The best swivel castors, compared.
Top pick: Navoys 2 inch swivel castors Best value: DSL 50 mm braked swivel castors – About £8.99 with 4.6 from 3,927 ratings. Reviews say two brakes of four, so it does not also take the top pick. Updated October 2026.
A swivel castor is a wheel in a fork that turns a full circle, so a cabinet, trolley, or bench can change direction without being lifted. On amazon.co.uk they are sold as plate multipacks. Read a set load and a per-wheel load as a pair, and put at least one third of the loaded weight on each wheel. A wheel brake leaves the swivel free, so a locked unit can still slide on laminate. The plate has to match the old holes. The [buying guide](/hub/diy-supplies/swivel-castors/sub/swivel-castors-buying-guide) puts that order in one place: job, load, floor, brake, then plate. Scores use amazon.co.uk ratings, listing clarity, review comments, and the price. A wheel brake, a total lock, and a directional lock are three mechanisms, not one. Fixings are a top plate, a stem, an expanding plug for a tube, or an adhesive ball. Every listing here is sold as a swivel. Aeaocvo is the exception in practice: the bullets say peel-and-stick, and the attribute says plate mount.
A swivel castor is a wheel in a fork that turns a full circle, so a cabinet, trolley, or bench can change direction without being lifted. On amazon.co.uk they are sold as plate multipacks.
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Navoys sells four 2 inch plate castors with no brake, at £13.99, and the title says without brake. The plate is given as 6 cm × 4.8 cm with 6 mm holes, the wheel width as 1.8 cm, and a bullet says screws are not included. There is no load figure. The bullets say a rubber tread and a metal bracket, while the material attribute says metal, and the item-weight attribute of 25 g is not a credible weight for four castors. The rating is 5.0 from 3, with two short reviews on the listing: one says they did the job, and one says they moved a heavy toolbox. Neither review states a fault or a weight, so the star line is not comparable with packs that have thousands of ratings.
Pros
Cons
Best for: An unbraked 2 inch plate you will screw with your own fixings, once you have a load figure from somewhere other than this listing.
Less suitable: Anything that must stay put, or a comparison that treats 5.0 from three ratings as equal to thousands of reviews.
Specifications
Common questions
Do they have brakes?
No. The title says without brake.
Are screws included?
A bullet says screws are not included. The components line lists four castor wheels.
What load is stated?
The listing does not state a load. The rating line is 5.0 from 3 reviews, and two short comments state no fault and no weight.
Reviewers use this four-pack of 100 mm plate castors under a garage workbench and a home-made welding bench one person puts at about 300 kg, and one of them says the wheel cleared a garage lip. The amazon.co.uk line is 4.7 from 2,360 ratings, at £19.96. The listing states 700 kg in the title, a bullet, and the load attribute, without a per-wheel split, and this comparison did not weigh that claim. Overall height is 135 mm, the plate is 92 × 63 mm, and the pack includes 16 sets of 8 × 30 mm bolts with stop nuts. The model line says four brakes, but one review describes two braked wheels and two standard wheels. The red tyre is described as hard, the brake lever can sit too close to the plate for a boot, and the supplied bolts were too short for a thick timber frame.
Pros
Cons
Best for: A garage bench or trolley where 135 mm overall height and a 100 mm wheel are acceptable, and you can check that four brakes were actually in the box.
Less suitable: A low cabinet, a thick timber frame that needs longer bolts, or anyone who needs a weighed load rather than the stated 700 kg.
Specifications
Common questions
How many brakes does the listing claim?
The title and the model line say four brakes. One review describes two braked wheels and two standard wheels.
What load is stated?
The title, a bullet, and the load attribute all say 700 kg. The listing does not split that into a per-wheel figure, and this comparison did not weigh it.
How do they fix?
Plate mount. The bullet gives a 92 × 63 mm plate and 16 sets of 8 × 30 mm bolts with stop nuts.
