Flex is launching a new 1-drawer rolling tool box to their StackPack modular tool box system.
The new Flex FS1108 tool box was advertised with a $199.99 retail price and holiday season ETA.
It features a single drawer that “auto locks” to prevent opening during transport, 9″ rubber wheels, quick-connect latches, and removable rear handle.
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The StackPack rolling drawer tool box will have double slides with a total load capacity of 70 lbs.
There was no mention of any IP protection against dust or water. However, the drawer slides are advertised as having stainless steel rails for rust-resistance and long life.
The tool box features impact-resistant plastic construction with aluminum-reinforced corners.
As with Flex’s other StackPack tool boxes, the FS1108 rolling drawer box can fit the brand’s externally-mounted accessories and attachments. You can also stack other StackPack tool boxes on top.
Price: $199.99
ETA: Holiday 2024
I asked Flex’s marketing team where the rolling drawer tool box will be sold, and if there are any other new StackPack products coming out, but we never heard back.
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Discussion
It’s good to see an increasing number of rolling drawer tool boxes that provide easier access to tools stored at the bottom of a stack.
Ridgid, which has not yet launched a 1-drawer tool box, has a detachable hand cart that can be use with any of their XL-sized tool boxes, with or without drawers.
Milwaukee’s Packout rolling 1-drawer tool box has wheels on the bottom of the front, helping to support heavy loads, and internal organization options.
There are also larger hand truck solutions, such as Milwaukee’s. Dewalt has one too.
It’s good to see signs of life from Flex StackPack. The line was removed from all of the Lowe’s stores near me, presumably to clear space for Klein ModBox and ToughBuilt StackTech, and this is the first new product we’ve seen from them in nearly a year.
Flex’s new StackPack tool box is a welcome addition to their modular storage system.
Personally, I’m much more excited about Milwaukee’s upcoming Packout rolling drawer tool box, which features internal organization and accessory-mounting options that look to further improve access and convenience.
Flex product images don’t show any internal views of the tool box, but it looks like there’s a divider slot at the least. Users can do a lot with a DIY plywood insert.
Jared
Every modular toolbox company needs to introduce one of these. Accessing stuff on the bottom of your stack must be the number one complaint about modular toolbox systems.
I think it makes sense to store big bulky items that would need a big single drawer like this on the bottom of your stack too. I don’t want to be bending down to find a particular socket for example.
CMF
Well said and I agree
CA
I’m sorry but this is just [removed]
S
What about this makes it dumb?
The color?
The brand?
Do you not like drawers?
I ran a standard packout lower roller unit for a few days. It was irritating to need to entirely “move in” on a job site and unstack everything to gain access to what I kept in the big bin.
I think it would be a far smarter move on all the brands part to have introduced the drawer unit first before introducing the flip-top models…
Though I still have some reservations on the lack of internal organization on most of these stackable units. So far, none offer options to organize hand tools within the cavernous plastic hole– I think they’re begging for a ‘bucket boss’ type pocket system expansion.
Of course, I was one of the very few people that bought the rolling tool bags before Milwaukee discontinued them…
CA
It’s just another dumb piece of plastic on wheels gimmick thing that SOME dumb people will buy. I like the channel but I’m just seriously tired of all of the dumb useless high priced plastic storage systems.
Maybe if their rep puts out a tv ad and raises his eyebrows high enough and smiles like can it can also serve as a backhoe or something they will have a shot.
CA
It will get tossed into the back of a truck and break after only 1 year and not be backed by warranty. Did any of you really work in the trades this last 40 years? Oh so the help is all of a sudden gentle on tools and storage? No they are lazier and worse. I stand behind that statement 100%
Mopar4wd
I see more and more of the trades using these. I know they use Packout at my sons work doing low voltage electric. Many of the trades that come into the manufacturing plant I work in bring in pack out or the rigid boxes. It seems like lots of trades use these.
Stuart
@CA The way you expressed your opinion was inappropriate and uncouth.
@Cullen – there was nothing wrong with your reply, but it seemed out of place after redacting CA’s.
