Just picked up a Plano ProLatch 5-20 at wally world for $2.88 to organize my small parts.
Then I had another idea. How about a Dark Kit. It will hold 4 tube lights, 2 chargers, and 12 lap top pulls.
Below shown with 2-Convoy M2’s , 1-BLF A6, 1- AT Prime Pro C2. 2-LiitoKala Lii-100s
and 12 laptop pulls.
And here is Red, found this while pulling photos off camera.
Getting a little practice uploading pics from imgur.
Nice kit, need some glow in the dark paint or adhesive for the top…. then you are set…
Red is a good looking boy, looks like he is wondering why you are not following him… LOL
Thanks ReManG. I also just learned if you right click and open image in another tab it will be bigger photo.
I don’t know if it has always been like this, but I like it.
Might go see if I can find a box that will hold some C8’s
Check the boating section at Walmart or a sporting goods store, they have the Bailers for boats that have a screw top and O-ring, they fit plenty of lights and are waterproof and brightly colored… HERE is another example…
Good storage containers for a lot of things, and cheap for their size and waterproof nature…
Back from wally world again. Didn’t find anything plano that would hold C8s nicely.
I like those Bailers . Can see many uses for them.
Red takes good photos. He tied for best dog I’ve known. Ok, maybe second best, but he’s winning me over.
He likes chasing these.
I find the latches on that type of Plano StowAway to be worryingly loose. In the past I believe that those models were differentiated as “ProLatch”, but now it seems that Plano is using the “ProLatch” branding on their entire StowAway line. I don’t think much of that, I’d have preferred it if they established another brand name for the older latch design (which I think never had a name of it’s own).
I have owned quite a few trays with the latches of the type shown in your picture and they all feel/felt that way: loose/free. In my limited experience using them they don’t just feel that way, they are that way! I’ve definitely unlatched those latches by accident in the past (eg by brushing them with my hand/arm/leg/whatever). I strongly prefer the snug, positive, latching action of the older design, which is still being produced and sold. This is the type of latch I prefer. (23600-01)
If you’re interested in a Plano brand tackle tray to hold C8’s maybe one of Plano’s “deep” StowAways would be a good option. For example, the 2373005.
This is the latches on the 5-20. There is a positive click and I don’t feel any play.
Those are the ones I strongly dislike in comparison with the others which I linked to. The latch and hinge assembly on those boxes also costs you a non-negligible amount of tray space vs the other style. (Both the latches and hinges protrude a long way from the tray. To maintain the same footprint, Plano reduced the size of the usable area of the tray.)
EDIT: IIRC the problem isn’t so much that there isn’t a click when you close the latch, it’s that there isn’t a click when you open the latch.
Hmmm. These have good click shut and open. I will check out the ones you linked.
These will work fine for setting on a shelf.
A lot of mine contain many small parts, are very mobile, or both.
It’s possible that I’ve become confused. It appears that I’ve traded or given away all of the Plano trays I had with the style of latch you pictured. Without one on hand I can’t check. Maybe I just got rid of them because of the poor-space-economy / compartment-width aspects. (some things that fit in the style of box I have simply won’t fit in equivalent box of the other style) The poor latches I’m thinking of could be on Flambeau trays (which I’m also not currently using). I just don’t remember right now, so I’d better get off of my soapbox. 
Seriously though, I did not intend to come off as critical. You didn’t seem super familiar with Plano’s product line and I thought I’d point out their other type of tray.
No Worries. I did see some Flambeau trays that I didn’t like the latches. on. I am hard on latches. half of my fishing tackle boxes are latch less. If there is a better tray, I am interested. I just feel for 2.88 that this would be tough to beat.
I got a Plano waterproof box while back. Had to do a little cutting to get it to hold laptop pulls. Great latches (3), wish it had a hole for a lanyard or some type of handle.
I was looking a larger tackle boxes and bags. Thinking I could put enough stuff in there to mod on the go………
Wight , Do you have a dog ?
I don’t personally own a dog. There is a dog where I live though, so I get plenty of dog without the expense/responsibility.
I use “3700” size trays a lot. I’ve experimented several times with the 3600 sized trays and just found that there were too many types of thing which would not fit (for my applications). As far as bags, if you want a horizontally-loaded bag I’ve never found anything better than Berkley’s 3700-sized bag. For me the handle-strap on the ‘front’ must connect to the flap, not the top for load bearing reasons. There must be minimal wasted space. The zippers must function well. The Berkley product has/does all of those things. (At least as well as the competition, anyway. Ideally I wouldn’t mind shedding some pockets…) Horizontally loading is good for very small parts which can migrate around inside the trays when the trays are turned on end/edge. Surprisingly the 3 cheap trays which come with the Berkley are decent! I don’t use them on the go, but they’d probably be fine for that too. I was planning on trashing or giving them away, but there was no need. As with other products like this, the bag will comfortably hold one more tray than it’s sold with plus a little bit more: I’ve stashed several books in there at a time along with the 4 trays.
I haven’t really been impressed with Plano’s bags in general. I own one of their cheap bags and find it to be very low quality indeed. On the other hand their 3700 Tackle Tote is very nice for <$20. I bought one in the last year or so and have used it a fair amount. It holds 3 trays and that’s about it. (There is very little room for anything extra, maybe enough for a catalog or magazine.) You do give up the horizontal loading of course, but among bags of this type I think it’s a great one for the price. It doesn’t have any extraneous pockets or anything and puts no weight-bearing load on the zippers. The biggest thing I’ve wished for were shoulder strap loops / D-rings. It’s quick to get into and has still sides designed to sort of pop over into a folded position to better access your trays. The zipper configuration is much better than Flambeau’s similar product.
