The Craziest Thing I Ever Bought!!

[@adamengelhart5159]

So when you first started showing those containers, I said to myself, "I would be *shocked* if those cost less than €500 each when new." Then you got to the electrical components on the back and said "Never mind. That's a thousand-euro thing at least." *Then* you got to the provenance and I realized I was probably still understating the original price by an order of magnitude. Amazing! Congratulations from Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

[@carenclemmons5002]

You certainly have some incredible timing , luck, karma all rolled into one. So happy for you. I truly love knowing someone as gifted, etc as you are. Gives me inspiration to ignore the doubters and or negative Nellies when I aspire to accomplish some new creative thing. I totally love that happy dancing Segway into the shop with the amazing cabinets holding down the fort. Grl you are loaded for bear now, fur sure.

[@Fixthisbuildthat]

Those are so badass, Laura! What a find, can't wait to see what you do with them.

[@Antheras]

I can hear Adam Savage's envy all the way here. What an increadible find, looking forward to see what you do with these! :D

[@laurakampf]

He can have one :)

[@Antheras]

@@laurakampf I'm sure he would be thrilled. You have to invite him to your workshop one day :D

[@treasurediver93]

@@laurakampf Little known fact this is Adam savage’s alternate account so just email me (definitely the real Adam) and I’ll send you my address

[@MS-bh7ok]

My thought exactly....lol

[@franciscogalvan29]

@@laurakampf Please make a video with the Adam's reaction.

[@ajolillen]

These are insane. Must have cost thousands each in purchasing. I would have loved to have just one or two. Having 25?! That's incredible!

[@bedongskifrombedongdesign1062]

These couldn’t have found a better home, very interesting acquisition Laura

[@ZeroCool-vn9bd]

That is NO money for these cases. I was a designer in aviation for a while, YOU scored BIG TIME. So excited for you!

[@gregorykusiak5424]

Right? These are custom Mil-Spec/Spec-Ops built…at LEAST a few hundred Euros per case. The custom foam cutouts are worth what they paid for the case. Hugely expensive to build, affordable to acquire as surplus and re-configure. Jelly.

[@ZeroCool-vn9bd]

@@gregorykusiak5424 Just the wages for the different people involved to plan, design, and build who have security clearnce takes the initial price to a place, we can´t really talk about. Im a little surprised they left the lables, that just means they have enen cooler stuff now. Still it really gives you the ability to reverse engineer how a spy may opperate, mission wise. Can you put a magnet up to them? Im so curious how much is steel, if at all. Since these are powered, that changes everything cost wise from a safety point of view for something going in cargo, because now there are fire risks. The best part of being in the spy camp is. not too many people know your budget.... When I first saw the cases before you said what they were it reminded me of how the tool kits for fast response mechanics/engineers that can be sent to any country and swap a skin panel in a couple days. These guys are the best of the best, millions per day for their services. I also am super Jelly, but I can't think of a more deserving person to have snatched them up. I mean a pelican case is several hundred euro.

[@Studio23Media]

@@gregorykusiak5424 These probably start at a few THOUSAND euros a piece, not hundreds.

[@gregorykusiak5424]

@@Studio23Media that makes sense considering the value of the equipment they were meant to hold. It’s probably hundreds of € worth of materials, the rest being design and construction.

[@dexv33]

When I saw the boxes, I jumped immediately. They looked so familiar to boxes I've worked with for aircraft parts and mobile workstations. I honestly guessed that you'd spent 3 or 4 times that money for them. What a steal... I'm so envious. Those glidetrack drawers alone...

[@michaelnewell9662]

my thoughts exactly, but not regular military - they would paint it green or grey.

[@bknesheim]

They also look very much like the boxes used for concert electronics.

[@stanervin6108]

@@bknesheim roadie boxes

[@JasperJanssen]

@@bknesheim concerts use way cheaper versions.

[@bknesheim]

@@JasperJanssen Yes, for general equipment I agree, but have helped to push around boxes where important electronic equipment was installed and that was very close to the same level. The internal compartments look also very much the same.

[@markcoren2842]

I knew it was going to be amazing when I saw they had load-optimized machining on the interior panels to reduce the weight even more. You got the deal of the century!

[@Si-Al-Ti]

Even the drawer slides lmao!

[@Miscast]

NO WAY. These are so amazing and beautiful and cool, I am so jealous!

