IKEA kitchen quality and experiences?

Cheap is relative .. you have to calculate:

[*]Delivery
[*]Assembly of the individual parts
[*]Assembly of the complete kitchen

(IKEA charges e.g. 199 euros per linear meter kitchen)

And then it also applies that the optimal layout can suffer due to the limited range of only 20, 40, 60, and 80 cm wide cabinets depending on the room.

Regarding assembly. Yes, Ikea charges 200€ per kitchen meter. But a few clicks on MyHammer.de and offers come flying in that cost far less than half for the installation. At least that’s how it was for us. We have a 7m kitchen. Ikea assembly = 1400€ ... On MyHammer everything was there, from 400-1400€. The one for 400€ is, by the way, a carpenter from the area who apparently likes to earn the money for a Saturday’s work on the side. But keep in mind I’m probably doing helper work there.

Delivery depending on quantity max. 150€.

I already assembled a base cabinet last week as a test because I wanted to fix the kitchen dimensions (plinth height due to the vacuum robot, etc.), and now I want to try whether an inner drawer carrier can be installed.

The assembly of the 80 cm base cabinet with 2 drawers and an inner drawer took 1.5 hours, but I made 2 small mistakes. I think from the 2nd to 3rd cabinet on, it will go significantly faster.

I expect the kitchen to take a weekend with a total of 3-4 people. The countertop will be made by the carpenter anyway, it runs into 2 window jambs.

So you have now assembled the drawer cabinet?
Then test the drawers now and put a bunch of dishes in the lower or middle drawer. In an 80 cm drawer, large and small, as well as deep plates and a bunch of bowls should fit; at least that was the case in my old kitchen.
But be careful!!! Secure it at the top beforehand, so it doesn’t tip forward.
Move it 2 to 3 times a day and then see if they come off or if the gap of the cover panels widens.

I will do it, but with a different weight. I need my plates in the kitchen. As you wrote, I have to secure it first because of the risk of tipping. However, our plates will go into short 80s later, where the leverage is a bit smaller. I would like the pots in the LeMans pull-out.

Yes, but what’s the point? Ikea uses solid Blum slides, the test will take several years, so you better take a weight.

Yes, but what is that supposed to achieve? Ikea uses solid Blum slides, the test will take several years, so you'd better take a weight

The slides on my furniture were pulled down properly – you could tell by the different widths between the panels. It was also not fixable and looked accordingly.