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Evergreen 57 Dry Box

Evergreen 57 Dry Box
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This USA-made dry box is perfect for keeping your gear safe from the elements when boating, hiking, or other outdoor activities where you might get wet. It’s designed to float with up to three pounds of gear inside and has an o-ring gasket and a twist-lock latch to ensure a tight seal. Inside dimensions are 8.2″ x 4.2″ x 3.3″.

LEGO Desk Storage Drawers

LEGO Desk Storage Drawers
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Keep your loose LEGO blocks and other small toys or accessories inside these giant LEGO bricks. The plastic storage bins come in stackable 4-stud and 8-stud variants in vibrant primary colors as well as grey, white, and black. LEGO also sells a premium series of drawers made from natural oak wood.

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Wood Beer Bottle Caddy

Wood Beer Bottle Caddy
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This rustic wood carrying case is great for toting beer bottles and cans when visiting friends. It carries up to six bottles and has a removable divider for versatility. It has a metal handle and a sturdy bottle opener on one end.

Carbon Fiber Pocket Stash Box

Carbon Fiber Pocket Stash Box
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CountyComm’s pocket-sized stash box is perfect for carrying pills, dice, coins, or other small items. It’s made from lightweight carbon fiber with a sliding lid and dual spring-loaded plungers to hold it closed. Its interior dimensions are 2.35″ x 1.17″ x .47″. They also make a titanium version for $10 less.

Dometic Go Hard Storage Box

Dometic Go Hard Storage Box
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This 50-liter, hard-shell box is ideal for storing and carrying outdoor gear. It’s made from impact-resistant polymer with an aluminum exterior. Each box has built-in handles, tiedown points, lock holes, and secure latches, which help protect its contents from the elements. They’re also designed for easy stacking.

Evergreen 56 Dry Box

Evergreen 56 Dry Box
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This hardshell box keeps gadgets, keyfobs, pocket tools, and other small items safe from the elements. It’s impact-resistant, dustproof, crushproof, IP67 waterproof, and can float with up to 3 lb. of gear inside. A 3-step locking latch ensures contents stay dry and secure. It measures 8.4″ x 4.4″ x 2.3″ inside and 9.5″ x 5.8″ x 2.8″ outside.

Ranch Road Cargo System

Ranch Road Cargo System
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This versatile add-on for pickup truck beds organizes smaller items and keeps them from sliding around. It has adjustable dividers that lock securely in place, along with non-skid rubber feet, multiple anchor points, rubber handles, and a cargo net. The 53″L x 27″W x 12″H bin is made from impact-resistant polypropylene resin.

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Inside a Packaging Factory

Inside a Packaging Factory

Zoom in Progress takes us on a tour of a factory in Korea that produces full-color product packaging. Along the way, you’ll see their printing operations, along with their gluing, die-cutting, and box-folding machines. But the most satisfying part is when they use hand tools to remove the edge pieces from the cardboard.

Eylar 20″ Protective Gear Box

Eylar 20″ Protective Gear Box
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Eylar’s lockable mid-size gear box is made from molded polypropylene and is IP67-rated waterproof, dustproof, and shockproof. It comes with thick padding foam you can cut to fit your equipment and can be easily stacked. Eylar can also customize the case with your own logo.

Hexagonal Watch Display Cases

Hexagonal Watch Display Cases
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Whether you have one wristwatch or a bunch, these hexagonal cases from EcoWoodCo provide a great way to protect and display your collection. Each one is crafted from sustainably-harvested walnut wood and can be ordered with a wood or glass front. Available in configurations from 1 to 10 hexagons.

Gear Box 3500

Gear Box 3500
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Radius Outfitters makes this organizer box for overlanding. It’s ideal for small equipment like first aid items, flashlights, cameras, snacks, and utensils. It’s made from a durable ballistic material with a rigid top and bottom, a removable lid with a magnetic catch, and leather handles. Includes six dividers for customizing.

