Hmm… if the lid can hold 250 pounds but the cart itself can only hold 80 pounds I would suspect there would be a problem with the cart breaking if someone more than 80 pounds sat on it.
@Kidsandliz I’m thinking the 80 lb. limit has something to do with the food down bottom and how heavy before it pops out. I wondered the same thing though at first.
@bigjl98@Kidsandliz I don’t know more about this product than you guys, but I’d guess the 80 lb limit would be on hauling, so the first thing to go would be that little handle. Cubes are pretty structurally sound, so for the purpose of sitting, 250 isn’t so bad, but when you go to tilt it over and haul with it, you’d snap or bend the handle, and quickly turn it into just another box.
@bigjl98@ExtraMedium@Kidsandliz@rpstrong The strength and rigidity with four contact points on the floor is going to be a lot higher than with two. I suspect that while the handle is one obvious point where the load capacity is not high enough, the shifting load vectors in a very flexy structure would cause things to unlatch if overstressed and tilted, and as noted above, the floor popping out of the bottom would be likely.
Thinking about getting this for recycling cans & bottles since literally anything I can do to incentivize people to take out the recycling is a win. Unfortunately I’m the only one who crushes the fucking cans so it would probably just increase trip frequency and constitute yet another exercise in self-defeat. (´ー｀)
@medonsw You should let him know they’re worth money & maybe he’ll start crushing them again.
Either way, I said “cans & bottles” for a reason; I live in a civilized municipality where we sort our recycling so we can feel morally superior prior to having it all thrown into the same fucking hole in the earth somewhere in China (or somewhere in the US now that China has largely stopped buying our trash) because somebody found a plastic straw hidden somewhere in the aluminum.
When it comes to recycling, crushed cans don’t even rank on the list of considerations… unless you’re writing articles about it, I guess.
@dvermilion@medonsw Reynolds and Alcoa both buy large amounts of can scrap for remelting. That’s the most economically viable part of the recycling stream, along with paper. Cardboard would be a strong contender if the public didn’t habitually contaminate it with greasy fluids both food and petrochemical. Plastic recycling is bullshit for the most part.
@dvermilion When our kids were little, they got such a kick out of watching DH crush cans. DH used to be addicted to diet sodas so there were a lot of cans. A lot. He broke that habit 10 years ago. Now, it would take us about 7-8 years to amass enough cans, crushed or not, to make $100.
We used to be civilized and sort our recyclables; the barbarians-in-charge changed that process several years ago. I suppose we could continue sorting, but it would still get dumped into the same truck every week. The whole recycling industry makes me sad, especially with plastics. I still recycle everything I can even knowing that a large portion of it will wind up dumped in a landfill or burned into the atmosphere.
@phendrick Nah, that’s where a bucket and pool noodle come in.
For those not in the know: ideally put a bag inside a bucket. Cut a length of pool noodle, enough to go almost around the lip of the bucket. Then slice the piece lengthwise. Slip that over the bucket to hold the bag and give you a soft seat. Use as needed.
Same 80 lb rating, but mine lacks the slider-locks for the folding side walls. Hmmmm, I wonder of Fry’s sold me a knock-off with an “original” label. Oh well, at least I didn’t lose Rolex money.
I’d be in for one if it could carry 150lbs and was like $19.99. Because this thinks looks like the wheels are gonna fall off when it’s empty. I am a moble DJ and I wouldn’t trust this to hold me pricey equipment. Lowes & HD sell a job box with locking lid and holds up to 250 lbs with 8 inch heavy duty wheels. Compartment separators and you could toss it out the bed of your truck doing 70 on the freeway and it would only be scratched. They sell it for $99 plus its 24x30x24 plus a 30 inch telescoping handle. NO COMPARISON but it does not fold up so… nevermind
@bugger thanks for job box tip! I was thinking of this to carry my leather craft tools, but I think I need something that’s heavier duty due to the weight of all my stuff. The job box sounds perfect!
@bugger The product you describe isn’t competition for the one Meh is selling, they are two totally different tools for two very different jobs. I have a job box myself. This thing being sold today is more for moving stuff short distances indoors. I wouldn’t personally trust it for extended outdoor use.
@djslack Thank you…that’s probably closer to what I’m capable of handling. I’d like to be able to move it myself, and even with wheels something bigger will be too heavy.
