Advantages: great for storing all the kids junk in
Disadvantages: it has none i can think of

...My seven year old daughters room was always really untidy as she had no where for all her pens and paper so it all ended up scattered all over her bedroom floor. I decided it was time to get her some storage boxes to keep all her junk in and i headed down to argos to see what i could find. As soon as i walked in the shop i noticed a storage unit and straight away decided it was perfect for my daughters room as it matched the colour of her room. When i got home with the storage unit my daughter came running to me and said mummy how did you know that i wanted this.She gave me a big kiss and went off to play while i unpacked it. THE CRAYOLA STORAGE SYSTEM *************************************** This storage system is perfect for those messy little girls as it contains five bright pink plastic drawers that are all made from quite... Read review

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Advantages: Storage problems solved easily
Disadvantages: None!

...plastic gizmo which you run along the upper edge of the bag so pressing together the zipper type closure to make an airtight seal. This done you then insert the nozzle of your vacuum cleaner into the special one way valve and literally suck the air out. The bag compresses around the contents as the air is removed and flattens the whole package into an easily stored and transportable slab. It was quite amazing just how small a parcel my pile of clobber became! The whole process was quick and easy thanks to clear instructions on the box. JML state that the bags will compress your clothing and other textiles in seconds giving 300% more storage space in cupboards, drawers and wardrobes. The bags also protect against damp, dust, dirt and bugs. They are made for JML in China and are re-usable and recyclable. They are suitable for most... Read review

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Advantages: Simple, Easy to Use, Great value for money
Disadvantages: None

...The Personal Storage line of external hard drives comes from Maxtor, who were acquired by Seagate last year. As a subsidiary of Seagate, Maxtor is currently the world's third-largest manufacturer of hard disks. What does this mean to the consumer? It means that you're getting a high-quality product supported by a top world leader in computer storage. The Maxtor Basics Personal Storage 3200 is a perfect example of why the Maxtor product line is so popular. Storage with the Maxtor is as simple as it can get - you will be copying files and folders to this drive within minutes of getting it out of the box. The hard drive came pre-formatted in the NTFS file system (which is more secure, efficient and generally higher performing than its predecessor, FAT) which means you can get going straight away. Not all hard drives come preformatted... Read review

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Advantages: easy to clean . safe
Disadvantages: plastic

...I have been trying to organise the small bedroom that the grandchildren use at my house. I bought a pine multi unit system from Argos, I needed to buy some storage boxes to put their toys and clutter in that would slide into this unit. Now I did not really want plastic boxes ….. But they were the most practical. I bought a pack of 6 Pack of 6, 32 Litre Stack 'n' Nest Boxes. This pack costs £7.99 that's a fair price for 6 boxes to store the grand children's toys in. These boxes are made out of plastic 3 red and 3 blue boxes in the set, that's good Adrian has the red ones Cassie the blue. Now I did not really want plastic boxes ….. . I would have liked grass cane or rush. The plastic ones are more practical cheaper than cane grass or rush. I think that plastic is better for storing children's toys. There are no rough edges... Read review

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Advantages: A decent capacity, pretty cheap, vertically mounted
Disadvantages: Not really all that portable, can be a bit noisy for a bedroom, it's grey!

...after a short period where Buggy (aka 'her indoors') couldn't find any files on my PC it was decided that external hard drives were going to be bought. The reasoning was that if for any reason the network decided to fall over (as had happened recently) then at least the drives could be unplugged and then popped into another machine if needs be. After a quick trip to PC World I came back with the Maxtor 3200 320Gb after parting with 70 portraits of the Queen. Now those of you who want a sleek looking box that you can admire, you're going to be disappointed. It's got pretty understated packaging. It's basically a brown cardboard box with a little sleeve on it that tells you what's in the box (the drive, the USB 2.0 cable, a stand and the power supply) and that's it. Thankfully the unit is a bit better. It's about the size of an A5... Read review

