DW CD Storage Box

My wife and I buy only CDs and then rip them to XBox Music. By buying CDs the music arrives with a ready-made backup completely under our own ownership and control. Plus of course we already had a large CD library pre-dating streaming we have been ripping on a CD-by-CD basis when we become re-interested in listening to an old CD. Up until this point we were still in the mode of having the CDs in readily available racks in the living room based on the old process of grabbing a CD and sticking it into a CD player. Now that we've shifted to streaming ripped copies, it was time to free up that space in the living room. Once ripped, it made sense to put the CDs in storage out of sight. I did a LOT of poking around on the Internet and generally wasn't finding what I was looking for. Something reasonably inexpensive, not too fancy, high density without a lot of wasted volume, and more or less like a "banker's box" that is used for storing old accounting files. I found these and ordered four of them to get over the free shipping limit. They just arrived and I just finished assembling them and filling them with CDs. So far they seem to fit my requirements just perfectly. These are NOT for DVDs. They are for CDs. By being for CDs, they don't have any extra volume that gets wasted when not being used for DVDs. Although if somebody is looking to toss a few DVDs in with primarily CDs, then perhaps turning the DVDs sideways might work. However be aware DVDs were not the primary intention of these cases. They perfectly hold CDs in both the standard and thin plastic jewel cases, and obviously CDs in sleeves only. By first hand experience I can say they hold 33 standard jewel cases per side, so 66 total. That "should" mean they'd hold 66 thin jewel cases per side for 132 total. However all our CDs are in their original standard size cases so I have no first hand experience with putting thin cases in them. In a large library there can be a few CDs in non-standard packaging of various sorts, and sometimes that package can be a smidge wider than a standard CD jewel case. These always tend to create problems in any kind of CD storage unit. Because the box is perfectly designed for jewel cases, those non-standard CD packages can be "overly snug". I generally found they fit but usually in the middle of a row and not at the ends. The box has more flexibility to expand slightly in the middle than at the ends. Since such packaging is rare, it's not an issue. If it was important the CDs could always be transferred into more standard jewel cases. With the boxes filled with jewel cases they seem sturdy enough to be stacked three or four high. I'm always surprised just how heavy 66 CDs in jewel cases can end up being when only a single CD in a jewel case seems pretty light There might be some concern for stacking them three or four high if they are filled with only CDs in sleeves. CDs in sleeves won't be as tall as jewel cases and won't add to the structural support like jewel cases will. The box material is sturdy cardboard with metal snaps. Without jewel cases inside to provide structural support, the boxes will likely slowly crush over time if enough weight is stacked on top of them. One of these boxes filled with 66 CDs in jewel cases has some pretty hefty weight to it. If you're looking for a CD container that'll take a lot of abuse constantly being tossed around, stuff stacked on it, or constantly being opened and closed, these might not be the right answer. If you're looking for a CD container primarily for storing CDs out of the way, these seem great. As my heading says, after having put four into service I'll now be ordering four more without the slightest hesitation.

These are not the boxes I wanted. The ones I wanted were this same size, but were made of sturdy, transparent plastic so that I could see what was inside, and had a snap-on lid with a notch to fit the bottom of a similar box so they could be stacked securely. Unfortunately, after several hours of searching online, I was unable to find the boxes I wanted. Apparently, no one makes such a box. I purchased these storage boxes because they were the only ones I could find that were the right size for CD's. All the other media storage boxes I found were sized to fit DVD's primarily, and CD's only as an afterthought. As a result, they wasted a lot of space when used to store CD's. These boxes are a perfect fit. These boxes are made of cardboard that folds into a box shape and snaps together along the vertical edges. There is a cardboard divider between the two halves of the box that also snaps to the front and back. The cardboard is covered with very thin plastic/vinyl. These boxes are opaque, but there is a small metal clip on the front to hold a contents label. There is some play in the snaps and folds of the box, so the shape is a bit unstable until filled with CD’s. The lid rests on the top of the box, but does not snap on; and there is no notch in which to secure another box on top. I gave these boxes four stars because they are well made and fulfill their purpose adequately. More importantly, they are the only game in town for efficient CD storage. It is worth noting that for the single-wide version of this box, the box sides are not quite as tall as the CD's themselves, so that the lid rests on the CD's, not on the sides of the box. This is OK if the box is completely full; but if the box is only half full, then the lid can rest on the CD's at one end, and on the box at the other. Under these conditions, the lid is not level, making it impractical to store another box on top. The double-wide box does not have this problem.

Let me say first that I didn't buy this to store jewel-cased CDs, so I don't know how this box would stand up to the weight of those. We have well over a thousand CDs, about a quarter of which could be found in my wife's car at any point in time. Not only couldn't I find CDs I was looking for, she was mucking up the cases big time. Solution: I now make copies of every CD and put them in plastic sleeves for her to use in her car. But we ended up with piles of CD copies all over the place, so I bought this to keep them organized. The box snapped together in about a minute and I found it to be well made and sturdy. I've taken another reviewer's suggestion and treated the snaps with Gorilla glue to ensure that is doesn't unsnap under the weight of a few hundred CDs. For less than another $4, I bought a set of divider cards, and now everything is protected and well organized. Now if only I could get my wife to use a CD binder in her car, I'd be a truly happy camper. In the end, an inexpensive and easy solution to what was a huge annoyance. When it gets full, I will absolutely buy another.

Great for C.D storage.

These absolutely SAVED me. Great price & something to suit organising my CD collection within a cabinet was hard to find. Made of sturdy material. Would not suit anyone who wants to move around their collection too much, but if you just want to organise CDs for easy access these are fantastic. So glad I took the punt.

Entrega rápida, fácil de armar, resistentes, medidas exactas, muy buenos.

Centre divider attachment fell off at assembly

Works well