Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I live in a high rise apartment bldg, walk everywhere when possible, and live across the street from a Costco and large supermarket. I use this cart every few days for shopping, occasionally for laundry, and for moving odds and ends. It is much, much better than the metal carts available because: Pros: - it has four sets of wheels so it is very maneuverable and you can load more weight than you can with a two wheel cart; - things don't fall out given the canvas construction; I lost a fair number of apples and oranges in a metal cart I used to own; - it's a lot quieter than the metal carts; - I feel like it is a safer cart to operate. Years ago I was pushing my metal cart across the parking lot and the wheels caught a small lip in the pavement, this caused the cart to stop short unexpectedly and me to go flying over the handlebars so to speak. I suffered some bad bruises, cuts, a fair amount of embarrassment, and a badly damaged cart. As a result, I swore off the metal carts and bought this one and have never looked back. - it's quite compact and easy to store; very similar in size to your standard baby stroller; no problem bringing it on metro and the like. - takes a surprising amount of weight so long as you are sensible in how you load it; I've used it for the megapacks of water and Starbucks frappucinos from Costco without a problem but I wouldn't put something equally heavy if the load couldn't be equally distributed across the bottom. It will easily handle 4+ large sacks of groceries but keep in mind that at the bottom of the cart is an X metal structure with the canvas "cube" resting on top of it so putting something narrow and extremely heavy in one of the quadrants is not such a good idea. That said, I think people who are experiencing bending wheels and the like are simply overloading it and probably running the cart over very tough terrain. I've abused mine for 7 years and it shows little wear and tear but I keep in mind it's limitations. - one can also hang bags off the handles if you fill up the main compartment; - the canvas holding "cube" can be easily removed for cleaning as well as be used as a very large bag. I've never had a reason to remove it. Cons: - I'm only 5'2" so the height works well for me but I can definitely see how people much taller would find it to be awkwardly short for them. - The plastic "hook" that keeps the the two handles together when in storage is poorly designed so it usually pops open on its own. Not a big deal since the cart will still remain quite compact on its own without the hook but it would have been nice if the manufacturer had field tested this component a little more. I may use a mini bungee cord in its place if I ever come across a suitable one. Overall, I have got my money's worth out of this cart and I'm always telling the folks in my building that they should buy this cart whenever I see them struggling with their metal carts. Sure, the manufacturer should have put on larger, rubber wheels and used less plastic, but for the price and convenience it is a bargain. If the manufacturer were to produce a version using higher quality grade materials that practically guaranteed indestructability, I'd be very interested but for now, my cart serves my needs very well.