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I've been boxing up stuff all summer getting ready for the move... just noticed that many of the boxes stored in my attached garage the tape has loosened? I'm using packing boxes and packing tape, the clear wide stuff just as expected.. do I need to go through and retape all of these 80+ boxes? Prior to the loading crew arriving? Kind of frustrating two weeks before I move.
Moving is so stressful, especially when combined with selling a property and buying a new property - three major life events happening practically simultaneously. I see ensuring I have high quality boxes and high quality tape as an excellent investment in the protection of my property, yes, but much more importantly, an essential investment in my peace of mind.
While I do like boxes from U-haul, I find that what really makes a big difference is using U-haul's tape. It is fantastic. It is easy to tear by hand, and sticks like nothing else. And it has a little structure, itself, so if I'm reusing a box that has some bumps and bruises, the tape can actually give the box more integrity.
Oh, and you can easily write on the tape.
I will warn you: Don't use the tape on anything other than your cardboard boxes! We used it, also, to seal our plastic tote bins, and now we permanently have some of that tape stuck to those tote bins. (I'm being smarter about it this time: I'm using clear stretch wrap around the girth of the tote bins, which won't stick, and then taping on top of the stretch wrap to keep the top closed in transit.)
I don’t know. We boxed up some of our stuff, using regular packing tape, and it went through a hot St. Louis summer in storage, before arriving at our house. I do not remember any problem like you describe.
The movers might reinforce your tape, when they notice it being loose.
Or, you might want to retape with 3M packing tape.
Is the loosened tape stuck to regular cardboard boxes? Or are the boxes plastic or plastic coated? I think we taped our plastic bins closed with duct tape, if memory serves,
Cardboard boxes are still the best thing to pack in.
To pack for shipping, yes. However, cardboard includes both starchy paper products and glue, two things that various types of bugs love to eat. When you move, you should expediently unpack your cardboard boxes into your furniture; for things that you're going to store in your home but not in your furniture, you're better off with plastic bins. They last longer and aren't food for critters.
So buy those bins after your move and do your storage in them then.
I think you're missing the point that many people do exactly what you're saying here, and then they still have those bins the next time they move.
Despite the undertone of your comment, my mover assures me those bins are "perfectly fine" for moving.
They do stack well - they actually stack one on top of the other better than cardboard boxes since they have extra plastic protrusions that keep a box from shifting around atop another box. Also, they seal well since the top flaps have interleaving wings, and the flaps can be secured in place with cable ties through holes provided for that purpose. The only real issue is that you cannot mix stacking plastic bins with stacking cardboard boxes, but that's as much a problem with the cardboard boxes as with the plastic bins.
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