How to tell if a letter tray will take A4
A4 is 297 by 210 millimetres. Most trays that fail do so by less than ten, and the listing rarely says which side is short.
Mesh, wood and PU leather: what each one does badly
Every material on this shelf has one failure mode. Knowing which one you can live with is more useful than knowing which looks best.
The millimetres that decide whether a pen cup tips
A cup tips when the load leans further out than the base is wide. Height, base diameter and weight decide it, and only one of the three is usually printed.
What we do not stock, and why
A short list is a decision, not a shortage. These are the categories we have turned down and the reason each one did not survive the check.
Packing a tiered tray so it arrives flat
Tiered trays fail in transit at the joints, not the panels. The fix is board between the tiers and a box that does not let the stack rock.