs you often find. It should also be noted, I don’t see myself ever having to handle this gingerly in fear of breaking something off of it. The chosen materials are not lacking in strength at all and looks to have many, many hard and abusive years ahead of it.
Populated with Items
After I installation, I was able to place all my gardening equipment in the provided basket as well as hang other things on this system. I ended up placing my small garden hose on one set of hooks and hanging a netted sack of outdoor fun equipment like soccer balls and things.
Final Thoughts
I am quite pleased with this purchase. It truly is a fine kit that I will happily use for many years to come. The big selling points for me is the quality of the build, ease of installation and how extensible the system is designed. There are numerous home organization products out there, many for much cheaper but the nature of this design and the time it has been on market as well as the backing of a company that has a track-record of long term product support. All this does inspire me to make more purchases of this system.
I want to note again, I am a Whirlpool employee and I have not been sponsored, or endorsed to make these remarks. These are my own statements. There are official corporate reviews, installation guides and the like. I am just a dude that happens to like what his employer makes… which frankly makes it enjoyable to work for such a company.
In my mission to further simplify and organize my life, there will be future Gladiator purchases. It is simply put, a buyer’s remorse-free purchase. A better organized and efficient life makes for a more enjoyable life.
References
Gladiator Gardening Geartrack Pack Official Video
Gladiator GaragWorks product information