Farkleberry
The way you are commenting is dumb, as in you are not saying much except “dumb” over and over.
You have to love the internet, where any joker can add their wacky unhinged rants.
What I do glean from your comment is that all plastic is weak, and will break after 1 year. This is laughable, as “plastics” or “polymer” is used in all sorts of demanding applications. If it’s well designed, high quality and filled with reinforcement and not filler, it’s amazingly strong and resilient, yet lightweight and doesn’t corrode.
It certainly has it’s weaknesses and limitations as well, just like metal and cloth.
If you know of the obviously superior alternative to all this plastic storage (and everything else), please enlighten us. I happen to think modular storage makes a lot of sense in certain applications, but is unsuitable (or dumb) in others.
Hearing specific uses and associated rationale is a lot of why I frequent this blog.
Al
I’ve had general contractors with milk crates and buckets. Everything is dirty and beat up, but it’s cheap and it works…as long as you spend a lot of time checking and sorting several times a day.
Also had electricians roll in a Jobox that was clean enough to eat out of. Very durable compared to Packout. And easier to paint for identification or touch-up. This box had each tool in a specific place. Batteries were sorted by size. They were just small enough of a crew where they didn’t have a formal checkout process yet. But the foreman and the owner always made the rounds to ensure tools were clean and returned to the box.
I’ve always worked by myself or one helper, so it was easier to keep track of stuff. Plus, all the trades were mostly gone by the time I was installing racks, cables, equipment, etc.
When I was younger, it was plastic storage bins and milk crates because all my stuff is out of pocket. Definitely can’t manage a metal chest with 1 or 2 people.
If I had to do it again, I’d be looking for plastic chests (not bins).
I’ve driven vehicles over FRP, so saying ‘plastic’ is weak is more than a little vague. Is it a clear Iris bin for wrapping paper? Or is it reinforced for a few hundred (or thousand) pound load?
Devin Nelson
I think it is great. Flex stack pack is a great system that is loaded with features. I think they just need more box options and this is a good option
Jon
My first stack tool system was the Ridgid Gen One. It was great, allowing me to take the necessary tools to the job, making it easy to haul them—not in bags—over uneven terrain and up some stairs. I’ve just purchased the Klein Modbox drawer system as my upgrade because I got tired of unstacking everything. I understand that the top-loaded boxes are pretty much waterproof compared to the drawer system, and that there’s a trade-off between waterproofing and accessible tools. So, in some sense, I’m not upset with the top-load system; it all depends on usage. It just sucks that it took them this long to come out with the drawer system. With my Modbox, I have a bottom drawer, a two-drawer, and the top is a small single top-load. I’ve been wheeling it around with a Harbor Freight dolly, which also isn’t ideal. I’m still waiting for them to come out with that hand truck they show in their marketing advertisement.
Justin
For me Ridgid is probably the best design with the removable wheels.
Milwaukee is so expensive at $250. Having rollers vs slides how is that going to work outside on rocks, grass, dirt, or any uneven surface?
Flex StackPack looks like a good design. I have a hard time buying into them though. I worry they will not be around when I go to add on.
I bought into Toughbuilt Stacktech my 2 problems are no locks on the drawers and the low profile organizers are bulky.
doneanddusted
It surprises me that Pelican hasn’t moved hard into this market.
Of course, what do I know? My version of a rolling tool box is a hand truck, milk crates, and a couple of bungee cords. The fancy version adds a Rubbermaid toolbox.
Speaking of Pelican, I really wish they made instrument cases. Simply doing an alto, tenor sax and trumpet case would hit a bunch of that world I think.
CMF
Have you seen these…
https://www.justcases.com/cases-for-musical-instuments/cases-for-musical-instruments.htm
Pavel
I’ve also heard that Flex is launching a 30 degree, 21 degree framing, 15 gauge angled finish and 16 gauge straight finish, 23 gauge pin nailers, a 3/8 stapler, a Stack Pack compatible backpack, a Stack Pack 22 inch zippered tool bag and a new 2.0 Ah Stacked Lithium battery.