I’m currently using a large, wheeled scrapbooking tote because I can stack individual Plano plastic organizers with my tools inside. But it’s not built to carry that much weight, so I have to be careful with it.
Someday I’ll get my basement shop back after my kids are gone, and I won’t have to have a mobile mini-shop next to my kitchen table anymore, lol! But it would still be nice to have something sturdy if I want to travel with my leather essentials.
I have the similar to cart (dbest Quick Cart) and it has held up well for occasional use wheeling hardware in/out of the office. I think the dimensions may be wrong in this description tho? 37in down to 4in? Unless the handle extension is somehow in the mix I think that should be 17in? It’s cube-ish like, not a foot locker.
@ripper69 that’s what I was thinking too. I had a fairly light-duty one I think it was about $12 from a Grocery Outlet store. This one does seem to be better and it has the lid, but unless I’m missing something, it doesn’t seem that much different at 3x the price.
@MrJazz Yeah, those wimpy little wheels make this a no-go for gardening, unless your “garden” is just a little strip next to a sidewalk or paved driveway.
This makes me wish I had more crap to pack up and roll around, but alas, I’ve simplified my life in retirement. Oh, but maybe it could be used as a handy rolling bar! Somebody stop me.
So, where does the lid go when you fold the crate flat for storage?
I need for it to attach or else I’m going to lose it.
In the QVC video I see them rolling the crate with the lid turned sideways inside for storage, but does anyone know if the lid can snap to the front or back?
I had something like this (though not this exact one) when I was hustling Instacart. Honestly, it made those trips from the car to a fifth floor apartment via elevator a breeze, and it got me a fair number of compliments on my organization and even a few tips because I got all the groceries in one run. It lived in my trunk for years and I used it until it literally fell apart.
Temu has smaller ones with no stated weight rating, and they’re at least $20 more than this. For a collapsible crate with wheels and a handle, its price is not bad by comparison to what’s out there.
@werehatrack Ok, I think that is mine because it has the same “clips” that you take out of the floor to lock the folding side walls. Oh well, variations on a theme.
@cfg83 Yeah, now that you mention it, the Meh one has sliding locks at the top of the sides instead of the stiffener rails that can get lost or tossed by people who don’t know how it goes together. (Yet another reason to never loan anyone anything that has more than one part and/or could be broken by shipping it across town via FedEx Ground.)
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Hmm… if the lid can hold 250 pounds but the cart itself can only hold 80 pounds I would suspect there would be a problem with the cart breaking if someone more than 80 pounds sat on it.
QVC sold it earlier
@Kidsandliz I’m thinking the 80 lb. limit has something to do with the food down bottom and how heavy before it pops out. I wondered the same thing though at first.
@bigjl98 @Kidsandliz I don’t know more about this product than you guys, but I’d guess the 80 lb limit would be on hauling, so the first thing to go would be that little handle. Cubes are pretty structurally sound, so for the purpose of sitting, 250 isn’t so bad, but when you go to tilt it over and haul with it, you’d snap or bend the handle, and quickly turn it into just another box.
@bigjl98 @ExtraMedium @Kidsandliz I was thinking that the wheels might be the weak point.
@bigjl98 @ExtraMedium @Kidsandliz @rpstrong The strength and rigidity with four contact points on the floor is going to be a lot higher than with two. I suspect that while the handle is one obvious point where the load capacity is not high enough, the shifting load vectors in a very flexy structure would cause things to unlatch if overstressed and tilted, and as noted above, the floor popping out of the bottom would be likely.
Thinking about getting this for recycling cans & bottles since literally anything I can do to incentivize people to take out the recycling is a win. Unfortunately I’m the only one who crushes the fucking cans so it would probably just increase trip frequency and constitute yet another exercise in self-defeat. (´ー｀)
@dvermilion My DH used to crush the fucking cans. Then he read this: Wapo gift link. He stopped crushing them.
@medonsw You should let him know they’re worth money & maybe he’ll start crushing them again.
Either way, I said “cans & bottles” for a reason; I live in a civilized municipality where we sort our recycling so we can feel morally superior prior to having it all thrown into the same fucking hole in the earth somewhere in China (or somewhere in the US now that China has largely stopped buying our trash) because somebody found a plastic straw hidden somewhere in the aluminum.
When it comes to recycling, crushed cans don’t even rank on the list of considerations… unless you’re writing articles about it, I guess.
