The Desperate Need For Storage Boxes!

There is probably not a person in the land who doesn’t have a storage box or two in the home. We all seem to have a need for storing things, and if you don’t have enough drawers, which many people don’t, then a storage box is the next best thing.

Of course, it could be argued that you don’t need storage boxes at all. That isn’t quite true, because you may have things that you only use occasionally, but when you need them, you need them. A great example of this is a Stilson wrench. Even if you are a handyman, you won’t need it very often, but when you do need it there is nothing else that will do the job. You could happily go three or four years without needing to use it once, but it is comforting to know that when you do need it, it will be there waiting for you.

However, it is also true that the vast majority of us have items that we keep in storage boxes because they "might come in handy some day!" And it is true that they might. However, there is an argument that goes along the lines of "if you haven’t worn it for two years you are never going to wear it again".

Yes, many people - especially women - buy clothing that is the height of fashion today, and you can’t blame them. However, what happens is that fashions come, and fashions go. That absolutely essential pair of jeans with the ripped holes all over them is the "in" thing just now. (As an aside, as a male and a gardener, when my gardening jeans get ripped like that, I throw them away!"). But the girls just seem to love them – and the more holes the better!

However, there is no doubt that the fashion will disappear in a matter of months, or perhaps two or three years, but you can bet your bottom dollar those jeans are not going to get thrown away! No, they will find their way into a storage box because "they may be useful some day!".

Many people have a loft full of storage boxes containing all sorts of things that they can’t even remember that they have got. The only time they see the light of day is when they move home (which the average person does every seven years) and empty the loft and say "Ooohh. Look at that. I remember buying that when I was back in college 25 years ago!"

Of course, all the light-heartedness aside, there are times when we really do need storage boxes, and in many cases, extra strong storage boxes. For instance, if you have a large collection of LP records from the 70’s and 80’s you probably aren’t going to play them every day of the week. But you are going to keep them, and you want them kept safely so that they don’t get damaged. At some point you may even want to sell your collection, as they can be worth quite a bit of money. So it’s essential to see that they don’t get damaged, and for that you need extra strong storage boxes, whether you store them in the loft, the garage, or anywhere else.

You wouldn’t want to store your LP collection in a cardboard box, but you could use a wooden box, a metal one, or today, one of the very tough plastic storage boxes that you can buy. They really don’t cost a lot of money – just a few pounds – and they are not only very strong, but also quite light weight – certainly compared with a wooden box.

So, for example, you can buy a storage box made from a special grade of high impact plastic in a size of H x W x D 310mm x 390mm x 480mm which costs just £18.00 including VAT. This particular box is stackable, comes with or without lids, and has reinforced corners. It could be just the job for storing that collection of LPs.

So yes, when you need to store some things that "might come in useful at some point" and you need very strong storage boxes, have a look at the wide choice of plastic boxes on offer.

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