How to Move Your Electronics

By Scott Boone

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If you’re like most Americans, your home bristles with electronics.  A typical family of 4 owns 5 flat screen TVs, 3 computers, 5 smartphones, 2 tablets, not to mention assorted audio components and web-enabled appliances galore.  Unlike other major appliances, these devices tend to be both fragile and temperature-sensitive.  This means you need to take care when prepping all your gizmos for shipping come moving day.  With that in mind, I have come up with a short list of the do’s and don’ts that will help you properly pack electronics.

How to Pick the Right Packing Material

By Scott Boone

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Last week I ordered a wood-fired outdoor pizza oven online, only to have it arrive broken in half.  When I looked inside the box I discovered the manufacturer had chosen to protect a 30-lb clay oven with a single sheet of bubble wrap.  As a result, the distributor was forced to give me a full refund.  This incident also made me consider how many times people have items broken by movers, not due to negligence on the mover’s part, but because they didn’t know how to properly pack these items. In today’s high-tech world, there are many choices when it comes to packing materials.  Everything from newspaper and blankets, to bubble wrap, peanuts and packing foam are available to help you protect expensive and/or fragile items that you intend to move.  The secret to success is knowing what material to use with which item.  Below is a list of packing common materials along with their intended uses.

All About Boxes

By Scott Boone

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If you are getting ready to move, then you are about to learn all about boxes.  That’s because between now and the day of your move, you will need to take everything you have accumulated in the past few years and dismantle, sort out and pack it into a dizzying array of cardboard boxes.  What you will quickly discover during the packing process is that having the right box can make a huge difference in getting your prized possessions safely from one place to another.