Sterilite discontinuing tubs?

Alright, I was mistaken...

I got this e-mail from Ali at Animal Plastics who was doing some background checking for me, and this is what they said:

I had someone call Sterilite today and they informed us that the 1752, 1754,
1756, and 1758 are not being discontinued, but will be made exclusively for
Target. They will not be found anywhere else, except for Target. So it looks
like we are good to go.

now to bring up an old thread (well not that old but old enough). I need to get a new rack and was looking at the AP sterilite 1756(10) 10Tub rack. There is a link to purchase the tubs from target.. well, when I clicked on the link the page I get states this:

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PAGE NOT FOUND
There is no Target.com page matching your request.
It's possible that you typed the address incorrectly, or that the page no longer exists.

Shop Target.com

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so does this mean that this size tub is discontinued? I can't even find it on the sterilite web site. If this is the case, then AP has to redesign their racks to fit another size tub. I'll keep searching.. but so far my searches have come up empty.

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Originally Posted by Ladydragon

now to bring up an old thread (well not that old but old enough). I need to get a new rack and was looking at the AP sterilite 1756(10) 10Tub rack. There is a link to purchase the tubs from target.. well, when I clicked on the link the page I get states this:



so does this mean that this size tub is discontinued? I can't even find it on the sterilite web site. If this is the case, then AP has to redesign their racks to fit another size tub. I'll keep searching.. but so far my searches have come up empty.

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Same thing happened to me. Please let me know if you find out any information about this. I would greatly appreciate it.

Here is one of my posts from a different thread. :salute:

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Originally Posted by Wild Bill

I just ordered a 1754 (10) 10/20!!! :salute: Here is some info I was getting ready to post here about the tubs.

I thought I would transfer the tub information into the forums before it's lost. Animal Plastics racks use the 1752, 1754 and 1756. As most of you know Sterilite has discontinued some of these tubs and some are hard to find. The 1752 is hard to find, but the 1851 (Walmart) can be used in its place. The 1754 has been discontinued and replaced by the 1753 (exclusively at Target). The 1756 has also been discontinued and replaced by the 1755 (exclusively at Target). The new 1753 and 1755 have latches on them, which are easily removed. The tub then has a small gap (see picture below) that is 1/16" in size. As far as I can tell, this won't be a problem as long as your rack doesn't have a large gap. I have a 1754(10 shelf) Animals Plastics rack on order and will post more info when it comes. I am picking up some 1755 tubs this week and will post pics of the gap on them as well.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g3...s/101_0170.jpg

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Dollar store in my area just got some in, maybe I'll buy them out and build a small hatchling rack now that they are cheap.

One word: Iris. I only buy or build racks that use Iris tubs. Sterilite is notorious for changing sizes and discontinuing tubs. Also I just believe that Iris is a better overall tub.

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Originally Posted by Wh00h0069

Same thing happened to me. Please let me know if you find out any information about this. I would greatly appreciate it.

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Will do Ed. probably post it here.

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Originally Posted by Wild Bill

Here is one of my posts from a different thread. :salute:

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thanx for the info. I'll look into that.

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Originally Posted by jglass38

One word: Iris. I only buy or build racks that use Iris tubs. Sterilite is notorious for changing sizes and discontinuing tubs. Also I just believe that Iris is a better overall tub.

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dude.. if they made a rack to fit the iris 32qt tub (like the RBI rack) I'd get it, cause I think the iris tub is better as well. :D I did send AP's an email asking if they could build a rack to the dimensions of the aforementioned iris tub so we'll see what they say.

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Originally Posted by LadyOhh

I heard thru the grapevine that Sterilite is discontinuing the 6qt tubs...

I have a couple people looking into it and waiting to hear back from Sterilite themselves, but does anyone have any info on this, or have been able to find the 6qts recently?

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My local target has LOTS of 6 qt!! They get in a shiptment like once every 2 weeks, i dont understand why they discontinue sizes, but if they do, im sure there will still be a very close in size container, for example, they discontinued 32 qt's, but now have 28 qts which are very similar in size, just a 4 qt difference... Maybe it will be the same with the 6 qts?

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Originally Posted by Ladydragon

dude.. if they made a rack to fit the iris 32qt tub (like the RBI rack) I'd get it, cause I think the iris tub is better as well. :D I did send AP's an email asking if they could build a rack to the dimensions of the aforementioned iris tub so we'll see what they say.

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I believe they do make an Iris rack that fits the Iris boot box. It is very close to 32qt size.

That would be:

http://www.containerstore.com/browse...4&PRODID=71606

22-1/2" x 14-3/4" x 5-3/8" h

Sterilite 32qt tubs measure 23-1/2" x 16.5" x 6" H.