This four-pack of 75 mm polyurethane plate castors is £11.99 and 4.6 from 3,938 amazon.co.uk ratings, the largest count in the sample. Reviewers move a garage workbench and a generator trolley on them, and one says the locks hold a mobile bench still. The plate is 65 × 65 mm, the pack includes 16 sets of 6 × 30 mm stop-nut bolts, and a bullet puts overall length at about 100 mm. The attribute says 360 kg and a bullet says 90 kg each. Reviews describe two locking brakes, which the bullets never count, and one reviewer found those locks extremely hard to set and release. A raised line on the wheel marked wood laminate, one person wanted bolts 10 mm longer, and the added height lifts a desk compared with the old castors.
Pros
Cons
Best for: A workbench or trolley where about 100 mm overall height is useful and you can work a stiff lock.
Less suitable: A desk you must not raise, a laminate floor you must not mark, or a job that needs four easy brakes written in the title.
Specifications
Common questions
How many brakes are in the pack?
The title includes a brake. The bullets do not say how many. Reviews describe two locking brakes.
What load is stated?
The attribute says 360 kg. A bullet says 90 kg for each castor.
How tall are they?
A bullet says overall length 100 mm. One reviewer says the bracket makes the castor 100 mm tall and that a desk sat higher than before.
At £8.99 this four-pack of 50 mm plate castors is the Furniture Castors rank 1 line in this set, with 4.6 from 3,927 amazon.co.uk ratings. Reviewers fit them to Kallax units, a mitre-saw station, and a fridge dolly, and they describe the included screws as strong. The plate is 50 × 50 mm and overall height is 71 mm. The attribute says 200 kg and a bullet says 50 kg each, which is the same set if you multiply by four, not two rival tests. The title says braked, and the reviews say two of the four have a lock. A locked butcher’s block still slid on laminate when it was leant on, and the title also says rubbered while the attribute and the bullets say polyurethane.
Pros
Cons
Best for: A cabinet or small trolley on a hard floor where 71 mm overall height is enough and two brakes will do.
Less suitable: Anyone who needs a brake on every wheel, or a locked unit that must not slide when you lean on it on laminate.
Specifications
Common questions
Are all four wheels braked?
The title says braked. Reviews say two of the four have a brake. One buyer ordered a second set to get four brakes.
What load is stated?
The attribute says 200 kg. A bullet says 50 kg for each castor. Those agree if you multiply 50 kg by four.
What is the tread?
The attribute and the bullets say polyurethane. The title also says rubbered.
This £8.99 four-pack is the listing that states a brake on each wheel, and among 692 amazon.co.uk ratings at 4.6 a reviewer notes a brake on every castor. People use them on a kitchen island and a manicure table, and more than one review says a wooden floor was left unmarked. The load line is 100 lb, which one reviewer treats as about 45 kg, and that buyer says they have gone past it. Diameter does not settle: the title says 1 inch, the model line says 25 mm, and the diameter attribute says 63.4 mm. A bullet gives overall height as 1.5 inch and does not give the plate size, and one outdoor review says the castors rust unless you lubricate them.
Pros
Cons
Best for: A light indoor piece where you want a claimed brake on all four wheels and you measure the wheel before you drill.
Less suitable: A heavy bench, an outdoor piece you will not lubricate, or anyone who needs one agreed diameter.
Specifications
Common questions
Do all four have a brake?
The title and the bullets say four castors with a brake. One review also says there is a brake on each.
What size are the wheels?
The title says 1 inch and the bullet says height 1.5 inch. The diameter attribute says 63.4 mm. The model line says 25 mm.
What load is stated?
The attribute and a bullet say 100 lb. A reviewer describes that limit as about 45 kg.
The Emuca pack is four 40 mm plate castors at £6.23, and the title states the split other listings hide: two with a brake and two without. It is 4.5 from 1,905 amazon.co.uk ratings. Reviewers fit them to a coffee table, a filing cabinet, and a dolls’ house table, and more than one mentions running on carpet. A bullet states 25 kg per castor, and the attribute gives a plate width of 38 mm plus a two-year manufacturer line. The repeated failure is the supplied screws: heads shear under light pressure, and some boxes arrived with screws missing. One brake arrived broken, one wheel fell off a unit of about 17 kg within minutes, and more than one review says they will not take the side pressure of a sofa.
