hello and welcome to stone magpie for this unboxing today
i've got two packages on my table which look identical but they're not they are
slightly different inside let's have a little look we'll cut them both open
i have ordered these from aliexpress um after having a little bit of storage envy lately
so i've decided to take the plunge
and order two i think you probably can guess already what is inside
package one
there we are this is a bead storage container now i did look at the elizabeth ward containers
and they are so expensive that i thought there's just no way that i can pay 53 pounds for one
and hence i looked on aliexpress and found these two and i will give you more details in a moment
because this one is slightly different as i
say we'll get this one out as well and we'll have a look at them both at the same time
now oh the picture looks the same oh no they're not supposed to have the same contents
oh i'm worried now i am worried now let's have a little look inside oh right
yes so i have had a bit of storage envy
when i've seen people with this these lovely boxes because they look so great and i love the fact
that they have the different sizes of um containers within the same set
okay nicely bubbled wrapped now the box does look a little bit bashed if i show you
a bit closer but um i don't mind as long as it hasn't affected the actual storage oh look
oh they're so great as soon as i saw these i thought i've got to try these out because
i only ever really use the tic tac boxes or the small tubs that are all stuck together so here
is my elation tic tac box and here you can see the size difference because i was quite surprised at
the different size 64 containers in this one and 50 in this one so this is definitely a lot more
compact if you're stuck for space however it was these ones that i thought were really interesting
because at the moment if i'm doing a big picture that has a lot of um of the same color diamonds
in i'm using one tic tac box and then keeping the rest in the packets whereas this way with
these i can get more in so i'll have a little look this is one of the big containers i still
obviously need to um have a plate to see how many diamonds fit in each and how do you open you've
got some space there ah okay so there's like a little clip they do feel quite reluctant to open
but that's probably because they're new and i'm wondering just how um forgiving this will be
when you use the tub you know a lot so that is something that we will find out as i use these
tubs it's got a nice click to it as you close it so that's the biggest then the next size
again it's got this it's like i think it's because when you
pull it out of the tray it's a bit like a finger
dip to help you pull them out and then this is how you open it here
i would have thought you'd open it that way but you don't you open it at the side
so another good size container there the next size down we have oh i'll count them in a moment
so again that finger guard to enable you lifting them out and then the open
yeah it will be interesting to see if that um you know stays
if it doesn't become weak and cracks off and the tiniest oh tiniest little ones now now
let me get a tic tac box okay so they are so cute and there's the tic tac box so you can see
they are very similar the smallest ones are very similar to the same size of tic tac box
so isn't this clever so this one we've got one two three four five six seven eight nine 10 11 12 13
so that's 26 of the tic tac box sizes then we've got one two three four five six seven eight we've
got sixteen of the next size up we've got one two three four five we've got five of the next size
and we've got three of the biggest size and they are whoppers they are so good all right we'll pop
the lid on i mean the thing is if you're using more than one of these you can stack them on the
top of each other so they're quite flat let's have a measure let's have a measure okay so they are
34 centimeters across they are about 27 down and they've got a depth of about
four centimeters so that is the size of those
okay let me see what's in the next box
because i did order two different ones but they do look the same if the box is correct
and because i ordered them on aliexpress it is a bit too far to send them back if they're not right
oh no i think we're okay oh
i think we're okay that's the relief here we are this is the other set that i ordered
to just clip that off to take again it was bubble wrap which is great
get the lid and pull the bag off right so in this set as you can see they are all the little tic tac
size um so you get 78 in this one one two three four five six seven eight nine 10 11 12 13
26 52 yeah 52 and 13 is 65 add 13 is yeah 78. oh that took me a while so we are right with
78 of the tic tac boxes again comparing them to the 64 containers they are quite a bit bigger
so that's interesting because 64 in here 78 so there's only 14 more
so if you're looking for a compact space i would stick with your tic tac boxes
but if you want the bigger tubs i would definitely recommend this one i wanted to have
a bit of a difference because i thought the most kits that i use the tic tac boxes are fine for and
then you have um like one two or three bigger bulks of color so that's perfect for this one
that's the reason that i bought two different ones as i say they are um similar to the elizabeth ward
they're not obviously the brand as they bought on aliexpress
so it will be interesting to see just how oh that looks a bit dirty
it will be interesting to see
how sturdy they are when they're in use
i'm kind of wishing that i've got two of these ones now i don't quite know why i didn't but um
they'll be good to play with their store that i the aliexpress store that i bought
these from is called az qsd and the 50 grid container cost me 16 pounds 98
and the 78 container cost me 19 pounds 42. um and as i say i'm i'm i really wish i'd bought
two of these now so i might end up getting another one the uk taxes were six pounds 77
on top of those prices and it took um i think it was about two weeks it might have been even a
little bit over two weeks to arrive here they're not quite a white color they are an off-white
and as i said you can stack them like this with those lids they do wobble a little bit but um
for space saving when you're not diamond painting pop them on top of each other and that's fine
well i've now got two empty storage containers oh dear that's really sad i'm going to have to
get another diamond painting i'll see you for an unboxing next time take care everyone bye