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Cabinet doors that have existing holes should be measured to verify depth. Conventional non-soft-close hidden hinges are often shallow, so you may need to drill the hole deeper.

All the Blum hinges excelled and seemed to work better than any other brands I tested . Particularly their BLUMOTION soft close hinges. What is BLUMOTION? Related: How To Add Under Cabinet Lighting (in just 30 minutes!) Choose the Correct Soft Close Hinge in 3 Steps

Bonus: The cabinet doors can now be easily removed for cleaning, or any other reason. Simply slide them on and off the clip hinges. Step 6: Test Out Your New Soft Close Hinges This made using the cabinet doors slightly awkward. There were also hinges that seemed to be overpowered by larger doors and slammed shut, defeating the purpose of adding soft close hinges. Door dampers perform a better function. They are often integrated into door closers in swing doors, which always automatically close doors after they have been opened. However these are often very loud despite the damping. when selecting the soft close hinge style for your cabinets, I strongly recommend choosing high quality cabinet hinges.

The pictures below will show you the difference between: full overlay, partial overlay (or standard), and inset cabinet doors. Both of the above pictures use ‘hidden hinges’. They are called hidden hinges because they cannot be seen when the cabinet doors are closed.These cheap hinges were simply not the amazing upgrade I was hoping for, and honestly not worth my time.

Next, I tested some of the more professional brands that are used in high quality cabinetry and… WOW! What a difference.

With compact soft close hinges, the hydraulic mechanism is smaller, and fits inside of the hinge itself. This style has an inherent space constraint for the hydraulics and because of this, the performance suffers somewhat. With the GEZE ActiveStop door damper, slamming room doors, trapped fingers and defects in doors or furniture are a thing of the past. They are able to softly stop and quietly close doors. This works in both directions: no matter whether you give the door a little shove or a powerful push – the door damper reliably and safely catches it in the direction of closing and the direction of opening. Controlled opening and holding open for doors