This case is not for the faint of heart...it carry a serious amount of tackle, lures, line, and just about anything else a multitude of tackle boxes carry. However, this does the job of several boxes. I have all sorts of lures in mine; although it is jam-packed, everything is organized and has its own place. It comes will a ton of dividers for all of the component areas. This makes it a snap to make an area that is just the right size for that very small or very large lures. I have a ton of hard, plastic lures, swim baits, spinners, jigs and other stuff I forgot I even had until I combined everything into this one case. I have several reels of line, lubes, and mess load of plastic worms and creature baits that are still in their packages...yes there is a special area were several bags fit wonderfully. This same area could likely even store a reel or 2. There is also an area inside that does a good job of housing spinner baits of varying sizes. They fit into these slots and do not jiggle all over the place. I live in the South and temps soar quite high here; so I would advise in such climates to store your hard-plastic stuff, like crankbaits,on the outside compartment that has a clear cover. I have not went through a full season yet, so I am not sure how the plastic worms and creature bait will do on the inside compartments in regards to melting. The latches seem pretty good...you just have to remember to have all of them closed before you move this thing or you will have a mess on your hands. It is especially easy to forget to secure the latches on the inside. The clear, plastic compartment on the inside is my only culprit with this tackle box. The 3rd latch is sometimes easy to not realize that it is not latched or at least properly done so; then when you flip the box over to get to another area, out falls a lot of stuff. Once this happens once or twice, you will quickly make a point to remember to properly secure the 3rd latch. Aside from remembering to properly secure the above, my only issue is that this thing holds so much stuff that I have almost all of my lures in it...This sometimes makes me nervous, because if it gets stolen or falls overboard the boat, I am out of a whole lot of cash. I am going to try to figure out a way to to attach a flotation device to the handle. Fully loaded, this thing can get a little heavy. If you store a lot of lead weights (which I currently don't) this case could become seriously heavy. As mine is situated, as a 5'3 chic, I am able to carry the case just fine but I would not want to go any long distance with it. The case seems pretty durable, but you certainly would not want to sit on it or the plastic will likely buckle and the top plastic lid will probably crack on you. The handle is large and comfortable and the case sits nicely on our 21' boat's floor or seat. We could store it on the boat, but because it is at a Marina, we do not want to risk it getting stolen. I initially thought that this bugger was quite expensive; however, I now am happy to have paid every penny as it is well designed, very functional and simply a pleasure to have!!! The only thing I would add is an area in which to put a small lock. While this certainly would not keep most folks from getting to the contents, it could act as a deterrent to thieves when traveling with it or if you have to sit it down unattended for some reason. While the size works perfect for me, this case is not small. So it could be too large to have on some smaller boats depending on the boats layout and owner's creativeness. Just pay attention to the dimensions so there are no surprises!!!