Copper Accessory Box

Copper Accessory Box
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Yancey Designs makes beautiful decor from copper. This copper box and tray set is a great alternative to wood valets and jewelry boxes. Its main tray, dividers, and insert are great for organizing accessories can be used independently or combined. Price shown is for the tray and lid only, with inserts sold as options.

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What’s the Deal with Cardboard?

What’s the Deal with Cardboard?

In 2020, more than 120 billion pieces of cardboard were used to pack and ship items in the U.S. alone. It’s also one of the world’s most successfully recycled materials. New Mind digs into the history, science, and success of the ubiquitous corrugated paper material.

P6 Bear Box Aluminum Case

P6 Bear Box Aluminum Case
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After an encounter with a bear, P6GEAR was inspired to design a rugged case for overlanding gear. The P6 Bear Box is stamped, rolled, and riveted from aluminum with reinforced corners. It measures 23″ W x 15″ L x 10″ D, and holds up to 40 liters. It has three handles, and latches to keep contents secure.

Precision Packaging Machine

Precision Packaging Machine

If you’ve ever received a giant box from Amazon only to find a tiny item rattling around inside, you’ll appreciate this video. What you’re about to see is a Sparck Technologies automated packaging machine that first takes a precision scan of an object, then cuts and folds a custom box that fits perfectly, reducing waste.

Yeti LoadOut GoBox

Yeti LoadOut GoBox

Yeti takes on Pelican and other rugged container makers with the LoadOut GoBox. Like Yeti’s coolers, it’s nearly indestructible, dustproof, and 100% waterproof. Inside is a mesh organizer with three pockets, as well as a removable caddy and divider for flexibility.

Building an Unbreakable Tesseract Cube

Building an Unbreakable Tesseract Cube

After defeating JustDustin’s “unbreakable” box, the guys from Hacksmith Industries decided it might be fun to build their own incredibly strong see-through enclosure to send back to Dustin. But first, Hacksmith conducted their own durability testing – including a beatdown by a forklift and an entire crossfit class.

Monster Trinket Box

Monster Trinket Box
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Sure, you could store your keepsakes in a regular old box, or they could be guarded by a ferocious monster. If given a choice, we’d go with the latter. Boxnmor’s playful handmade wood box has beady little eyes and pointy maple wood teeth to ward off would-be thieves.

Parts Book Box

Parts Book Box
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Hide small items in plain sight with this fake book storage box. Designed to look like the parts manual from an old piece of industrial equipment, it’ll look great sitting alongside other mechanics’ books. It measures 7″ x 5.5″ x 1.8″ and is made from canvas, wrapped around MDF plywood, with a velvet-lined interior.

THE BOX

THE BOX

Living Packets designed this collapsible box which can be reused up to 1000 times. A holding mechanism reduces the need for padding materials, and it has a digital lock, mobile tracking, and various sensors. Shipping labels are shown on an E-ink display, and the boxes can be reused by their recipient or dropped off for reuse.

Drop Cache Display Valet

Drop Cache Display Valet
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Keep your pocket tools, watches, and other EDC gear organized with this lockable display valet from Drop. It holds up to 7 knives, 3 watches, a wallet, and 2 full-size pens or 4 small flashlights, and has a USB pass-through for charging. An optional storage drawer ($50) stacks beneath the main section for added capacity.

Rokr Wood Treasure Box

Rokr Wood Treasure Box
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This laser-cut wood kit forms a locking puzzle box. Along the way, you’ll use its 123 pieces to assemble a combination lock that can be set to a three-digit password, along with a rotating geometric pattern to play with on its top, and a key mechanism to unlock whatever goodies you hid inside its 1.2″ storage compartment.

Custom Box-making Machine

Custom Box-making Machine

Have you ever gotten a box from Amazon that’s way too big for the item packed inside? The CMC Cartonwrap 1000 solves this problem by scanning the item to be packed inside, then making a custom-sized box for it. It’s not ideal for fragile items, though it looks like they’re working on that.

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