Core77

The Move-It Kit uses cardboard to move cardboard

By Rain Noe - August 11, 2010

in Object Culture

Couple weeks ago I bought a 16" fan, and I carried a knife with me to the store. The knife wasn't to negotiate the price: Whenever I have to carry a large cardboard box home that I know is too big to fit into a plastic bag, I save the shop some twine by bringing a knife. I then cut a slit into the top that looks like this, |____|, basically three sides of a rectangle, and push that part into the box, making a convenient handle. Of course this only works with items you can carry with one arm; for heavier stuff, the Move-It Kit looks like it might be a good solution. It's basically an all-cardboard series of add-ons that turns your average cardboard box into a carry-on suitcase. Check it out:

via gizmag

o

Favorite This
Q
8

Comment

Comments

Ivar

14 years ago

Z

Z

Reply

Rain?
!Report as spam
server racks

14 years ago

Z

Z

Reply

Why not just pick the box up. Who drags one all through the city?
!Report as spam
M4RK

14 years ago

Z

Z

Reply

Also, it's one trolley per box - imagine doing a whole house or office of boxes, how many trolleys you would need to assemble. And since they are stuck to the box, you can't use it more than once as Mike said. So if you have 20 heavy boxes, you need 20 cardboard trolleys....

or you can do that with one metal trolley...
!Report as spam
M4RK

14 years ago

Z

Z

Reply

Yes thats right Mike!

Besides, even if the cardboard can be recycled out of use, so can metal!
!Report as spam
Mike D

14 years ago

Z

Z

Reply

This product is horribly ineffiecient. It sticks permanently to the box, so you can never re-use it. It'd be better to back your car up to the shop and put it in the boot.
!Report as spam
Richard Wood

14 years ago

Z

Z

Reply

It does say during the video piece that it was prototyped from recycled product. I would hope this has carried across to the end product somehow. They also state that the user can either recycle the product or re-use the product, so in terms of the metal bag carrier you're talking about, yes it has a shorter term life, but at the same time it isn't entirely single use.

I dare say that the environmental production cost is also significantly less than the metal carrier of your dads era too.
!Report as spam
M4RK

14 years ago

Z

Z

Reply

Yeah i agree with Gabe somethings are best kept traditional, you would be better off with an environmentally friendly reusable trolley thats stonger and less time to set up...
!Report as spam
Gabe

14 years ago

Z

Z

Reply

Can't help but think of the old school luggage carriers, the metal thingies with the bungees, they fold up super flat and small, take less time to setup, and aren't disposable.
http://goo.gl/HNji
My Dad kept one in his trunk for like 30 years. To use Move-It you'd have to think ahead and acquire it the same as a luggage carrier, and after one use ur done. I don't get it past the material transformation. Seems wasteful.
!Report as spam