I live in a condo and the concierge receives my packages. As a girly girl (aka shopaholic), I buy a lot of things online. So on a weekly basis I receive a lot of packages. They vary from Pottery Barn, Sephora, Crate and Barrel, J.Crew, Banana Republic, etc. After making 2-3 trips back and forth from the Concierge’s desk to my apartment, I finally caved and got this R2. So now, it’s just one trip!

I’ve also used this when buying larger packages from IKEA and other stores. It’s perfect for hauling bulky and heavy items. The R2 is also light and compact enough that I can easily store it.

I also like the other accessories that can come with it. Be sure to check out the Rock n Roller website for those too.

The only complaint that I have is that I couldn’t figure out for how to expand and/or transform the cart from a multi cart to a dolly. It was frustrating at first. But once I figured it out, it’s a snap. You have to step on the plastic covered, heavy duty wire at the end to release the catch. If you don’t, it won’t release or expand.

Yes, it only took one semester of moving my sweet daughter into her college dorm room before I knew there had to be a better way. One of the upperclassmen dads pulled me to the side and told me the secret – "you need a cart – now. you’ll thank me later." So I embarked on the Amazon search tool for a useful, but somewhat inexpensive cart for the next move. First up, the Rock N Roller Multicart Model R2 Micro. I thought with "rock n roller" in the name and stylish yellow wheels, it had to be the one I needed (plus I always dreamed of being an Aerosmith roadie).

I was right – the Rock N Roller Multicart Model R2 Micro (we call it the "Rock N Roller Multicart R2" for short) proved itself worthy of the rock n roller moniker the minute I pulled it from the mini-van (which is NOT a rock n roller mode of transportation, by the way), extended its base, raised its end-rails and rolled it into the dorm for the end-of-year move-out. In one trip, we moved a compact fridge, a trunk, three boxes full of books, and assorted throw on the top of the pile type items. One more trip and we had it all packed in the mom-mobile and ready to go home for the summer.

Easy to assemble.
Easy to haul (due to its compact fold-ability)
Easy to extend for use.
Easy to store (again due to its compact fold-ability)
Easy on the eyes (due to those rockin’ yellow wheels)

****UPDATE
The Boyfriend (who now attend the same university as my daughter – go figure) took the Rock N Roller Muilticart R2 for an early move-in and ended up being the most popular underclassman in the coed dorm – not because of his manly good looks, mind you, but because of the Rock N Roller Multicart R2. When I moved my daughter over a few days later, one of the freshmen dads said "hey, that cart’s a good idea". I told him to get one now. He would thank me later.

I routinely perform on solo sax with backing tracks. Recently, I scaled up from a single powered loudspeaker for my backing tracks to a pair of QSC-K12’s (which rock), and even some nice mics and a small mixing board for when I’m convening a jazz trio or quartet. I realized that I needed a cart instead of my collapsable dolly. I heard good things about rock-n-roller, so after doing some measuring, I went with this smallest and lightest model.

It arrived (very promptly) with some minor quality control issues. First, on the large real wheel axles, there are to be a pair of holes drilled opposite each other thru which one inserts a pin then you splay out the tips with pliers so it stays in place, and keeps the wheel on the axle. One of the holes was not drilled opposite the other across the axle, so Malaysian wage-slave decided to drill a second hole adjacent to the first, creating a figure eight super-hole. Not a big deal, since I could splay out the pin tabs one to each hole. After applying light grease to the axles as suggested, I found that one wheel will spin freely on the axle, but the other one has some resistance and will only do a single 360. Again, annoying but a mere trivial drag on operation of the cart relative to the heft of the cart fully loaded and gravity. Finally, one of the thick metal 90-degree tabs on the frame, that forms the notch to keep the smaller U-shaped handle in place in the upright locked position, was formed too narrow for the shaft of the U-handle to snap and rest all the way inside it. So, I had to apply tape to the tab to protect the finish, and use a large wrench and brute strength to bend it out slightly. Now, the U-handle will slap all the way in place into the notch when upright. I could get it done, but girly-girl shopper might need to enlist a strong set of hands to do this.

My first gig with this had me schlepping my stuff an unexpected half-block away at an outdoor mall gig, and the cart did the job fine. Now that its all good to go, I’m basically happy with it, and like others here, it strikes me as solidy-built, but hoping it will hold up over time- especially the wheels. If it doesn’t, I’ll revisit this review.