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Wanting to save space? Euclid proves EZ Stor Pails are the answer.


Wanting to save space? Euclid proves EZ Stor Pails are the answer.
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Added January 1, 2018
Updated July 8, 2025

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I haven’t met anybody”packaging aficionados or otherwise”that don’t quickly grasp the simplistic beauty of the rectangular pail. Most pails (AKA buckets) are round. Round pails are wonderful. They really are.

But rectangular pails are STUPENDOUS.

Read on or watch (embedded) our CPS Video production featuring the EZ Stor pail line to learn exactly why to be square is better than being round.

For those of you who would prefer to read … here’s the crux of the video. EZ Stor pails are STUPENDOUS because they are square or rectangular instead of round. Thanks to our ancient friend Euclid of Alexandria we can use geometry to prove why square pails are STUPENDOUS opposed to just wonderful like round pails. We’ll use the following image for our Euclidean experiment:

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Hypothesis: Square (or rectangular) pails are STUPENDOUS because they don’t waste space. Round pails do.

Assumptions: (1) The dimensions of both the round and the square pails are identical: length 12 inches, width 12 inches. (2) Both occupy a 12×12 inch space. (3) The 9 circles and the 9 squares occupy the same floorspace (36×36 inches), as pictured above.

Ok, let’s do the math.
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Our hypothesis is correct! Square pails have NO wasted space. Whereas the circles have 278.19 square inches of wasted space. Remember, this was all 2 dimensional … the amount of wasted space is dramatically different when you run this experiment in 3D instead of 2D like we’ve done here. I mean look at all of that wasted space (see orange).

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Really, if you haven’t watched the video by now … you should. This point is made much more dynamically, in 3D actually.

The EZ Stor pails are really stupendous. They also come with hinged lids, which makes getting in and out of them much easier. Some of the lids also have gaskets, which help to keep contents fresh and sealed. They work well in your pantry, garage, craft room, storage room, attic, wherever you need to store stuff.

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