Pros
Cons
Best for: A light cabinet or table where 25 kg per wheel covers the load and you will check the screw drive or supply your own screws.
Less suitable: A sofa, a bed base, or any panel where the supplied screws are the only fixing you will trust.
Specifications
Common questions
How many have a brake?
The title and the bullets say two with a brake and two without.
What load is stated?
A bullet says 25 kg per castor. The load attribute also says 25 kg.
Do the screws hold?
The listing includes assembly screws. Several reviews say the heads shear, and some say screws were missing.
Flintronic sells four 40 mm castors without a brake, at £6.99, rated 4.5 from 133 amazon.co.uk reviews. The bullets name high-hardness polypropylene and a galvanised-steel fork, a 17 mm wheel width, a 47 × 37 mm plate, and 30 kg per wheel. The load attribute prints 3E+1 kg, which is 30 written in scientific notation, so the two lines can agree if you read the notation. Reviewers say they are easy to screw on and fine on a sofa side table. Screw heads are a poor fit for Pozidriv or Phillips, one damaged box was short of screws, and one reviewer counted seven castors and said one castor and four screws were missing. Another review calls them 2 inch nylon wheels, which is not the 40 mm polypropylene line.
Pros
Cons
Best for: A light side table on a hard floor where you do not need a brake and you can check the screw heads before you drive them.
Less suitable: A cabinet that must lock, or a carpet where a hard 40 mm wheel is the wrong tread.
Specifications
Common questions
Do they have brakes?
No. The title says without brake.
What load is stated?
A bullet says 30 kg per wheel. The load attribute reads 3E+1 kg, which is 30 written in scientific notation.
Are screws included?
A bullet says four screws per castor. Reviews mention a poor screwdriver fit, missing screws, and one box counted as 7 castors.
This £13.99 box is twelve castors, titled 32 mm and brown, and the bullets state six brakes and six free wheels, plus 48 screws and a screwdriver. The bullets name TPR rubber. There is no load figure, and the plate size is not given. The rating is 4.5 from 4, with three review bodies on the listing. Reviewers say the six brakes work and that the wheels suit a low platform trolley on a smooth floor. One reviewer describes 25 mm wheels and 38 mm overall height, not the 32 mm title, and says they need a flat surface because the wheel is small. Measure one wheel before you drill a set of holes to the title size.
Pros
Cons
Best for: A low platform or several small pieces on a smooth floor, if you measure a wheel before you trust the 32 mm title.
Less suitable: A threshold, a carpet, or any load you cannot check because the listing states no kilogram figure.
Specifications
Common questions
How many have a brake?
A bullet says six wheels have brakes and six do not. A review says the same.
What size are they?
The title says 32 mm. A reviewer describes 25 mm wheels and 38 mm overall height.
What load is stated?
The listing does not state a load.
This is a 12-pack of 40 mm castors at £9.99, model WLX-12HWX40, with 48 screws and a screwdriver in the components line. The attribute says synthetic rubber and metal, a wheel width of 17 mm, and 145 kg, which the bullets do not split per wheel. Brakes are not described anywhere on the listing. The rating is 4.2 from 3. Two comments call the added height low and the wheels substantial for the size, and one title calls them tiny baby wheels. One reviewer says the box contained 20 wheels, against the 12-wheel components line, and the unit-count attribute says 1, so you count the bag before you plan the job. Plate size and overall height are not stated.
Pros
Cons
Best for: Several light cabinets where you want unbraked 40 mm wheels and you count the contents before you fit them.
Less suitable: A piece that must lock, or a load you need stated per wheel rather than as a single 145 kg attribute.
Specifications
Common questions
Do they have brakes?
The title and the bullets do not describe a brake.
What load is stated?
The attribute and the caster-weight field say 145 kg. The bullets do not give a per-wheel figure.
What is in the box?
The components line says 12 wheels, 48 screws, and a screwdriver. One review says there were 20 wheels.
