[Closed] Large plastic storage boxes...

Yep, they always seem expensive to me too. I think the cheapest I found boxes when I needed some to keep stuff sorted and dust free in the van was in Ikea. But I can't remember if they were "big" boxes or not. Would cardboard not do instead, if it's just for storage?

Ikea is pretty reasonable

[url= http://www.plasticboxshop.co.uk/boxes-for-the-office-c2/80lt-crystal-plastic-storage-box-with-lid-pack-of-3-p1195 ]How does this work[/url]

Decent cardboard works well for storage tbh, plastic is better for day to day. B&M and the like are good for this sort of thing.

Cheers folks. It's all going in a shipping container,then onto somewhere else. Bit concerned about cardboard getting damp. Might have a look in b&m.

Really useful boxes are the best I've found. Often on offer from Staples, but on the edge of reason price wise.

Why are they so flipping expensive?

Actually if you think about what is involved in making them £10 for an 80L box is a bargain!

First you've got to get oil out the ground.
Then refine it, (and possibly modify the feedstock depending on your plastic of choice).
Now you've got to polymerise the oil into plastic pellets.
Now you'll ship those pellets to the plastic moulder.
The plastic moulder has made a steel tool that is the opposite of your box. For something that size it probably weighs 1 tonne and makes 1 part at a time.
Its taken the moulder time to design and make the tool (probably an investment of £20k)
It goes in a stupidly expensive machine that applies pressure and heat to plastic and then cools the part etc.
You need to make a batch of them.
Its probably made in the far east and they are packed into a shipping container (manually).
That container is then shipped round the world.
Then its unpacked, manually, and shipped to the vendor you are buying from (possibly via wholesalers).
They are big so take up a lot of warehouse or retail floor space.
After all this every company in the process expects to make some profit!

£10 is actually a bargain!

Cheers folks. It's all going in a shipping container,then onto somewhere else. Bit concerned about cardboard getting damp. Might have a look in b&m.

These are £9 each which is a pound cheaper. Lots of good reviews. If you need loads you can order from their website and get them delivered to a nearby store for free.

[url= http://www.wilko.com/plastic-storage/wilko-storage-box-with-lid-80ltr/invt/0304405 ]80L Storage Box[/url]

Occasionally they come up on a sale.

Hope that helps

Actually if you think about what is involved in making them £10 for an 80L box is a bargain!

It would be a bargain if the went through all that... with the right plastic. Given how little more it costs to buy properly made boxes with the right plastic cost from the likes of Auer. Making the boxes out of the wrong plastic makes them scandalously expensive at any price.

The bog standard (except not quite standard and different makes of box never stack and nest together properly) boxes are so fragile a fair quantity will already be broken on the shelf in the shop, you'll break another on the way home and you'll break at least one when ever you move anything. And they'll break if you leave them with stuff packed in them

I've got Auer boxes that came out of distribution/circulation when woolworth went bust - some on them have got 'O1' London phone codes on them meaning they were being kicked around in trucks daily for 25 years or more before I got them. I've just bought a set of brand new ones and they only cost me £22 each. Even exceptionally well made, high spec boxes from the likes of Tanos / Festool are only £20 to £40. Against that £10 for something thats broken before you use it isn't really acceptable.

Costco usually have them, good quality, can't remember what the cost though.

[url= http://www.poundstretcher.co.uk/60l-dragon-box? ]poundstretcher[/url] do lots of different sorts and sizes. Dunelm also do. I seem to remember getting a bargain at staples who do some really sturdy ones - it was a while ago though.

These are the sort they do in staples - I'm sure I got them in the sale or on a deal though so may be worth keeping an eye on them - they are very strong [url= http://www.staples.co.uk/84-litre-stacking-storage-box-clear/cbs/362292.html ]Really useful boxes[/url]

Costco usually have them, good quality, can't remember what the cost though.

about £5 - £6 plus vat for the hinged lid type - not sure they're quite 80 litres though

 

I found with cheap plastic boxes are that they are not very strong and crack easily.

I've got some of the ones Adjustablewench linked to and find them to be pretty good.

The 'Really Useful' boxes are the same plastic as others, just more of it and a stronger design. The downside is they don't nest so take up a lot of space when they're empty. The Auer 'Space saving' ones I mentioned up there ^ are actually £15+vat at around 80 litres, the £22 ones I bought are larger.

Really useful boxes are the best I've found.

This. The good thing about RUB is that the sides are vertical, so square things fit inside them. Of course that means they don't stack so are hard to carry home from the shops.

Have you not got one of those cheap "hardware" shops nearby that always have stacks of plastic boxes outside??

Wife just bought some from Aldi for 3 for £10 - bargain!

Probably overkill for a one off use but, [url= http://www.solentplastics.co.uk/attached-lid-distribution-containers/recycled-black-attached-lid-containers/ ]these[/url] are good. Much stronger than than anything see through.

If it was me, I'd get the heavier duty ones with interlocking lids.
I have a few of them in my workshop and they're pretty tough

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5-x-USED-Large-80-Litre-Plastic-Removal-Storage-Crates/281411961594

70p in your local cash'n carry.

I tend to use the really useful boxes, got a load of 64L ones from Staples for keeping stuff in the garage. They where often on offer 2 for £20. Last time I went in they didn't have any big RUB's and very few of the smaller sizes. It looks like they are cutting back on stocking RUB's and going with the inferior Wham branded boxes.

Solent plastics, as linked to by STATO is a good source for various types/grades of plastic storage boxes.

http://www.diy.com/departments/strata-black-145-l-storage-box-on-wheels/298384_BQ.prd

Keep an eye if these come back in stock

Anything here...?

http://www.solentplastics.co.uk/

Look for used Euro box containers on eBay - we picked up a couple of pallets worth that had originally been used to freight components to a car assembly part - a real bargain as they're absolutely bomb proof and stack really well.