Banana boxes
Three pieces of advice for moving:
- banana boxes for everything but clothes
- heavy-duty bags for clothes
- numbering
Banana boxes
- They are sturdier than any other box I’ve tried.
- They are light enough to hold, even when full of books.
- You can stack them to 6 levels safely.
- They’re free! Available by the dozens at the nearest supermarket in most countries.
Heavy-duty bags
- Clothes need less protection than rigid objects; banana boxes are overkill. But they need a container to hold them together and protect them from dust and smudges.
- Regular trash bags tear too easily.
- ~100 μm thick heavy-duty bags like these are the best option I’ve found.
Numbering
- The common method is to write the content on each box/bag, but little info fits that way.
- Labeling all sides lets you identify items from any side. But writing the content to all sides is impractical.
- As a solution, I number all boxes and bags.
- I use a Google Sheet for a number → content association. It’s surprisingly low effort and high value. And you can easily read and write the spreadsheet from any device, even from multiple devices in parallel if you’re packing/unpacking together with others.