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Any one out there have any good tips for moving a large quantity of beer glasses across the country in terms of packing?

My wife and I are moving our apartment belongings from Calgary to Hamilton in June. I've got about 200 beer glasses to move with the rest of our junk. I moved approximately 140 beer glasses from Hamilton to Calgary 3 years ago, packing them in LCBO boxes with dividers in them. However, that may not have been the best, as while the glasses were secure, there were a ton of small boxes that were difficult to arrange into larger boxes for later packing. A bit of a hassle over all.

Any one out there develop a good system for packing/moving beer glasses. Any advice would be appreciated. Cheers!

I currently have 100+ glasses packed up in moving boxes and 'office paper' boxes. I simply wrap them in newspaper and pack them in tight to the top.

No dividers or junk like that...just pack them in like a jigsaw puzzle, mostly lying on their sides....I never had trouble this way.

El Pinguino wrote:I currently have 100+ glasses packed up in moving boxes and 'office paper' boxes. I simply wrap them in newspaper and pack them in tight to the top.

No dividers or junk like that...just pack them in like a jigsaw puzzle, mostly lying on their sides....I never had trouble this way.

Thanks for the advice. Packing up glasses right now. Did away with dividers and fitting them in much like a jigsaw, just like you said. Tring to get most of them upright or upside down so any force is distributed down their long-axis, with some of the more robust glasses on their sides to fill in gaps. Lots of packing inbetween.

I used good, thick quality packing boxes, and plenty of packing paper (about 4 layers around each glass), along with bubble wrap around the the inside edge of the box. Definitely lay the glasses horizontally. I packed around 100+ glasses, boxes went from Toronto to Edmonton and not a single glass broke, but that all depends on the company you use, too.

Yeah, you guys were right. Horizontal is the way to go, much more efficent use of space.