6 x 3.5 ft Heavy Duty Low Plastic Shed Horizontal Storage Box – Desert Sand/White

Well designed and once built sturdy.. after a months use… its waterproof and holds a cushions for a 5 seater corner patio set… its a little tricky to put together.. read the instructions and made sure you’ve the piece the right way.. I had to take down and rebuild twice as I had the lid the wrong way.. having written. That it was easy to put together and really well made.. worth the investment if you want to store cushions etc.. it has a solid base and so far no slugs have managed to get in.. we’ll worth the money

2 people found this helpful

The parcel was heavy and the package carboard box came broken at the bottom as the delivery man dragged it across the ground. I was afraid that items came out of the box and there are missing parts from package because of that but wasn’t the case. They delivered all items even the package box was open.Mounting this box is a job for professionals. Basically to be able to mount this item you need an impact drill and to know how to use it else you are exposed to accidents or/and property damage. I worked a decade as designer engineer and I know what I am saying. If you don’t have this tool or you don’t know how to use it you will have troubles putting this item together.Mounting process is noisy, so prepare your neighbours for about 2 hours of loud noise coming from the place where you have intention to do the job.They delivered my item at the front door and the garden is at a lower level so was necessary to unpack and move every part down trough a 12 steps stair. Moving entire parcel as arrived was not practical because was too heavy.You need to study the manual and a Youtube clip (there are several clips, for me was “Lifetime 116-Gallon Outdoor Storage Deck Box Lifetime Assembly Video” – for other sizes are other clips) together to be able to do the job.The process is difficult and time consuming, for me was about 2 hours (add half of hour of rest on top of these 2 hours – is absolute necessary). The most of this time was for transport of the parts down stairs, study the manual and watch the Youtube clip. The work itself was about half an hour of intense physical activity. During this half an hour of activity I observed that there are many design errors of this item. The most serious error is that the some screws are cutting in plastic if they are only slightly over torqued (you can see these screws after 6 minutes and 50 seconds from beginning of Youtube clip mentioned above). It’s so simple to put an aluminium metal protection to avoid metal screws cutting in plastic!You don’t need two persons to mount the lid, a wall or, if you are in the garden, a tree to support the lid while you are mounting it can easily replace the second person.At the end, when was necessary to put the lid on top of the box it looked like they are not fitting. I thought I did something wrong and is necessary to undo and rebuild something. Doing this would be very difficult and would practically damage the item. Studying again and again the manual and the Youtube clip I realized that I only didn’t understand very well how to fit the lid on top of the box (the part where Youtube clip say that two persons are necessary to do the job).After finishing the job I obtained a good looking and sturdy storage box.Because they didn’t recommend to their customers a professional person for doing the mounting job of the item as they should and didn’t give enough instructions for a safe delivery and because of the design errors I would give to producers 3 stars for this item. The Youtube clip is making this job to look way easier than it is in reality. For example the guy in the clip is sliding the lid support slow and easy (you can see this after 4 minutes and 15 seconds from beginning of Youtube clip mentioned above). I used a hammer to do the same “easy” slide.In my opinion they should provide an optional mounting service of the item.I give them 4 stars instead because of their intention to deliver a product above mediocre. I think they deserve to be encouraged because of this. The high difficulty of mounting this item has the good part that if is successfully finished the result is amazing. Indeed, if you can forget their errors you will be able to look at a good quality product hoping that will last “lifetime” as the name of it is. There is hope that these errors will be avoided in the future and next time you will buy a much better item. I see potential for this to happen.

11 people found this helpful

Very sturdy and attractive box. Arrived yesterday and assembled by my DIY competent husband.Was surprised to read on the instructions that it is not waterproof/weather proof ? It is after all an outdoor box !But have noted this .

This took me just over one and a half hours to build on my own, and I’m no expert.It was easier than I expected, especially after given the instructions a brief read through.Lining up the front, back, and sides required a little jiggering about, but just a little patience and double checking of the slots was all that was needed.A few of the holes required pre-drilling, but that was about it.It’s a sturdy, rugged box, with plenty of room for cushions etc.I won’t know how waterproof its going to be, but I’ve wrapped the cushions in large plastic bags and I’ll see how it goes.All in all, I highly recommend this storage box, and would like to thank the company for making it such an easy item to construct. Almost a year on and I can confirm that despite one of the wettest the box remained completely waterproof.

3 people found this helpful

Lovely strong storage box