Sterilite 62-Quart Hinged Storage Box Review

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Sanders713
Matawan, NJ

I am the Storage Queen

too busy to make beds, looking for durability, budget conscious, practical, a multi-tasker, cost-conscious, a busy person, not rich

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Pros

easy to stack and store, holds a ton of stuff, see-through, very durable

Cons

has a curved bottom

FEB

2008

I have a LOT of stuff. So does my husband. It wasn't so bad when we lived at our homes and had stuff scattered throughout the house. But now we live in an apartment. Our living area was getting so filled with junk. We tried throwing some things away- but others we just couldn't. So we broke down and got a storage unit. Having seen one of those investigative reports years ago about mice eating poeple's boxes and items in storage, I wanted everything in plastic containers. We went to the store and bought a bunch of grey Rubbermaid storage containers. We started filling them up and realized that we didn't buy enough. When we went back, they didn't have any more Rubermaid ones, so we bought the Sterlite Hinged ones instead.
I do a lot of crafts and since we didn't have the room for all my supplies at home, I had to pack them up for storage. I loved the idea of being able to see into the box without having to open it, so I used all the Sterlite ones for my supplies. They can hold a lot and the hinged top is very durable when you put heavy stuff on top of it- more durable then the Rubbermaid ones which sagged a little in the middle. The one thing that I did not like about it is the bottom- It is not flat. The bottom has a curved bump shape to it. You have to play around with things to sometimes fit right because of that bump. I have been told that I am ridiculously good when it comes to packing or organizing- for example, when my husband packs the car for vacation you cannot see out the back window; but when I repack it, you can manage to fit in 3 more suitcases. But I couldn't find a good way of using this bump space.
For my books and Christmas ornaments and anything else that lays more flat, I use the Rubbermaid ones. Otherwise, I prefer the clear and tough Sterlite ones.