@dvermilion @medonsw Reynolds and Alcoa both buy large amounts of can scrap for remelting. That’s the most economically viable part of the recycling stream, along with paper. Cardboard would be a strong contender if the public didn’t habitually contaminate it with greasy fluids both food and petrochemical. Plastic recycling is bullshit for the most part.
@dvermilion @medonsw Thank you for that information. I learned a couple of things I was wondering about.
@dvermilion When our kids were little, they got such a kick out of watching DH crush cans. DH used to be addicted to diet sodas so there were a lot of cans. A lot. He broke that habit 10 years ago. Now, it would take us about 7-8 years to amass enough cans, crushed or not, to make $100.
We used to be civilized and sort our recyclables; the barbarians-in-charge changed that process several years ago. I suppose we could continue sorting, but it would still get dumped into the same truck every week. The whole recycling industry makes me sad, especially with plastics. I still recycle everything I can even knowing that a large portion of it will wind up dumped in a landfill or burned into the atmosphere.
@dvermilion @medonsw Who pissed in your Corn Flakes? LOL
@dvermilion @medonsw I have LONG thought that we need federal recycling guidelines, and federally run recycling centers.
Somehow I misread “crate cart” on my first scan of it.
I was excited to find out what a “Multi-Purpose Rolling Pirate Cart” was. Oh well.
I read it as “Crap Cart”, and that is probably how I’d be using it.
@phendrick Nah, that’s where a bucket and pool noodle come in.
For those not in the know: ideally put a bag inside a bucket. Cut a length of pool noodle, enough to go almost around the lip of the bucket. Then slice the piece lengthwise. Slip that over the bucket to hold the bag and give you a soft seat. Use as needed.
@mcanavino And a trash bag. Never omit the trash bag.
@werehatrack If available, sure. Otherwise just make sure you have a lid for the bucket and your receipt from when you purchased it.
Is this the cheap one or a high quality one? I got one at fry’s back in the day and it’s great but I can tell it’s also kinda flimsy.
@cfg83 it’s the one that made its way to meh… draw your own conclusions.
@cfg83 @warpedrotors Meh can now call itself a purveyor of Buggati. They’re a classy site now ever since they sold those Buggati scooters.
@cfg83 @OnionSoup @warpedrotors “Meh, the Buggati of remaindering specialists” is particularly appropriate since the car name is Bugatti.
@cfg83 @warpedrotors @werehatrack
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@cfg83 Ok, I have this one :
https://dbest-products.com/products/original-quik-cart
Same 80 lb rating, but mine lacks the slider-locks for the folding side walls. Hmmmm, I wonder of Fry’s sold me a knock-off with an “original” label. Oh well, at least I didn’t lose Rolex money.
@cfg83 it is, or rather was fry’s, so it would have been a knockoff previously returned and then re-sold as new.
/giphy fry’s electronics
I’d be in for one if it could carry 150lbs and was like $19.99. Because this thinks looks like the wheels are gonna fall off when it’s empty. I am a moble DJ and I wouldn’t trust this to hold me pricey equipment. Lowes & HD sell a job box with locking lid and holds up to 250 lbs with 8 inch heavy duty wheels. Compartment separators and you could toss it out the bed of your truck doing 70 on the freeway and it would only be scratched. They sell it for $99 plus its 24x30x24 plus a 30 inch telescoping handle. NO COMPARISON but it does not fold up so… nevermind
@bugger thanks for job box tip! I was thinking of this to carry my leather craft tools, but I think I need something that’s heavier duty due to the weight of all my stuff. The job box sounds perfect!
@bugger The product you describe isn’t competition for the one Meh is selling, they are two totally different tools for two very different jobs. I have a job box myself. This thing being sold today is more for moving stuff short distances indoors. I wouldn’t personally trust it for extended outdoor use.
@k4evryng if you don’t need the great big size check out this more compact version: https://www.walmart.com/ip/735517326
@djslack Thank you…that’s probably closer to what I’m capable of handling. I’d like to be able to move it myself, and even with wheels something bigger will be too heavy.
I’m currently using a large, wheeled scrapbooking tote because I can stack individual Plano plastic organizers with my tools inside. But it’s not built to carry that much weight, so I have to be careful with it.
Someday I’ll get my basement shop back after my kids are gone, and I won’t have to have a mobile mini-shop next to my kitchen table anymore, lol! But it would still be nice to have something sturdy if I want to travel with my leather essentials.
