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Originally Posted by PepFontana
Consider yourself lucky. LOL.
The ironic part is, Jonathan at AAC told me that he has seen packages come in packed with far less packing material inside (some with barely anything inside) to keep the lights safe.
I guess sometimes bad luck just finds you.
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its a matter of HOW they are packed, not how much material is in the box.
if you put a lot of newspapers, and towels/t-shirts etc. there really isn't anything there that absorbs the shock of the box being tossed around..
wrap an egg in some newspaper and drop it on the floor, chances are it is going to break..
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Bubble wrap and bubble packing on the other hand absorb the shock of the box being tossed around..
wrap the object in bubble wrap (the medium to larger bubbles are better) so that it is at least 2X the size of the object, then put it in the box and loosely back newspaper or those plastic shopping bags around it, don't make it tight, it needs room to move around slightly to absorb the energy of the impact.
wrap that same egg in bubble wrap at least twice the size of the egg and you can toss that thing off the roof and it won't break.
(yes we did this as a science experiment in high school)
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molded Styrofoam is the same idea, it is molded to the object, usually 1.5x to 2x the size of the object it is protecting, and it absorbs the impact.
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The bottom line is, if you want to protect the item you need to pack it like it is a bomb; protect it so that will won't explode when the shipping monkeys touch it.
I know packing material isn't cheap, but to me spending $20 or so to protect a $1000 headlight is a no brainer..