In addition to the 3600 sized trays I also tried using Plano’s “thin” 3700 sized tray. What didn’t sink in until after I started packing the tray was that it has one more channel than the standard 3700 sized trays and more widely spaced slots. So the channel width is lower, the channel height is lower, but the maximum number of compartments you can fit is reduced along with the flexibility (depending on which 3700 you compare it with). For some applications the “thin” trays would be great, but I was really left wanting for the most part. I only own one of those and it is decent for small flashlight parts but not great… comparing the 2370100 with a 3750 (sorry, it’s what I had handy) a divider spacing of ~1.9in vs a divider spacing of ~1.1in.
EDIT: I forgot to say that I also like the latches on Plano’s waterproof tackle trays. The factors working against those items for me are that they take a long time to get in and out of and they sacrifice so much space to the latches.
Wow Wight, I must say you know your trays. Thank you for the links. When Spider Wire first came out they had a free bag offer. Didn’t come with any trays. I bought some smaller trays, for fishing tackle , left me enough room for few non fishing things.
I was really impressed with it. Not sure what happened to now that I am thinking, guessing I gave it away. It was black when I got it and I watched it turn brown with time. Maybe 15 years.
Now most of my fishing is done with a few trays in a 5 gallon bucket. Or just small single tray in my pocket. Was not long ago I fished because I was hungry. Today, I take the kids and most of the fishes live.
My modding supplies are next to none. Couple shoe boxes of torn down lights I didn’t get back together. My mod table is about 4x5 and I just have all my stuff laid out on it. It is getting crowded.
I know it is not the same thing, but this was my brain storm, and I was proud of the way it came out.
I made this awhile back for a few of my favorite lights , some cells and a double charger, as a grab and go carry case.
Most everyone thinks I am crazy to use it for that purpose, but that was what I built it for.
Velcro strips hold the lights in place and the foam in the lid keeps batteries from rattling around when it is closed.
The bottom of the box is lined with a rubber mesh mat and also the shelf where the bottom of the cells sit.
Also the chain that held the lid when open originally, has been replaced with a wooden pivoting arm.(shown in last picture)
I keep a small tool kit under the shelf where the cells sit also now.
Robo819 Wow that is a sweet setup. Love it. Very classy. Now you got me dreaming
Thing is I can not build nothing like that for $11 like we got from the X6/X5 GB….lol
There is probably $8 of polyurethane on this box and it is made from Red cedar which is not a real cheap wood itself.
I bet… Yeah, Mine will need to be smaller. And cheaper for sure. Wait, I got 2.88 into one and already thinking of another one more expensive, hmmmm.
I’ve spent a fair amount of time looking for tray-based solutions. One of my main hangups is being able to store very small parts without “leakage” between compartments - this is the aspect where the Plano style trays perform the worst. The Aide-Tek BOX-ALL tray is exceptionally good in that respect… but it’s very small, has very small compartments, and is very expensive. I own one and store many SMD parts (passive components) in it. I’d love to find 3600 or (better) 3700 sized equivalents to this product with larger compartments.
I’ve never found a Spiderwire bag which met my needs - at any price IIRC. They tend to be top loaders, have a big flap with the carry handle on it, and have lots of extraneous pockets on the outside which don’t collapse well. For their intended purpose (fishing) the last part may be desirable to some. The rest of it is poor design IMO. If I have a tackle bag open with a tray out and suddenly need to move the bag I may need/want to use the carry handle. If the carry handle is on the “big flap” (like how the Orb Spider is configured for example) I won’t be able to use it without “buttoning the bag back up”. This also applies to front-loader bags with the “big flap”. The Berkley bag is a rare gem in that respect. Consider this situation… for whatever reason you’ve got to move this heavy bag full of stuff and it’s been laying open while you worked/played/fished using some of the contents. Grab both halves of the carry handle and you’re good to go, as far as you need to. Since the second half of the carry handle is on the main front-loading flap actually holding on to the carry handle keeps the bag together, even if it’s unzipped or the zipper has failed.
You’ll probably note that the Plano tote I recommended also behaves like this… put both halves of the carry handle into your hand and you can get moving, regardless of whether you’ve zipped that bag up. Many tackle bags are very poor from this perspective. For the purposes of my scenario, assume that the (heavy) tackle bag may not be the only thing you need to deal with… you may need one hand for another item/task. Whether you are on a boat, next to the river, or way back on dry land… there are plenty of scenarios where it’s time to move the bag now to ensure that the contents remain intact.
… I’m more particular than most folks though.
Very nice! I definitely like your carry case. If I was using something like for that purpose it would quickly accumulate deep scars and many scuffs. 
Wight, thanks for the info on the bags. I picked up another 5-20 and I may go get the last one.
Thinking of taking a trip to Home Depot today and see what they got.
Another thought, If I left out the 2 chargers I could take 24 cells. Wonder how long that would really last in real world use.
Depends on which “real world application” they are being used for. If the user sleeps all night they’ll last forever.
A Miller charger probably takes up much less space than the ones you have in the case now.