It's shameful, but despite having moved three years ago, I'm still not fully unpacked. I don't own much storage furniture, and have left lots of stuff in the cardboard file boxes I moved them in. So I'm interacting with these boxes constantly.
They work well enough, but one minor gripe I have is with the lids, which I find a hassle to deal with when you're digging through multiple boxes looking for something. A design I'd much prefer is this cardboard box with an integrated lid, designed for Muji by Drill Design.
I also like that there's a half-height variant for smaller items.
One thing I don't like is that it does yield some waste—the assembly instructions show that you're meant to remove and do away with the panels the instructions themselves are printed on. But I suppose there's some waste in all cardboard boxes, as none are made from an entire perfect rectangle of cardboard stock.
I’m a lapsed industrial designer. I was born in NYC and figured I’d die there, but a few years ago I abandoned New York to live on a farm in the countryside with my wife. We have six dogs.
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A Small Design Change Yields Better UX for the Cardboard File Box
Well you also lose an inch inside the top of the box where the flaps tuck in. Not sure how often these boxes are "totally" full but this design has that flaw.