IKEA kitchen quality and experiences?

At IKEA, there are quite a few options to equip a cabinet [emoji38]

I'm not keen on their visible drawers – a bit heavy, and they sag [emoji20]

But not with the Maximera drawers? Even the drawer with all the plates doesn't sag for us. They are Blum hinges, after all.

But not with the Maximera drawers?

No idea. The ones that existed 8 years ago.
No, it just didn't work. I only tolerated it back then because the kitchen was a hodgepodge of old and new anyway.
Since then, I have been critical of Ikea!

In the current utility room kitchen, there is also considerable wasted space under the lower drawer due to the position of the hinges...

I have a colleague who used to work at Ikea. About 2/3 years ago, he also bought a kitchen with wall cabinets there... he says: never again! But not because of the wall cabinets not working, rather because of the installation in an old building.

That actually works very well since the suspension rails have been available!

No idea. The ones that existed 8 years ago. no, not at all. I only tolerated it back then because the kitchen was a jumble of old and new anyway. Since then, I have been critical of IKEA!

With the current utility room kitchen, there is also considerable wasted space under the lower drawer due to the position of the hinges...

I have a colleague who used to work at Ikea. About 2/3 years ago, he also got himself a kitchen with wall cabinets... he says: never again! But not because the wall cabinets don’t work, rather because of the installation in an old building

That was the old system (Faktum). The Metod drawers are from Blum (similar to Tandembox antaro, the drawer fronts fit as well)

Dear Yvonne,
You just have to accept it. We Ikea customers are a kind of cult, addicted to [Ködböllern mit Preiselbeeren], to Marabou chocolate, and to those little Allen keys. We firmly believe that the entrance of a blue and yellow furniture store is a kind of gateway to paradise. We love the shelves where we pack the boxes on carts, the female cult members love the glasses, the straw blankets, the thousand things the world doesn't need, while we men think it's great that we can use hundreds of PCs throughout the whole store, unfortunately, they have blocked the pages with the busty ladies.
We also got such a mantra. Are you still living or already dwelling?
That's something different from that Höffner TV crap or Rrrroller... that's philosophy, wisdom of life, yes, redemptive quality lies in that sentence... Open until 10 p.m., have to go to Lübeck again, haven't been there for 14 days.... Karsten

Anyone who shops at IKEA expects - even for kitchens - solid, durable, and modern-looking furniture - and that is usually what they get.

If problems occur after purchase or delivery, the customer - even those who do not live close to an IKEA store - expects a contact person and quick advice or help or rectification. For example, via phone or email.

I very much hope that other customers have had better experiences in this regard than I have. I have spent hours in phone queues and often waited days to weeks for an email response. And when trying to reply to this email, the fun starts all over again: "We apologize for our currently long processing time of an average of 7 days. We are working hard to answer your inquiries as promptly as possible. We thank you for your patience and understanding."
This is unworthy of a large corporation and greatly frustrates me as a customer.

But I still hope that I was just unlucky and that everything goes wonderfully for others.