[@0eL3VEn0]

Too freaking sweet! Want to see them in detail to make plans!

[@longshot7601]

I imagine that Adam Savage is really jealous too.

[@goofycker]

Sie wird es sicherlich verhunzen....

[@Kenjiro5775]

I love the mini E-chains within the boxes and attached to the drawers. That is truly a next-level cable handling solution. What an incredible purchase! 😄👍

[@ivanstroganov5458]

they are called drag chains and are standard for machinery with a lot sliding parts like cnc machines and what have you, even cheap 3d printers

[@slowgold20]

I'm a stage hand and have seen plenty of very fancy custom flightcases for all sorts of uses--but never anything like these. Those vertical drawer things blew my mind! And no kidding, this is serious spy movie stuff! so cool.

[@mattcartwright8272]

The design, engineering and fabrication of those flight cases is incredible. And I thought you were going to say you paid $300 each (and they would still be cheap!)

[@SeanHodgins]

I'm literally drooling over these cases.

[@ELGEvilLawnGnome]

My jaw is sore from being dropped for the last 8:16...

[@nadiaw246]

Unwrapping the boxes must have felt like Christmas. That smile on your face says it all!

[@Carpetcleanerman]

No matter what mood you are in, going to the workshop must put a smile on everybody's face... Und auf gut Deutsch: endgeil.

[@freggo6604]

I'm sitting here with tears in my eyes. What a find !!! Absolutely worth every penny. Congrats !

[@Reijack]

These are HANDS DOWN the coolest workboxes I have ever seen, this blows every other mobile flight case setup I've ever seen clean out of the water!

[@Jason-fb5gs]

I'm impressed you knew what they were originally built for. I recognized what they were immediately as we use the same style in the US. However when we remove things from service we remove all traces of identification, even manufacturer. Super awesome score, can't wait to see what you do with them.

[@geekdownrange]

Amazing find! I'm more used to the green rotomolded versions of those cases for field work. The aluminum ones were more common for temporary aircraft use. The gear on the DIN rails is worth more than you paid for each box. You and yours should definitely have a martini - shaken not stirred - tonight.

[@kiliankoe]

For these specially made cases I would've thought 1k€ per case to be a good deal, but you paid 10% of that. What a deal, these look amazing! Looking forward to the videos with them!

[@1st_track_dents]

Wow these are very cool cases, looks like they fell in the right hands with you as I am sure you will do something very creative with them, looking forward to seeing what becomes of them! 👍👍👍

[@gardenfork]

Wow Laura, as soon as I saw those I thought Military Grade fabrication. Love the label for the Coffee Machine. 😀 Eric.

[@denziljoe]

Those are the COOLEST boxes I have ever seen! I literally got goosebumps watching you open them! Wow!

[@miormedia]

Laura! This is officially the coolest thing I've ever seen 😎. You've just set a new standard for tool storage. One that won't be matched for generations to come.😊 I am so jealous but most of all happy for you!

[@scottcampbell96]

I’d buy those without knowing what to use them for. There’s just something about well engineered storage that makes me happy.

[@Lea-bw9wj]

Never ever ever never ever get rid of those boxes. not only are they really well made but they have the coolest story. these need to be family heirlooms. if the tables mention their former use be cool to find a way to keep them so in the future they won't wear off. When making something with a friend tell them to look for a drill in the night vision drawer. that would be so fun

[@robertwittjr1198]

i work in an industrial setting, logistics warehouse. sometimes i find parts on the floor that fall off of our equipment - when this happens i go to our maintenance shop and say "i don't know what this is; it looks well made so it's probably important". my opinion, that covers the description of those cases at 03:00 in to video.

[@endthefighting]

My jaw actually dropped when you opened that first one. This is utterly gorgeous!

[@brianemunroe]

And here I was super excited because they all latched together..it just kept getting better and better! Nice find!

[@evensgrey]

Depending on when the cases were made, the refrigerator could have been for film storage, as well as food and drink for a long-term observer crew.