I have the similar to cart (dbest Quick Cart) and it has held up well for occasional use wheeling hardware in/out of the office. I think the dimensions may be wrong in this description tho? 37in down to 4in? Unless the handle extension is somehow in the mix I think that should be 17in? It’s cube-ish like, not a foot locker.
For any VMPs who are interested in this, it’s available for the same price over at Morningsave before your VMP discount:
@jmbaker What kind of battery does it take to make the lid blink colors?
@jmbaker @phendrick A sultan.
@jmbaker And in blue!
@jmbaker @phendrick lead acid… or lysergic acid… it’s one of those
@jmbaker @PooltoyWolf Ordered one from over there because I wanted the blue lid.
@yakkoTDI
ISWYDT
@werehatrack @yakkoTDI Oh. The Mangalorean.
@phendrick “assault and…”
Not much of a bargain. I expected better of MEH.
@ripper69 that’s what I was thinking too. I had a fairly light-duty one I think it was about $12 from a Grocery Outlet store. This one does seem to be better and it has the lid, but unless I’m missing something, it doesn’t seem that much different at 3x the price.
Is this gluten free? Does it have any unnatural sweeteners?
@sligett And they don’t say anything about Mac compatibility.
@sligett @werehatrack Or whether it’s cotton or microfiber.
@sligett @xobzoo At least we can probably rule out viscose. But I see no mention of a “best by” date, which could be important.
Yay, a cart to carry my useless iMac cases in!
@brainmist it would hold a lot of Trackrs!
Gardening tools? As in outdoors?
Yeah, those massive wheels sure look all-terrain…
@MrJazz Yeah, those wimpy little wheels make this a no-go for gardening, unless your “garden” is just a little strip next to a sidewalk or paved driveway.
Georgia Red you say. . .
office depot has one that’ll do 50lbs for $23.
@Noddy93 I wonder if that is the cheap one I have? I should go look at the make and model … but I feel lazy right now.
/giphy lazy lion
@Noddy93 How dare I not be lazy! I checked and mine is the DBest “OG” version. Rated at 80lbs but feels like 50lbs.
@Noddy93 Ha! I am lazy after all. Sold out before I could pull the trigger.
This makes me wish I had more crap to pack up and roll around, but alas, I’ve simplified my life in retirement. Oh, but maybe it could be used as a handy rolling bar! Somebody stop me.
So, where does the lid go when you fold the crate flat for storage?
I need for it to attach or else I’m going to lose it.
In the QVC video I see them rolling the crate with the lid turned sideways inside for storage, but does anyone know if the lid can snap to the front or back?
@troy Any details available on this?
@werehatrack @euniceandrich I believe the top doesn’t store anywhere on the crate and needs to be carried separately.
I had something like this (though not this exact one) when I was hustling Instacart. Honestly, it made those trips from the car to a fifth floor apartment via elevator a breeze, and it got me a fair number of compliments on my organization and even a few tips because I got all the groceries in one run. It lived in my trunk for years and I used it until it literally fell apart.
Quick google search shows these things under $30 in many diffent stores.
In for one for MrsNews, who plays in a couple of bands. Keyboards usually, so lots of knick-knacks and paddy-whacks to carry.
Temu has smaller ones with no stated weight rating, and they’re at least $20 more than this. For a collapsible crate with wheels and a handle, its price is not bad by comparison to what’s out there.
/showme distressed mimicking marmot
@mediocrebot Phil upon seeing his shadow?!
Oops.
https://www.amazon.com/MaxWorks-50830-Rolling-Utility-Capacity/dp/B0CBJNC21R
Looks pretty much identical, $30 at Amazon.
@werehatrack Ok, I think that is mine because it has the same “clips” that you take out of the floor to lock the folding side walls. Oh well, variations on a theme.
@cfg83 Yeah, now that you mention it, the Meh one has sliding locks at the top of the sides instead of the stiffener rails that can get lost or tossed by people who don’t know how it goes together. (Yet another reason to never loan anyone anything that has more than one part and/or could be broken by shipping it across town via FedEx Ground.)
@werehatrack it looks like the current deal is much taller than the Amazon crate. I think this one is 35” and the Amazon is 16”?
@sillyheathen 35" to the top of the extended handle.
@werehatrack seriously? Clearly I didn’t read the fine print well enough.