Moving day is Monday and nothing is packed

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1. 01 of 05
   I already have this

   Moving boxes in two sizes, not five

   Small boxes for heavy things, large boxes for light things. Mixing sizes randomly is how you end up with a book box nobody can lift and a duvet box that crushes.

   What to check before you choose. Check the box is rated by weight, not just dimensions. Buying a bundle of one small and one large size is faster than picking twelve individual sizes.

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2. 02 of 05
   I already have this

   Packing tape and a dispenser gun

   The dispenser is the part people leave out and it is the part that saves an entire evening. Hand-tearing tape across forty boxes is genuinely miserable.

   What to check before you choose. Check the tape width matches the gun, and look for tape sold by the roll count rather than a single roll - a two-bed move eats far more than one.

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3. 03 of 05
   I already have this

   Bubble wrap or foam pouches

   Plates and glasses break in transit, not in the box. What breaks them is movement, so the job is filling space, not adding thickness.

   What to check before you choose. Foam pouches are quicker for glassware; bubble wrap is more flexible for odd shapes. Check the roll length - it always goes further on paper than in the kitchen.

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4. 04 of 05
   I already have this

   A marker and labels that survive the truck

   Every box looks identical at the other end. Writing the ROOM on the box, not the contents, is what makes unloading fast.

   What to check before you choose. Permanent marker with a chisel tip reads from across a room. Colour labels per room are faster still if more than one person is carrying.

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5. 05 of 05
   I already have this

   Furniture sliders or a moving strap

   Most moving injuries are one person lifting one heavy thing badly. Sliders let you push instead of lift, which is the difference between a sofa moving and a back going.

   What to check before you choose. Sliders come in hard-floor and carpet versions and they are not interchangeable - check which floor you actually have.

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