--- title: How to Select Kitchen Cabinets - Drawer Box Construction description: Your cabinet drawers take a lot of abuse during your kitchen's lifetime. 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A.  Undermount glides with 3/4 extension, epoxy coated - These are rarely used, except for apartment kitchens.  The nylon rollers can bend, similar to that grocery shopping cart that needs to be pushed, instead of rolled.   B.  Undermount full extension - This guide opens all the way to provide easy access and reach to all contents.    C.  Undermount full extension with soft close feature - The quiet-close reduces drawer slamming and bouncing back.  For the quantity that most cabinet manufacturers purchase these, soft close glides typically are not much more money.    When shopping for your kitchen cabientry, ask which drawer box construction and drawer glide is the standard choice for the cabinetry.  Sometimes the upgrade that you spend on the stock cabinetry line, makes it worth it to purchase higher end cabinetry line, where the upgraded glide is their standard.   See Related Blogs: [Plywood vs Particle Board Cabinets](https://www.edesiakbs.com/cabinetry-blog/bid/81471/Plywood-vs-Particle-Board-Cabinets) [How to Select Kitchen Cabinets - Door & Drawer Style](https://www.edesiakbs.com/cabinetry-blog/bid/80344/How-to-Select-Kitchen-Cabinets-Door-Drawer-Styles) How many drawers does your kitchen have?  What can't you store with out a drawer? 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