CHEUNGR is four 125 mm castors at £22.99, and the bullets claim a dual brake on each wheel that locks rolling and the 360° swivel. Mounting height is stated as 155 mm, with 16 screws. The attribute says 200 kg and a bullet says 50 kg each, which can be the set and the wheel if you multiply. A bullet also says 5 inch beside 125 mm. The attribute material is PVC and steel, while the bullets also say high-density PVC and soft rubber. The listing has no star rating and no review of that lock, and the rank shown is in Industrial Plate Casters rather than the Furniture Castors list. Plate size is not stated, so the dual-brake sentence is a catalogue claim, not a checked mechanism.
Pros
Cons
Best for: A paper comparison of a 125 mm listing whose bullets claim a lock on both rolling and the swivel.
Less suitable: A sideboard you need to park this week, or a workplace trolley that needs a specified industrial castor with reviews.
Specifications
Common questions
What does the dual brake claim mean?
A bullet says each castor locks wheel rolling and the 360° swivel at the same time. There are no reviews on the listing to check that.
What load is stated?
The load attribute says 200 kg. The caster-weight field says 50 kg, and a bullet says 50 kg each.
What is the tread?
The attribute says PVC and steel. Bullets say high-density PVC and also soft rubber.
These are twelve self-adhesive mini rollers at £7.98, not a screw-on plate castor for a cabinet. The bullets say peel-and-stick, a plastic housing, and a stainless-steel ball, and they give both 3.5 cm and 4.5 × 2.8 cm. The attribute says plate mount and a load of 0.35 pounds, and no brake is described. The listing has no rating and no review text. Item weight is 135 g. They stay in this comparison because the bullets sell them as swivel castor wheels, and they are the adhesive limit: a countertop roller, not a sideboard wheel. Follow the bullets if you buy them, and do not plan a drilled plate around the attribute line.
Pros
Cons
Best for: A light countertop appliance, if you accept an adhesive ball and the 0.35 pound attribute as the load line.
Less suitable: A cabinet, a trolley, or any job that needs a screwed plate and a stated kilogram load.
Specifications
Common questions
Do they screw on?
The bullets say peel off a film and stick them on. No drilling and no screws. The attribute says plate mount, which conflicts with that.
What load is stated?
The attribute says 0.35 pounds. A bullet mentions coffee machines and air fryers. The listing has no reviews.
What size are they?
One bullet says 3.5 cm. Another says 4.5 × 2.8 cm.
The TXMXT listing is four wheels described as 5 inch, with a bullet that puts a brake on two of the four, at £29.99. The attribute and a bullet state 1,100 lb. The listing has no star rating and no review text, so nothing here checks that load, the tread, or whether the two pedals hold. The components line calls them foldable table-corner wheels and does not name a polymer, a plate size, an overall height, or bolts. Item weight is given as 5.02 kg. Treat the missing rating as missing, not as a zero-star score.
Pros
Cons
Best for: A paper comparison of a 5 inch, two-brake catalogue line, before the listing has UK reviews you can read.
Less suitable: Any cabinet or bench you are about to drill for, until plate, tread, and fixings are actually stated.
Specifications
Common questions
How many have a brake?
A bullet says two of the four wheels have a brake, and that all four rotate 360 degrees.
What are they made of?
The listing does not name a tread polymer. A bullet says they do not need inflation.
What load is stated?
The attribute and a bullet say 1,100 lb. There is no star rating and no review text on the listing.
Scores use the 12 amazon.co.uk listings kept on 15 October 2026. They are not a laboratory test, not a British Standard, and not a rank of the wider UK market. A stated kilogram is the listing’s figure. Nothing here was weighed. Each score is out of 100, in four blocks.
Amazon rating and review volume
35%No rating line scores 0. Fewer than 10 ratings cannot outrank a 4.6 from thousands: a 5.0 from three ratings stays in the low band. Volume does not outrank a higher star line that already has more than a thousand ratings.
Listing clarity
25%Diameter, overall height, plate, fixings, the tread word, brake count, and whether a set load and a per-wheel load agree. Conflicts and missing main figures are deducted inside this block.
Review sentiment
20%What the sampled amazon.co.uk reviews actually report. No review text scores 0. Repeated faults, such as sheared screws or a brake count that does not match the title, lower the block even when the star line is high.
