Looking for specific size of plastic storage box

October 25, 2015 3:02 AM

I am looking for a plastic box with a lid whose external dimensions are as close as possible (but strictly no greater than) 22x57x59 cm. Any ideas? I'm in the UK.

Sorry for the boring question, but I haven't had much luck with searching for this, and I was hoping someone on here might know how to find such a thing.

For example, this site has a search-by-size form, but it gives no results near my desired size: http://www.plasticboxshop.co.uk/box-finder-i47

It doesn't necessarily have to be plastic, but it does have to be closed / dust-proof. I would consider two or more boxes which fill the space.

posted by richb to Shopping (3 answers total)

(USian so used to dealing with inches, but...) With that height (22 cm) you might want to try looking for "under bed storage boxes" or "quilt/blanket storage boxes". Outside of that, something that big square (57x59cm) is going to be hard. Your best bet is going to be 2 boxes in the (roughly) 20-30cmH x 30-45cmW x 60+cmL.
posted by sexyrobot at 8:45 AM on October 25, 2015

Response by poster: Thanks, @sexyrobot, but all the underbed storage boxes I've seen are too long.
e.g. ikea "GIMSE" = 65 x 70 x 19 cm
or Clas Ohlson under bed box = 79 x 49 x 20 cm
posted by richb at 7:00 AM on October 26, 2015

Response by poster: I'm using the DIMPA bag from IKEA for this. It's very slightly too big, but still fits as it's flexible rather than rigid.
posted by richb at 5:31 AM on May 31, 2016