Before I brought the "Ravensburger Puzzle Sort and Go Jigsaw Puzzle Accessory", I had been using food storage containers to keep my puzzle pieces organized. They worked pretty well, but then I saw this product and thought I'd treat myself. It's a nice idea, but the product does have some flaws that make it less than ideal for storing puzzle pieces. The main drawback I find is that the trays are too shallow. I mainly work on 500 piece jigsaw puzzles, so had thought I'd be fine with this product (which is said to be for up to 1,000 piece puzzles). However, what I found was that the trays are shallow and the pieces kept spilling over the edges. Also, when the pieces got to near filling the trays, the trays didn't stack neatly and seemed a little wobbly. Of course, this problem all depends on how you divide your puzzle pieces. In the most recent jigsaw I have been working on, I split the pieces into sky, cat, trees/grass, buildings, and miscellaneous. All the trays were full almost to overflowing and did not stack easily. The cat pieces were so many that I had to spread them between two of the trays - one for the main body, and the other tray for the "outline". The trays themselves seem fairly sturdy, and are quite cute. I liked the puzzle shaped design of the trays. They are quite large, and if you don't use all six trays for storing puzzle pieces, you can always use one of the trays to assemble small parts of your jigsaw and save them out of the way until they can be fitted into the main puzzle. As long as the trays are not too full, they stack quite well. But it is a bit of a pain if the tray you need is at the bottom of the stack - you'll have to unstack all the other trays first before you can get to it. There are no lids for the trays, so you'll need to take care when unstacking the trays. One particular problem I have is that whilst I can work around there not being a lid for each of the trays, I'd at least have liked a lid for the topmost tray. Otherwise, it's all too easy to knock everything over - especially when the trays are nearly overflowing. Whilst the trays do stack nicely together, they don't really lock. When I'm not using them, I carefully stack the trays (with puzzle pieces) inside the packaging that they came in. Then I put the packaging lid on so that everything is secure. This works to keep everything neat and organized, and mains the trays can easily be moved without risk of them falling over or anything. But if the trays are slightly too full, they don't stack snugly and then the box lid of the packaging won't fit on neatly. I'd really have liked some sort of lid, and maybe even some way to "lock" the trays together so that they remain as one whole unit and can be safely moved around. This probably doesn't offer enough to be worth buying, but it would make an excellent gift. I'd have been a little happier with my purchase if it had cost $9.99, but $14.99 is a bit too much.
