![]() Plus I made custom foam inserts for some of them. Would be too difficult to get rid of them, so can’t really switch to a new system unless it’s a big enough improvement to basically toss the old boxes out. Have some extra new ones too, because I overbought incase it ended up discontinued (plus they were cheap). The system I use most now is still the ToughSystem 1.0, have like 10+ of those boxes. Then some years later when you want more of them, you can’t find them anymore… The biggest problem I have with non modular systems is when you build shelves or racks that are meant to hold them. But I still buy them knowing that they are significantly less likely to be discontinued. I don’t even link them together when I have them. I generally avoid toolboxes that aren’t part of a system when possible. Top tier (*expensive) organizers just wouldn’t be necessary. Some of them would only be opened a few times a year. In other words, I don’t want to have to wait for seasonal sales, to make it possible to go buy two or three of them. For them to be robust enough that the handle won’t break off, while carrying it loaded. All I’ll be looking for is a brightly colored interior for ease of visibility. But I’d like to buy several to help organize a plethora of random parts and supplies around the farm. Like having a right angle grinder and it’s accessories all in one box. Just to house, & be protective of a power tool that doesn’t normally leave the shop. I don’t mind buying a stand alone toolbox sometimes though. I don’t always need the extra robustness of Packout. I may start looking at some other branded modular boxes too. Having the Packout boxes being gasketed, and able to latch together, is just icing on the cake. My tools are so much more mobile now, compared to supposedly being in an immensely heavy steel drawer style box. And now I have kinda been buying into Packout stuff. I had, in the past, always thought I’d end up with a very large multi-drawer steel tool box. Toughsystem organizers would be even nicer, but just didn’t seem worth the extra cost. When I organized that way a few years ago I bought a bunch of the Milwaukee non-Packout but connectable style – mostly just based on price because I needed a bunch of them. I have an organizer packed with electrical supplies, another with metric bolts in different sizes and lengths, another with metric cap screws, SAE… etc. I might bring a specific organizer with me containing fasteners or supplies for a specific job, but almost never more than one. With organizers, I don’t usually need to be so mobile. I think that creates a natural limit on how much use I’ll get from modular tool box systems and how many I’ll buy. Nothing really stays in the boxes permanently. Since I don’t turn wrenches for a living anymore though, my Toughsystem boxes are mostly used to temporarily take tools from my shop to elsewhere on my farm for a specific job… or camping ( I really like being able to throw some supplies in my rolling xl box and load a couple Toughsystem coolers on top). It’s too big of an advantage to be able to piece components together in the format that makes the most sense. I wouldn’t buy a “toolbox” that wasn’t part of a modular system. This has led me to wonder about how everyone still feels about standalone tool box, and standalone or connectable organizers. Still, the boost in features, functionality, and expandability are often worth it.Ī lot of questions and purchasing decisions today focus on Packout vs. Modular organizers and tool boxes often have some compromises, in other to still provide for system-wide stacking, latching, and accessory compatibility. I find modular tool storage systems appealing, as they do away with the notion of one size or style to fit all.īut, I also still buy individual solutions, as well as modular tool boxes and organizers with non-connected use and mobility in mind. Modular tool storage combos seem like a novel and modern idea.īut, the idea of a multi-component mobile tool box storage system isn’t either new. It’s interesting to see how the mobile and workshop storage industry has changed over the years. I’m focusing on Milwaukee, but there are many other brands and options. Or would you go straight for a modular tool box system? Would you still buy a standalone plastic tool box today? What if you need two? Four? What about tool boxes? This is a more straightforward question, as I can’t think of any hand tool boxes outside of modular storage systems that connect to each other. ![]() Would you go with an organizer system, or organizers that connect to tool boxes, tool bags, and other such storage components? So the question there isn’t quite the same as with tool boxes. Dewalt’s non-ToughSystem connectable organizers aren’t standalone either, as they’re part of a line of compatible organizers.
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