Review: Counter Trays from Cube4me.com - The Players' Aid

[@marcinolempa5707]

Thanks, Alexander for preparing this review. It is a great honor to see our products in The Players' Aid video.

[@przemekbozek]

Marcin, I recently got some trays from you and must admit they are great - my go to going forward. I actually repacked The Greatest Day today (from a combination of DVG and GMT trays) and I can finally close the lid on the game😁

[@marcinolempa5707]

@@przemekbozek Thanks Przemek, great to know you like our trays. They are very flexible in this matter, we tested them on 50+ 18xx games, where in many cases the boxes are full of components 😃

[@brianhard69]

A company that gets us.

[@progfict]

Thanks for posting this. I really like how it handles the wood pieces for Atlantic Chase.

[@ThePlayersAid]

I posted it because of you!

[@coyi51]

Excllent find and great review. The thin tray at the end will fit a magazine game I need a tray for. Off to spend some funds I do not have. Brilliant. Many thanks.

[@johnathankokoski]

Wow, these look great and I ordered sets for a couple of games to try out. I can see myself spending a lot of time reorganizing my games with these - my wife calls organizing games my second hobby lol

[@przemekbozek]

Thanks for posting this Alexander. I've recently received a bunch of trays from the company (10 lids and 15 trays IIRC) and they are great, especially if you have a lot of pieces in each box. I'm also placimg trays with lid on top of one without and noticed it saves up a lot of space...

[@jacklitt]

Excellent, always on the outlook for storage . The fields of fire will be of interest to me.

[@alogie]

The Boardgame Chronicles has a great video on using some of the Cube4me trays to organize Great Battles of History games. I ordered a bunch after seeing that.

[@ThePlayersAid]

My understanding is that he consults on their design and implementation etc for different games!

[@mk20336]

@@ThePlayersAid Exactly! And I have a lot of fun with this!

[@rwhinkle1]

I ordered a couple sets of their products back in July, took about a week and a half to get to me (Poland to Pa). Great quality and I'm looking to add more in the future.

[@marcinolempa5707]

Thank you Rob for your support!

[@mk20336]

Thank you very much for sharing and recommending the trays & sets!

[@ViciousKoala]

Thanks for the discover. i've Just ordered a fields of fire2 set. 🙂 (the box didn't close with DVG trays)

[@pm71241]

That would be a perfect retirement job for me. Testing which trays should go in which bundles for which game :)

[@ardwulfslair]

Must investigate.

[@mk20336]

Hope you will like the sets, idea and trays and could recommend in the future!

[@ari8215]

Looks great. I'm getting a set for Pacific War and FoF.

[@raygun6271]

Good idea for a video! Paused your video to look at their website and like what I see. At least 5 games on there that I own:)

[@timothysmith6211]

just ordered a set for RAF battle of Britain 1940 thanks for the review.

[@andyhoffman1026]

Maybe a follow-up video using trays in various standard sized boxes? How they fit and stack. Did you get any of the card trays to mix in with the counter trays for games with both counters and cards?

[@johnc.4871]

Nice looking trays. And the tops look promising to stay on and not have that frightening explosion of counters everywhere.

[@marcinolempa5707]

Yes, it was designed to be perfect in this matter. Not to heavy to open by the user, but not weak to open by itself.

[@Nimona-FTW]

Good to know these trays are available in EU, much better than the ones I bought in Germany that I had to shorten with a cutter.

[@dr3putt62]

I get those for my 18xx games….. need to look to get more

[@mk20336]

Indeed, they whole journey of RailsOnBoards started with 18XX. So knowing them, you might be sure of the quality for the Wargames :)

[@Bobyoudontneeemyname]

They look a bit like an evolved version of the old avalon hill trays. Ill have to check them out!

[@phd_angel]

Nice review on ways to customize storage! Of course quality is important, but shipping costs for plain plastic trays is a drag, whether it's GMT, Cube4me, etc.... 😞 ( Aegis on Target seems to be a good value, or GMT too if you don't mind buying 10 trays at once).

[@jimsmith7445]

The fact that the trays are that secure is amazing! How much were they... do they fit snug? THANKS

[@grumpymyk]

Regarding Atlantic Chase: Is the cardboard insert still in the box or was that removed to allow two trays to fit without raising the lid of the box? My game wouldn't take a GMT tray without raising the lid unless I ditch the insert

[@ThePlayersAid]

I always ditch the shipping inserts

[@charleslatora5750]

Smaller ones probably good for solitaire or very low counter count like a magazine game maybe

[@ThePlayersAid]

I have subsequently used one of the smaller half trays for all the bits in Lanzerath Ridge from DVG, fit perfectly.

[@mk20336]

@@ThePlayersAid Very good choice. If you look at sets for other Valiant Defense series, that fits perfectly.

[@ThymeKeeper]

They say the card trays fit sleeved cards depending on the size of your sleeves.

[@marcinolempa5707]

Yes, the best fit is with two types of sleeves, the other ones fit inside the tray too, but the corners of the sleeves may buckle.

[@ArnoVdVelde]

They are nice, but I would also say quite expensive. I will say, for wargames there are some alternative, for 18xx. 100% the way to go. But with a bit of a sale, they are better than Gmt by a good margin.

[@marcinolempa5707]

The most important for us is the quality, which is expensive, but we have a sale from time to time, you can join our newsletter to don't miss it :)

[@ThymeKeeper]

I think "taking a punt" has almost the opposite meaning to a Brit as to an American lol