Anyone got any favorite storage containers for keeping some stuff in the unfinished crawl space under a house?
I don’t know if I literally need something airtight, but I suspect that would probably be best for keeping moisture at bay. I’m getting ready to move to a new place for probably about a year, and there’s less closet/floor space but I don’t have time to do a proper sort and purge. So right now, throwing a bunch of stuff in bins under the house will be a great solution if I can manage it.
But I want something that I can reasonably trust will protect whatever’s in there: papers, electronics, LEGO, etc.
Yeah I use the Rubbermade totes and actionpacker, but although they would keep out drizzle, I wouldn’t trust them to keep out humidity over time. So maybe something like sealing plastic trash bags inside containers like these.
Yeah the totes in the Wirecutter article sounded the same. I was hoping there was just a more expensive but obvious “oh you really want to protect your stuff?” option, but browsing online I haven’t seen a clear contender for that level.
It’s a tough specification, if you want water/humidityproof, rodentproof, insectproof, moldproof, crushproof, insulated, and UV resistant all in one container, you are probably talking about expensive Pelican cases
or some mil surplus or marine storage (can also be high $/volume).
A decade or more ago I bought some “Home Plus” brand containers. Transparent thick plastic, structural ribs, latches at the handles, squarish corners instead of rounded, detachable wheels on the bottom, etc. They are really great. I wouldn’t call them airtight, but the seal is still pretty good. I don’t think they make them anymore however, or I would buy more. (No hits on Google.)
One of those things preppers use to bury guns on their property would probably fit the bill as well, though I suspect they’d be marked up well over other storage solutions with similar specs.
