r/LegoStorage • u/reddituserspotted • 11d ago

Discussion/Question Which storage is better?

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Akro mills (1st pic) $45. Craftsman (2nd pic) $15-38

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u/seemstress2 11d ago edited 10d ago

The IRIS USA units are great for Lego parts, with the metal frame being a big advantage over other all-plastic brands. They often go on sale, so it's worth keeping an eye out for that. I admit that for many of the drawers I have made custom 3D-printed interior cups so I can divide the smaller pieces into color groups (candle parts for example), size groups (Bars in 3L, or 5L for instance), or other similar-type small pieces. IMO, they are better than the Akro-Mils but I guess there are fans for each brand out there.

ETA: Just got delivery of a new, smaller IRIS unit (26 drawer version) and the outer frame is still metal. The rest is plastic, but the metal frame does help with overall rigidity. All of mine are on shelves, so no idea if that helps with wall-mounting them or not.

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u/ka1ri 11d ago

Akro mills is better because they are cheaper. If you only need 1 or 2 then i agree go with IRIS but if you need 10, 20 or in my case... 32 of them. I went with akro mills and they hold up just fine for 10 bucks a case less.

My tubs take a fair bit of punishment as well since i move em around a lot

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u/SwoopnBuffalo 10d ago

Where are you getting Akro-Mils for $10 each?!

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u/ka1ri 10d ago

Dude learn how to read

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u/SwoopnBuffalo 10d ago

Dude, way to be an asshole.

Let me rephrase then...where do you get the Akro-Mils for $35? The 64 bin units are $50ish on Amazon compared to $45 for the Iris.

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u/ka1ri 10d ago edited 10d ago

I'm not an asshole, you simply dont read shit. I got mine off amazon for about 40 bucks on average. I mean you can figure out that math by looking at the 50$ IRIS tubs then note how i said akro mills cost 10 bucks less.