Systainer drop test - I'm impressed

[yetihunter]

Linky Link to Youtube

I wasn't at all surprised by any of the results except for the T-Loc Systainers.  I honestly did not think that they would survive.  Spoiler alert: they did. 

 

[MikeGE]

This is not much more than two guys kicking boxes off a roof and watching things break.  I worked for a few years designing destructive testing methods, and without repeatability, the tests were useless.  With a little bit of effort and planning, they could have made a much better demonstration.  At least they used a similar mass simulating the load for each box.

 

[Cheese]

This is not much more than two guys kicking boxes off a roof and watching things break.  I worked for a few years designing destructive testing methods, and without repeatability, the tests were useless.  With a little bit of effort and planning, they could have made a much better demonstration.  At least they used a similar mass simulating the load for each box.

I agree...in this demo it’s just the luck of the draw. Some landed on their corners while others landed flat.

There’s an actual science to proper testing, it’s called Design of Experiments, or DoE.

The only factual statement that can be gleaned from this video is “they were all kicked off the roof and they all landed on the cement pad”.

 

[yetihunter]

True and all, but this cursory jaunt still stands for something.  FYI, without  the support bars, I have a sneaking suspicion that the t-loc results would have been different.  There’s a sweet spot on the back center upper lip of the tloc.  Without a support bar, you can destroy the lid hinges and main body with a good solid wallop. 

 

[rvieceli]

All valid points. But as I tell my best friend when we start criticizing/making fun of folks on the internet, they have a YouTube channel with 206,000 subscribers and that video has been viewed over 63K times and WE DON'T.  [tongue]

Ron

 

[threesixright]

Another example of useless destruction. Totally random drop test and the outcome is therefor void.

A lot of YT vids with the single goal of silly destruction (of new equipment), one goal  “click the subscribe”. Sigh.

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[ChuckM]

Snip. one goal  “click the subscribe”. Sigh.

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Not me. As soon as I clicked on the link and saw that the video would run more than 40 minutes (for that kind of topic!), I exited.

To be fair, I subscribe to no channels, YouTube or others.

 

[Cheese]

I'm with Chuck on this one. A fifty minute long video, which in actuality is probably 40 minutes over what's actually needed, just to showcase some nimrod kicking plastic storage cases off of a roof and then that somehow, on social media, becomes some sort of a definitive narrative on the construction integrity of the various storage cases involved? Really?

No...this is not about an in-depth review on the strength merits of the many storage cases that are available on the market, but rather this is all about a blatant attempt on how much money they can garner for a You Tube video.

How many hits would they have accrued if this 50 minute video was instead 40 minutes of in-depth DOE constraints discussion and then an additional 10 minutes of measuring the impact angles of the cases that were booted off of the roof? Naw, this video was made for only one reason.  [sad]

 

[six-point socket II]

While I agree that there certainly was no scientific/DoE approach to the "test" and showcasing the results.

They did: pack each container with 3.5kg worth of sandbags, tried to minimize movements of the sandbags within the container, and then shoved it off the roof approx. at 3.5m height. 3 times per container.

Just for those who didn't watch the whole video and are not German native speakers.

André Brockschmidt (Founder of bauforum24.biz) has found quite a niche with the forum itself and by now with his (often lengthy) Youtube Videos. Some are good, I really enjoy his "on the job reports" (cooperation with "Zeppelin" one of Germany's largest rental business for everything construction - including services like providing electric power, traffic management (...) ) - the lengthy reviews with little actual use of the tools are totally not my cup of tea.

I will just say this, do not underestimate that guy - in general - by thinking "just an influencer". This whole idea was born long before anyone knew how to spell "influencer on social media". He started bauforum24 16 years ago.

He is executive consultant by trade.

Kind regards,
Oliver

 

[Packard]

In this long-ish video (21 minutes), the presenter does destruction tests on Milwaukee's and DeWalt's versions of the Systainer.  The tests are almost funny in their violence which includes submersing them in a tub of water, dropping a cinderblock on them, tossing them off roof tops and driving a 3/4 ton pick-up truck over them. 

The Milwaukee won the day.  I do wonder how the Systainer would have faired in these same tests.  Of course the DeWalt is cheaper than the Milwaukee, and the Milwaukee is cheaper than the Systainer.  But both the Milwaukee and the DeWalt were impressive.

ADDENDUM: I just had an opportunity to watch the video in the original post in its entirety.  While the Systainer is more elegant to look at the Milwaukee containers appear to be substantially more rugged and durable.  Of course finding a way to neatly store my Festool saw in a Milwaukee container would be a challenge.  But clearly the less expensive Milwaukee container is a tougher case.