"Our disaster team sets up a field hospital inside of large, portable tents which are heavy and cumbersome to move and store.  The factory-provided packaging was canvas bags.  The bags did not let us stack the tents very high, so we lost a lot of vertical storage space in our warehouse.  We accidentally bent the aluminum framing because there was no impact protection.  We risked injuring our team members because the canvas bags encouraged people to attempt to move the tents with too few people.  Since canvas does not hold its shape, it was difficult to use a forklift to move the tents around, and also difficult to fill the bags so as to allow the bag zippers to close completely.  The canvas eventually got little holes from all of our rough handling, which allowed rain water to leak into the bags.

We investigated building boxes on our own.  Wood was cheap, but heavy and not really moisture-proof.  Aluminum was light, but expensive and a difficult building material.  We also didn't have the space to build all the boxes we needed.  When we factored in the time it would take to buy and transport lumber, cut and assemble, add fittings, finish, paint and seal, it really became an unwieldy project for our all-volunteer, part-time team.

We solved our problems with custom cases from Wilson Case.  Our new cases have heavy-duty, removable wheels for easy maneuvering on a smooth surface, and plenty of handles for carrying over rough terrain.  The corners have balls/cups for easy stacking.  The cases are laminated and sealed to prevent rain water from getting inside.  The recessed latches are much more reliable than our old zippers.  And the cases are exactly the right size, so they are easy to pack yet do not waste extra space.  Best of all, our tents are now protected against the abusive handling that we (and cargo carriers) put them through."