[@fiedel]

It's clearly labelled as "coffee supply". And yes, the whole stuff is made for a mobile observation outpost, my guess it's from the german CIA-equivalent, "Bundesnachrichtendienst". Finding those in the civilian market only can mean they have even better stuff now :)

[@tkasprzak]

Maybe some of them would make to your mobile projects? They were made for it, the fridge can complete the mobile bar made from camper trailer (unless you sold it already). By the looks of it, with the quality, 100€ per piece might be a bargain 👍

[@RevdUp.Art.Fotografer]

I don't know how/where the person she got them from got them 🤔, but 100€ each is a steal. Just breaking them down for parts she could make some really great cash.

[@shubinternet]

I love the way you move when you’re super excited! Everything comes out in that walk!

[@laurakampf]

😂😂

[@AdonisNesser]

I'm so incredibly jealous, it's so good to see them go to a person who can fully appreciate them

[@Karebear9001]

My GF and I love your stuff - thanks for all your hard work!

[@retu3510]

I too want to hear what Adam thinks about these. Great find! Last time I thought "I really want to see more shop infrastructure again." Guess my wish was granted :D

[@sagramon]

I’m guessing there was some behind the scene texting between Adam and Laura. He must love these

[@waynecampeau4566]

WOW! Saying you hit the jackpot is the understatement of the decade. These cases had to cost at LEAST $1500 each to build without the power supplies and breakers. Even if you can only repurpose half of them you still will be doing fantastic. 😀

[@TomOConnor-BlobOpera]

100EUR each is an *insanely* good price. I've seen some very similar for transportable/deployable rackmounted servers, and those were in the thousands of euro each.

[@terenceyuen4424]

Imagine what the original price was for all of the cases and content😳

[@PeacefulPagoda]

@@terenceyuen4424 I'm guessing easily way over 10k for everything.

[@DFMurray]

I've seen semi-similar systems for a mobile laboratory. I would not be surprised if each one of these cases originally cost $5-10K. The only thing you are missing is the transport over-cases. It's like a giant water proof Pelican case with roller door that a stack of these roll into for air transport, forklifting around and strapping onto trucks etc.

[@timhansen2577]

I would just sit and play with these for a year before I ever customized them. Excited sensory overload!

[@AdeleMcAlear]

WOW! What an incredible find and an absolutely amazing bargain. They couldn't have gone to a better new owner! It was a match of destiny.

[@Swimdeep]

Preach Sister! Repurposing, upcycling, Frankenstein-ing something completely new is my jam. Thank you.🌀

[@monsterpartywars2018]

This is now my favorite video on KZbin -- what an incredible find, and your utter glee at it is a joy! And just like the commenter below, I'd be shocked if they cost the government less than 10X what you paid when they were new, if not much more!

[@kellilandry2825]

They're beautiful! They're functional, unique, well constructed! They have the coolest back story! You definitely made a great deal and I can't wait to see what you do with them for your tool storage.

[@coylewho]

Awesome buy! Wire up a sub panel in your shop to provide power to this kit you have acquired. Figure out now how to integrate multiple filtration systems. All the equipment has been removed, but those items each had a power source. The dust in your shop will destroy this treasure you have found. You can have multiple air filtration units inside each crate. You can roll the crates around in stacks like you showed. Plug the stack into power provided by you new sub panel. Awesome. I'm so excited for you!

[@gratefulot360]

Wow! Incredible find. I’m ashamed to admit that I’ve not been this jealous in a very long time! Good work, Laura!

[@realtorgabrielabrokerboots6451]

YOU are an amazing Maker! I love watching all the clever things you make! Sure dig the storage containers you made and retrofitted.

[@mikegregory8536]

Adam Savage is going to be so jealous of your find! Cheers from 🇨🇦

[@uatu3021]

I was just going to say that!

[@Samtzu]

Not only are those cool cases that have been pre wired to do... well,..... ANYTHING!! But they are also cheap beyond cheap!!! That is an absolute steal!!!

[@davebauerart]

Incredible find! Can’t wait to see how these change the shop.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

The one that is a refrigerator would STAY a refrigerator in any shop I had. Otherwise, that is a great find for tool and equipment storage! I am so envious.

[@funkypunkypine]

I can't even wrap my head around how amazing this find is 😍

[@larso3234]

I totally understand why it's the deal of your life!!! I wasn't even aware that there could be such a thing as high end cases, but these things are just awesome and worth every penny I'm so excited to see what you make of it

[@S7tronic]

Well done, nice find; incredibly well built cases, even down to the drawer boxes being punched out for weight saving...fantastic.