Price against the job
20%Shelf price on 15 October 2026, set against review volume and whether the listing states what you would be paying for. A low sticker with a failed fixing scores below a slightly dearer pack with thousands of reviews.
Start with the job, then the load, then the brake count. Four swivels wander on a long push, and this sample has no fixed castor. Put at least one third of the loaded weight on each wheel, and do not read 700 kg or 200 kg as a test. A larger wheel clears a lip and lifts the furniture. Braked often means two of four, and a wheel brake can still slide on laminate. Measure the plate, and do not trust a 2-inch width line unless a bullet states a width.
A swivel castor is a wheel in a fork that turns a full circle, so a cabinet, a trolley, or a bench can change direction without being lifted. The fork is either swivel or fixed. A wheel brake, a total lock, and a directional lock are three mechanisms, not one. Fixings are a top plate, a stem, an expanding plug for a tube, or an adhesive ball. Every listing here is sold as a swivel. Aeaocvo is the exception in practice: the bullets say peel-and-stick, and the attribute says plate mount.
The DSL 100 mm listing states 700 kg and does not split it. DSL 50 mm states 200 kg and 50 kg each, which agree if you multiply by four. Nothing here was weighed. An uneven floor may load only three wheels, so allow at least one third of the loaded weight on each castor.
Braked often means two of four. Reviews of the DSL 50 mm pack say two locks, and a locked butcher’s block still slid on laminate. A wheel brake leaves the swivel free. A total lock is a different mechanism, and CHEUNGR’s claim of both has no review on the listing.
Ignore a wheel-width attribute of 2 inches unless a bullet states a width. Measure the old plate: sizes stated here include 50 × 50 mm, 65 × 65 mm, 92 × 63 mm, and about 47 × 37 mm. Short screws in veneered chipboard pull out.
Put at least one third of the loaded weight on each wheel. QED and kaiserkraft say an uneven floor loads only three wheels, and BIL says at least 33 per cent. The same listing often prints a set figure and a per-wheel figure. DSL 50 mm states 200 kg and 50 kg each. DSL 75 mm states 360 kg and 90 kg each. CHEUNGR states 200 kg and 50 kg each. Those pairs agree if you multiply by four. The DSL 100 mm listing states 700 kg and does not split it.
Braked often means two of four. A wheel brake leaves the swivel free, so a locked butcher’s block on the DSL 50 mm pack still slid on laminate when it was leant on. A total lock stops the tread and the head. CHEUNGR’s bullets claim both, and there are no reviews of that lock. Guy-Raymond Engineering separates those two mechanisms. Count the brakes in the title, then in the reviews.
Three typical situations, each with a recommendation from this comparison.
You are moving a cabinet or a plant stand, and 71 mm of extra height is enough. The DSL 50 mm pack is about £8.99 with 4.6 from 3,927 ratings, a 50 × 50 mm plate, and reviews that say two brakes of four. A locked unit on laminate can still slide.
You want a 100 mm wheel under a bench, and you can live with 135 mm overall height. The DSL 100 mm pack is about £19.96 with 4.7 from 2,360 ratings. One review used the wheel to clear a garage lip. The stated 700 kg was not weighed here, and one review describes two brakes rather than four.
You want the listing to claim a brake on each castor, on a light indoor piece, and you will measure the wheel before you drill. WEIBIDA is about £8.99 with 4.6 from 692 ratings, and a review notes a brake on each wheel. The title, the model line, and the diameter attribute do not agree.
The top pick is the DSL 100 mm pack at about £19.96, for a job that can use a 100 mm wheel and will not treat 700 kg as a test. It leads this sample, with 4.7 from 2,360 ratings, a stated 135 mm overall height, and a 92 × 63 mm plate. One review describes two brakes rather than four. Best value is the DSL 50 mm pack at about £8.99, with 4.6 from 3,927 ratings. Reviews say two brakes of four, which is why it does not also take the top pick. The cheaper Emuca pack at about £6.23 does not take best value, because sheared screws are the repeated review fault.
DSL 50 mm braked swivel castors
About £8.99 with 4.6 from 3,927 ratings. Reviews say two brakes of four, so it does not also take the top pick.
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