7 Tips for choosing your cardboard boxes

If you want to choose the most suitable custom foldable rigid boxes when it comes time to send or pack your products, follow following tips. And do not worry, it is normal that you can have doubts and ask yourself: Am I doing it correctly? It does not work any box We have all sent packages to another place, in a private or professional way, and maybe we think that it is worth any box that we have at hand and that, with putting the product inside, closing the box and labeling it is enough. Not so, not only because there are aspects that we do not control, such as stacking, dealing and unforeseen during transport, but also because all the contents are not the same. For this reason, several models of boxes are manufactured, in order to choose the one that best suits its characteristics to what we want to send. Key aspects to consider We have prepared a list with the key points to know how to choose the best custom foldable rigid boxes. 1. - Type of product: State (solid or liquid), measurements, weight-volume ratio, and disposition within the box, fragility and specific needs of product conservation. The rigid boxes protects fragile products very well and those that may have problems due to thermal variations and humidity. In any case, there are boxes for light and flat products, boxes for tall, heavy products and in any way; likewise, "special" boxes for groceries, dangerous products, isotherms, frames, furniture, bicycles, etc.; boxes for files and also specific boxes for postal items, with or without filling, which are lighter. If we have products of various sizes, height adjustable boxes are the most appropriate. Let's not forget the foldable rigid boxes, which have more than 700 models to choose from and are the most used for their functionality. 2. - Internal Conditioning: In this section you must determine if the product will be loose in the box, fitted or reinforced with filling materials; if it is of different materials and if any of them is fragile or very fragile; finally, the form that it has, since depending on whether it is geometric or abstract, a box model or another will suit you. It is advisable to choose the appropriate packaging filling material, so that the content is not affected during transport: filling for loose boxes, such as packaging chips, wood wool or paper shavings or protective material; material to cushion the blows or, thirdly, specific protection material (in each of the links you will find the precise indications). 3. - Package handling: We have to know how the package will be handled, since it influences the strength of the boxes we need. If it is an international transport, it is advisable to choose resistant models, since the package will go through a long process of manipulation. It is convenient to place some kind of graphic warning symbol to ensure that it arrives in the best possible conditions. 4. - Storage: in shelves or stacked, indoors or outdoors, as well as the duration, are aspects that determine the weight and climatic conditions that the box has to support. When in doubt, better to choose more resistant boxes. 5. - Type of packaging: If we have preference for a format (such as self-service boxes, which save us time in the preparation of the package) opening system or we bet on reuse, we should know more about each format and be able to choose well. For example, if we are planning a move, there are different models, each for a type of content. 6. - External design: Personal or company gifts require a specific design, more decorated or with the image of the brand; the normal thing is that they are white and customizable (an increasingly extended trend), but you can add an extra complement: color, brightness, die-cut handles, windows, display format, sliding cover, etc. 7. - Transportation and delivery: If the shipment is in individual boxes or complete pallets, there are models for self-loading pallets. In case the transport is urgent, we recommend using protective filler inside the box, especially if it is a little resistant content, to avoid fractures.