Packing Tips

There’s more to packing your home, apartment, or office than just boxes and tape. Discover Boxes knows that using the right corrugated cardboard moving boxes and professional moving kits and moving and packing supplies can make and NOT break your valuables and other personal belongings.

Purchase the Right Moving Boxes

All boxes are NOT created equal. Discover Boxes guarantees only professional-grade quality moving boxes. Our moving boxes are made of sturdy corrugated 32 ECT cardboard and come in sizes ranging from small to extra large. In addition, we offer custom moving boxes for the kitchen, bedroom, and office. Our extra heavy duty kitchen moving boxes are custom built for moving your fragile dishes, stemware, silverware and flatware. For your clothes in the dresser and the closet we offer Wardrobe and Short Wardrobe boxes. These boxes keep your clothes wrinkle free and transfer easily for moving and storage. Our file storage boxes are perfect for your home office files and can double as storage of personal records and photos.

Make Sure You Have The Proper Packing Supplies

You will need a variety of packing supplies to wrap, cushion and seal your goods. The first and most important packing tip is to make sure to have a plentiful amount of packing supplies on hand to avoid your valuables from becoming breakables. All of your boxes should be packed with things that go together and should be clearly labeled with contents as well as the room destination for easy unloading and unpacking. Priority and fragility of box contents should be clearly labeled on all side of the box. Our color coded Smart Move packing tape has the room printed right on the tape allowing you to tape and label your boxes in one quick step. These labels make sure boxes are easily identifiable and will reduce the amount of time it will take you to unload the truck.

Packing Moving Boxes

A word of advice when it comes time to pack: wrap fragile items separately before placing them in the box and always line the bottom of the box with either bubble or foam wrap for extra cushioning. Use cushioning materials like bubble wrap, foam sheets and packing paper to fill in the open spaces in the boxes to minimize breakage. Use ink free packing paper to wrap any of your breakable items or to line the bottom or top of your boxes for additional cushioning. All the seams of the box should be taped with 2-inch box tape. For heavier boxes, you should also apply tape in the opposite direction for added support. Pack boxes so you can easily lift them on the day of the move. Even though you may be able to pack the box with 50 pounds of items, you may only be able to lift half that much. Determine a box weight that you can handle, keeping in mind that it shouldn’t exceed 50 pounds. A good rule to pack by: Put heavier items in smaller boxes and lighter items in larger boxes to control the weight. We’ve packed a lot of packing tips on this page. But this is just the tip of the packing tip iceberg. Discover the easy way to move with moving tips and advice from Discover Boxes!