I bought this to store things I don't use on a regular basis. When I moved house, I left my memories - things like photo albums, video tapes, and notebooks from nursery school - in cardboard boxes, but since I've put them in these, I look at them from time to time with fond memories. I bought three of these, and I have two of them next to each other, and one of them is on two levels. When I look at the bottom one, I put it on top of one of the others. It was easy to use as a folding container without a lid. I was looking for a folding container that would be easy to store or throw away when I no longer needed it, but I couldn't find one that looked good and had a good load capacity. I didn't want a bulky one, so I chose this one based on looks. However, it looks too fragile, so I'm worried it might break every time I move it.