[@alkalinedale]

It is really awesome to see just how happy you are in this video!

[@azur1o]

This is awesome! Stuff like this pops up occasionally on the "used" market. We have a 65" tv in out local hacks pace that was used in the Rammstein Air Force base. The inventory number sticker is on the back still. We got it basically for free 😅

[@wickeddubz]

All grey days don’t matter, because i see happy Laura, shining like sun and telling about real treasure

[@craigtanner6916]

Oh ya! I get the whole treasure hunt thing, but these are definitely over the top!! Can’t wait to see how you re-purpose them. Spy stuff, incredible the things you find online! Thanks for another great video!

[@SpaceMarshalGyorni]

Bwahaha that foam cutout for a coffee spoon must be the most German thing I've ever seen. If I was tasked with making something to confirm every clichee about this country ever, I couldn't do better than that. Absolutely amazing.

[@dimcclung]

I almost don’t want them to be altered. Just admired. 😂

[@sazennonumber]

Me too.

[@melvian75]

i was not expecting the inside to look like that at all. what deal! oh my word! the details!

[@brynyard]

"I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of geeks suddenly cried out in envy and were suddenly silenced. I think something wonderfull has happened."

[@carolinalatour5652]

LOL!!!! aqui uno desde el sur del mundo jejejeje

[@blizatrex]

Those are crazy awesome. You can be super portable with all the power functions.

[@LucasDirkx]

Kampf, Laura Kampf. Licence to Make! The sheer enjoyment and inspiration I see on your face has to be worth a 100 bucks a case, am I right?

[@sierraecho884]

There are awesome old Zarges folding boxes and all sorts of stuff.

[@greggr1591]

Unbelievable find! Good fortune of course, but Laura had the experience to know what she was seeing where others may not have (“luck favors the prepared”). I’m looking forward to a whole series of repurposing these cases, plus I’m learning German as a side benefit thanks to de untertitel, no sh*t 😀

[@srtcsb]

Beautiful cases. A self contained workshop, just plug and go. So cool! 😎

[@uatu3021]

I would have expected 1000 € per case, considering what they are capable of.

[@gustavosaliola]

That's a huge and beautiful buy! Will make your shop extremely cooler. But be careful if any of those start to beep any day, just run! 😎

[@InspireToMake]

This is Epic!

[@phililpb]

no it not. just some boxes big deal

[@sofa-lofa4241]

I have a couple of all aluminium flight cases for my photographic equipment, scored on ebay for very cheap, I bought some 'pluck foam' to customise them, If you want to move stuff around they are the best solution... By far! Great find... Jealousy level 11.5

[@NikMartin-I-am]

Wow, that one even has a PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) mounted in it! That's a few hundred $$$ right there!

[@rjrj570]

You and me both. I love "refitting/re purposing" something. Those are absolutely cool.

[@SarahKchannel]

so cool - particularly reading between the 'lines' of those contents. I have worked all my life on stage (30++ years) so stage cases are no stranger to me - but this is next level !!!! Imagine what you can do as a spy with this :) (or as a Laura) !!!

[@limpingcow]

Look at the Glee in Laura's face its contagious !

[@Rulof_Fai.da.Te_]

GREAT DEAL!!

[@Orionmatrix2015]

That's fantastic, and it's wonderful to see you so incredibly happy with a purchase!

[@ALAPINO]

The seller basically gave them to you for 100 euros each. Those are aerospace grade cases. Not even NASA did custom cases for many applications. ZERO cases were lightly modified as cases for module use. I was in military logistics in a different life and it's amazing what gets put out to be deemed obsolete and sent to disposal or surplus, from every branch of most NATO countries. Scanning electron microscopes is one that makes me chuckle every time I see them pop up.

[@TinShackVideos]

They would make great camping boxes for an offroad trailer.

[@TheReaperGT]

Now that's really awesome :D:D Nothing beats mil spec quality :D

[@oakdesign4629]

Custom made Rox Boxes from Rox Hamann in Hofstetten Bavaria/Germany. As a former army officer immediatly identified as we had similar boxes in our unit. You cant get anything better. I still have one that I used to transport my personal equiment and even without any custom interior a single box was around 600€

[@markbryan9989]

Coolest find ever! Congratulations. It couldn't have happened to a nicer person. I am excited to see what you will be doing with them. Thanks Laura

[@drackar]

I like that little fridge design, too...ultra efficient little lunch/beer fridge you got there.

