Hold It Mate Railing Shelf Kit (20)

Love them. I used stair treads from Lowe’s to make the shelves. They have a rounded side that makes it easy to finish.

Item arrived missing parts

Bought this kit to mount a flower planter to our fence. Bought the planter from Lowe’s and stainless bolts, nuts, and wing nuts at Ace hardware. JB Weld at O’Reilly Auto Parts. Immediately the hummingbirds started to enjoy.

It's ok. It will not support too much weight like leaning on it with elbows, but it does what I want supports my bar and drinks.

I used this alone with a support leg to create a sturdy but removable cafe table on my small balcony. It's easy to remove the support arms and leave the mounting bracket on the balcony railing. I've had installed of almost a year and have enjoyed many meals on the table, only wish I'd found this sooner.

Very easy to assemble. I had the shelf brackets up in about five minutes. I used a piece of 3/4 inch polycarbonate that I already had for the shelf. Absolutely perfect. I'm so happy I found this.

Shelf brackets rest at a slight downward angle, so that a shelf will dip forward making it look unstable - and potentially things could roll off (granted, I'm not putting tennis balls on it). Solution is to pry a shim to straighten it, or place a piece of rubber at the front end under the shelf to balance it. But should not have to do something like that for a product this expensive. Otherwise the finish is very nice, easy to install, and it blends in perfectly with with railing.

I just opened the package and there were no shelf brackets as part of the kit. Makes the mounting rail pretty useless without the shelf brackets. And the end piece for the long mounting rail and one of the smaller rails came in pieces. I would not recommend this item.