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Advantages: Durable, Stackable, Strong, Huge choice of sizes, Secure lids, Designed with users in mind
Disadvantages: The handles to clip the lids on can be a bit stiff at first

...from the user's viewpoint; they claim to be the first company that manufactured plastic boxes from this perspective. It all started back in 1999, when an accountant at a plastics company wanted strong, transparent, stacking boxes to archive his records in, but couldn't find anything suitable. Being a resourceful chap, he instead designed the sort of box that he wanted to fill the gap in the market. This initial idea has since expanded into the World's largest range of such boxes, currently standing at 46 sizes of box between 0.2 litres (suggested for business cards, tacks, pins and paper clips) up to the enormous 84 litre box (suggested for storage of clothes, blankets, duvets, etc), and including extra strong and collapsible versions of some of the larger models. The range regularly has new sizes, shapes and innovations added to it... Read review

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Advantages: Huge range of products, easy to navigate site
Disadvantages: Delivery service, packaging, website search function

...to 'underbed storage boxes' and again I still got 456 results, but at least this time the underbed storage boxes were on the first page. I clicked on the picture of the boxes I wanted to purchase and was taken to a page with the full product description. There is a feature where you can zoom in on the picture of the item you want to buy, which I imagine could be quite useful, although personally I didn't need it as I'd already seen the product in store. It also told me the dimensions of the boxes, which was good, because I could then check that I would be able to fit all six under the bed. Once you've added all the items to your basket, the next stage is the checkout. This can be accessed via a button at the top right of the screen. You need to register with the site in order to make a purchase. This involves filling out some basic details... Read review

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Advantages: Storage stable frame
Disadvantages: No Breaks on wheels

...This is a great storage unit for any classroom lab or office if you have many laptops, the cart is made out of a strong steal, and is built on four trolly wheels witch are good if you want to store your cart 'out of the way' the strong top of the cart is stable for computers, laptops, projects ,ect. so your cart could be used as a desk or table. the storage is superb as you can store upto 16 laptops, and have the option to charge them too. alround the cart is realiable as i house my computer on mine, and is still as strong as when i got it. its also easy to move, and easy to charge your laptop(s) from it. The only thing i would improve is the wheels, although the make moving the cart easier, that some times the problem in my situation as i have my computer on it, and over time as i continue to use it, the trolly keeps moving... Read review

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Advantages: Could hold up to 300 GB of storage
Disadvantages: The only one is standing it somewhere, not maxtors fault

...I bought this storage device as a backup for my computer files, as I work from home my computer is used by the rest of the family for personal and internet usage. So I was worried that my work which pays some of the wages towards the house could get corrupted by mutiple users of the same machine. I found that I needed to keep my work files backed up, but quickly, simply and efficiently. I have an 250 GB hard drive so in theory I can back up the whole of the drive onto my maxtors' drive it has a 300 GB capacity. The rest of the Technical information which is only on the packaging as it does not have an instruction booklet it is that simple to use is as follows:. The Maxtor has 16 MB Cache/7200 RPM It can also store 230,000 JPEG photos or 21 hrs of DV video or 5000 hrs of MP3 music obviously with the Maxtor can take... Read review

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Advantages: Space Saving Ideas for Home and Abroad
Disadvantages: None I can think of

...I love this idea, whoever thought this up is a genius. A lot of families have storage problems my main pain in the backside is lack of room for excess bedding that i keep spare for guests and what not, So this is magnificent, how the air can be sucked out of the bag with any pipe vacuum cleaner and reduce the size of package to less than a quarter of the size. Brilliant for duvets and pillows i might add and to top it all off it keeps all those bugs away and when you do unpack them they smell as good as the day you washed them and put the items in there. Excellent I would rate these to anybody you can even use them for going abroad and storing your much loved items and reducing space which we all know must happen when traveling on a plane think of the goodies you can bring back !! Although I have never tries them in my suitcase while... Read review

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