[@jkbecker]

100 pro Kiste??? Wow… in der Ausstattung und Qualität müssen die ursprünglich weit über 1000-2000 je nach Ausstattung gekostet haben. Alleine die Schaltelektronik und die elektrifizierten Schubladen sind wahrscheinlich neu nicht unter 600 pro Kiste zu kriegen 🤔 Wahnsinnsfund! Jetzt wo du versorgt bist… wo gibts sowas 😂

[@martinum4]

Wahrscheinlich bei der VEBEG

[@fiedel]

Tippe mal auf den BND als ehemaligen Nutzer und für 2000 gibts da nicht mal die leere Kiste, geschweige denn das ganze Innenleben aus Handmanufaktur. Und ja, den Draht zum Verwerter hätte ich ja jetzt auch gerne :)

[@pantisflyhand]

The Kaffeemaschine is what killed me. LOL Can't spy without the caffeine.

[@rainerl-h259]

Would be interesting to know what these boxes had seen in their former life 😀 And what they paid for them when they were bought for the first time..........

[@robertjung8929]

i think the taxpayers were paying at least 25 times more for those boxes alone 😀 not talking about the former content of them 😉

[@Gwydion67]

Gosh, simply mindblowing! At first sight I thought of a whole wall of solar batteries. After revealing their true purpose, I expected a used price of "a couple of hundred Euros". Realizing they are even fully equipped with electric appliances, I'd rather estimated about 1k € for each! Lucky you, Laura! 👍🍀

[@ragnarocking]

100 euros a piece is cheap IMO. These cases are so versatile - I would love to have them.

[@salaltschul3604]

Deeeeeeeeeply envious. Deeply. And when I saw them I knew they were at least used in Defence. The espionage is the icing on the cake, though. What a cool story.

[@pteddie6965]

These are amazing boxes, to be sure. In the coming years, you will recoup the purchase price in conversation value. How many James Bond stories can you invent in the future? A creative woman like you will never run out of stories.

[@PaulMichael1084]

What a great video! Your enthusiasm is contagious. By the way the Siemens boxes are 'smart relays' and essentially a programmable controller. Very useful things to have around

[@Mr.Broccolini]

My jaw was on the floor for this whole video. Absolutely amazing bit of kit. Great find!

[@rashkavar]

I made a flippant guess of "a couple of grand" thinking they were just nice sturdy boxes, maybe with the kind of high quality drawers you see on the big workshop tool racks that you mention later on. Then I started second guessing that as you went through what was in them, because *wow* those are superb cases. But hey..I was right! For all the wrong reasons. I barely even have a workshop and I want a stack of those.

[@DriveCarToBar]

real life flight cases! Crazy to actually find some. They're generally of very high quality and made to fit in specific airplanes. You just don't see them up for sale because they're so durable. They just get pulled out and reinstalled in other planes. I am super jealous!

[@Handskemager]

Just LOVE when you get excited and switch to German xD I don’t mind cause I had German in school for 7 years! :)

[@slobben]

The holy grail of storage cases! And you are the perfect new custodian.

[@boodahbellie]

Laura, I loved this episode. The way your face lit up, like a child on Christmas morning, was exhilarating. Can't wait to see how the final product turns out.

[@alantorrance6153]

Very well thought out. I am now having to wait to see your actual storage system in use. Good fortune in design!

[@extrastuff9463]

That was much cheaper than I expected, even if they came without the rear electrical inputs and the internal wiring just the slides for the drawers alone seemed nice and sturdy that along with a nice clean aluminium exterior would've made it worth it in my opinion. But besides the practical elements of good storage with fancy electrical wiring the story of its past use and how randomly you stumbled into it might just be the best part of it.

[@JayToTheHonest]

Wow, what a bargain!!! 🤯 I'm not sure if this is down your alley, but because of those integrated power circuits that looks like a fun possibility for an automation project: building opening/closing mechanisms for those boxes and integrating them into the system with the siemens converters... 🤩

[@robgeib1723]

That's such an awesome deal! I was thinking 100 but then thought there's no way. At 500 each it would have been a good deal. They look to be worth more like 1000-2000 each based on quality shop equipment I've seen in the US.