# Ikea SAMLA box **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Tags:** vessel\ **Created:** [October 2, 2017, 11:37am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/ikea-samla-box/9644 "2017-10-02T11:37:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![michihenning](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/michihenning/32/1655_2.png) [@michihenning](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/michihenning)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 10:41pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/ikea-samla-box/9644/21 "2017-10-20T22:41:10Z")
Rubbermaid is next to impossible to find in Australia, and they only sell a very small range here. Bunnings have a number of storage boxes that are suitable. Many of those are BPA free and some are labelled as safe for food. Very cheap too, some are under $10 for something in the right size. > **[Ezy Storage 16L Ultimate Storage Tub](https://www.bunnings.com.au/ezy-storage-16l-ultimate-storage-tub_p2583665)** > > Find Ezy Storage 16L Ultimate Storage Tub at Bunnings. Visit your local store for the widest range of products. > **[Ezy Storage 15L Classic Grey Storage Tub](https://www.bunnings.com.au/ezy-storage-15l-classic-grey-storage-tub_p2583766)** > > Find Ezy Storage 15L Classic Grey Storage Tub at Bunnings. Visit your local store for the widest range of products. [https://www.bunnings.com.au/award-9l-multistack-grey-storage-crate-with-lid\_p2583139](https://www.bunnings.com.au/award-9l-multistack-grey-storage-crate-with-lid_p2583139) Alternatively, buy a polycarbonate container. (They are more expensive though.) > **[Hygiplas Polycarbonate Square Storage Container 10Ltr](https://www.nisbets.com.au/vogue-polycarbonate-square-storage-container-10ltr/cf024)** > > Store your food safely and efficiently, with this square storage container from Hygiplas (10Ltr). These containers are perfect for storing foods like sauces and dressings. Featuring graduated stamped measures, you can accurately measure the amount... Or, like many other people have done here, find a camping cooler that’s the right size and cut a hole into the lid. Or, most likely as a zero-cost option, pop down to your local greengrocer and ask whether they have any spare styrofoam broccoli boxes. They are waterproof, light, and insulate extremely well, and it’s easy to make a hole in the lid with a piece of heated fencing wire or similar. > **[A28 – New 5 Kg box - Styrofoam Boxes | Vegetable Box | Ice boxes - Omega...](https://www.omegapackaging.com.au/products/new-5-kg-box-a28/)** ---
**Author:** ![mejakm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/mejakm/32/6761_2.png) [@mejakm](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/mejakm)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 5:22pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/ikea-samla-box/9644/22 "2017-11-02T17:22:50Z")
So the IKEA boxes are safe or? ---
**Author:** ![MichaelF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@MichaelF](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/MichaelF)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/ikea-samla-box/9644/23 "2017-11-02T18:26:11Z")
The jury is out to be honest. I bought a gastronorm 1/1 150mm deep stainless steel container for €10 last week. Cooked 3 racks of baby back ribs with plenty of room and no bad smells. This is what I’ll be using from now on. ---
**Author:** ![mejakm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/mejakm/32/6761_2.png) [@mejakm](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/mejakm)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 7:58am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/ikea-samla-box/9644/24 "2017-11-03T07:58:09Z")
> [@MichaelF](#): > > to be honest. I bought a gastronorm 1/1 150mm deep stainless steel container for €10 last week. Cooked 3 rack that one is ok for sure, but I would like to know for the IKEA boxes… Tomorrow I’m going to IKEA and I would like to know if buying a box or not 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![michihenning](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/michihenning/32/1655_2.png) [@michihenning](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/michihenning)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 9:48am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/ikea-samla-box/9644/25 "2017-11-03T09:48:58Z")
Seeing that you have your food hermetically sealed in bags anyway, health issues are not something I’d worry about. The Ikea box is made out of PP (polypropylene). That’s not terribly suitable for higher temperatures. Once you go over 60-65 ℃, the plastic goes a little soft. It’ll smell of plastic a little. Once you go towards the boiling point, the container may deform (although I wouldn’t expect it to melt outright). I’d be inclined to give the Ikea box a miss and go with something more suitable, such as a polycarbonate container. Michi. ---
**Author:** ![mejakm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/mejakm/32/6761_2.png) [@mejakm](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/mejakm)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 10:02am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/ikea-samla-box/9644/26 "2017-11-03T10:02:56Z")
> [@michihenning](#): > > The Ikea box is made out of PP (polypropylene). That’s not terribly suitable for higher temperatures. Once you go over 60-65 ℃, the plastic goes a little soft. It’ll smell of plastic a little. Once you go towards the boiling point, the container may deform (although I wouldn’t expect it to melt outright). yea that’s what I was worried about… how does it tolerate high temps… because on google I found some articles that says PP tolerates temperatures aprox. to 120-130°C ---
**Author:** ![michihenning](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/michihenning/32/1655_2.png) [@michihenning](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/michihenning)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 10:44am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/ikea-samla-box/9644/27 "2017-11-03T10:44:04Z")
> [@mejakm](#): > > yea that’s what I was worried about… how does it tolerate high temps… because on google I found some articles that says PP tolerates temperatures aprox. to 120-130°C I’m sorry, but I can’t tell you. No first-hand experience. If you want to give it a go, I’m sure you are not going to poison yourself or anything like it. With the food in a vacuum bag, you could probably cook it in a bucket of motor oil and it would still be fine. (No, i’m not suggesting to do that 😉 ) If the plastic smell annoys you, stop using that container. If the container deforms at higher temperatures, stop using that container. If it all works and you are happy with what you are getting, keep using the container. It really is as simple as that. Michi. ---
**Author:** ![mejakm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/mejakm/32/6761_2.png) [@mejakm](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/mejakm)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 11:15am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/ikea-samla-box/9644/28 "2017-11-03T11:15:44Z")
hahaahah yea it’s easy, I’m asking because I don’t own it yet and I wouln’t like to spend money in something I will throw away… I would rather invest that money in a good steak 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MichaelF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@MichaelF](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/MichaelF)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/ikea-samla-box/9644/29 "2017-11-03T12:24:00Z")
Having bought both my recommendation would be to go for stainless steel. Any catering supplies company will have them for sale. ---
**Author:** ![mejakm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/mejakm/32/6761_2.png) [@mejakm](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/mejakm)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2017, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/ikea-samla-box/9644/30 "2017-11-05T16:30:49Z")
I bought a box for 5,95€. If anyone is from an EU country I found this one in Bauhaus, the price is with lid included: ![](https://i.imgur.com/Wqe61nd.jpg) ![](https://i.imgur.com/nFHzSHH.jpg) and this one in Leroy Merlin: ![](https://i.imgur.com/qOmIJGd.jpg) I decided to take the first one in Bauhaus as it feels a little bit more robust than the Leroy Merlin’s one. ![](https://i.imgur.com/anjWnfU.jpg) [Previous page](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/ikea-samla-box/9644.md?page=1)