Storing Spare Tubes

[evilpresence]

So where do you all store your spare tubes? Most of the tubes I have purchased from ebay don't come with boxes. My growing collection will eventually become shards if I don't do something in the near future.

I was thinking about getting a plastic case with foam or something similar...

 

[konstantine RK]

shoe boxes work for me

 

[MrMarkIII]

Individual boxes are available for sale...
Label the boxes, because as your collection grows it becomes more difficult to keep track of the buggers. I use that low-tack blue masking tape used by painters. It's removable so the box can be re-used.

 

[swbo101]

If you go to tubedepot.com they sell cases and empty tube boxes for storage.

http://www.tubedepot.com/tubecubes.html

If you have a lot of tubes that are $$$ this is worth the price. The smaller case runs around $50.

 

[yeti]

i put soft foam inside each slot of one of my old fishing tackle storage cases. then put each tube in a slot. or even 2.

 

[SonicProvocateur]

I have a big monstrous square of foam that I sink the tubes in (the 50+ I dont have in boxes) and keep them covered by a soft cloth to keep dust off. Just a piece of packing styrofoam from a random box I got.

It keeps also keeps the pins from corroding by being unexposed, and the foam isnt hard so it doesn't bend the pins or hurt the big ones.

(This pic is old, I have a couple of these tube "sheets" now as I keep buying lots of tubes)

 

[yeti]

i put soft foam inside each slot of one of my old fishing tackle storage cases. then put each tube in a slot. or even 2.

 

[fishyfishfish]

I have a big monstrous square of foam that I sink the tubes in (the 50+ I dont have in boxes) and keep them covered by a soft cloth to keep dust off. Just a piece of packing styrofoam from a random box I got.

It keeps also keeps the pins from corroding by being unexposed, and the foam isnt hard so it doesn't bend the pins or hurt the big ones.

(This pic is old, I have a couple of these tube "sheets" now as I keep buying lots of tubes)

Is there a KT90 in there?