Keter Manor 4 x 3ft Outdoor Garden Apex Storage Shed – Beige/ Brown

Our verdict on the Keter Manor 4 x 3ft Outdoor Garden Apex Storage Shed Beige/ Brown

The Keter Manor 4 x 3ft Outdoor Garden Apex Storage Shed Beige/ Brown comes with an apex style roof, holds a 15 Years guarantee, and is fit with lockable single doors that use a lockable locking system. The windows window used on this particular 4′ x 3′ use a styrene ^[1] glazing material (Thickness was not specified).

Base material: plastic

Below is a brief overview of how some of the key points of this garden storage fairs across the market.

Guarantee

On a plastic garden storage, the guarantee that the manufacturer offers is usually a very good indicator of the quality of the building. The longer the guarantee the more the manufacturer believes in the quality of the building they have produced. Typically we see manufacturer guarantees for plastic Garden Storage ranging from zero right up to a limited lifetime guarantee.

This plastic garden storage comes with a 15 years guarantee. Most plastic garden storage come with a 15 years guarantee (26.04% of them) ^[2].

For this particular brand (Keter) they offer 11 ^[3] different types of guarantees on their plastic garden storage, with the 15 years guarantee on this being one of the longer they offer. The 15 years guarantee is found on 14.71% of Keter plastic garden storage ^[4], with a 2 year guarantee on 23.53%, a 5 year guarantee on 2.94%, a 10 year guarantee on 2.94% and a limited lifetime guarantee on 11.76% of its plastic garden storage. It is great that this garden storage was given one of the highest guarantees offered by the brand, and this shows the manufacturer has a lot of faith in the overall quality of this part of their product range.

When looking at comparable 4′ x 3′ plastic garden storage (we found 63 of them) the most popular guarantee length offered by manufacturers was 10 years ^[5]. 73.02% came with a missing guarantee, 7.94% came with a 10 year guarantee, 7.94% came with a 15 year guarantee, 6.35% came with a 25 year guarantee, 1.59% came with a 20 year guarantee, 1.59% came with a 8 year guarantee and 1.59% came with a 5 year guarantee.

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Cladding

The plastic cladding(walls) used here is an about average form of construction for garden storage walls out of the 2 types ^[6] we’ve identified on same-size garden storage, that you’ll also see getting used on 7% (65 of 965) of all garden storage analysed ^[7], as well as being used on 7% (7 of 96) of the top 10% of garden storage ^[8]. You’ll also find the plastic cladding showing up on 3% of 4′ x 3′ garden storage (2 in total) ^[9], and when taking the average Expert Score of those 4′ x 3′ garden storage (76), the Keter Manor 4 x 3ft Outdoor Garden Apex Storage Shed Beige/ Brown is just above the average with an Expert Score of 77.

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Roofing

Plastic is used as the roof covering. Our experts say it’s an about average roof covering material, and is also the only kind identified on same-size garden storage ^[10]. It comes fitted on 1% of garden storage and when it comes to the top 96 garden storage that make up the top 10% we find none of them make use of this kind of roof covering. According to the data we have on all garden storage, out of the the 4′ x 3’s this is the only one to use a plastic roof covering.

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Flooring

The manufactures of this garden storage chose plastic for the floor construction, we rate this an about average form of floor construction and is the only type found on this size of garden storage ^[11]. This type of floor construction is used on 1% of all garden storage we analysed, and 1% of the top 10% of those garden storage. The data we have on all garden storage shows us that this is the only 4′ x 3′ garden storage that comes with a plastic floor material.

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Window

Styrene windows come installed on this garden storage. As a glazing option, we rate it the worst glazing types and is also the only type found on 4′ x 3′ garden storage ^[12]. This particular type of glazing is used on 14% of all windowed garden storage with a look at the top 10% of garden storage showing us that none of them choose to install windows with this kind of glazing. Out of all windowed 4′ x 3′ garden storage this is the only garden storage to make use of styrene windows.

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You Might Also Consider

We found 3 4′ x 3′ garden storage with comparable specifications. The Keter Manor 4 x 3ft Outdoor Garden Apex Storage Shed Beige/ Brown has an Expert Score that is 3% higher than average and is £70 less expensive than average. If you are looking for the best value or highest expert scoring garden storage out of the 3 with comparable specifications the following might be of interest.

Best value – If you are looking for something comparable that costs less, then you could save £25 with this 4 x 3 Suncast Resin Kensington Six Store Plastic Garden Storage. It is priced at £270, this is 9% less than this and has an Expert Score of 75, 2 points less than the Keter Manor 4 x 3ft Outdoor Garden Apex Storage Shed Beige/ Brown.

The Keter Manor 4 x 3ft Outdoor Garden Apex Storage Shed Beige/ Brown is the best scoring garden storage available out of all 3 4′ x 3′ garden storage we analysed.

High Wind Area – If you live in a particularly exposed or high wind area then having a garden storage with a thicker cladding and higher than average frame thickness can be preferable. We found at least 2 garden storage that have a combination of features that can make them more suited to higher wind areas.
6′ x 2′ Forest Xtra Large Log Store
Shiplap Pent Garden Store Pressure Treated

Coastal Consideration – If you live in a particularly wet or harsher environment such as by the coast then you might want to consider something with a more robust pressure treatment or something made from metal or plastic, both materials that are particularly suited to such harsh environments. We’ve found at least 3 garden storage that have a combination of features that can make them more suited to higher wind areas.
Forest Garden 6 x 2ft Timber Log Store with Tool Storage
Asgard 4 Metal Gas Bottle Storage
4’6 x 2’11 Trimetals Green Stowaway Garden Metal Storage Unit

Public-Facing – Extra security measures might be more of a concern if you’re placing your building in an area that is more public-facing than a garden. Features such as security windows or even having no windows at all, and the ability to lock all opening doors are usually much more important when you have something that is more public-facing. We found at least 3 garden storage that have options that you might find a better fit if this is a concern you have.
6×2.5 Biohort Metallic Bronze Leisure Time 180 Storage Box
6′ x 2′ Sapphire Anthracite Metal Garden Cushion Storage Box
5’10 x 2’7 Mercia Overlap Premium Tall Wooden Garden Storage

More Child Friendly – If you have children and you are looking for something that has that little extra in terms of durability then tougher glazing options might be a better option. Here we have at least 1 other options that will fill those needs.
Keter Manor 4 x 3ft Outdoor Garden Apex Storage Shed Beige/ Brown