Box is the first line of defense for any item that you are
moving or shipping. To get a box, you may walk towards a grocery store but it
usually turns out to be the big mistake.
There is a big quality difference between the grocery store
boxes and moving cardboard boxes. The grocery store boxes are made to store
the expired items or the items that need to be recycled. Durability, existence
of extra layers and quality are features that are present in the moving or
shipping boxes. Below are the two image of both types of boxes to visually illustrate the difference.
And the image of cardboard moving box,
If you are in the process of deciding what box to purchase, the brief guide described below may serve as a must-read for you to decide what really to go for.
Cleanliness of boxes
When you buy new moving boxes from moving company, you will
always find them clean because they have never been used.
On the other hand, the grocery store boxes may look clean at
the first glance but most of the boxes give an odor from which you can assume
with surety that it is affected by some kind of liquid that would have spilled.
This odor of dried liquid may attract the pests and other factors that damage a
box. Furthermore, you cannot be sure if the box had been extracted from a
recycling area or a place where trash is thrown.
Strength
Strength is another deciding factor that serves as a
difference between grocery store boxes and moving boxes. Furthermore, different
types of moving boxes provide protection right according to the requirement of
the items that are put inside. For instance, the moving box which is used to
contain heavy and big items usually has strong base. Wardrobe boxes have
strength in the upper area where clothes are hung. With grocery store boxes,
you cannot tell in a definite way about where these boxes would provide safety
and where would they fail.
Sizes according to
standards
Moving boxes have uniform size according to the sizing
standards. This uniformity of sizes is the factor that can help you make clear
estimate about the volume your items will be sharing in a truckload.
On the other hand, the grocery store boxes are always of
different sizes.
Ease in labeling
The moving boxes are always blank; i.e. they do not have
anything printed on the outer and inner surface. It means that extensive
labeling that you need to apply to the boxes is not going to create any kind of
confusion for the shippers and handlers. On the other hand, grocery store boxes
usually have lots of printed stuff on them. Hence, there will always be great
confusion if the labels on these printed areas are to be read.
