Metal or plastic tray?
576664
The tray is plastic but seems to be pretty strong. Guess it would depend upon the size and weight of the animal to determine if it would be strong enough. I use mine for cats.
576665
It's a thick plastic tray. We had a crate that had a metal tray and even with the dog bed inside, it rattled every time the dug moved. Very noisy and we returned it and got this one.
576666
Plastic. I was worried it seem not so sturdy. But it is worked out just fine. However, my dog is just 70 pounds. We really don't use it anymore but he goes in to sleep sometimes on his own
1812426
Both......and not cheap metal or thin plastic either. This is my second one. I trashed the other one by accident. The slides are of good quality. The metal deck held an old heavy 17"CRT monitor easily. Would I buy another one? Oh yea.
877924
Both, more metal than plastic it strips wire in one swipe, i love this tool I use it all of the time on 14 ga wireit's made good.
1341021
Plastic, but I feel that will last much longer than metal since metal tends to corrode with time.
2133183
It is both. The gray you can see in the picture (which is also on the bottom, not easily seen in the picture) is metal. The metal panel on top can be released by pushing button on the side to access the inside hardware. This metal on top was plenty sturdy to support my fairly heavy LCD monitor. The two sides, black color in the photo, are metal. Only the faceplate is plastic. (edited)
1812424
The rectangular body is rugged metal. This was a selling feature for me. Very durable and can easily support a monitor placed on top. The slide out tray is plastic but supported by durable metal slide rails. Overall, good quality construction and materials.
494745
I'm gonna go with plastic. They are very cheap and bounce sideways. I bought them as toys for my ferret. For the price, don't expect much.
420330
I have only used plastic binding. I don't know about the metal, but I think not.
1999163
I would say- the plastic and wooden are better, in a case of stainless utensilis- the small scratches are possible.
1893943
The solid plastic tray is, not the wire part. The sides collapse down to the bottom for storage. (The perch and dishes need to be removed, of course.) There is a clip at the bottom to hold it together.
1413218
I haven't tried it with plastic. The manufacturer recommended metal so that is what I use.
1108939
Plastic. It seems to be of high quality. Not all plastics become brittle and it won't scratch your finish like metal, so there's that...
1145618
Plastic with metal wire core. Worked perfectly for my application at my office!
721201
It is plastic. The holder is ok but I wish I had got the metal one. Hope this helps.
1846144
Hi, the poaching tray is plastic. Haven't used it yet. So far I only made hard boiled eggs. I use it at least once a week with no issues.
2212134
We got the lighter weight plastic housing model (in silver, not black) and it works fine. I haven't seen the metal version, but the plastic one does not seem flimsy at all.
211268
No metal taste, and my mechanism broke also but it was my fault---you need to let the tray sit for couple of minutes before trying to get the cubes out.