Containers

[Foxinabox10]

I have a bunch of the chinese food large soup containers around the house. They're about 6" high and 3.5" in diameter. Does anyone have any ideas of what they could be used for? It can be for stage crew, tech crew, or anything else.

[Mayhem]

Rain Drop Soup perhaps?

Seriously - it is a hard question to answer and you should use them for whatever you can. I tend to use such containers to keep screws/nuts/bolts etc from equipment that I am either servicing or repairing. I have also used them to store components in.

At the end of the day use them for whatever you can. I don't know about your containers but the Chinese food containers that we have over here tend to break fairly easily and the lids are not always the easiest to remove. In fact, I once sent several triacs flying across my tech bench when wrestling with a lid!

One good thing about our style is that they are made from clear plastic so you can see what is inside them. I use to use a lot of glass jars that I had collected over the years and now I am replacing them with other storage containers, such as plastic bins, component draws, multi compartment boxes, zip-lock bags, cardboard boxes and of course, plastic food containers. I recently collected several boxes that were used to pack computer towers in. These were very strong cardboard boxes that once I cut down to the hight that I wanted were perfect for cable bins. The person I collected them from told me that I should go to K-mart and buy the plastic ones. My response was "If it is free – use it!" After all, he was going to throw them away. If I hade found them to be unsuitable for my needs, I could do the same and all it has cost me is my time and effort.

So, I guess the answer to your question is to use them as best you can and use them to suit your needs.

[avkid]

store batteries or windscreens in them

[SMTashi]

Use them to keep different kinds of screws, washes, nails, anything like that. Are those containers sturdy though? I was always really skeptical whenever I had to use takeout boxes to keep stuff in cause they're prone to falling apart after a while. Might just be in Europe though.

[Mayhem]

Originally Posted by SMTashi

Use them to keep different kinds of screws, washes, nails, anything like that. Are those containers sturdy though? I was always really skeptical whenever I had to use takeout boxes to keep stuff in cause they're prone to falling apart after a while. Might just be in Europe though.

Nope - we get the crappy (mind you, they are suppose to be single use, disposable items) ones in Australia!