If you were starting fresh - what would you buy?

[Paul_HKI]

The Milwaukee website is junk. You can't even find the weight of these packout drawers.

It kinda looks heavy and oversized, more suited for US cars and homes.

The 3 drawer unit weights just over 10kgs.  2 drawer version is 9kgs. 

Specs:
https://www.milwaukeetool.com/Products/Storage-Solutions/PACKOUT/PACKOUT-Tool-Boxes/48-22-8443
https://www.milwaukeetool.com/Products/Storage-Solutions/PACKOUT/PACKOUT-Tool-Boxes/48-22-8442

Packout Dimensions Catalogue:
https://www.milwaukeetool.com/PDFViewer?file=https://www.milwaukeetool.com/-/media/PDFs/Sizing-Charts/PACKOUT-Dimension-Catalog.pdf

 

[Coen]

The Milwaukee website is junk. You can't even find the weight of these packout drawers.

It kinda looks heavy and oversized, more suited for US cars and homes.

The 3 drawer unit weights just over 10kgs.  2 drawer version is 9kgs. 

Specs:
https://www.milwaukeetool.com/Products/Storage-Solutions/PACKOUT/PACKOUT-Tool-Boxes/48-22-8443
https://www.milwaukeetool.com/Products/Storage-Solutions/PACKOUT/PACKOUT-Tool-Boxes/48-22-8442

Packout Dimensions Catalogue:
https://www.milwaukeetool.com/PDFViewer?file=https://www.milwaukeetool.com/-/media/PDFs/Sizing-Charts/PACKOUT-Dimension-Catalog.pdf

Yeah well, local Milwaukee doesn't seem to care about specs. See;https://nl.milwaukeetool.eu/nl-nl/p...fer-met-drie-lades/packout-3-drawer-tool-box/
Weight is missing.

DeWalt website is just as junk. Makita is a maze regarding DC. My brother bought something like the Renofix, but of Makita. Didn't fit the Festool hose. Seller didn't know, Makita didn't have a clue, I couldn't figure it out, so on my advise he send it back and bought the Festool Renofix. Problem solved.

 

[woodbutcherbower]

I’ll just leave these here …

Very nice!

Are those drawers, or shelves?

They’re shelves, [member=8955]Coen[/member]. I made an 18mm MDF template and routed a whole bunch of them in one go. Each one has 4 holes to grab the feet of the Systainer so they don’t slide out. The larger middle hole is there just to save a little weight. The shelves were then fixed into slots routed into the verticals, which were scribed to the constantly-changing side profile of the van. These pics are 4 years old - I added some more since then. It works really well.

 

[bidn]

I was going say something simular but because the OP was not here in the US I felt the systainers probably were the direction he’d be going

I am in Europe like the OP. The packout drawers are also available here (I bought them in two different countries as I am spread between two countries). The drawback in Europe is that the red colour is replaced by black, which takes out some of the lighting. I solve this by gluing white self-adhesive sheets (except of course on the top and bottom, which are used for connection and not visible).

 

[Peter_C]

I am in Europe like the OP. The packout drawers are also available here (I bought them in two different countries as I am spread between two countries). The drawback in Europe is that the red colour is replaced by black, which takes out some of the lighting. I solve this by gluing white self-adhesive sheets (except of course on the top and bottom, which are used for connection and not visible).

Interesting, I have 14 of the black Ridgid tool boxes and never found the color to be an issue vs the red Packout's that I have. The red shows dirt and grime more than the black. Wish I could have gotten black Packout's in the USA.

 

[bidn]

Interesting, I have 14 of the black Ridgid tool boxes and never found the color to be an issue vs the red Packout's that I have. The red shows dirt and grime more than the black. Wish I could have gotten black Packout's in the USA.

I think this is because their "black" packouts are not pure black but "anthracite".

Color preferences are quite personal. Personaly, I like to maximise passive lighting by having as much whitish surfaces as possible (in one country my workshop is a big garage = 0 windows; in the other country it is the lower storey of a barne = 2 tiny windows).

I would be much nicer if Milwaukee would offer some colour choice like Tanos does, for personal reasons, and also for "colour coding". I have a few systainers with alternative colours = quick way of coding and locating stuff. I also use even more the variously colored T-loc catches for "coding" categories of stuff, I bought some coloured catches; also when I get a systainer with a special colour, I swap its catch with one of the standard colours (Festool flashy green or Tanos dark blue), and put the special-colour catch on a another systainer, e.g. on one with the standard withish (very light grey) colour.

 

[Coen]

I have color coding too. The longer I own the tool, or where it was stored... the more yellow the Systainer, hehe.  [tongue]

Also have some grey Panasonic-labeled Systainers, a Green/Red Metabo one, a gray Protool one, some Orange Fein ones, etc.