A Beginner's Guide to Finding Quality and Secure Filing Cabinets

Before buying an appropriate filing cabinet for your office, it is essential to know a few essential things like:

-The number of drawers of the cabinet, and their width and depth. 

-The floor space where you want to place the filing cabinet. 

-The overall size of the cabinet, you don't want to buy something that might look lot out of place. 

-Enquire about the maximum weight capacity per drawer before selecting the cabinet. 

-Check the internal drawer width to ensure that it meets your storage requirements. 

-If buying for security reasons, look for a fire or impact-resistant filing cabinet. 

-Buy a filing system with a quality suspension mechanism so that you can open and close the drawers without any hassle.

These mobile file cabinets come with much wider drawers as compared to the vertical ones, up to 42 inches. Here, files can be stored from front to back or side-to-side depending upon the filing structure. In a lateral filing cabinet, one can store files of both legal and letter size in the same drawer.

One more advantage of lateral cabinets is that one can easily access and view the stored files. Moreover, the storage capacity is about one third more as compared to the vertical filing cabinets. This filing cabinet is a better option for offices where limited wall space is not an issue.

Apart from the two types of filing cabinet mentioned above, there are two more popular furniture units that are used in offices for storing files and important documents. These are rolling cabinets and open shelving units.

A rolling cabinet has sturdy castors providing you with the option to move your files to wherever they are required. This is very useful if yours files are required in more than one location, or you wish to easily change your workspace.

On the other hand, open shelving systems have open shelves placed side by side and on top of one another. These open front shelves are simple in design and less expensive.