benja123 wrote:Since it was a used box I started thinking maybe the seal was too loose. I put 2 heavy items on both long edges ( without handle closure) and humidity was at 69%. this morning. Onto my next compulsion.....thx for everyones help
Benja, good thinking! Putting weight on top of the Sterilites definitely helps.
They're stackable (lid of one locks into bottom of the one above it). So what you can do, once you get several of them, is stack them and then only the top one might need some heavy objects placed on its lid. All the others will have the weight of other containers pressing down on their lids.
That's what I do. Stack of 'em with a heavy thing or two on the lid of the top one. Works great.
Stacking is great! Each 4-high stack of the big Sterilites gives you 464 quarts of storage space in the floor "footprint" of just one container (about 3x2 feet). Very very nice!
If your sickness (CAD, Cigar Acquisition Disorder) gets advanced enough, you can end up with quite a number of those 4-high stacks, but CAD is a topic for another thread entirely.
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