Amazon, which gets it right 99.99% of the time in my experience, blew it on this one. The Medique 3-Shelf Industrial Side-Opening [?] First Aid Cabinet, Model 745M1, that I received was short five items. [What's with the "Side-Opening" flourish? How else would it open?] Five of the pockets in the door were empty. I've uploaded a picture of what I received. No, the contents of these five pockets had not shifted. The contents were simply not there. Nowhere in the case and nowhere in the package.
Amazon does not provide an inventory of the contents of the case, so I'm not sure what I'm missing, nor its value. However, from Amazon's photograph, it appears I'm missing the forceps, sterile gauze pads, and three additional kinds of packets whose labels I can't discern.
Incidentally, Amazon's picture of the product constitutes an express warranty by sample. Since the one I received substantially falls short of the sample, Amazon breached its warranty. So why not just return it? Amazon's great on returns. But you can't return this item, although you wouldn't know it from the product description. There's no notice that it can't be returned, at least not when you buy with 1-Click, as I did. When I tried to return it, Amazon displayed this message:
"For safety reasons, items that are classified as hazardous materials or use flammable liquids or gases cannot be returned to Amazon.com. Customers should dispose of hazardous materials according to Local, State and Federal regulations. Customers should contact their local government or local waste company for directions on how to dispose of Household Hazardous Waste."
Followed by an invitation to continue shopping, since you can't proceed with a return.
Hazardous materials, hazardous waste? I thought I was buying a first aid kit.
So what did I get? First of all, a cabinet built like the proverbial brick outhouse. It's made of steel, powder-coat painted white. The door is attached on the left side with a piano hinge (Side-Opening!), and held shut on the right with two secure wire latches. There's a good handle on the top. This thing is well built and must account for a substantial part of the price of the kit, even if made in China. Five stars for the case!
As for the contents, there's a lot of stuff even in my shorted kit and much of it looks useful and even reassuring. One box says "Pain Relief." Good. I know nothing about medicine or even first aid, except for the odd piece of lore--probably wrong--retained from my Boy Scout training six decades ago. Fortunately, my kit includes a Pocket Reference Guide published by the American Safety & Health Institute. This has good first aid advice, I trust, but it's not geared to the Medique kit, so I don't know whether there's something in the kit for each procedure described in the booklet. I would assume not. The kit includes tweezers, but they're made of plastic. I wonder what plastic tweezers are good for.
Bizarrely, a large peel-off decal (13" x 10") identifying the cabinet as First Aid related was included but not affixed to the cabinet. It's a bugger putting this on straight, without bubbles. I guess the Chinese want to leave us something to do. Thanks a lot.
This first aid cabinet is perfect for our office. There are 30 people here, and we are totally set if anyone gets stuff in their eyes, cuts, splinters, burns, headaches, you name it.
I can't wait to get poked in the eye so that I can use an eye pad! Wheee!
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I bought this item and the cabinet was damaged, dinged in the back so its not flush & can't be wall mounted plus the door is bent, so it won't close neatly. Also, the contents didn't match the picture on the website (no scissors and several of the plastic pouches were empty).
Since the packaging it came in was unblemished, it left the packing facility this way. A person packed this case and would have seen how beat-up it was. From the reviews on this site, it seems the quality control on this item is very hit-n-miss.
I contacted Amazon and they gave me a US$30.00 partial refund as they would not accept a return. Since I bought this item specifically because I wanted the cabinet, that was appreciated but didn't address my need. Guess I'll be shopping for a cabinet at a brick-n-morter store.
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DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT, unless it is okay that what you see in the second picture is fine. You will not get everything that you paid for.
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Product well made, appears sturdy. Filled with all the right things to meet most emergencies.
Bought for my son's shop. He was very pleased with it. Only thing missing is a small mirror.
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