The Lorell question got complicated in the best way: the affordable-storage brand we reviewed is mid-metamorphosis, with its classic budget listings regenerating under the NuSparc name (same S.P. Richards family, same steel) while the commercial big-lateral SKUs soldier on through office-supply resellers. Of our original four picks, two still hold buy boxes, one is on backorder, and the beloved SOHO mobile file’s listing died — its budget-steel job now done by its NuSparc descendant. Here’s the sorted 2026 picture.
What makes Lorell special (still)
Lorell is the house brand of S.P. Richards — the wholesaler behind half the office-supply aisle — which means institutional steel at private-label prices, sold wherever office products flow. That machinery is exactly why the brand’s transition looks the way it does: listings migrate, steel stays. The budget end now increasingly says NuSparc on the box; the commercial end still says Lorell.
The four picks, re-verified
The budget vertical lineage — now NuSparc
NuSparc 2 Drawer Locking Filing Cabinet, Pre-Assembled Steel
- Pre-assembled locking steel
- 11,800-plus owner ratings
- Friendliest price in steel
- Sold and shipped by Amazon
- Light-gauge steel, load low
- Cam lock is tidiness not security
The affordable locking steel that made this review — the old SOHO two-drawer class — lives on as the NuSparc pre-assembled two-drawer: sold and shipped by Amazon with an 11,800-strong owner base, the definitive budget answer in our metal cabinet rankings. (The original SOHO mobile listing itself is retired — no buy box remains.)
Lorell 4-drawer vertical
The classic 15-by-22 four-drawer tower (listing here) currently sits on Amazon backorder — orderable, sold by Amazon, shipping when stock lands. Its thin, grumbling review base (drawer alignment is the recurring complaint) keeps it a conditional pick: fine for volume filing at house-brand money, but inspect on arrival. The stronger verticals live in our 4-drawer rankings.
The commercial laterals
Both big laterals survive through office-supply resellers in commercial ship windows: the 42-inch 4-drawer lateral and the LLR88028 lateral. These are four-figure-adjacent facility purchases — real steel for real volume — competing against the furniture-grade laterals in our lateral guide on capacity rather than looks.
Our thoughts in 2026
Buy the NuSparc two-drawer for the classic Lorell value promise under its new name; treat the 4-drawer vertical as a backorder-patient volume buy; and spec the big laterals when you’re filing by the departmental yard. The brand’s affordable-storage answer to our title question is still yes — it just answers to two names now.
Last updated: August 23, 2026 — full 2026 refresh: all four picks re-verified (NuSparc lineage live, vertical on backorder, both commercial laterals live via resellers, SOHO mobile retired), current pricing at the links, original photography retained.
