How do you store your markers?

[Frmrspec]

So wife has said our child needs his own bedroom instead of 1/2 paintball, 1/2 bedroom. So my wall of markers needs to come down and be stored away.

how do you all store your markers? At one point I bought a bunch of cheap neoprene tablet sleeves, debating going that route again.

[Ecapnation]

Tote bins with QR codes that link to an Excel of contents and an actual gun locker.

[russc]

I assume Google docs? How do you get the QR to map to the right line?

[Ecapnation]

I have a local network that I can access, so long as I'm on WiFi the QR code scans to the excell doc.

It's not perfect as I then have to open up the tab for what bin it's in.

[El Gringo]

I have like 100 of these. Put a label on the zippers to remind me what's in them

https://ansgear.com/warrior-paintball-gun-bag-black/

[coyote]

I have 50 of these. Luggage tags with descriptions added to the outside.

[Jordan]

I put some pegboard up in the basement years ago and mostly store them there... but I'm switching to cheap rifle cases and a closet, I think. Time to clean up/downsize.

[RichM]

x2 on the cheap rifle cases. I can fit 3-4 markers per case, the foam lining and hardcase keeps them secure and well protected. Rifle cases go into a rack in the garage, all my other gear goes into totes and then into the same rack. It's worked out pretty well and let's me keep a lot of gear reasonably organized in a relatively small space.

[djroot2]

I went with the cheap tablet sleeve option with luggage tags.

[RuleOfSines]

Tote bins and an excel sheet for tracking what’s in. I used chair foam squares I got at Walmart between layers of markers.

[Ecapnation]

The pro move is to host the contents on your LAN firewalled lol

[RuleOfSines]

I've got some VNETs setup for my 'smart' devices and whatnot, and completely offline smart home hub, haven't gotten to a complete self-hosted setup yet with media servers. Been casually looking at getting as much as I can self-hosted.

[cougar20th]

I do things differently.

I use a old dresser I got cheaply at a yard sale. to hold most of my markers. 4 drawers of markers. Has to be a well built dresser not particle board junk. Things get very heavy fast.

I try to keep the drawers segregated, Automags, cockers/misc, Stockclass, Spyders. That helps to find things and to keep organized.

Each drawer has a layer of foam on the bottom, then a layer of guns, a layer of foam, layer if guns. then a layer of jerseys to cover everything

The foam is a cheap mattress topper cut cut to it the drawers.

It also has the advantage of keeping the guns out of sight so I almost never get the "I don't remember that" questions from others.

The Automag drawer as a example. There is another layer of guns under the foam.

[Snowpuff]

Dig holes in your back yard chuck them in garbage bags, i think thats what the guy across from my house does, always see him at 2am doing it..

[DocsMachine]

Wouldn't it be easier to just get rid of the kid?



Most of the stuff I'm not using (which means it's out on the worktable getting something fitted to it ) I have stored in Action Packers- big plastic tubs with latching lids. With various bits and sheets of foam in between- and nothing so fancy as an Excel spreadsheet. I have a handwritten list on a clipboard.

The 'Packers have one drawback- they're too big. Good for compact storage, but it inevitably means I need something from one of the lower levels, and have to excavate a dozen other guns to get to it.

If I ever get rich, I'm gonna have a bunch of those big, wide, low drawers like museums keep small artifacts in.

Doc.

[Ecapnation]

Over in New York you can get drafting cabinets practically for free... Been debating pulling one from works cold storage for home

[Frmrspec]

Holy shit! Awesome idea.. we have a shit load of tooling cabinets we are getting rid of at work!

[Grendel]

I have a love/hate relationship with Action Packers. I have had the same ones for longer then I have been married (30+ years) and they still work great but like you said they are too big, get heavy and it is hard to remember what is in what. My current Action Packers are full of old paintball stuff I don't need and have yet been able to part with.

[Chuck E Ducky]

Harbor Freight Knock off Pelican cases. They hold a lot and are water proof. I got some reusable moisturizer absorbing packets I drop in to absorb whatever gets into the case if I play on a rainy day. I play out of them as well keeps my collection protected. I use a piece of masking tape on the outside of the case’s to label them so I know what is in them so I can grab and go.

I can fit 8 open class pumps in one case or 6 Full Stock class markers with stocks per case.

[Cal440]

For grab and go that looks to be ideal setup

[Chuck E Ducky]

They aren’t cheap but they protect the collection well. It completely encases two full layers of markers. There are a bunch of different sizes too. I went with the rifle cases so I can fit a bunch of VSC Phantoms without having to remove the stocks each time.

[Blackmagic71]

I use a bunch of these cases for anything that’s not on display:

https://www.scheels.com/p/02409900126/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=unpaidlistings&srsltid=AfmBOorA1s-ws0x8L2pEB5HcDPO8f6KdwmOTbOF2SYrN2fK9K0MZAlQ2Xbc

[Grendel]

Stuffed in neoprene laptop sleeves or marker bags and lined up on the top shelf of a metal cabinet in the shop. The exception to that are my marker projects; I keep them in plastic divided containers with bins containing parts for the build and they are in another cabinet over the workbench for easy access to not work on.

[rawbutter]

I use a cable bag. I can fit 8-9 markers in one bag. The bag has dividers, but they aren't padded, so I added cardboard. I only keep Emeks in there, so I don't care if they bump around a little bit. There's no room for barrels inside the bag, but I have a different padded case just for barrels, so I don't mind that.

https://a.co/d/5IUxeKL

If I had nicer markers, I would probably use foam dividers instead of cardboard. Depending on the markers, this could get heavy, though. Emeks are pretty light, and the bag is very well made, but it's definitely heavy when it's full.