Cost effective Dining Room Moving Kit, but think carefully about your specific needs before choosing!
The Home Depot 6-Box Dining Room Moving Box Kit (Model # HDDR1) can be a cost effective option vs. buying the pieces separately, but ONLY if you need ALL of the pieces in the kit.
Also be aware that HD has grouped SEVERAL moving box kits together on one web page, and the reviews you see might be for a Dining Room kit (like this one) or for a closet with wardrobe boxes, or an entire four-bedroom house kit!! Make sure you're reading a review that pertains to the kit you're buying.
Specific to the Dining Room kit:
- Cheaper than buying all the pieces separately.
- The 3 small-size heavy duty boxes really are heavy duty and could handle a stack of stoneware plates.
- The 2 medium boxes and 1 large box are all “regular duty” and would handle light weight fine china or crystal stemware, but you wouldn't want to fill them with a stack of heavy stoneware plates.
- The medium foam pouches will fit most dinner plates, bowls or glassware.
- The roll of 50 dish foam sheets is good for stacking plates or even wrapping smaller decorative items.
- The moving paper is adequate in terms of weight, but the sheet size is a bit skimpy. To wrap larger items you will need to use multiple sheets and tape.
- The marker writes fine, but is a bit slippery to hold. It would be nice if it had a rubber grip.
- The tape is adequate, but if you're doing a long distance move or putting boxes in storage, you might want to splurge on heavy duty tape that is easier to use and will hold up over time and to changes in temp and humidity.
- The set does NOT include a “glass divider kit”....nor does it claim to. But you’d think something intended for a Dining Room would include that! Either choose the (larger) Kitchen kit, or buy the Moving Glass Divider Kit from HD, which fits the medium box in this kit.
In summary: read the kit descriptions carefully, make sure you know what you are (and aren’t) getting, buy the individual extras you need. Good luck with your move!
Pros: Functional, Good Size & Weight, High Quality of Material, Sturdy
Cons: tape is only ok