What brand do you have? 10 years in current house with Blum self-close, and never a problem.

Agree, soft close is what I would use now. When I put my kitchen in 10 years ago only self close was the option for the cabinets I was ordering. Kids and myself have gotten fingers pinched between drawer and granite because the self close quickly pulls it in when it is almost closed.

I also have Blum soft-close. Six years and not a single problem with opening and closing them.

Devoted Dame - I had soft close for ten years in our previous home, and for over two in our current one. They all opened just like ordinary drawers, but obviously close more slowly. And they close all the way. So, I'd say yours aren't set up properly.

Devoted Dame - sounds like you actually have self-close. The terms do get used interchangeably sometimes, but your symptoms are all self-close.

So self-close don't actually close??? lol

Good grief, I'll just skip the "extras" (soft- or self-) in the next house and get really good buffer thingies. :-D

ODD,

You may want to post on the Kitchen Forum. I am not sure what Self Close is. Soft close is to prevent the slamming of drawers and cabinet doors. They open like regular drawers without additional tension, and when you close the drawer, they slow down in the last inch or so and softly close the drawer.

What is the brand of the drawer slides and mechanism in your drawer? I would not live without soft close, the Blum ones work wonderfully. Not as common here in the US but Hafele also makes good ones.

Buffers and soft close don't work the same way. Buffer prevents the shutting of the drawer or door completely, so the fronts are held off the face of the cabinet by the depth of the buffer (plastic silicone stoppers). Soft close will fully close the drawer or door. The buffers also don't prevent the slamming noise:-)

Found this information on Accuride's website, it looks like you have Self Close and they are functioning as designed.

Good luck!

We paid for soft close; didn't want self-close. *shrug* But this is a production/tract house, so anything is possible, lol.

They also have the silicone buffers on them, and don't slam closed (I just have to use "slam" force to close them... they slow down a couple of inches before reaching the cabinet, but don't actually close until I give a little extra nudge). They're harder to open than the standard drawers in the bathrooms.

I honestly have no idea what brand they are... Is it imprinted somewhere on the hardware? I'm guessing I'd have to remove the drawer to find out?

And like I mentioned, it's a production home, so the soft/self/whatever close drawers are likely the cheapest junk on the planet. And *that* is probably my problem. :-/

I can only speak for the Blum, and it is imprinted on the hardware.

I think there's a wide range of quality. Blum self-close and soft-close work extremely well and last for decades. Accuride are quite good as well. Some of the less expensive options may not work as well nor last as long. This is a good example of you get what you pay for.