SALE (AU): Aldi Parts Drawers - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: TheGeologist
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: February 16, 2019, 01:51:59 am
content: Hello all,A heads up.Aldi have plastic parts drawers (33 small or small/large combo) for sale today. 20 bucks. As good a quality as any other low cost component storage units I've seen.Also vernier calipers with digital display for $20, with online reviews saying they're quite reasonable.Both in stock today.Cheers.Edit: Photo might help, hey?Edit v2: Also helps to read the rules.

author: digsys
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 16, 2019, 02:30:29 am
content: They look like the type that have no rear lip - to stop the drawer falling out when fully extended. Also, don't seem to have the 2x dividers / provision.Petty limited / annoying without those features.

author: Monkeh
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 16, 2019, 02:37:30 am
content: You can see the dividers in the bottom. They're bright yellow. It's not a full complement, though.As for the lip, no, which personally I prefer. They won't easily fall out and you can always.. not leave them waiting to succumb to gravity.

author: TheGeologist
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: February 16, 2019, 03:13:14 am
content: Yeah, has dividers to separate the trays into three compartments and a small lip and catch so the trays can't fall out too easily. If you pull them out square they come away unobstructed.They've also have small label slots which I admit I'll never use as stick-on labels are the go.

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 16, 2019, 03:57:39 am
content: Bought a set of the single drawers when they had them a couple of years ago, and my good lady partner saw & bought me a combo drawer unit this morning. They're pretty good for cheap drawers.One nice thing about them is that they come with enough dividers for 1 per small draw (most others have enough for 1/2 or less). Another is the dividers have a triangular lip on each side that slots into a matching channel in the drawers (& sit in a matching channel across the bottom). Not perfect, but so far they've proved less prone to shifting & mixing parts in the same drawer than the usual 'just drop in' dividers.They don't have a lip at the back, though(Bought a set of the calipers a couple of months back. Not great, took them back.)

author: Cthulhoid
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: March 23, 2019, 02:04:07 am
content: Saw these today in Columbia, MD, USA; they had both a 17-drawer version (big drawers on either side and a column of small ones down the middle) and the 33-drawer one already mentioned. USD 10, so I guess that makes the Aussie tax only 15% or so after subtracting the Australian government's tax. Oh, and they're made in Germany.I didn't see the calipers, but I'm going to have to look more closely. They could have been hiding amongst the clamps and such, but USD 10 digital calipers would be a steal.

author: Monkeh
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 23, 2019, 02:19:43 am
content: Quote from: Cthulhoid on March 23, 2019, 02:04:07 amThey're not - same low cost stuff you can buy from China. They function, they eat batteries, the pair I bought a while back bind a bit and sometimes gain a 5.08mm offset while moving.