Glassware has been one of the most annoying things to move. You have to wrap it in tons of material, which also makes the glassware take up a ridiculous amount of space.
I had this idea to just pack it in foam, like you would in a gun case. After searching around I discovered that the closest approximation of a gun case where I wouldn't have to cut the foam myself would be an actual gun case:
That pic shows the bottom layer: 3 tall shot glasses, 2 wine glasses and two mugs, so I'm prepared for any kind of date. There is also a normal sized shot glass.
The case is real nice. It came with foam pre-cut into little squares that I could rip off to fit the shapes of my glassware. However, because of how soft the foam is I had to pack the dishes farther apart, negating some of the expected space savings. Also there were two layers of foam, and many dishes were too large to fit in either.
I have some ideas for improving on the design: basically use a box instead of a gun case (case wastes too much space on armor) and find a less flexible foam, which I would probably need to cut myself. However upon thinking though all this I realized that it would be far easier to replace my glassware with plastic.
I'm not really into plastic wine or shot glasses though, so I guess this wasn't a total loss.
Plastic mugs would suck...maybe I can start using steel mugs?
[Edit]
Another disadvantage is retooling an entire foam piece every time I get a new dish. But what if I just created invididual foam blocks (halved) for each dish?
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