not-awake idea that sounds cool right now

[mizarchivist]

Do they have some sort of nesting plastic storage thingy that lets you fill up each layer, then when the top layer is empty, you can take it off and replace the lid on the next layer?

I wondered this a few minutes ago when I spooned out yet more fruit salad from the big ol' Rubbermaid cylinder that's now 1/4 full.

Would also be rather clever if you could buy these units separately and with a universal lid size so if someone really liked [foo], you could give them a layer to take home.

A design flaw would be that the bottoms of them except the very bottom one would get all gunky with whatever's in it. Hm. It's still a good idea. Someone should either tell me where to buy it if it exsists, or get cracking with the production, man.

Or just gimme a cup of coffee. Yeah.

Comments

[kazmat.livejournal.com]

The main problem with this idea is the amount of storage space taken up when not in use. There are lots of nested storage container sets, but they fit one inside the other so that, when you're not using them to store food, they don't take up much cabinet space. You'd also run into stacking space issues in the fridge, too. What if you only have small spaces between shelves? With separate containers, you can choose to stack or not stack, as your space allows.

Besides, how would this be any better than just using multiple separate containers? You'd still wind up dirtying the same amount of dishes.

Here, have some coffee. ;}

[mizarchivist]

Naturally, after I wrote all that I ended with the same conclusion: Next time use multiple storage containers instead of one big one.
Now have that coffee.