Thanks for all the suggestions! The Stewart boxes I had were yellow, but I can remember seeing other colours. At the moment, floats are in tubes like these, cut down from rod or top kit tubes, so I can just put whichever in the bag on a given day. It's neat, but you have to tip them out to see what you want to use.
I'd prefer a bunch of boxes with hinged lids; they don't have to be big, indeed, the smaller the better.
I like the look of the Paint Brush Box - but at £7 + they look a bit over-priced. Still, I'll follow up all the suggestions.
You beat me to it Mark, I use the same, plus they can be cut to length to suit the float size,I'm still using polycarbonate sheet with edging after nearly 30 years. They protect the floats well and you can see what you've got.View attachment 6471
I went through a phase of making my own boxes out of wood, thin 3 ply sheets and the stems off big firework rockets 8 -10 mm sq which I collected after bonfire night. a length of small piano hing and the foam sticky slot inserts. Countersunk small magnet and steel plate as the lock. Costed out the lot came to a couple of quid and gave me a lot of pleasure making them.
PS the best ever waggle box holder I ever came across and still use are the plastic knitting needle boxes.
the best ever waggle box holder I ever came across and still use are the plastic knitting needle boxes.
By happy coincidence, Dave Harrell has just announced (on Facebook) that he's adding some plastic float boxes to his catalogue.
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