Rack Drawer

Gator GRW-DRAWER2U Rack Drawer

The Gator 2U rack drawer provides more vertical clearance than a 1U drawer, accommodating larger items like wireless bodypack receivers, power supplies, tablet mounts, or bulky adapters. The locking mechanism keeps contents secure during transport, and the 2U height means you can store items that would not fit in a standard 1U drawer. A practical addition to touring racks that need to carry more than just cables and small tools.

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Equipment type: Rack DrawerCatalog classification
Documented weight: 3.5 kgUsed in transport and case planning
Rack placement: 2UBuilder checks available rail space
Power draw: 0WVerified passive · no AC required
Catalog estimate: ~$119Use retailer rows for current price and stock

01 · What it does—and what that changes in your rig.

Product overview

Start with the payoff, then work through how it functions, where it fits, and the details that change a real build.

The payoff

Rack Drawer decisions, organized around the whole rig.

A rack drawer sounds unglamorous, but anyone who has watched a monitor engineer dig through a backpack mid-show for a spare transmitter battery knows exactly why one belongs in a touring rig. The GRW-DRAWER2U is a passive 2U locking drawer — no power, no signal path, no patching — just organized, lockable storage that travels with the rack itself. That 2U height is the meaningful difference over a standard 1U drawer: you actually have room to store bodypack transmitters, a small power supply, a tablet or show file backup drive, or a tangle of dongles and adapters without forcing the lid shut.

Equipment type: Rack DrawerCatalog classification
Documented weight: 3.5 kgUsed in transport and case planning
Rack placement: 2UBuilder checks available rail space

Gator product panel2U · 0W

Function

How it works in the path

At 3.5 kg empty and 380 mm deep, this is not a lightweight addition, and you should account for whatever you load into it when calculating case weight for fly dates. The locking mechanism matters most in transit — contents that shift inside a rack rolling down a loading dock ramp can damage gear on either side — but it also serves a secondary purpose on stage, where curious hands occasionally wander. Zero power draw means it fits anywhere in your rack layout without consulting a power budget, and it will not introduce noise, ground loops, or any electrical consideration whatsoever.

Best fit

Where it earns its place in the rack

This drawer earns its two rack spaces in a monitor rig or IEM playback rack that lives in a road case and moves frequently. If your rig never leaves the venue or lives on a permanent install cart, the cost and weight are harder to justify compared to a simple shelf or external bag. A 1U drawer is the right call if you only need to stash cables and batteries; choose this 2U version when you're storing anything with meaningful height — a charging brick, a stacked set of bodypacks, or a spare in-ear monitor pack that needs to survive the gig without rattling loose.

In the rack

Details worth deciding before load-in.

Place it immediately below or above your wireless receiver stack so spare transmitters, batteries, and antennas are always within arm's reach of the gear they serve.
Line the bottom with a thin sheet of non-slip drawer liner or dense foam — the lock keeps the drawer closed, but nothing prevents contents from sliding into each other during transport.
Use this drawer to carry your show's backup media (USB drives, a spare interface, printed patch notes) so critical spares travel inside the rack rather than in a bag that might get separated from the rig.
Before load-out, confirm the lock is engaged before the rack case lid closes — a heavy drawer that pops open inside a sealed case can shift the rack's center of gravity and stress the rail mounts on adjacent gear.

03 · What this product asks of the rest of the system.

Compatibility

Treat connector names as the start of the check—not the answer. These are the boundaries that determine a complete working path.

Best fit · Rack Drawer

Use it when 2U and 380 mm of depth fit the case.

Plan the companion path

Use documented companion accessories and system pairing; no physical connector map is verified for this catalog item.

Documentation boundary

No physical connector map is documented. Do not infer compatibility from category or product shape alone.

05 · Compare the decision, not just the price.

Alternatives

The rows are organized around fit, power, I/O, and system role so a cheaper unit cannot hide a more expensive workflow.

Compare	Gator GRW-DRAWER2U Rack DrawerThis gear	Gator GRW-DRAWER1U Rack Drawer	SKB 1SKB-R1U Rack Drawer	Penn Elcom 1U Rack Drawer
Fit	📐 2U	📐 1U	📐 1U	📐 1U
Power	⚡ 0W	⚡ 0W	⚡ 0W	⚡ 0W
Weight	⚖️ 7.7 lb	⚖️ 5.5 lb	⚖️ 4.4 lb	⚖️ 4.9 lb
I/O	🔌 No documented ports	🔌 No documented ports	🔌 No documented ports	🔌 No documented ports
Estimate	💵 ~$119	💵 ~$89	💵 ~$69	💵 ~$55
Deep dive	Current selection	Full comparison →	Full comparison →	Full comparison →

06 · Resolve the questions that can change the purchase or build plan.

Planning questions

Short, source-backed answers surface rack fit, power, cabling, and connection details before they become surprises.

How will the Gator GRW-DRAWER2U Rack Drawer affect rack fit and case depth?

It occupies 2U. Its documented depth is 380 mm.

How much power does the Gator GRW-DRAWER2U Rack Drawer draw?

It is verified passive and requires no AC power.

07 · See this unit inside a real rack plan.

Builder preview

Placement is only the start. Builder checks space · depth · weight, power headroom, dependencies, and compatible signal paths around this exact catalog item.Open in Builder

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