IMPORTANT NEWS ABOUT STERILITE!!

After not seeing the tubs I wanted in any of my local Target stores, and hearing similar complaints from people in several states, I made an inquiry to Sterilite. I received a response today...and it is what we were afraid of:

Thank you for contacting Sterilite. Our #1752 - #1756 ClearView Storage Boxes have now been discontinued. No stock remains at any of our facilities. They were most recently manufactured exclusively for Target, however, they have discontinued purchase of this line.

For anybody that uses the 1752, 1754, and/or 1756 (6, 15 & 32qt) tubs, that means if you don't have all you need, you're SOL. There are replacements:

Item #1752, #1754 and #1756 have been replaced with #1751 (6Qt), #1753 (15Qt) and #1755 (32 Qt), now available at Target Stores nationwide.

but I have yet to see them in stores, so I don't know if they will fit the racks.

A few people have found a some online sources (some at inflated prices), but they won't last long. If you use them - buy what you can find.

This is why I like Iris tubs. They haven't changed tub dimensions in many many years.
It's unlikely the replacement models will fit the racks that used the discontinued styles. Both Sterilite and Rubbermaid are bad for doing this every 3-5 years.

The replacement tubs are not a usable match for the 1752, 1754 & 1756 as they are "latchables." When you're in target next, look for the tubs with the purple latches...Those are what replaced our standard Sterilites.

I've heard AP is considering nixing Sterilite racks completely because of this and using Rubbermaid/Iris only.

Son of a heffer!!

Originally Posted by TripleMoonsExotic

I've heard AP is considering nixing Sterilite racks completely because of this and using Rubbermaid/Iris only.

Did you hear that from them??

Originally Posted by hhmoore

Did you hear that from them??

Nope, heard it 2nd hand. I don't want to bug Ali (I'm sure she's being bombarded with the Sterilite issue as is) until they've got everything straightened out. Not too sure how they would continue using Sterilites at all if they are switching to this new design. I'm fairly certain the information I read was accurate because I don't see them having much of a choice.

Pictures of the new tubs can be seen here.

There are still the 41 qt tubs, which are fairly popular, and the 1851, 1854, and 1856 (6, 12, 28qt) that are sold by WalMart. They aren't the same, flat bottomed tubs, but they've been around for years (I was using the 28qt tubs back in the early 90s).

As for the replacements - I saw one this afternoon...a 12 qt. It looks pretty close to the same size, its just got that stupid latch on it. I might buy one and see.

I'd be interested in knowing how you make out with the 12qt new styles.
I don't think they'll work for smaller snakes as the latches make quite the gap.

As for me...I'm hording all of the 1752-56's in my area.

Yeah - I noticed that on the 6 qt I looked at...
I'm hoping not to need any more racks in the 15/32qt sizes. And, hopefully AP will make me a rack for the 1851s - I've got a boatload of those in the basement (and I asked Sterilite if there plans to discontinue that series)

Just looking at Repti-Racks site and looks like they switched over to the container store tubs says they are very good and the size looks very comparable to the 1756. Not sure if they will work or not but anybody with any info this might be of help! I use both 1754-1756 right now and have a few extra as I was planning on adding extra racks soon this might make this tough as well but it could also make it easy if anybody knows of anyone trying to unload a small rack or 2 for 1756-1754 let me know I might be interested!